Officials pushing parents to join PTA

Annapolis High School's independent PTSO may become a PTSA, affiliated with the national PTA organization.

Its leaders got a hard sell on the switch Thursday at a meeting with representatives from the Parent-Teacher Association, who pushed affiliation with their national group over the school's independent Parent-Student-Teacher Organization as the best way to get insurance and nonprofit status.

"I like the idea of working with an organization that already has a lot of things in place, so you're not reinventing the wheel," said Pam Bukowski, president of the school's organization. "It's...