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Henry C. Hall Middle School PTA
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting of Tuesday, February 15, 2005
1:15pm • Hall Middle School
Board Members Present:Bob Cone, Anne Gilberg, Claudia Gropper, Barbara Kelly, Trish Mihalek,
Robin Moller, Ann Morrison, Daniel Norbutus, Jeannie Perry, Marianne Rafter,
Rebecca Sarokin, Paula Turner
Board Members Absent: Ann Arabian, Diana Putterman,
Scottie Spurzem
1. Welcome
President Rebecca Sarokin called the meeting to order at 1:15pm.
2. Minutes
MSP to approve minutes from the
last Executive Board meeting of January 18, 2005.
3. Treasurer’s Report – Barbara Kelly
See
attached report. Income is way ahead of our projected budget. [not
attached to web version of these minutes]
4. Teacher Representative Remarks – Trish Mihalek
The 6th graders enjoyed the Valentine’s Day activity. Ted
Stoeckley will be requesting scholarship funds for the Exploratorium field
trip.
5. Superintendent’s Report – Bob Cone
- Parcel Tax campaign — 8% of votes are in,
77% of them are “yes”
- Board Meeting — February 16 meeting is cancelled,
next meeting will be March 9, right after the election
- Sri Lanka parent — Thanks for the donations
to enable her to go visit and support her daughter
6. President’s Report – Rebecca Sarokin
- PTA lunch fundraisers — Program is going well.
Program is growing, children seem to like the variety offered.
- Musical Theater — Rebecca
and Daniel met with Lori Glass after last month’s meeting. She
requested a storage space for the musical theater props. Neil Cummins
has one, but doesn’t have extra
space for Hall. Steve Curl says we could purchase one for Hall for $2000.
It could be used to store other PTA and Foundation items (e.g. graduation
supplies, auction supplies). Contact Rebecca with comments.
- 6th Grade VP Report (Paula Turner, Anne Gilberg)
— 6th graders made 135 valentines, so each person at Meals of Marin
received two. They were well received.
- 7th Grade VP Report (Ann Morrison)
— Not much to
do. Maybe 7th graders should do the Earth Day activity this year (rather
than the 6th graders). Consider reversing the 6th and 7th grade activities
next year, with the 6th doing Earth Day, and 7th doing the Valentines.
- 8th Grade VP Report (Claudia Gropper)
— Graduation
committee had a meeting, discussing the (top secret) theme. The dance
will be the day after graduation this year. Fee has been raised to
$60 per student.
- Logo Wear — Logowear sales went well — 8th
grade participation has been particularly good. Costs broke even.
- Talent Show
— Scheduled for May 27, during school.
Lori will produce it.
- Spring Concert
— May 26
- Auction
— May 14
- Great America
— May 20
- Parent Ed (Jeannie Perry)
— Book group had a
successful discussion, but the ratio of 3 staff people to 11 readers
seemed like too big a commitment of staff. Do again? Maybe. Variety
is good, try daytime, speaker?
- Larkspur Library Board — Wants to make a presentation
about the future of the library at our next meeting, so the meeting
will start early, at 1:00pm.
- Parliamentarian — Time to select a nominating
committee for next year’s PTA board.
7. Principal’s Report – Daniel Norbutus
- Bell Schedule — exploring adjusting the bell
schedule — starting school 10 minutes earlier to alleviate some
of the conflicts with the Redwood traffic.
- Golden Gate Transit — rates are tripling next
year. Looking into alternatives.
- Homework — had a parent meeting last week
regarding 6th and 8th grade homework volume and timing.
- Mathletes — doing well. The 8th grade team
is in 2nd place. They’ve gotten team jerseys.
- 8th grade Assembly — had an assembly with
the RHS Peer Resource group. Discussed sexual harassment, bullying,
name-calling.
- Summer School Plans — NC will host an extensive
academic and Ross Valley style enrichment summer school this year.
Hall will host summer school in language arts and math for this year’s
5th, 6th, and 7th graders, starting June 14.
- 8th grade Activity Requirements — sent out
information regarding requirements to participate in 8th grade graduation
activities. Met with the kids at risk for not participating. 4 tardies
= 1 detention, 5th tardy earns another detention.
- Money — some teachers want to do an after-school
art class for 25 students. Proposing 3 different 4-week sessions, each
focusing on a different medium, from 3:15-4:30pm, two times per week
on Tuesday and Thursday, starting in March. Cost to the PTA would include
the teacher at $40/hour.
MSP to advertise a three-session art class, and to authorize
$600 to fund the teacher for the first session (two times per week
for 4 weeks). The classes are to be free to the students, who will
be given a list of supplies to purchase for use in the class.
- Master schedule—started for next year. There
will be a small 6th grade, large 7th and 8th grades. Daniel has received
requests from 6th grade parents for more band time. Working to find
it.
8. Open Discussion
- Homework—who sets policy? Expected to take an average
child 15 minutes per subject per day.
Meeting was adjourned at 2:30pm.
Submitted by Robin Moller, Secretary
03/01/05
[minutes approved at Executive Board meeting of March 15, 2005]
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