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Henry C. Hall Middle School PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MINUTES
Meeting of Tuesday, November 27, 2001
1:15pm • Hall MUR
Board members present:Ann Arabian, Bob Cone, Karen Deist, Kathey
Grey, Nicole Muserilli, Diana Putterman, Becky Reed, Barbara Solomon,
, Susy Vrouvas, Susan Wirta
Board members absent: Leslie Alden-Crowe, Shawn DeMont, Liz
Krakow, Anne Morrison, Jeannie Perry, Rebecca Sarokin
- PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
The meeting was called to order at 1:20pm.
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Becky Reed to approve the minutes of October
16, 2001. The motion was seconded by Karen Deist. Minutes approved
as corrected. (A correction was made as Rebecca Sarokin was referred
to as a sixth grade vice-president rather than a seventh grade vice-president).
- TREASURER’S REPORT
- Treasurer’s Report —
The CD was automatically renewed. It gets 2-3/4% at Bank of the
West and will mature in 3 more months. We paid our first TJs bill
of $3000. We have taken in $20,000 in receipts and had $12,000 in
expenditures. We made about $9000. Our PTA membership goal was met.
We collected $3700 in dues.
- Auditor’s Report —
Last year’s auditor’s report for the first 6 months
of 2000 was distributed. It was prepared by Alexandrea Cock, last
year’s PTA auditor. See attached.
- PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Old Business
- Lunch program —
There will be a new form for Tjs for the next 3 months. We can keep
pasta or do something else. They have many choices. We will need
an alternative for the kitchen beginning on 4/01/02. We may expand
TJs to 2 or 3 days. TJs requires no kitchen. Won’t really need
an oven. May need a sink. Can possibly use a portable. At Neil Cummins,
fruit comes ready to serve. We might want to have prebagged fruit
like at Neil Cummins. (We get that from Costco).
- Membership —
Our goal of $3750 has been met. We are right on target.
- QSP Magazine Sales —
Our students sold $30,000 worth of magazine subscriptions. 40% of
sales went to student council’s budget. This is $12,000.
- Health and Safety —
Bonnie Kaiser sent out the lists to those parents who volunteered
to be in charge of calling parents if needed.
New Business
- Grade level V.P. reports/updates —
6th Grade News: The Hall pumpkin carving activity went well and
was enjoyed by all.
7th Grade News: The children had a field trip to a mosque. Becky
went on this trip. She said it was very interesting. The kids were
spoken to before the trip. The timing couldn’t have been better
considering world events in the last few months. The mosque in Mill
Valley that we went to is run by a congregation from India (near
Bombay). It is not Middle Eastern.
8th Grade News: Had a great meeting about graduation. There is nothing
to be done until after the holidays.
- Community Service —
Our Adopt-A-Family program is coming up. Heidi Fuller is chairing
that event. We a e doing it through the Canal Community Alliance.
Its a little different from last year. We are collecting $2 per
student for a total of $50 per family member. The 6th grade has
a family of 5 people. The 7th grade has 4 people and the 8th grade
has 4 people. It is for a total of 3 families. They will get gift
certificates and will be to places that the family wants. They get
to do the shopping for themselves. We will also collect loose change
after lunches for the next few weeks for this. December 12 is the
deadline to bring in money.
- Hospitality —
We are making hospitality baskets for the staff. They will be
distributed on 12/20, Thursday. We need volunteers for this.
- SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT — Barbara Wilson
The district superintendent came to speak a few words. We awarded a
contract to start construction at Hall and the work will begin soon.
They will begin next week. Over the Christmas holiday, they will be
pile driving, moving the district office to a different site with a
crane. The work will hopefully be on budget. There is still no money
for a field. We won’t know until the project is done. The budget
task force is planning an informational meeting with parent and staff.
Questions have come up about how we get money, etc. We will meet with
the staff on 12/17 to answer general questions on our budget. We would
like to have one for the PTA as well. Could Ann coordinate a meeting
with Hall and Neil Cummins PTA members? Call it a budget informational
meeting. It would consist of the budget task force and committee parents.
The Board will need to make a decision by mid February regarding any
staffing changes we may need to make. If there need to be layoffs, we
need to give notice by 3/15. (This doesn’t definitely mean someone’s
out of a job, its just a possibility). There was a question regarding
any ballpark figure as to budget cuts. No negotiated salary cuts yet
this year.
- PRINCIPAL’S REPORT — Bob Cone
- There is a speaker tonight at 7:00pm at Hall. The speaker is On
Broil(?). The topic is “Why Children Hurt Children.”
- We are preparing for the National Geography Bee. Ms. Thuesen is
working with 24 kids in the morning before school starts. This number
will decrease to 10 children and then 1 finalist. They will need to
pass a written exam to go to the nationals. On 12/14 at 3:30pm in
the MUR we will have our geography bee for the 10 finalists.
- There will be an assembly with an Acapella group (Till Dawn) on
12/21 at 11:40am.
- The Redwood High School Peer Counselors come to work with the 8th
grade students for orientation to high school. On 12/6 they will present
3 skits about peer pressure, drugs and alcohol. Pressures that come
with attending high school. They will be at Hall every other week
at lunch for 10 weeks to work with our kids.
- OPEN DISCUSSION
- At this time, the board members present did a walk around the school
to see what changes were coming with the construction.
- Finally, the Talent Show will be on 3/15.
MEETING ADJOURNED
Submitted by Susy Vrouvas, Secretary
[minutes approved at Executive Board meeting of January 15, 2002]
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