1. JS Online: Some PTAs Say They're Fed Up With Fund Raising Appleton, Waukesha and Whitefish Bay, ptas and ptos have reduced the ways they squeeze debating it, said wisconsin PTA President Winnie Doxsie. ptas, which unlike ptos are under the http://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/sep00/pta04090300a.asp

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2. The Latest PTO/PTA News | PTO Today PTOtoday is dedicated to helping school parent groups (like ptos and ptas) help their schools with information on fundraising, playgrounds, parent involvement and more. JULY 8, 2003 wisconsin middle school students transform their dreary auditorium into a work of art. at continuing trend of ptas switching to ptos. PTO Today's Tim Sullivan http://www.ptotoday.com/currentnews.html

RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES: SEARCH PTO TODAY: Check this space frequently for the latest news and notes from the PTO world. Run into an interesting PTO tidbit? email us the news or a link to: news@PTOtoday.com SEPTEMBER 22, 2003: Starting today, we'll no longer be updating this page. Instead, we'll be updating our new PTO Today Blog. The new page will have all the news links you've come to love, as well as PTO Today updates, idle parent group thoughts, and various other musings on the crazy parent group world. Enjoy! (Tip: you might want to change your bookmarks.) SEPTEMBER 19, 2003: What a nice way to connect with parents at start of school year! Massachusetts PTO hosting a refined cocktail party for parents as welcome back celebration and fundraiser. SEPTEMBER 19, 2003: Reactionary Massachusetts school fire codes relaxed. Let there be school decorations again. SEPTEMBER 18, 2003: Dad's new job - parent group president. WA elementary school welcomes its first male parent group president.

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10. The Role Of The PTA - California - GreatSchools.net West Virginia. wisconsin. Wyoming. Sign up for our free newsletters to help your child succeed in school provides information on how ptos differ from ptas and how you can join http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/29/parentPTA

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11. Multistate Tax Commission wisconsin. Agency wisconsin Dept. School Groups (eg, clubs, bands, teams) Exempt (See Note 2). ptas - Exempt (See Note 2). ptos - Exempt (See Note 2). http://www.fundraisetaxlaw.org/wi.html

Wisconsin Agency: Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue Contact Person: Michael Hinnendael Tel. No.: (608) 267-5022 Fax No.: (608) 261-6240 E-mail: mhinnen@dor.state.wi.us If your State exempts fundraising sales by certain groups from sales or use taxes, please indicate which of the following are exempt in your State. Public Schools (K-12) - Exempt ( See Note 1 Private Schools (K-12) - Exempt ( See Note 1 School Groups (e.g., clubs, bands, teams) - Exempt ( See Note 2 PTAs - Exempt ( See Note 2 PTOs - Exempt ( See Note 2 Other parent groups - Exempt ( See Note 2 (please identify) Church Groups - Exempt ( See Note 2 Youth Sports League - Exempt ( See Note 2 501 (c)(3) organizations - Exempt ( See Note 2 501 (c)(6) organizations - Exempt ( See Note 2 Other (specify:) 1a Are local sales and use taxes in your State applied to these groups in the same manner as State sales and use taxes are applied to these groups? Yes 1b Please set forth any comments including a list of groups not listed above whose fundraising activities are exempt from sales and use taxation in your State. If your State exempts fundraising sales of certain products from sales and use tax, please indicate which of the following products are exempt.

12. Consolidated Plan Faculty. Students. Parents. ptas and ptos. CESA 4. Themes 6. Questions Hasyour district adopted and adapted the wisconsin Model Academic Standards? http://www.cesa4.k12.wi.us/programs-services/esea/consolidatedplan.htm

Consolidated Plan Overarching Themes Implementation of the LEA Consolidated Plan will result in: Substantial, measurable, and positive impact on student academic achievement Closing the achievement gap between subgroups of students Substantial, measurable, and positive impact on increasing teacher capacity and quality Ensuring that every school is safe, drug free, and conducive to learning Employing effective integration of technology into curricula and instruction Continuous improvement - refining, improving, and strengthening the programs I. Describe how the LEAs will: Develop a “consolidated local plan” that meets the requirements of each covered program (Titles I, II, III, IV, and V), aligns with other district or school improvement plans, and indicates how ESEA competitive funds and other grants or programs assist the district in meeting the priority goals, objectives, and performance requirements for improving student achievement. Themes: Questions: How will district consolidated plans enhance/respond to your district’s vision, mission, or core beliefs?

13. News Transcript - Bulletin Board of the Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society at the University of wisconsinMadison toaddress residents The Marlboro K-8 school district ptas, ptos and SCOPE http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/News/2004/0324/Bulletin_Board/

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15. Editorial Matters By SANDRA KALLIO/wisconsin State Journal that not every family is going to want tobe involved in the particular activities that ptos and ptas are involved http://editorialmatters.lee.net/articles/2004/05/20/stories/features/efea098.txt

DEPARTMENTS Photo gallery Photo Portfolios Daring designs VP Views ... Principles for quality journalism Archived newsletters Contact Info Home LINKS Lee newspapers Other newspapers Editor and Publisher Readership Institute ... Poynter's Journalism links Reporter's desktop Virtual newsroom library Stories PTAs are mostly white and female An interesting topic that could be localized by any paper. GERRY O'BRIEN, Butte By SANDRA KALLIO/Wisconsin State Journal While public schools have been criticized for racial and gender achievement gaps for decades, there's another gap under scrutiny parental involvement in schools, particularly among men and minorities. Nine of 10 Parent Teacher Association (PTA) members are women and more than eight in 10 are white, according to the national PTA. While the organization has come a long way in the century since it was founded as the National Congress of Mothers, it remains far from balanced demographically. That's why the PTA is piloting an Hispanic Outreach Initiative in California, Florida and Texas. The goal is to create a network of Latino leaders to reach out to Latino families, so they feel welcome to participate in their children's education. This is not just a warm, fuzzy concept. Research indicates that when parents are involved in schools, their children do better academically. Parent-teacher groups in the Madison School District seem to include more men than the national average but remain mighty white. According to a tally of board presidents and co-presidents listed on school district Web sites, about eight in 10 top officers are women. Those contacted for this story note few peers from minority populations, even though about four of every 10 students are minorities.

16. Education: PTA: Councils Organization information for the Council serving ptas and ptos in Kansas Council resourcefor wisconsin PTA hints, meetings and updates Montclair Council of ptas. http://www.puredirectory.com/Society/Organizations/Education/PTA/Councils/

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17. Councils Milwaukee PTA Council wisconsin - the Council resource for PTA hints Council -Organization information for the Council serving ptas and ptos in Kansas. http://www.1arbeer.com/Society/Organizations/Education/PTA/Councils/

Search Engine Top Society Organizations Education ... PTA : Councils (186) See Also: Society: Organizations: Education: PTA: Local Units Lewisville ISD Council of PTAs - Council provides online resources, leadership worksops and PTA links for 51 local units in 9 North Texas communities. Knox County Council PTA - Council online resource for local Tennessee PTAs with links to FAQs, ideas for Projects and Services, Events and Awards. Champaign PTA Council - Council dues, news and links for units in the PTA community of District 10, Champaign, Illinois. Culver City Council PTA - Council calendar, news, and local PTAs links for officers and chairmen in California. Alachua County Council of PTAs and PTSAs - Council PTA answers the questions to: Who, What, When and How as pertaining to this Florida unit. Fremont Council PTA - Resource for families within the 30 PTA units in California. Akron Council of PTAs - Council calendar, e-mail access, and Resource links, online at this Ohio PTA Council site. Grapevine-Colleyville Council of PTAs - Council resource for PTAs, inspiration poems for Teachers and Volunteer recipients are now online from North Texas. Irving ISD Council of PTAs - Contains Council PTA resources, and communication links for local PTAs in North Texas.

18. Should Parents Pay To Participate? : February/March 2003 | PTO Today While ptas must pay national dues, that is not Other ptos that don t charge membershipfees make psychology at the University of wisconsin–Madison, supports http://www.ptotoday.com/0303membership.html

RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES: SEARCH PTO TODAY: Should Parents Pay to Participate? By Evelyn Beck Some schools have made a big deal about getting rid of it. Others never had it. Some couldn't do without it. In amounts ranging from $2 at Gray's Woods Elementary School in Port Matilda, Pa., to $25 at Brandon Academy in Brandon, Fla., "it" is the PTO membership fee. And opinions vary widely on whether charging parents to join a volunteer organization is a good idea. While PTAs must pay national dues, that is not the case with PTOs, which use membership income in a variety of ways. Sometimes it is designated as seed money for the year, while other times it goes into the organization's general fund. Sometimes it's set aside for a specific need, such as insurance. At Greensview Elementary School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, $5 is collected from each member to cover both PTO membership and room party fees. At Barrington High School in Barrington, Ill., most of the PTO's $27,000 annual budget comes from membership fees, and $7,000 of this amount goes to fund the school's impressive college advisory program. The program culminates in a fair attended by 400 colleges and universities. But how does this kind of fee affect membership? The $20 membership fee charged by the Barrington High PTO certainly hasn't hurt participation, which PTO advisor Cinda Pittman estimates at 50 percent of the families of the school's 2,500 students. "In this school district, people just take it for granted," she says, adding that Illinois parents already have to pay almost $300 in book and technology fees each year. "It starts in elementary school with a membership fee of $3 to $5, then $10 at the middle school, and by the time the children get to high school, parents are used to it. They assume that to join the PTO, you have to pay a membership fee. We never hear any complaints about it, and it's not controversial."

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20. ENC Online: Curriculum Resources: Changing Perspectives (ENC-018215, Table Of Co building parenting skills through parent child activities For ptas and ptos newways seminar model A university course model The wisconsin Academy Staff http://www.enc.org/resources/records/contents/0,1240,018215,00.shtm

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