The students joined with the parents association in the movement.

But she said each school could choose to do so starting in the fall of 1998 if the principal and the parents association agreed.

Talk to parents, including the president of the parents association.

The school's parents association raised the money to buy the Logiblocs.

Of the city's 918 elementary and middle schools, he said, about 190 did not have parent associations when school started.

How many are members of community boards or parent associations?

The catholic parents associations were in favor of this measure.

The city will also survey parent associations to find out what kind of training they need, the statement added.

Not all maps, including ones provided online by the school's parents association or other groups, are entirely up to date, either.

The lack of a parent association in a school can mean diminished representation for parents at higher levels.