Parent Teacher Organization-Is it wrong of me to feel relieved?

Question

The last two years I was the "Events Coordinator" for my daughter's school's PTO. My husband was the president of the PTO (and effectively I was his personal secretary). The last two years I've created all the fliers, brochures, agendas, volunteer solicitation, funds/grants applications and newsletters for the PTO, as well as working every event from pre-event coordination to clean up. We voted in a new board last night and the new secretary will take over the fliers/brochures/fundraising/newsletters and the Events Coordinator will do the volunteer/pre-event coordination. I am SO relieved to not be on the board anymore I can't tell you. My husbands comment was 'don't look so relived!" (he is the new VP). I mean the position I was doing has been split between two people (and the secretary gets all the templates of all the above mentioned literature). Am I in the wrong to feel so relieved?

Answer 1

no its not wrong. your just glad you dont have to do all that work anymore! you needed a break, hun!

Answer 2

Absolutely not.  You sound like you were stretched pretty thin.

Answer 3

No, you're not wrong at all! You needed the break! You'll still be involved, I'm sure, just without all the responsiblity!! good for you. ♥

Answer 4

no not at all. I have never done as much as you but I used to go to every PTO meeting and volunteer to chair events and at every meeting it was the officers, me and maybe one other parent show up for the meetings and so I felt obligated to take on events to chair them and so forth. After awhile I got burnt out and frustrated and it ended up where I stopped even going to the meetings because I was tired of it. I have 4 kids and my husband works two jobs, I just didn't have it in me anymore. I still volunteer at events to help and I go on field trips and volunteer in the classroom but no more PTO meetings or chairing anything. I felt guilty at first but I was relieved also to not be doing so much anymore. I never even got to enjoy my kids at the events because I was too busy running it. It's nice if more people step up so it's not all on one person.

Answer 5

Nope, you have every right to feel relieved!  You've worked hard & done a good job and, now, you get to 'retire' from the hard part of it & settle in for the fun.  

I'm glad your old job was split into two positions.  That will help the next people who do the jobs to avoid the burnout that you're feeling now, help them to be more productive in each position.  

Good job!  And, if no one else has said it to you, yet - Thank you for helping make the school years better for the kids in your school & your district!

Answer 6

are you kidding? just wait to see how cool it is when they graduate! then you can do things for pleasure not guilt or competion to be the "best". one day at a time sister.

Answer 7

No, you're not wrong!   It's great that you took your turn with this position, and did a wonderful job as well.  Now it's someone else's turn!  I always think it's a shame when the same people get stuck with these jobs over and over, because no one new steps up to the plate.

Answer 8

Ugh, no! I'm in the middle of too much for my PTO and just struggling to make it through the year.  You are SO lucky to have people step up and it's only fair. No one should have to do that much more than a year in my opinion!