HSES PTA Executive Board meeting

May 8, 2007

HSES Media Center

 

HSES PTA Executive Board meeting convened at 7:00 pm on May 8, 2007, in the HSES Media Center.  Nine PTA members were in attendance.

 

Kelli Dicks presented an agenda and began with the PTA mission, welcome and introductions. There was a new PTA member observing.

 

Principal's Report (Glenn Heisey presented by Paul Owens):

Mr. Travers, our art teacher, will be moving to Centennial Elementary School next year. Ms. Tasha Maglocci will be part-time, sharing her time with Ilchester Elementary School. Hollifield will be busy next week with several events including field trips, the 101 Dalmatians play by 4th and 5th graders, and several concerts.

 

Staff Report (Lisa Hairston-Jones):

Thanks in advance for the lunch and gifts.

 

Treasurer's Report (John Anania):

There was no change since last month. The PTA brought in about $1700 more than planned this year. A surplus of $1600-$1800 is expected by year-end. This is above and beyond the $15,000 surplus from last year. 

 

Audit Committee – There is no volunteer yet! The job entails auditing a sampling of deposits and expenses. This must be done in June or July and will take approximately 2 hours. June 15th is the deadline for a check request.

 

Committee Reports

 

PTA Council – Report given by Linda Dombrowski: 

Worthington Elementary School has an asbestos issue. Kids lost about 6 days of instructional time. A patch on the floor is causing health issues. This is a countywide issue in older schools (e.g., Mt. Hebron). Worthington will continue to press this as a global issue.

 

PTA Council is silent in response to the problem. They were also silent is response to other issues (e.g., building VeteranÕs Elementary School).  No nominations were made to the floor during their meeting.

 

Nominations (Jeannie DeCray): 

This has been very challenging this year. There was a long sought period for nominations, particularly for the position of president. Currently, all positions have been filled except:

  1. Business partnerships – non-essential
  2. Historian – non-essential
  3. Membership - needed
  4. Ways & Means – needed, but effort can be reduced from this yearÕs; Vicki Imre will support Spirit Wear
  5. Cultural Arts - needed

 

The slate of officers for next year will be:

  1. President – Jeannie DeCray
  2. 1st V.P. – Jodi Johnson
  3. 2nd V.P. – Linda Dombrowski
  4. Recording Secretary – Trish Ververs
  5. Treasurer – Laura Smith
  6. PTA Council Delegate – Vicki Imre

 

School Spirit – Report Given by Kelli Dicks:

The date for the end of the year picnic is June 4th with June 5th as the rain date. The party will be held from 6:30-8:00pm with set-up at 6:00 pm and clean-up until 9:00 pm.

 

President's Report (Kelli Dicks):

Tuesday, June 12th at 7pm will be the party for the PTA. Committee reports are due June 15th. There was $458 generated from box tops this year ($420 from box tops from last year).

 

New business:

  1. Donation to St. JohnÕs Lane Elementary – Discussion:  It was requested to be used for transition activities over the summer – 6 picnics. It will be taken out of the surplus. No more than $500 will be used, starting with $300, but more can be requested. A motion was made, seconded and carried to donate $300 to St. JohnÕs Lane Elementary PTA.
  2. Mascot sign – Discussion:  We have a beige and red brick building. The design on the sign will be orange with blue font using a 3D effect.  A motion was made, seconded and carried to approve the design known as V21 (attached to these minutes).
  3. A motion was made, seconded and carried to pay bills during the summer.
  4. By-laws need to be revised by November 2007.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm.