Attendees

Beth Fritzeen Marilyn Fuller

Michelle Budka Lisa Dangerfield

Kim Borysewicz Patrick Lamborn

Lisa Omicinski Linda Plemenik

Colleen Carnevale John Tobiassen

Lori Temple MaryPat Burke

Cathy Conroy Debi Ryan

Maureen Ciotoli Michele Calderon

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 9:05 am.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the May 16, 2006 meeting were accepted as posted.

Presidents Report – MaryPat Burke

Copies of this year’s PTA plan were passed around for all in attendance to see.
Colleen Carnevale is faculty liaison this year. PTA would like to thank Kim Lavery for all the work she put in as liaison over the past 2 years.
PTA has received many thank you notes for the purchases made with money from the Box Top program last year. They are posted on the PTA bulletin board in the hallway. Sac will have its picture on a special Cheerios box this fall at Price Chopper.
The first PTA event this year is the Back to School BBQ on September 29^th from 4:30 – 7pm. Dinner is from 4:30 – 6:30 and ice cream will be served by staff volunteers from 5:30 – 7pm. The only charge is for the dinner (charge to be determined); the ice cream is free. There will be a Dodge fundraiser during the event – a dealership is bringing 3 new cars to the parking lot. For each person who test drives a car and fills out a 5 question questionnaire, PTA receives $5. Flyers about the BBQ will go home later this week.
PTA is looking for feedback on last year’s decision to donate $10 for each class’s ice cream party at the end of the year. After some discussion, it was determined that this should be continued this year, provided the money is given earlier to eliminate confusion. It was also suggested that the money be given to one homeroom parent in each grade rather than in each class.
This year’s Membership Drive begins at Meet the Teacher night with a presentation by Melissa Peterson. Everyone is encouraged to join the PTA – it is not necessary to have a child at the school – grandparents, neighbors, etc can join.
Kathi Waters has offered to run a crafts club this year to provide some items for the Holiday Bazaar.
A reminder that any flyers sent home or to teachers need to be first approved by MaryPat or Cathie, and then approved by John or Linda Liggett, before copying. If the flyer has a tear-off sheet, please remember to indicate on the tear-off portion what the sheet is for to eliminate confusion when it comes back to school. Also, there should always be a contact name and phone number on the flyer so that people will not inundate the office with questions. Finally, please provide a copy of the flyer to office staff and make a few extra copies to have on hand in case someone requests another. Linda Plemenik has made some drop boxes to have on hand in the office.

Treasurer’s Report – MaryPat Burke for Christine McKenna

Copies of the proposed budget overview for this year were passed around for all to look at. The budget is based on figures from last year’s programs and fundraisers.
Cathy Conroy suggested that before voting on the budget, we should get an estimated amount of expenses for Box Top incentives. Lori Temple suggested that $200 was the approximate value of the incentives last year. A vote to add $200 to the budget for incentives was passed. The cost for postage for Box Tops may be included in the PTA postage line item.
The proposed budget was voted on and passed.

Principal’s Report – John Tobiassen

The year has gotten off to a good start.
There are 2 new buses now due to 2 new programs at Sac, with 14 students.
Meet the Teacher nights are coming up starting next week.
At the end of October, Friends of Music is sponsoring a trip for kids to go to the Empire State Youth Orchestra performance at Proctor’s. This is funded by Friends of Music and is targeting the 3^rd graders.
There is a new Literacy program this year – Read to Achieve - similar to the 1000 book club but up a level. Families can sign out bags of books on the honor system. The bags contain Level Readers; they are all non-fiction books. Certain bags of books are geared toward certain levels, and cover grades K – 6 reading levels.
The District is forming an academic enrichment committee (name yet to be determined). Recruitment will be done by principals and PTA Council for this team which will meet regularly throughout the year.
Sac will be the pilot school for the Odyssey of the Mind program this year – it will be run by Maria Maynard, and there will be need for volunteers to help coach the teams.

Standing Committees

Ways and Means (MaryPat Burke for Karen Normington) School Picture Day is October 4^th. Could use 2 helpers in the morning and 2 in the afternoon for this. Stewarts is donating most of the ice cream for the BBQ. The Fall Fundraiser this year is different – is through Silver Graphics – a local company – kids will produce a piece of artwork with Mrs. Zarnofsky (she will come into the kindergarten classrooms as well) and a small copy of this work will be sent home with a list of items into which it can be reproduced, such as key chains, mouse pads, etc. There will be samples at Meet the Teacher nights.
Programs (Cathy Conroy) We will do the circus again this year even though the price went up. Fabulous Fridays also will run again this year.

Homeroom Parents (Lisa Dangerfield) Lisa is handling grades K – 2, Anne is doing grades 3 – 5. There will be no homeroom parent meeting this year. Instead, a packet of information will go home to each homeroom parent next week with their class list, a sample sign-up sheet for parties, and other information they will need. Information will also be sent home soon about the Holiday Bazaar. Mrs. Waters is doing only a couple of craft classes to help out with this.
PTA Council (Maureen Ciotoli) Michelle Budka is PTA Council President this year. There is need for one more Council rep from Sac. The first Council meeting is September 27^th, and meetings are every other month. Council is still looking for a treasurer as well.
Boxtops (Lori Temple) Lori is putting together a flyer of information for parents. There are many new products this year which qualify for box top money. She will put collection containers in each classroom and send home special Box Top ziplock bags for collection as well. She will do a presentation at Meet the Teacher night.
Yearbook (Michele Calderon) Michele is forming a yearbook club of 5^th grade students. It will probably meet one time per week during lunch/recess. She will send home information to 5^th grade parents by next week. There are many extra yearbooks from last year and these will be available for purchase at Meet the Teacher nights and the BBQ. This year we contracted for fewer yearbooks but have the ability to increase the number.

New Business/Open Floor

Patrick Lamborn questioned whether we could do a 50/50 raffle at the BBQ and offered to run this. Cathy Conroy replied that we try to make the BBQ a social event rather than a fundraiser, but that this may be a possibility at Dinner with Santa.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 10:34 am.

Respectfully submitted,

Michele Calderon

PTA Secretary

Attachments (for file copy only)

Meeting Agenda

PTA Revised Final Budget Report – August 15, 2006

Sacandaga PTA Plan 2006 – 2007

Proposed Profit and Loss Budget Overview July 2006 – June 2007