Henry County PTO Dissolved After ‘Mother Funders’ Appearance
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A parent teacher organization in Henry County is the subject of a new reality show on the cable network Bravo. The school district isn’t pleased with the content of the show, called “Mother Funders.”
A show trailer features parents arguing, children crying when parents leave for meetings, and power struggles between PTO members at Bethlehem Elementary School. In one scene, PTO President Carla Stephens explains the group’s purpose.
“When it comes to our kids’ education, we’ll stop at nothing to make sure they have the best of the best, and that comes down to one thing: money,” she says.
J.D. Hardin, communications director for the Henry County Schools, says the PTO told the district about the show in advance.
“A quick review of the parameters of it and what all would be involved quickly gave us an uneasy feeling, and that’s why we denied the request to be able to do anything on our school grounds or to be able to use that particular school’s name or even our school system’s name,” Hardin said in a phone interview.
The group agreed to those terms. But the show did use the school’s name, which caused a legal problem. The district has shut down the PTO for now, due to negative publicity. Hardin says there may be a new one eventually.
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