Henry C. Hall Middle School PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MINUTES
Meeting of Tuesday, February 11, 2003
1:15pm • Hall Middle School
Board Members Present: Ann Arabian, Marilyn Dineen,
Claudia Gropper, Liz Krakow, Becky Reed, Rebecca Sarokin, Barbara Solomon,
Susy Vrouvas
Welcome:
The meeting was called to order at 1:20pm. A special welcome was given
to Katie Hamilton, a 5th grader who was Principal for the Day.
Approval of Minutes:
A motion was made by Becky Reed to approve the minutes from the January
16, 2003 meeting. It was seconded by Barbara Solomon, and unanimously
approved by the board.
Treasurer’s Report: given by the president for
Kathie Cummins.
On January 28th, the budget was revised as we discussed at our last meeting.
We are now up to $5,000 from PTA membership.
Old Business:
Kathie checked into the fundraising possibility of selling cookie dough.
There would need to be an assembly for the kids to make it a successful
fund-raiser. A good profit would be about $1,000. There might be some
problems as well. On pick up day, if some of the dough is not picked up,
where would it be stored? We’re not really sure the profit from
this would be worth the work.
New Business:
- 6th Grade V.P. — The Valentines Day cards the
children made in class, will be delivered on Thursday to the Guardian
Rest Home. This is the same place we went to last year.
7th Grade V.P. — The Merrie Olde England Faire
has been changed to a Cultural Day.
There are no further details on this right now. More to come later.
We will have an assembly with an African drummer.
- 8th Grade V.P. — We need more chaperones for
the Valentine’s Day dance.
Nominating Committee:
Barbara Solomon is just beginning to find people to fill the various committee
chair and board positions.
Roundtable Plus Group:
Thank you to Barbara Solomon for attending these meetings.
First they looked at the $225,000 in cuts for the current year, and $500,000
in cuts for next year.
It’s important to write to the governor of California, our senators
and congressman urging them not to reduce the education budget. They have
not yet taken away our Basic Aid District funding.
At these meetings, it was recommended that money be taken away from open
positions (money allocated, but not yet spent). Also it was suggested
to reduce the reserve from 5% to 4%. There is also an additional $47,500
which was put aside in the general fund for unanticipated expenses.
$186,452 reduced expenses 2002-2003
$ 89,600 reduced reserve by 1%
$ 47,500 extra money from district
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$323,552
They are looking at nonacademic services to reduce spending. These include
teacher’s aides, secretarial staff, administrative costs, district
costs, custodial costs. These meetings will be going on through May.
Principal’s Report:
• We have three new students from other schools.
• Thank you to Rebecca for the Valentines’ Day cards.
• Thank you to Barbara for explaining the budget crisis so well.
Teachers’ Report:
We’re all concerned about the same things right now, the budget
cuts.
Additional Items:
A motion was made by Becky Reed to formally approve the additional funds
($2500) for the school sound system and to revise the budget, as discussed
at last month’s meeting. This was seconded by Barbara Solomon, and
unanimously approved by the board members.
Barbara Solomon: We are facing $500,000 in budget cuts. I was
asked by the Roundtable Committee to have you rank (prioritize) which
educational services are the most important ones in your opinion. Could
you please do that before leaving today.
Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm.
Submitted by Susy Vrouvas, Secretary
[minutes approved at Executive Board meeting of March 18, 2003]
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