PTAs are lifeblood for school 'extras'

PTAs are lifeblood for school 'extras': "PTAs are lifeblood for school 'extras'
SWARTZ CREEK
THE SWARTZ CREEK NEWS
Sunday, August 21, 2005
By Robyn Rosenthal
rrosenthal@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6310

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SWARTZ CREEK - It's not your mother's PTA.

Parent-teacher organizations nowadays are raising thousands of dollars for their schools - districtwide more than $100,000 last year - helping to pay for everything from field trips and snacks during MEAP testing to costly items like playgrounds and copy machines.

'They are the mortar that fills the gaps and holds the bricks together,' said Syring Elementary School first-grade teacher Julie Clark. 'We could make it without them, but it would be very hard.'"