[farmfriend]

By joining your local PTA, you are automatically sending $2.00 to the National PTA which supports all the same things as the NEA.

I did not say join. I said attend. There is a difference.

[petitfour]

Technically, your local PTA is not supposed to let nonmembers attend their meetings. I don't know why, but it is in the by-laws. I don't understand why so many schools do not drop the PTA and create their own organizations that keep all membership dues for use at their schools.