PTO Today

We have had a hard year with PTO with year already. Due to not following by-laws or prodecure and giving PTO a bad name due to behavior our president was asked to resign. Because of events last year she was also acting Treasurer last year. Our bylaws state that the file and papers need to be given to new officers by July 1st. They were not passed on. After her resignation we have given her a letter stating the items that need to be returned and by a certain date (last week). The principal and officers signed the letter.

Sadly...we have not gotten the requested items from her. Is there a way to get these from her? I hate to bring police in, but we need all the records.

thanks!

Perhaps all you'd have to do is tell her that she's left you no choice but to call the police and file a stolen property report against her. Faced with that possibility, any semi-reasonable person would capitulate and turn over the property.

Has anyone (especially your principal) talked to this person privately? Perhaps a level-headed discussion could prevail (even with a perhaps not level-headed person).

Tim

I have just been through this myself and it was a good friend of the former president I was able to call and she was willing to obtain the checkbook records as well and vital information I needed for our volunteer program.

The friend honestly just showed up at her home and asked the big question, "And what are you gaining from making the other suffer like this? I know you are mad but this is not healthy or good for anyone involved?"
Yes, this helped and she did turn in 3 years of stuff.

No this was not easy and I was worried that I was asking so much of this mutual friend but I have what I need.

Good luck and sometimes you have to "Kill'em with kindness".

Thanks for sharing mykidsmom-- Love the combination of dealing with the situation head on and the kill them with kindness advice.

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Thanks for the replies!

Sadly it has gotten a bit crazier. Since I first posted we have had the Chief of police talk to to her and tell her to return the papers. He gave her a date to return them. They were not returned on that date. The school officer then talked to her and she told him that the date was later, which it wasn't. He also told her to ruturn the papers immediatly. Nothing yet. We have looked at filing a civil warrent to get the stuff back, but we do not really want to go that way if we can avoid it.

One of the PTO officers is wanting to just forget it and go on with life. I understand her reasoning, but we really need to get the paper work back.

mykidsmom, you may have a good idea. She at one point was good friends with one of the officers, so we may have to take that approach. Of course with officer accompaniment.

thanks fo the words of support and advise!