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

Parent groups at one school can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars while another campus just a few miles away has no parent-teacher organization.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2023

Leslie Johnson, a small-business owner and active parent-teacher organization member in Tomball, Tex., identifies as conservative.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022

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 parent-teacher organization just recently raised the money to put a school logo decal on the gym floor.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2017

“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