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Experience: former PTA president of the Fitzgerald school, member of numerous school committees...
...Weld's proposed initiatives have already been undercut by his own massive spending cuts on education. For example, a major plank in Weld's plan is the establishment of school governance councils consisting of parents and teachers. Apart from the less-than-revolutionary nature of a more powerful PTA, this initiative is problematic because it was already launched in 1988 under the name "school improvement councils." The budget for these councils has already been cut by the governor...
...time hiking around his local prefecture, visiting his 90-year-old grandmother in Osaka, and for the first time since joining the company 14 years ago, taking a trip with his wife and her family, to the seaside town of Toba. Murakami also attended the Japanese equivalent of a PTA meeting, his first ever, and discovered that his eight- year-old son, often scolded at home for being absentminded, was seen by his teachers as a conscientious, responsible student. Until last April, Murakami had never taken more than five summer days off each year. Says he: "I never made...
...show" charity fund raisers. Having professionally directed and choreographed all his life, director Cione will accept nothing less than polished and professional - performances, even from an all-volunteer cast. Says he: "I abhor any attempt, big budget or small, that comes off looking like a PTA production...
...home. At the same time, modern appliances freed women from household drudgery. "Housewives can pursue their interests in a carefree manner, while men have to worry about supporting their wives and children," says Makiko Katagiri, 32, a college-educated housewife who plays volleyball once a week and runs the PTA at her children's nursery school...