I've been a member for a couple of years, Chair for a year and now I'm just miserable with it. We are actually a "friends of" rather than a pta as the teachers at some point, refused. Which is fine, they certainly so enough in my eyes.
There's 10 of us in the committee, 3 are standing down, 2 never respond to messages, and everything just seems to be a battle.
I feel like I'm doing everything from uniform sorts to organising discos, all the documentation needed, battle with the school with what they will and won't let us do as we can't do anything involving sweet sales or cake sales.
Now I've just had a message about something that I was pretty sure someone else said they were sorting but apparently they're not.
Parents moan about everything but don't bloody volunteer!
Why do I bother?
Is every other one like this too?
I want to give up but seeing as I'm going to be at the school for another few years, I thought it would be a good thing to do!
Urgh!