The PTA is a potent force for the improvement of education, writes this principal, who believes that if others really understood this they would utilize the PTA more effectively. The author's school has the largest PTA in Kansas, the tenth largest in the nation. He warns, however, that numbers alone don't tell the story, the people do.
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