Follow-Up

Well, the PTA meeting went well. It was sad though - there weren't many parents there and only one or two would volunteer to do anything. They have all this money to raise because they are a new school and no one is helping out. I pipped up a few times and think I did pretty well. I just asked a couple of questions - no shirt needed (see prior post).

I just read that last sentence, and realized how it sounded - no shirt needed?! What kind of PTA are they running out here?! :) I meant from my prior post when I said that I needed a shirt with some saying on it to warn people of my mouth condition. LOL

Anywho.....
I was sitting with a couple of the teachers I have gotten close to and we were all talking, having fun before the meeting started. I was getting comfortable and thinking, "OK, maybe my mouth won't be such a problem. I feel relaxed and calm now."

The only thing that happened was that I made a couple of comments to the table I was sitting with (my teacher friends), thinking that only they would hear and right when I started to speak the whole room got quiet so that my comments were heard by all.

For example, the PTA board was asking everyone when was a good time to schedule the PTA meetings. I asked them about being able to bring kids to the meetings if we kept them quiet; I had always heard that you could bring your kids if you need to. They responded that they will have babysitting on the PTA nights for those who have to bring their kids. I turned to my table and said,
"Well, in that case - I'm up for a weekend 'meeting' in Vegas!"
The whole room roared with laughter. By whole room I mean maybe 20ish people so it wasn't as embarrasing as it could have been. :)

There were a couple of times that happened though. No, I don't learn do I?! Once should have been enough! But I'm just glad that I didn't offend anyone or get kicked out of PTA for being a troublemaker.
I wonder if they'd send me to the principals office? Then I'd have to tell my kids that Mommy was naughty at school! They'd LOVE that!

On a more serious note, I was disappointed in the lack of parental involvement. I know that people have very busy lives. Mine isn't so much so and I'm grateful for that. I know that not everyone has that luxury. BUT it's sad to see. I have a post a few weeks ago about Homeschooling and my thoughts go to one of the points that I brought up there. Needing good parents to be involved in the schools and that as more and more of those amazing parent homeschool, that takes them away from society changing positions in the schools as volunteers and members of PTA, etc. As I'm writing this, the PTA just called about asking me to help with their book drive. They've sent flyers home with every student from Kinder to 8th grade for parents who want to help. Do you know how many replies they have gotten?

3!!!!! Yes, I said 3. And one of those is me. In a school of close to 500 students, they only got 3 parents willing to help. :( Is it any wonder that the schools are getting more and more messed up?
I'm not saying that parents who don't join PTA are bad parents - don't go reading into my words! :) I'm just saying that the lack of numbers shows a hint of the parental involvement in the schools, or lack of parental involvement in the schools.

I really need to back off of my soap box. I don't have the time today to vocalize my views and thoughts on things. I have 20 people coming over tonight to learn about canning fruits and veggies. Gotta clean! :P

But just FYI, guess who is now heading up the Book Fair - yep, me! Mela, wanna watch Livvy a little bit around the 1st - 5th? :)
And Mom, my Shingles are fine - no flair ups. I have a LOT going on right now and coming up, but I feel good about it all! Necessary stress. So don't worry! :)