FCS PTO Meeting Minutes
April 14, 2008
Attending: April Muratorri, Karrie Beebe, Pattie Martin, Chris Wagner,
Karen Meyers, Kathy Alexander, Steve Andersen, Kathy Douglas
1. Welcome
2. It has been decided there is no longer a need to
read last meeting’s minutes. Everyone needs to review when they
receive the e-mail. Corrections will be discussed.
3. Mrs. T. informed us there is a meeting on May 28th
to discuss the Bond Vote. The Bond is 1.5 million dollars.
It will be used to fix all the building’s “ills” including heating,
insulation, plumbing, etc.
4. Treasurer’s Report: Supermarket Bingo:
a. Bingo brought in $ 2302.28. This will
be allocated to the Artist in Residence fund.
b. There is $ 19,365.99 cash on hand. $
10,601.53 of that total is in the playground fund.
5. Julie Grambling’s Artist in Residence events were
discussed. The African Dance group and Vt. Youth Orchestra were
enjoyable and we look forward to the No Strings Marionettes in May.
6. Mrs. T. said the placement for the children for
the ’08 – ’09 will begin after the April Break and the Calendar for
next school year should have been sent home Friday, April 18th.
7. Fundraising:
a. Pattie said we will look into the Gift Card
Suggestion. We are concerned the offerings might conflict with
other Fund Raising efforts
b. The Fall Fundraising will again be Katherine Beich
due to it’s proven success. The Packets will be sent home the
beginning of the school year.
c. Kathy Douglas has assumed the responsibility of
collecting the Shaw’s receipts and has asked for the proceeds to go the
Canada trip.
8. Playground Update – None
9. Teacher Appreciation: This will happen
Mon-Wed May 5,6 and 7th. There will be food for the staff on
Monday. Lists to follow.
10. April has requested an electronical copy of the
By-Laws from Lou. It has been requested that a representative
from any sub committee to the PTO must have a representative present at
the PTO meetings. There needs to be a report from the sub
committee submitted to the PTO outlining their activities.
11. Golf Day at the Basin Harbor Club will be held on
Saturday, May 10th.
12. The Family Picnic will need help from the
PTO.
13. We will elect new officers for the PTO at
the May 12th meeting.
14. The final PTO meeting for this year will be held
at the Park Squeeze. Date to be announced.
Next Meeting Date is May 13th, 2008 6:30 pm.
FCS PTO Meeting Minutes
March 10, 2008
ATTENDING: April Muratorri, Karrie Beebe, Patti Martin, JoAnn
Taft-Blakely, Chris Wagner, Karen Myers, Steve Anderson, Judy Elson,
Michelle Chamberlain, Kathy Douglas, Robin Shalek
1. Welcome and Introductions. Judy Elson
introduced herself to those that didn’t know her.
2. Review of minutes, asked if all read the last
minutes and if there were any questions or changes. Karen Myers
updated her email address. There were no questions or changes, so
all approved.
3. Judy Elson presented a request for funds ($300) to
support further growth of FCS Community Garden. They want to add
some raised beds and move the squash garden because of upcoming
construction. Last year the PTO gave $250. Chris Wagner
checked and found there was a bit extra money that Four Winds didn’t
use so we voted and everyone approved the $300.
4. Supermarket BINGO
a. Julie Gramling has been working on the posters and
brought in a draft for comments. Everyone looked over and
approved.
b. Kathy Douglas said they will be putting baskets
together at her house on Sunday; she will get a message out as to what
time when she knows.
c. Food was again discussed. There will be
hotdogs/tofu dogs, chips (donated by April’s brother) buns (1 tray
donated by Greg’s Meat Market) soda & water. Bake sale items
have been solicited of us as well.
d. Kid’s activities in the cafeteria – there will be
their own BINGO game with baskets as prizes, a craft table and a movie.
e. Kathy Douglas mentioned she has raffle tickets and
cards for the BINGO games.
f. PTO needs to make up the 7 bags of groceries for
BINGO prizes.
g. Set up will be Friday the 28th after 3:00pm.
5. 501 C3 – Steve Anderson was given the paperwork
for applying for the 501 C3 which will make the PTO a non-profit and
eligible for more grants, etc… The process for applying is
lengthy and involved. It was recommended to put out a request in
the newsletter looking for someone possibly an accountant or someone
that knows how to register as a non-profit.
6. Principal’s Report – Steve Chamberlain has given
notice and will be leaving for a position at VUHS. We will now be
looking for someone new, but the custodial positions will be
independent, one during the day and one at night working in
conjunction, not one over the other.
Thursday, JoAnn will be presenting NECAP results and bond issues
(roofing/windows/heating & ventilating) to the board.
7. Treasurer’s Report – It was a quiet month (see
attached)
8. Artist-in-Residence– Thursday this week is the
Empty Bowl Supper at 6:00pm. Admission is $5 per person.
There will also be some short films on Vermont hunger. Kathy
Alexander has been working with the kids to help explain hunger.
Some bowls were sold at town meeting and we made $100 for VT Foodbank
and the Heifer Project International.
Julie Gramling gave list of events:
4/10 – Symphonia (morning)
4/15-4/17 – African dance group with performance on 4/17 during the
school day.
5/7 – No Strings Marionettes (presenting The Hobbit)
Next year program will start in late fall.
9. Playground Committee – No one from the Committee
was there, but JoAnn mentioned she had some information from the Board
Meeting that she could share.
a. Received $2,000 grant from The Ronald McDonald
House for the sandbox project.
b. Trinkets & Treasures is the 29th and 30th.
c. Part of the greens fees from Basin Harbor’s
opening day will go to the playground.
10. April received an email from Diane Cousino about
the Shaw’s receipts. The money received from the receipts has so
far been between $800 - $1000 for the 6th grade Canada trip. As
of April 1st the receipts will go to the PTO.
11. Bylaws – Everyone looked over copies of the PTO
Bylaws. There was a discussion of updating and defining
responsibilities of subcommittees. Listing who they are and what
the responsibilities of each are. April will work up a draft and
send out to Steve Adndersen. Also mentioned, separate section
having to do with coordination of events calendars with officers of the
PTO.
Chris Wagner wanted to look at amending Article 6, specifically that
pertaining to having two signatures on checks. Her recommendation
is to only have two signatures on checks with amounts of $500 or
greater.
12. Julie Gramling mentioned a fundraiser that her
church did which worked out well and wanted to run by us. It had
to do with selling “gift cards” for various stores and the PTO would
get a % of that sold. Everyone thought we should look into this
and Julie said she would get Patti Martin a contact from her church.
13. Teacher Appreciation Week – The week is May 5,
which would be only 3 days long. Julie Gramling read some ideas
she got from a friend on the PTO of VUES and we came to conclusion that
we’d do: Breakfast one day, lunch one day and something (like
letters) from the kids the other.
NEXT PTO MEETING APRIL 14, 2008 AT 6:30