In attendance: Lise Bernard, Marion Brooks, Patti Bruffey, Michelle Dutra, Carrie Flowers, Janie Griswold, Susie Kime, Andrea Partida.
The meeting was called to order by President Lise Bernard at 8:40 am.
Approval of Minutes (Carrie Flowers)
The minutes from the February 5, February 12, and March 5 meetings were read. Each set of minutes was approved as read.
Director's Report (Janie Griswold)
Ø Exhibition Night is tonight. Most kids are finished with work, which will allow them to rotate through the classrooms to see other projects.
Ø After Spring break, STAR testing will begin, followed by 8th grade retreat, 6th grade camp, a few more weeks of instruction, and then students will gear up for POLs!
Ø Fund Run: teachers were very supportive and spirited for the day. They were also extremely surprised at the amount of money it brought it (over $16,000)! Both 6th grade teams won pizza parties because they were the top earners (over $3000 each team), but the other grades did great, too (over $2000 each team). For next year, we hope to plan the Fund Run on the Friday after first semester POLs.
Ø Hiring for next year is underway. Mr. Gallagher and Ms. Komatsubara are both going to the North County campus to help open those middle schools; Mr. Thoene and Mr. Harms will be our 8th grade math teachers.
Ø Money received from the Parent Association will be used to purchase much needed supplies such as water quality kits, video cameras, and art supplies. Also looking forward to purchasing Foss science kits (all inclusive lab kits) and literature circle books.
President's Report (Lise Bernard)
Thank you to:
Karen Gruenberg, again, for a tremendous job on the Fund Run.
The iPod donators: the Bruffey Family, the Karin Family, and the Gruenberg Family.
Patti Bruffey for coordinating the Phone-a-thon. We don't know how much it brought in yet, but we definitely have checks coming in. Better timing for next year might be in October. Also, we may need to have a Phone-a-thon chair.
Fund Run Money: Fund Run brought in over $16,000. After some discussion as to whether to give all the funds to Janie now or to give her some now, and some after Catwalk money has been given out, Susie made the motion to give $7500 unrestricted funds now, and then an additional $4500 after Catwalk money has been distributed, for use for the teachers in the 2009-2010 school year. Andrea seconded the motion. A vote was taken; 5 for, 1 against, and 1 abstention. The motion passed.
Treasurer's Report (Marion Brooks)
Still have money coming in and going out from Fund Run. The 8th grade promotion fund has $1236 so far. Patti reported that fundraising is going well for that.
Nominating (Susie Kime)
An email will go out announcing position descriptions. The goal is to make the letter less formal than in previous years. It will go out soon after Spring Break, around April 20. We are looking to pull in more 6th grade parents than we have in the past.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Carrie Flowers,
Secretary
