7/16/19 Meeting Minutes

PTO Executive Board Meeting

Present: Tyler Newell, Jenny Steffie, Christina Crawford, Julie Sawyer, Katie Scott, Cheryl Laffey,Chris Blasko, Tana Connolly, Kim Jenkins

Budgeting: Chris Blasko

• There are no new funding requests since our last meeting

• Questions: School is spending less on IEW training, do we still want to allocate the same amount? (Yes, if school wants to spend it)

• Can we come up with other fundraising ideas?

• Night at a restaurant (McPrincipal’s night, O’Gradys night, Applebee’s breakfast), Julie Sawyer will look into this

• Pair restaurant nights with spirit week?

• KidStuff books will be every other year (wait until 2020-21)

• Sell agenda books (Chris B. will look into this, contact Mrs. Tucker)

• Sell more spiritwear

• Look into working with company found by Joe Lohr

• Cheryl Laffey will get new catalog and look into it

• Cheryl will look into Applebee’s pancake breakfast

• Dodgeball tournament – work to make it more of a fundraiser

• Work to find a way to make teams easier and earlier

• Can we combine with another event?

• Parents vs. kids games

• Soccer tournament?

• Flowers and bake sale at performances

• Try to sell flowers at other events (piano/violin recitals, chorus)

• Donation jar for performance arts

• Nerf party at 422 sportsplex (for secondary)

• Invite Grandparents club representative to PTO meeting to help with fundraising.

• Ask grandparents club to help with Santa Shop

Bi-Laws update

• Discussed changes to spending limits

• We agreed that current spending limits were acceptable

• Tyler will add language to allow current board to plan events for the upcoming year

• We will need to revisit this and vote on the new language

Fall Fest (October 11)

• Katie and Tana will look into food trucks

• Bonfire at 6:30

• Danny C. looking into obtaining permit for bonfire

• Food trucks parked by pavilion

• No petting zoo

• 5k and pancake breakfast on Saturday, October 12th

• Kids games from 3:30 – 6:30

• Jenny will organize games and create sign-ups for games

• Shannon Brown will organize 5k but cannot attend that day

• We will need someone to run the 5k on race day

Auction: Katie and Christina will still head the auction committee

Send PTO dates to Melissa Gelwicks

New Family Orientation (8/29/19)

• 2 tables

• Jenny S., Christina, (send out email for more volunteers)

• Consignment sale that 8/29

• Consignment sale date for late July or early August

Look into PTO t-shirts (Cheryl)

Next PTO meeting, first of the new school year, September 10th 6:30pm