FAQ
This is a very common question. When you pay for your membership to our PTA, you are paying 4 different levels of membership. The first part of your membership is to the National PTA and Florida PTA. Their cost per member is $3.50. Then your second membership is to the Miami-Dade County Council PTA. Their dues last year were $2 per member, averaged out. In our local chapter PTA (Cutler Ridge Elementary PTA), we made less than $2 per member last year due to low membership.
The money we collect from our Membership Drive we use to support upcoming activities at the school. The first week of school, the PTA receives a stack of funds requests for various things. We supply the school with the Attendance Awards, support Red Ribbon Week, supplement the STEAM Program, offer hospitality funding for Volunteer Appreciation, guest speakers, Teacher and Staff Appreciation, funding for the school app, and even sponsor Gazing at the Stars.
Our cost per member this year is $12. This money is supposed to help us offset the cost we paid upfront for many immediate needs at the school. The only way our membership dues can be reduced is if we had the full support of every parent ,teachers, administrator an staff member. Last year, we only had 85 members out of 500 students. 15 of those were school employees.
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