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Henry C. Hall Middle School PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MINUTES
Meeting of Thursday, September 21, 2000
1:15pm • Hall Library
Meeting called to order at 1:25pm.
Board members present: Ann Arabian, Bob Cone, Treasurer Kathie
Cummins, President Anne Gilberg, Kathy Grey, Lindsay Mead McCrea, Robin
Moller, Mary Sue Murray, Jeannie Perry, Becky Reed and Debra Ziegler.
Board members absent: Alexandra Cock
Guests: Ginny Hooper & Linda Wolfe
- PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
Regular meeting time will be 1:15–2:15pm on the third Thursday
of each month, with some exceptions.
- MINUTES
MSP to approve Executive Board minutes of May 18, 2000.
MSP to approve general meeting minutes of September 5, 2000.
- TREASURERS REPORT (attached)
- 8/31/2000 Starting balance:
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$11,311.74 |
- 8/31/2000 Balance due David O’Keefe Co. for picnic
tables:
| $4,327.30 |
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| $6,984.44 |
- Picnic table cost last year was $619 per table. Only $565
this year!
- Have not yet paid any counseling intern stipends.
- Second mattress for nurse’s office is complete. Robin
will call Stoich Designs and ask them to invoice PTA the $200
authorized for this project last year.
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- PRESIDENT’S REPORT
- E-mail: updated list.
- Lunch Program: needs more volunteers. Seems to be a lack
of “ownership” for the lunch program. Salad day looks like
it may be a problem.
- Chalk Festival: will be similar to last year’s, with
activities taking place on the lawn. Mary Eaton is organizing some
contests (hula hoop!), bagpipers, Hall bands, a capella group. Posters
out soon. Still need parents for 2-hour shifts, food chairperson.
Food covers the event costs. Anne Gustafson and Kappy Reed will be
working on a mural of downtown, which others may work on, too.
- Magazine Sales: Assembly October 12. Sales provide $10,000–$12,000
for Student Council activities. Sandi Schaefer and Kathy Julian are
chairing, need people to tally and count on October 17, 20 and 26
from 8:00am until 10am or 12noon.
- 8th-grade Graduation: Laura Hill may chair with Mary Sue
Murray. Graduation is June 13 at 4:00pm at Redwood High School, with
the dance that night, and brunch the next day. Anne Gilberg will find
out where the disco ball is.
- Membership Update: $3,500 budgeted; $2,155 has come in.
- Parent Ed.: Good presentation by SAFE parents and students.
“Hug and kiss and sniff, be a snoop.” Signs of substance
abuse: changes in behavior, friends, grades. Be aware, look out for
each other’s kids, talk! SAFE kids will come talk to PE classes.
Hall students have been asked to “identify your adult.”
Encourage kids to keep their friends safe (different from tattling).
- Dance Chaperones: First dance is October 27, 7:00–10:00pm.
Jeannie Perry is in charge of getting chaperones. Other dances: February
9, April 6 or 27.
- PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
- Thanks for volunteering!
- $9,000 is in site budget.
- New teachers: Camilla Manning (8th-grade Language Arts), Heather
Henderson (8th-grade math), Eliott Rodgers (computer lab).
- Fall writing samples next Monday (5 point rubric).
- Math: next Wednesday Trish Mihalek, Ted Stoeckley, Bert Pankler,
Nancy Donovan & Lisa Ferguson will be attending a state program
about improving math scores. Then they’ll spend five afternoons
with all teachers reminding them of their math skills. The new state
standard has 100% of 8th graders taking algebra.
- Progress reports will be mailed September 29.
- Election Assembly tomorrow. 8 offices. Student Council meets at
7:45am Thursdays in Ted Stoeckley’s room.
- Lunch Program: Carol Johnson will be certified as a food handler.
The school will subsidize the PTA lunches of the prepaid lunch students.
- School picnic is June 8 at Hamilton. In lieu of an 8th-grade picnic,
students will go to “Physics and Science Day” at Great America
($25 each).
- Ice cream treat tomorrow for students who read at least three books
over the summer.
- October 12, 5:00–8:45pm: phone bank at CTA office for “no”
on vouchers. Call Susan Boley for more information.
- Board of Trustees reception for new teachers at the Perry’s
house next week.
- OPEN DISCUSSION
- Presentation of Hall Site Plan by Mike Slater. Described
site plan. Groundbreaking scheduled for June 15, 2001. (demo library—will
be inconvenient next school year.) Ambitious timeline. Plans must
be to state architect by November 21. Great relationship with City
of Larkspur.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 1:15pm.
Meeting adjourned at 2:35pm.
Submitted by Robin Moller, Secretary
10/17/2000
[minutes approved at Executive Board meeting of October 19, 2000]
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