Sorry for waffling.
I went to my first PTA meeting on Thursday night and I am very confused and not sure what they are supposed to do.
We started by discussing how much money had been raised and where the money had come from. We were given a simple break down on paper and a total in the bank. At this point the chairperson (a teacher from the school) said that the head teacher had something to say.
He told us that he had taken £3000 to "shore up the school finaces as it is getting to the end of the year and it is a struggle with all the teachers that have been off sick but he hasn't used it yet". He also advised us that he is having an Internet safety week due to some circumstances that had arisen and is going to cost £450.
During the walk home from the meeting I suddenly realised what he had said. He was telling us that he had taken £3000 to pay for cover teachers.
I have spoken to the parent who is the vice chair the next day and he said that he thought that that is what he said but knew nothing about it and is going to bring it up with the chair.
My question is...can the head do this? My understanding of what the PTA fundraise for is extra stuff such as the Internet safety week or to subsidise school trips etc not to pay for staff sickeness or to subsidise the school budget. Should he not have to formally ask and provide a reason why he needs the money?
The problem is that all of the main people of the PTA are school related (teachers, TA, school staff, governors etc) apart from the vice chair who I said earlier knew nothing about it. They seemed to defer to anything that he said. They also taked about what they had discussed/agreed in the staff meeting.
I am thinking about putting myself down as treasurer but I don't know what that entails.
Does anyone have any advice?