WAIS PTA Advocacy

 

The Westchester Academy of International Studies Middle and High School Parent Teacher Association (WAIS PTA) is a nonprofit local PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) organized under the authority of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers (Texas PTA), a branch of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers (National PTA). 

 

The purposes of the WAIS PTA, in common with National PTA and Texas PTA, are:

  1. to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community;
  2. to raise the standards of home life;
  3. to advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth;
  4. to promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;
  5. to engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; and
  6. to advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.

 

If you would like to get more involved and more informed regarding Public School Financial Advocacy then please mark your calendar and join us for the following meetings and events.

 

Save Our Schools: The Fight for Funding -- October 22, 6:30 p.m., Memorial Church of Christ, 900 Echo Lane. All PTA members are invited to attend this event. Guests will include: Rep. Mano DeAyala, Deanna Harrington and Dominique Harvey. We will talk about what happened last session, what we are looking for this session and what we as PTA members can do to MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Note: We will only have Rep. DeAyala because he is unopposed -- all of our other reps up for election have an opponent who otherwise would have to be invited. This is not a "who to vote for" event, but an informational event for all PTA members.
 
PTA Rally Day in Austin -- February 24, 9 a.m. in Austin -- we will travel to Austin to meet with legislators and to participate in events with PTAs from around the state. If there is interest, bus transportation will be available. More details to come.

 

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