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(AP) When Alaina Kwan was in kindergarten a few years ago, her father would drive her to school, wait with other parents to greet the teachers and take his stand in no man's land. 'So there I am, and it's 15 mothers and me,' recalled Frank Kwan, communications director for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. 'And they're looking at me funny, as if to say, 'Do you have a real job?' It took a little bit of adjustment.' Soon other fathers approached Kwan when they found out he was the only dad who volunteered in Alaina's class in Glendale, Calif. By the end of the school year, 10 fathers joined in as classroom helpers, thanks in part to Kwan's pitch: Just give it a try. Such outreach is happening across the country as the PTA aims to recruit members and develop leaders among groups not widely represented, particularly men and Hispanics. Nine of 10 PTA members are women and more than eight in 10 are white, the organization estimates. Hispanics, the country's largest minority, are projected to account for almost one in four public school children by 2020, yet they make up only 4% of the PTA's 6.2 million members...
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