PTO Meeting Minutes from October 1, 2009
Board Members In Attendance:
Carlene Goodbody, Glenwood President
Kim Dunford, Glenwood Co-VP
Lisa Henry, Laurin President
Karen Landgraf, Laurin VP
Janet Shattuck, Treasurer
Danielle Rebar, Secretary
Approximately 25 parents and teachers in attendance.
Jim Fairchild gave a short presentation about the WatchDogs program. Last year was the first year for this program at Glenwood and was a huge success. Dads and others help out in classrooms, with reading, recess, etc. Pizza night October 21st in the Glenwood gym at 5:30 pm. People can sign up on the WatchDogs calendar for a day that works for them.
Secretary Report:
Minutes from last meeting were approved.
Treasurer Report:
Popcorn sales have been good this year due to the presale. During curriculum night, PTO sold many logo t-shirts and sweatshirts. Laurin book fair made approximately $1100 and has already purchased 130 new books. Treasurer’s report approved.
Upcoming Events/Ongoing Business:
MonsterMash – The chair person announced needing chairs for several games and events at the Monster Mash. Janet Shattuck volunteered. She needs 9 more adult volunteers.
Harvest Festival – Angela Tait needs to organize volunteers for this event. She needs chairs for food and helpers for the games.
Janet asked about receipts for these events and how budgets are made. The chairperson is given a budget and is responsible for letting the volunteers know how much they can spend on particular needs of an event.
WinterHawk ticket flyers will go home to parents at both schools in the next week or two. We are going to try to sell $200.
New Business:
Wish Lists – Lisa talked about how the wish list protocol came about. Payback book money is earmarked for Glenwood wish list and Cookie Dough money for Laurin.
Steve Hoskins presented Laurin’s wish list:
PTO WISH LIST
Laurin
Student Reward/Incentives *($1.30/student) $ 800
Reading Challenge Incentives (Library) * $ 300
Mini Lap Top Computers (4) $1600
Band Busing $1000
Classroom book library (Olson) $ 250
Historical Fiction Novels (8th grade) $ 200
Dry Erase Boards/Markers (5th grade) $ 400
8th Grade Celebration $ 100
Two Way Radios (5) $ 750
Staff Breakfast (during Start-up day) $ 50
Total $5450
District okay’d use of mini laptops which costs much less than the regular laptops. 4 are needed for the new portable classrooms.
Someone raised a question about the Soar Program not being included as line item in the budget presented for 2009/10 and thought it was agreed last year to put it as a line item, not a Wish List item. Motion that the Soar Program become a line item for $1K. Motion approved.
Motion to approve Laurin wish list granted.
Mike Maloney presented Glenwood’s wish list:
Glenwood Heights Primary 2009-2010
|
PTO Wish List |
Item info |
cost |
|
Assembly fund |
6 assemblies @ approx $500 each |
$3000 |
|
Literacy Lunch program |
Mid-day literacy program for K sts |
$750 |
|
Radios/Walkie-Talkies |
5 x $250ea |
$1250 |
|
Laptops |
7 x $1400 |
$9800 |
|
Rain Gear for Recess Staff |
6 x $50ea |
$300 |
|
AlphaSmart keyboards for SpEd |
4 x $200 |
$800 |
|
KidzArt facility fee |
Afterschool art program |
$90 |
|
|
TOTAL |
$15990.00 |
Popcorn money earmarked for assemblies and field trips. Removed assemblies for wish list.
Carlene researched the cost of the laptops and found she could get them for less than $810/piece. The laptop request is going to be taken off the wish list and will be discussed at next meeting. We will come back to the laptop request at the next meeting after more research can be done on the actual cost of the laptops.
KidzArt is a new afterschool program.
$4190.00 – Motion to approve partial Glenwood wish list was approved.
Proposals for new fundraising ideas:
- Chuck E Cheese Night
- Kiggins’ Theater $7.00; gets you five movies; $3.00 back to the school.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
