We always talk to our principle before we bring anything up in pto meetings that way if there are any questions to is it legal ect... Our principle is very involved in what we do because if there are any complaints she is the one who gets them from mad parents to the BOE. If she always knows what we are doing she will back us up 100% if she doesn't know it makes her mad because people think she isn't doing her job. She looks at everything we are going to do if she is totally against it we don't bring it up in a meeting, but if she is unsure we talk about it at a meeting and get everyones views before anything is decided.

PTO is mainly for the kids if priciple cares more about the kids it would be great but not all of them do. Some may vote more things down because they feel that they have enought on their plates and don't want to add anymore to it.