parent-teacher organization

American  

[pair-uhnt-tee-cher awr-guh-nuh-zey-shuhn, par-uhnt] / ˈpɛər əntˈti tʃər ˌɔr gə nəˈzeɪ ʃən, ˈpær ənt /

noun

1. an organization made up of parents and teachers at a school that works together to promote mutual understanding and to increase the effectiveness of the educational program. PTO

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parent-teacher organization

But he wasn’t expecting the six-figure number he saw when he and other members of the school’s parent-teacher organization got the projections.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023

Guidera and her husband moved to Virginia in 1995 and their daughter attended Fairfax County Public Schools, where she served as a classroom volunteer, parent-teacher organization leader and advisory committee member.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2021

She contacted the school’s parent-teacher organization and local nonprofits serving the Black, Latino, and refugee populations in Charlottesville, asking them to connect her to Greenbrier families who lived outside the immediate neighborhood.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2020

The Southwestern parent-teacher organization voiced its fears about the change.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2016

“It’s just an extension of when the local parent-teacher organization came to my mom and asked if she would teach the kids on our hill,” said Barbara Ann, who heads the current instruction program.

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2013