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Henry C. Hall Middle School PTA
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting of Tuesday, February 14, 2006
1:15pm • Hall Middle School
Board Members Present: Anne Gilberg, Barbara Kelly,
Robin Moller, Ann Morrison, Daniel Norbutas, Rebecca Sarokin, Monica
Sherman, Scottie Spurzem, Linda Sudduth, Ted Stoeckley, Paula Turner
Board Members Absent: Claudia Gropper, Rebecca Paul,
Valerie Pitts, Sara Spero
Guests: Dena Van Derveer
1. Welcome
President Rebecca Sarokin called the meeting to order at 1:20pm.
2. Minutes
⇒ MSP to approve the minutes from the last Executive Board meeting
of January 17, 2006.
3. Treasurer’s Report (see attached) – Barbara
Kelly
- Lunch Program – budget projection was that the lunch program
would generate $15,000 income for the PTA this year. It appears that
it may be twice that! Sam’s Grill still hasn’t billed us for fall semester
- Musical Theater – program broke even
- Chalk festival – lost a little money. However it is not characterized
as a fundraiser, and made some big multi-year expenditures.
- PTA membership – up ($4,855)
- Outdoor Ed – NC PTA will pay the deposit this year. The wrapping
paper proceeds will continue to accrue for it. The incoming 5th grade
is large. We need to create a line item in next year’s budget to reflect
this.
- Computer Lab – money is set aside, pending summer installation.
- RHS Grad Night – increase our donation amount for next year
(?)
4. Teacher-Representative Remarks – Ted Stoeckley
- 6th grade will take a field trip to the Exploratorium on March 9th.
$7/student to be paid by parents. Need drivers. Ann M offered to make
reminder calls to parent-drivers.
- Thanks to PTA for contributing to Egyptian field trip.
- Ted reminded us that it is against LSD rules for parents to “stop”
elsewhere on the way to or from field trips.
- 7th grade field trip to Chinatown coming up on March 14, 15, and
16.
- 8th grade will make a field trip to Marine World at the end of the
year.
5. Superintendent’s Report – no report
6. President’s Report – Rebecca Sarokin
- Lunch Program – Jean and Jan are doing great. Still need
some volunteers.
- Logowear – looks great. Mandy and Nancy are placing another
order. Broke even (not intended to be a fundraiser).
- Career Day – next Friday. Karen Berg, Danelle Leong, Bernadette
Bantley and Paula Strand have done a great job.
- Internet Safety Parent Ed – great, informative, good tips.
Jeannie Perry is looking into another presentation in the spring, this
one to the students (one for each grade).
- Website/Paypal – Dena Van Derveer made a presentation regarding
using Paypal (free on-line payment service) for making payments to
PTA (lunch, membership, musical theater tickets, logowear, graduation).
She can put a registration form on the PTA website. The advantages
of a Paypal account include simplified bookkeeping for the treasurer
and convenience for the purchaser. The intention is to set up an account
which incurs minimal transaction charges. No apparent downside. Board
gave her the go-ahead to set it up.
- 6th grade VP – Monica said the Valentine’s activity
went well, and that Meals of Marin was very appreciative. They would
like to come talk to the 6th graders about what they do. Ted asked
if they had a video available, as an assembly was impractical. He also
pointed out that this activity fits in well with the “character
counts” program
he is developing.
- 7th grade VP – Anne reminded everyone about the lost and found.
- 8th grade VP – Ann reported that grad night is moving
forward, led by Eladia Leddy, Lori Glass, and Lori Calzaretta. They
will start actively working on it next month. Grad gift ideas included
improvements to the courtyard outside the teacher’s lounge. Ted will
ask the teachers for comments. Still need to hang up last year’s
class gift.
7. Principal’s Report – Daniel Norbutas
- Grad week schedule distributed Graduation will be on the last day
of school.
- The new gym sound system has been installed and tested.
- Coffee Chat was well attended (20 people). Discussion topics included
heavy backpacks, homework, state standards, the Foundation (some people
feel there’s a hard-sell atmosphere — it was suggested
that the “in any amount” donation be emphasized)
- Choir is being included as part of 6th grade fine arts.
- Electives – what do we decrease to have more of them? Do we extend
to a 7-period day? (Cost of this option is about $250,000 per year.)
Lengthen the school day by 10 minutes? Cut SSR? Reduce lunch by 10
minutes? Daniel is looking into it. Reed, Ross, and Kentfield are now
starting to teach Spanish in elementary school.
- African drummer’s assembly will be held for 7th graders tomorrow.
PTA budget includes a line item to help fund it.
- Career Day this Friday. School ends at 12:45.
- Faculty meeting this Friday regarding classroom configurations for
next year.
- Drop-off – Studying it.
8. Open Discussion
- There is a date conflict on June 8 between the Hall band spring performance
and the Redwood graduation. Daniel will look into it.
- TUHSD is considering putting a completion bond onto the June ballot
and will be voting on the final resolution on February 28. For more
information, go to http://www.letsfinishthejob.org/ where
you can also sign up as an endorser. Or, for more information, go to http://www.tamdistrict.org/modern/news/2006/0215-thereport06.pdf and http://www.tamdistrict.org/modern/news/2006/0222-bondqa.htm
- Scottie suggested we purchase another ladder for convenience in updating
the reader board. Money for this is already available and approved,
so she has the go-ahead to do it.
- Beautification work days — it was agreed that it would be OK
to schedule one for a weekday. There has been very little weekend participation.
Submitted by Robin Moller, Secretary
3/15/06
[minutes approved at Executive Board meeting of March 21, 2006]
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