NOMS PTSA Meeting Notes August 19, 2009
meeting called to order at 8:45
Principal's Report: Mr. Smith was not in attendance - he did report to Betsy that the bathrooms are almost complete. The floors need sealing and the walls need painting - expected to be complete by end of August.
President's Report:
Betsy reported on membership and website awards received from PTA convention
Now that we have a larger board we need to have more in attendance at monthly meetings to reach our new quorum of 14.
Thanks to Rhonda and Jenny for a great dance!
We donated the $8600 to NOMS over the summer, in addition to the earlier $3000, towards new computers.
Thank You to hospitality for the Welcome Back lunch!
Discussed idea for Mother's Munch/Mingle and decided to address at a future time.
Secretary's Report: Minutes from previous meeting stand approved as e-mailed.
Treasurer's Report: Cynthia reported checkbook balance of $10,805.16. Budget category of "Plants" being changed to "Paragon" discussed and approved.
Membership: currently at 838 (533 parents, 305 students, 0 staff). Staff will be requested to join by Robb Smith. We do notice a decrease this year in the number of Dads as PTSA members, and an overall decease from last year.
Programs:
Reflections - front office needs entry forms before they can announce over the PA
KY Kids Day - 9/29. Nancy Stevens discussed idea to incorporate recycling program into this, possible theme of "Keep KY Clean". They'd like to see if they can provide music at lunch along with a photo booth that day - "Picture this.."
Red Ribbon Week - no report
Fundraising - Jenny discussed idea to use Early Release days for fundraising (movie day?). Has talked with Tinseltown, will check out Oldham 8. The obstacles of supervision during the movie and transportation cost hinder this idea.
Rhonda thanks all the volunteers from the dance. She received much positive feedback from the kids - they loved the prizes. Nearly ran out of all concessions.
Paragon - begins 9/24, ends 10/7. Beth would like to do a kick off assembly. Have had and will continue to have samples available at the Open Houses. Orders will be in by Thanksgiving.
Snappy Tomato - Terri reported that the days will change to Wed/Thurs to help increase volume. There is a possible vendor conflict with Papa Johns' providing the lunch pizza. Betsy will follow up to make sure we can still use Snappy Tomato as a fundraiser.
Site Based - Leah Simpson reported that eligibility for sports and extracurricular activities may have a change to a weekly check for grades, resulting in a 1 week initial probation if requirements are not met. There will be a vote on this at the next SBDM meeting.
Secret Pals - Lyne Church still has about 15-20 staff that need secret pals.
New Business -
what are our PTSA goals for the year? Ideas presented were re-paving the driveway, providing funds for 'mini' notebook computers, adding a sign to the US 42 area, implementing a recycling program, enhancing beautification (especially post construction), providing a list of FAQ's to incoming 6th grade parents.
Other business - there was a discussion on the recent lockdown. Betsy reported that each school principal has the decision whether to lock down or not, and they also can determine the method of lockdown (locking only exterior doors or all classroom doors as well). She will provide feedback to Robb that parents felt a OneCall once the lockdown ended might have sufficed instead of the physical letter coming home.
Some parents felt their child's first day of lunch was cut very short because of the hassle of so many lunch checks being processed the first day. Perhaps in future years there can be a table at registration for dropping off lunch checks to avoid this first day 'rush'.
Betsy reminded everyone of all the PTSA communication outlets: the website, daily emails, and newsletter. A request to get something in the daily email should go to both Gay Alsup and Patti Such, not Mark Eaton. It's best to send to both Gay and Patty since Gay is not there everyday.
Not discussed: new PTSA positions
Meeting adjourned at 10:34
People in attendance: Betsy Lowe, Beth Scherer, Rhonda Spangler, Jean Lewis, Nancy Stevens, Nikki Feuquay, Jenny Stegeman, Bonita Tong, Maureen Green, Leah Simpson, Terri Steinbruner, Lyne Church, Lana Rice, Pauline Moore, Cynthia Paris - 15
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