Herrera PTA: To enhance engagement and foster stronger relationships between parents and school community for our students' wellbeing and academic success.

"PTA is focused on making every child's potential a reality by strengthening education and taking a comprehensive approach to community success." - Txpta.org

The purposes of Herrera Elementary PTA, in common with National PTA and Texas PTA, are:

1. to promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community;

2. to raise the standards of home life;

3. to advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare, and safety of children and youth;

4. to promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth;

5. to engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; and

6. to advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.

The purposes of National PTA, Texas PTA and this PTA are promoted through advocacy and education in collaboration with parents, families, teachers, educators, students, and the public; developed through conferences, committees, projects, and programs; and governed and qualified by the basic principles and policies set forth in the Basic Principles article and the Basic Policies article.