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:
- to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community;
- to raise the standards of home life;
- to advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth;
- to promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;
- to engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; and
- 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: School Advocacy Funding Team Meeting -- November 20 from 6-8PM at 955 Campbell Rd.
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.
Informational Resources:
- PTA Advocacy information: Subscribe to: txpta.org/newsroom and txpta.org/take-action
- Spring Branch ISD School Finance Advocacy Team web site: https://www.
springbranchisd.com/engage/ committees/sfat - School Finance 101 presentation (items 2 & 3): https://springbranchisdtx.
new.swagit.com/videos/ 10202022-607 - (Slide deck here: https://resources.
finalsite.net/images/ )v1666290379/ springbranchisdcom/ wsckr12yerzy2vmudwi0/Slides_ Meeting_1.pdf - School Funding in Texas (legal perspective): https://
springbranchisdtx.new.swagit. com/videos/10272022-505 - (Slide deck here: https://resources.
finalsite.net/images/ )v1666793803/ springbranchisdcom/ jclk61nro7eig42hpuyy/Meeting_ 2.pdf - The Last School Funding Bill and Recommendations for Advocacy (with former House Rep. Dan Huberty, who authored the bill): https://
springbranchisdtx.new.swagit. com/videos/11172022-774 - (Slide decks here: https://resources.finalsite.
net/images/v1668611826/ and here: https://resources.springbranchisdcom/ ln7qnicvbpa0kouwroru/sfat_ meeting_111622.pdf finalsite.net/images/ )v1668695128/ springbranchisdcom/ oqwjsu0yhj9dpnxpdxgn/Rep_ Huberty_Presentation.pdf