May 2010 Minutes
Richmond Consolidated School
PTO Meeting Minutes – May 12, 2010
By: Julia Russell
Attendants : 2:00 pm Julia Russell, Anne Danko, Wendy Laurin, Tracy Crawford
5:45 pm Julia Russell, Alicia Woodbury, Jenevra Strock, Bianca Diegle, Jim Biancolo, Vicky Biancolo, Beth Smith, Wendy Laurin, Catherine Gamberoni, Grace Daley
First order of business was to vote for the PTO paying the speaker fee for Dr. David Anderegg who will be speaking at the school on May 19th from the Educational Productions budget. The board also voted for making a monetary donation of $200, toward the community garden.
Julia Russell did a slide show presentation outlining the board positions and the focus and goals of the PTO. It included the class trip financing requirements as well as the PTO financial requirements. It briefly covered next years planned fundraisers and some other fundraising ideas, e.g. monthly movie nights (after school for elementary, evenings for middle schoolers, the idea of after school play ground etc, was also brought up. In addition the ideas of PTO dues and offering parents the option to opt out of fundraising by writing a check, (this would be done directly to the school, by S.S.A.E) in order to keep the students and classroom out of it and giving everyone confidentiality.
We also discussed including PTO events on the school website calendar and possible PTO website discussion boards.
Wendy Laurin provided a break down of the Craft Fair components, the crafter letters need to go out Mid August and the Silent Auction letters need to go out early September.
Some changes were discussed such as the name and that the Chinese Auction be removed from the event and the Kid Activities be brought in instead.
In the search for a new PTO board for next year, we have received a Secretary commitment and a Co-President commitment. We still need a Treasurer for next year. Julia Russell cannot do the office next year. The new board members really need to be voted in at next months meeting.
A number of attendants expressed some concerns about the combining of class parents, with the PTO and across the board fundraising and feel that more discussion needs to be made before and changes occur.