Why Join a PTA?
One important reason to join PTA is that PTA is the only group whose exclusive interest is the health, welfare, safety and education of your children. Children cannot vote, and are not organized and do not participate in the legislative process. Thus, they have no say in creating the policies that affect their lives and well-being. PTA allows you to speak for the interest of your children when you cannot be there yourself. Whether in Washington DC, Olympia, or in your own city government offices — everywhere decisions are made that affect your children, PTA is there speaking on behalf of your children. This has always been and will always be a central focus of PTA. In 1937, PTA was advocating for child labor laws. Today the issues are equally important for our children — internet safety, youth violence, levy/bond election, education reform, school class size and many more. Another compelling reason to join your local PTA unit is that every study ever conducted on the relationship bet
