9/20/2023

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  • Meeting Type: General Membership
  • Call to Order: 9:33 am
  • Called to Order by: Caitlin Canfield, President
  • Meeting Adjounment: 10:47 am
  • Attendance: 55

Board Members in Attendance

  • Caitlin Canfield
  • Sally Atkinson
  • Christopher Canfield
  • Ana Kostic
  • Thu-Loan Dinh
  • Sonali Khandwala

School Staff in Attendance

  • Edward Gilligan, Principal
  • Gloria Jean-Bernal, Parent Coordinator

Agenda

  • Greeting from Principal Gilligan
  • Approval of June 2023 minutes
  • General reminders
  • Treasurer's Report
  • Parent Q&A

Motions & Votes

Title Text Result
Approval of June 2023 Minutes The June 2023 Minutes are approved. Approved on Motion

Summary

Principal Gilligan

  • Students will be assessed in reading and math over the next month.
  • Picture day on 9/29. Volunteers needed.
  • 4th & 5th grades attending Lion King and Aladdin Broadway shows in March 2024. Will need to fundraise to offset the cost of these tickets.
  • Family Fridays returning.
  • Halloween character parade event in October.
  • Winter Wonderland returning in December, for first time since 2019.
  • Spirit Week in February 2024.

After-School Program Presentations

  • ICN Chess
  • Table Tennis
  • Kids in the Game
  • Girls Leadership

Treasurer's Report

  • New Co-Treasurer, Christopher Canfield, does not have access to most financial accounts, so only a summary could be presented.
  • Full report, from July 1 through next meeting, will be provided at next meeting.
  • Request for volunteers for the Budget Committee.

Box Tops

  • All Box Tops matched 2-to-1 this year, up to $500 in matching funds.
  • Please sign up using our referral code: DGXF5UUF

Proposed Bylaw Changes

  • Changes date for Fall elections for Members at Large.
  • All officers will be allowed, but not required, to become signatories on the checking account. Non-officer board members, such as Members at Large, will continue to not be allowed to be signatories.

President's Update

  • Please take the school family survey, so the PTA can better serve you.
  • The PTA's website went down last Spring. A replacement site will be created soon.
  • The new board does not control the PTA's former domain name, but was able to register a new domain: ps111pta.org.
  • A new email address has been created to contact the PTA: board@ps111pta.org.