Mission: Partnering with Staff and Families to Create a Safe, Healthy and Inclusive Learning

Mission: Partnering with Staff and Families to Create a Safe, Healthy and Inclusive Learning

BOD Meeting

Sept 21st, 2017

Mission: Partnering with staff and families to create a safe, healthy and inclusive learning environment
to provide an enjoyable and positive school experience.

Goals:Support the mission statement using:
effective communication, connecting community, financial support & fiscal responsibility.

MINUTES

Call to order by: At: 7:07

  • Minutes Approved from August

PresidentReport:Sara Cupp & Shelly Astle

  • Events
  • Alison Eidinger will take on Bingo, Sara Cupp will take over Spelling Bee
  • Scholarship basket (Moriah Oster)
  • Gift Card Galore!
  • Facebook
  • Had a lot of traffic after the staff photo was posted, we will continue posting pictures of events, results of PTSA money being spent around the school
  • Post before/after classroom pics
  • We will start creating “events” for PTSA sponsored events on FB.
  • Calendar Changes:
  • Oct 13th 8:45 General Membership
  • November 9thBOD meeting changed to Nov 16th
  • Jan 19th8:45 General Membership
  • May 18th8:45 General Membership
  • June 24thBOD meeting changed to 14th
  • Principals and presidents meeting for PTSA
  • Put together a “best practice” for grants that are helpful to keep in mind
  • Goal to work collaboratively with principal and school needs
  • Guidance on transportation/field trips
  • Suggested we don’t grant money for transportation because of liability

Treasurer Report:Allison Eidinger

  • New teachers (within first 2 years of teaching, receives $200/yr)
  • Total of 11.5 teachers in this category – we will need to add $700 to our line item for new teacher funds
  • Molly Hylen moves that “…we reallocate $700 from 2016/17 carryover to ‘new teacher funds’ line item” Leta Hamilton seconds the motion
  • Motion passes
  • Audit report will be ready for our Oct meeting.
  • Plan to budget money for dinner prior to curriculum night every year

Committee Reports:

  • Round Up
  • Band will get things started
  • Food Trucks
  • DJ
  • Walk a Thon 12:30-1:30 Oct 6th
  • Lots of kids have registered, and some donations have already come in, envelopes will go home soon
  • Most raffle items have been collected
  • Need more adult auction items – otherwise we will stick with just a raffle
  • Spirit week
  • Color/sidewalk chalk day (K – red, 1 – Orange, 2 – yellow, 3 – Blue, 4 – Green, 5 – purple)
  • PJ
  • Crazy hair/socks
  • Favorite holiday or festive shirt
  • Spirit day
  • Popcorn incentives for classes who make certain amounts, or all school free popcorn if we reach $50k
  • Overall things are coming along well and looking good
  • Membership
  • 369 members
  • Will set up table at Ice Cream Social
  • Leta will continue to push at the upcoming events for members
  • Enrichment
  • Oct 2 starts new enrichment series
  • We have a collection of enrichment classes we’ll be offering – people have to print the form and bring it into the YMCA to register, YMCA website isn’t working well.
  • FACE
  • Making a bulletin board for countries people are from
  • We will take down feature of “language spoken” off the registration because it’s becoming an issue. We will put in a request for a feature change to make it possible for next year.
  • Author Visit
  • Dan GemeinhartThe Honest Truth
  • Math Challenge
  • Link will be put up on FB, Website
  • Principal Report
  • LWPTSA putting on a course for parents new to the district and help people new to the country – dates to follow
  • Incoming Kinder families have much more diversity and many more families that are non-native speakers
  • We would like to work on a plan to create a ‘new to the country’ and ‘new to the district’ night to help new families understand the school, PTSA, district goals etc
  • We have kids at this school speaking 31 different languages.
  • Love and Logic class will start Oct 2nd (6 classes long)
  • We need to fill out a LWSD form in order to put meetings etc on the calendar (Shelly will do this)

Adjourn8:10

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