These are questions we hear often. With regard to issues of money, we have heard of groups spending down the account before disbanding the group or donating the funds to the school (which is where the fund would be going/would have gone anyway.) There's a lot of information on this topic on our site. I'd point you to this article, Switching from a PTO to PTO as a good starting point. http://www.ptotoday.com/pto-today-articles/article/864-switching-from-pta-to-pto. Also, you will find lots of great conversations going on with parents who are involved in this process or who have been through it on our message boards. Check out this forum: http://www.ptotoday.com/boards/14-pto-v-pta
Good luck!
- Rose H
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