Central Elementary School PTO
October 14, 2010 Meeting Minutes
In Attendance: Bruce Downer, Jeannie Cloues, Jean Illingworth, Misty Haskell, Sonia Comstock, Jen Cravinho, Hope Brissette, Melanie Atkins, Joe Brissette, Amanda Desmarais, Heather Nelson, Kim Wilkinson
Introduction: New member Heather Nelson who has a Kindergartener at CES.
Approve September Minutes – We reviewed meeting minutes from September 15th.
? Discussed Ice cream social event, Mrs I was a bit concerned with the flow/chaos during the event. Suggestions of craft for next time to keep children busy or spotters for the rock climbing wall.
? Food Service committee is meeting on 11/2 at 3:30pm at the High School.
? Dismissal seems to be running a bit smoother with the staggered time release. Misty spoke with the town regarding lining the side street with parking spots and the town said that we’d have to have a petition signed by the neighbors to allow this to happen. Playground Maintenance is the school responsibility not the town. The town does however own the property the playground is located on.
Financial Report: Sonia reviewed the financial report and Genevieve’s was a success, a deposit was made in the amount of $8,000 so after we pay Genevieve’s Sonia will let us know the profit. Hope Brissette is checking schedule, but hopes to be able to volunteer to deliver the fundraiser to the classes on November 19th, but we do need additional volunteers, please contact Misty if you can do this.
Upcoming events:
October 19th – CES Open House
o Anita & Misty will work on coordinating food Anita needs help with cutting up cheese and small cups donation for cider. Misty will help with both items.
o Misty will set up display board we currently have
October 22nd – Roller Skating – No school this day
o Misty will buy 4 cheese and 4 pepperoni pizzas from Famous Pizza and a box of Hot dogs from Lisai’s Market.
o Clean up help is needed at this event, the more people the faster it goes. (20 minute commitment) Misty will place a sign-up sheet on the table at the Open House.
New Photo Company: Jen brought information on New England photography to the meeting, parents looked at the packet and agreed to have them in for Spring photos as a trial.
Requests: No Requests this meeting
Other Items -
Playground resurfacing: Misty is going to call Pettinneli to find out cost to deliver woodchips in the spring, we will send around a volunteer sign-up sheet to help smooth out when scheduled. Motion went out to move forward on this by Misty, Hope Second and all were in favor.
21st Century Grant: Kim Wilkinson brought information to the meeting about the 21st Century Grant and offered to attend an information meeting on Friday in Rutland. She will be attending and reporting back what she finds out. Bruce is sending her with a couple of questions. How much time/Effort? When grant runs out how will it be funded?
Deadline is February for Grant submission.
Girls on the Run: Anita sent a letter looking for 2 committed volunteers to help her with Girls on the Run, which is a fitness program for girls in grades 3 and 4.
Bruce asked for thoughts on placement of a new shed for the school. Suggested areas were by the cafeteria/gymnasium or the George St side of the school in the back corner. Some parents asked to have the shed placed on the house property that was just purchased for the school, Bruce mentioned that it was not finalized as of yet.
Kathy Tretler asked about the maintenance of the back lot and who’s in charge of that, it is not being taken care of and is dangerous. Bruce explained it is the schools responsibility, however the staff is split between two buildings, Central and the SU office so it makes it difficult.
Joe Brissette came to the meeting as a member of the board and asked if parents had any questions for him. He also reviewed the plan for the BFMS project and informed us of the next meeting.
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