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Fast Eddie and the policies of his administration are not sitting well with the educators I work with on a regular basis. They sneer at his claim of being "The Education Governor."

I told them not to blame me, I didn't vote for him.

As I wrote on the state message board, this has already angered one of the officers of another PTA within our district. It will have a similar effect on others. I have no idea what the National or State PTA, who never met a busybody program they didn't love, will say about this. My guess is they'll be supportive of this wretched mandate. To be fair, I should probably contact them directly for the answer.

Thus far PTA on a district, state and national level has failed to impress me. Let me just add that I'm speaking as a local unit President.

PTA supports the policies of the Democratic party, make no mistake about that.

My wife works in an elementary school, and the teachers were all gung ho at election time to get Fast Eddy into office. The novelty soon wore off once they saw what he was all about (it didn't take long), and most of the teachers are now sorry they supported him. Of course, my wife got the last laugh on this one...

Pubmom, when we were in Texas the local schools had dropped their affiliation with the national PTA - partially because they didn't want to pay dues and partially because they felt it just wasn't necessary to be a part of that group.

Our local district here in PA did the same thing - PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) still does the fund raising for the school and even hosts some seminars but without the national involvement -

Since you are a member, what benefit does PTA have for the school?