parent-teacher organization

[pair-uhnt-tee-cher awr-guh-nuh-zey-shuhn, par-uhnt]

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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A board liaison and the treasurer of the band’s parent-teacher organization will soon work with Perry to create a plan and a budget for the money.

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But that explanation doesn’t square with past progress on this issue, said Samantha Fogg, who co-chairs the citywide parent-teacher organization, Seattle Council PTSA.

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