PTO/SAC Board Meeting
Meeting was called to order at
Welcome: Sign-in sheet was passed around along with
snack sign up for meetings.
Secretary’s Report:
*The minutes
from September’s meeting were read, accepted, and seconded.
Treasurer’s Report:
*Britt Galipault
read the current bank account information.
Approximately 200 Entertainment books were sold. The Katrina Relief student council fundraiser
as of
PALS/Membership Update:
*Viola Cashmore
reported that 119 hours were logged in last month. She feels that this is an underestimated
number of actual volunteer hours and wanted to reinstate the fact that all
volunteers need to log in and out each time they volunteer. She has not some computer problems and will
continue to figure out the best way to account for all our volunteer
hours. A volunteer is only able to log
in a maximum of 24 hrs. at a time. Viola also mentioned the PALS Reading Program
and the different leveled readers available through PALS in our media
center: Rockin’
Readers, Reads First, and Reading PALS.
Please encourage teachers who are implementing the volunteers through
the PALS reading program to look over these leveled readers and indicate at
what level their student is on so that the volunteers can implement these books
during their volunteer time with the student(s).
Misc./New Business:
*Jan Miracle
will be helping run the holiday gift shop.
* A 5th grade
parent volunteer is needed to help coordinate and run the 5th grade
banquet/graduation.
*Friday March 25th
has been approved as the designated date for our Jog-A-Thon.
*Lisa Peters mentioned that
the annual pie sales fundraiser with Dutch Heritage will take place again and
run from Open House (Nov. 3rd) until Thanksgiving Break. Pies will be sold at $9 each. A table will be set up in the cafeteria for
tickets to be sold at Open House night.
*Cory Tyle
mentioned that one of our business partners, Sarasota Coffee Roasters, will
also be participating in a fundraiser this year along with the pie sales and
will be selling 12 oz. bags of coffee for $10.
This fundraiser will take place on the same dates as our pie sales. A letter will be going home to families
mentioning both of these fundraisers.
*Sweetbay
grocery stores has become a new business partner and has a list of items
purchased that will help us earn school dollars. Families are encouraged to save coupon
printout and turn it into our school (teachers place in PTO mailbox) to help us
earn money.
The “Support our Schools”
fundraiser runs from Sep. 4th-Dec 3rd.
*Mrs. Green and Ms. Paige
presented PTO with a program called “Handwriting Without
Tears”. Approximately $550.00 was
requested and approved by PTO for four Kindergarten classes (Green,
Boardman, Rhoades, and Kennedy) to pilot
this program with their classes this year.
*Prospective future business
partners for BTWD include Sweet Tomatoes and The Olive Garden.
Principals’ Report:
*The allocation of the A+
money was shared and the distribution of monies approved by Budget committee
was discussed. This is the proposed
allocation of A= money:
+95,300
Awarded to
-4,250
Student Recognition/Book Fair
-2,500
Programs
-10,000
Textbooks (Music, Art, other)
-16,750
Total
+78,550
Balance
-7,300 ($200
x 36.5) for returning instructional staff for classroom use
+71,250
Balance
*Balance will be divided equally between members of
the 2004-05
***A+ money distribution was approved by SAC.
*School Improvement Plan was
presented with a strong emphasis on improving in writing.
*An After School Tutorial
Program is being started in the
*Possible future plan
would include opening up our computer labs at night for adults to use in our
community.
Meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Shelly Kilduff
PTO Secretary/first grade teacher