i moved form a very involved PTA to my daughters current school. The first meeting there were about ten parents. We had one parent that was just there to cause trouble. The second meeting there were 3 parents. I took over the treasurer office in November and since then have worked with the president and we have gotten a lot more involvement for events and fundraisers, but we are still getting most of our support from the teachers. It gets frustrating at time, but we do have the school support which helps us.
Wow, 60 members is better than my son's school that has been around forever! I went to my first meeting and there were only teachers on the board and they were surprised when 5 parents showed up (2 were a couple).
mochamom-
we have found that if we focus too much on the membership drive it turns a lot of people off. Instead we do a parent pot luck at the beginning of the year. It's cheap, it lets parents get to know each other and it shows that we are not just about fundraising. We do a numbers game so people rotate where there they sit and we also do a a get to know you game.
-CB
