Did your school have a PTA or a PTO?

[Bossy Monkey]

I graduated high school in '80. At that time, at least in these parts, only parochial schools had PTOs; now it seems everybody does. You'd think that if this was Jeannie C. Riley's fault, the change would have happened in the late '60s, but I guess Barbara Eden's tv series based on the song might have had some effect. Or maybe there was some incredible embezzling scandal in the national PTA that I just never heard about. Anybody have any ideas?

Edit: spelling

[skygazer]

1. We drove around in a GTO

What the teachers and parents were doing, I have no idea. :hippie:

[Dave Reynolds]

2. When I started school,

it was PTA. Somewhere in the middle, it became PTO.

I have seen many tractors advertised with PTO as a selling point.

[Sporadicus]

3. Being Somewhat of a Gearhead...

PTO will always mean 'power take-off' to me.

[flamingyouth]

4. PTA at ours, but there was a school in our neighborhood with a PTO

They liked going against the grain.

[Sympleesmshn]

5. My school has a Parents Associtation...

Thats what it is called anyways.

My elementary school had a PTA...

[ronnykmarshall]

6. SLA!

[Bossy Monkey]

9. So instead of spaghetti suppers it was bank heists?

Well that's one way to pay for the chorus' field trip to Disneyland!

[ronnykmarshall]

12. So much fun!

Out school motto was "death to the fascist insect that preys upon the lives of the people".

Ahhhh. The carefree days as a child.

[fit4life]

7. They have one at my stepson's school.

The snotty bastards meet on Thursday's at 9:00 a.m. I guess it never occurred to them that not all parents are well off and have a stay-at-home parent who can make those meetings.

[Lars39]

8. From what I understand, they are different in goals.

PTA is more powerful: allows/expects parental input/help/cooperation with the teachers,
while a PTO is basically a fundraising vehicle, with the parents not having any say-so in the school.

[Left Is Write]

10. We had a PTO. I graduated in '84.

[Zomby Woof]

11. We had a PTL