Why would a question about lack of knowledge on their account be PTA propaganda.
If you PTA or PTO does not have a separate 501 or bank account from the school then the school can do whatever it wants.
Bashing the PTA/PTO (both have their pros and cons) IS it really worth it, to get a response.
And Yes I am a PTA board member (elelmentary)and now a PTO board member (middle school) so I really have no agenda.
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If, in fact, your money is in a separate account that the principal can't sign off on , then there's no way the principal controls it.
At our school (private), on the other hand, we are "technically" not a separate entity, although most people THINK we are. Our school board/administration could come in at any time and take everything we have. Our money is mixed in with the school's money at this point but your situation sounds completely different.
Shelly
Our money is in a separate bank account in a different bank than the school system uses and the principal's name in nowhere on the account. So I am not sure how this person thinks he is going to be able to spend the money on spas or anything else for that matter without the PTO board/memberships permission.
This sounded like PTA propaganda to me but I wanted to see if anyone else had run into this situation.
I second Serendipity. But you should keep in mind, the principal does have a certain amount of control as far as letting you function in their building with their students. Our account is seperate from the school's, at a seperate bank, with different numbers establishing it, and no staff member at our school has access to it. I know some PTOs put their funds in the school's account for various reasons, and if you are one of those, this might be what said person is refering to.
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So not true. It seems the poster is very misinformed unless there is something going on at your school that I don't know about. Our principal as with the vast majority of the PTO's has no control over PTO money. Every once in a blue moon we hear of someone posting whose principal wants some say over the money. At that point it is up to them to agree with that or fight it. In some cases that has lead to the PTO disbanding as they would not consent to that. Normally a principal will ask for money for something, but it is up to the PTO to decide whether or not to give that money.
Comment posted on our school's forum after we switched over to a PTO. Comments anyone?
"I am not saying this is good or bad, but the PTO also does not control their own money...the principal has legal control over ALL funds that are not PTA (although he/she may allow the funds to be spent without his/her influence). The PTA is the ONLY organization in a school that is allowed to have funds that are NOT controlled by the principal (separate account)- ALL other funds in a school are required to go through the main office books and thus the prinicpal can use them as he/she deems necessary. Now, if the principal decided the $600 extra at the Middle school goes to put spas in the teacher lounges (highly unlikey) he could do that without the OK of the PTO board. In a PTA, the PTA board controls what the money is spent on and they decide if they want to use it for spas in the teacher lounges or lights for the football fields!
