Our setup is similar, but only two elementary schools: Prek-1 and gr2-5 (then middle, high).
The prek-1 building has its own PTO, completely separate from the PTO at the 2-5 building. Virtually all the kids from the primary school go to the elementary, so it's a good idea to do some coordinating though honestly we do better some years than others (alot depends on if the officers have kids at the other school!).
We have a parent with children in both schools volunteer to be the liaison - she attends the PTO meetings of both schools and report on activities to keep each building up to date on the other. We coordinate our fundraising sales so they are NOT the same company, but DO fall during the same weeks so parents can take both brochures to work at the same time. Each PTO collects its own dues. We run independent of each other, but share similar budgets, activities, procedures, and ideas. This has worked well for us since the prek building opened about 9 years ago.
Good luck figuring out the best model for your community.
We are a system with 2 k-3 school and one 4-5 school, one middle school and one high school. Each school has their own PTO but we also have a Central PTO which has its own officers and is a place to coordinate what we do so as not to hurt each other but to help each other ei not running the same fundraisers at the same time unless it is something district wide, keeping a master calendar so events don't clash. The central pto does not fundraise but does collect our membership dues so you only pay once no matter how many schools you are in the money was then used to pay for bus driver appreciation to fund our special ed pto group and to give a scholarship for the PTO's. It works great and keeps us working together even though we are still seporate entities! Good Luck!
We Need Help !!! We are going from 5 Elementary School Buildings all K-6 to 3 Elementary Buildings: one with K-2, another with 3-4 and another with 5-6....
Currently each building has it's own PTO.
Does anyone out there have Grade Level Building Configurations? If so, how did you structure your PTO unit?
