Parent Teacher’s Association

Minutes

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September 7, 2010
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7:00pm
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Cannon Road Elementary School – media center
Meeting called by / Nate Dowery
Type of meeting / PTA
Facilitator / Nate Dowery
Note taker / Stacy Katz Olivera
Timekeeper
Attendees / Mr. Coleman – Principal, Ms. Burgess – Assistant Principal, Nate Dowery – PTA President, Stephanie Ackerley – Treasurer, Stacy Katz Olivera – Secretary, Natasha Kapoor – Membership, Sue Badrian – Schoolastic, Jeanne Weiland – Fundraising, Donna Mages – Communications, Kinta Jones – FLES, Judy Lese – Teacher Liaison

Agenda topics

Current State of Cannon Road elementary school
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Mr. Coleman
Discussion / Transition into new facility overall went smoothly. There were a few challenges with the student’s departure at the end of the day, however, that is all being worked out. There have been additional busses added to accommodate the over crowding at some stops.
The staff and students had a “walk through” fire drill during the first week of school and will have another involving the Fire Department in the next week. There is also a Code Red/Code Blue drill planned.
There will be a “Wednesday Folder” sent home with the students weekly containing CRES notifications.
There is a separate “Friday Folder” sent home with the students containing teacher information.
There are 30 slots open for the Montgomery County Parent Advisory Council. Anyone interested in submitting their name for council should pick up a pamphlet in the office.
Budget
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Stephanie Ackerley
Discussion / Budget for 2010-2011 school year was distributed for review.
New checks will need to be ordered with the new school address.
PTA is currently delinquent with the State of Maryland as they did not file taxes for last 2 years.
Box tops not submitted for credit ($185) from last year will be submitted by the PTA. Moving forward for 2010-2011 the Box Tops will be turned over to Ms. Valenta, and will be used for the Cougar Trading Post items.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Motion to: Order new checks with current school address / Stephanie Ackerley / Passed
Motion to: Pass 2010-2011 budget / Stephanie Ackerley / Nate Dowery / Passed
pTa Membership
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Natasha KApoor
Discussion / Membership Drive will continue during the Back To School Picnic (Friday, September 10) in addition to at Back To School Nights (Wednesday, September 15 and Thursday, September 16). Membership is $16 per family and $8 per Staff Member.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Working on incentives to join PTA. / Natasha Kapoor / Ongoing
FLES (Foreign Language for Elementary School) / Kinta Jones
Discussion / CRES is currently slated to offer Spanish and French after school for students.
The previous challenge was transportation, children being picked up on time. The Activity Bus was utilized for transportation in the past. As there are no funds this year for the Activity Bus, transportation may again become a problem.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Research the possibility of KAH to assist with the aftercare of those late departures from the FLES program. / Nate Dowery / Kinta Jones
Scholastic
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Sue Badrian
Discussion / We are hoping to hold both a Fall and Spring book fair this school year. The second being the BOGO event.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Contact Scholastic to set up dates for book fairs. / Sue Badrian
Fundraising
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Jeanne Weiland
Discussion / Working with Great American this year instead of Sally Foster. Great American offers similar items with a better return for CRES.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Orders Due: October 1, 2010
Item Delivery Date: November 5, 2010 / Jeanne Weiland / Debbie Mamana
Encourage families to sign up for Safeway eScript & Giant Bonus Bucks / Nate Dowery / Flier sent home 9/8
Calendar Events 2010 - 2011
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Nate Dowery
Discussion / Dates are not firm however we will hope to include: Fall Harvest, Winter Social, Valentines Day Dance, Community Cultural Celebration, Spirit Nights, and two Bookfairs.
Back to School night will be Friday, September 10. We ask that the families bring a dessert. Pizza slices will be sold for $1.00 and drinks $.50.
Action items / Person responsible / Status
Dates to be confirmed with Mr. Coleman and added to Event Calendar.
Open Floor Items / Suggestion for a Poetry night at a PTA meeting. Parents will come to hear their children perform.
Raffle tickets given to those in attendance at PTA meetings.
If there was enough of an interest in an after school Soccer and/or Basketball programs, Natasha Kapoor would be happy to set up a meeting with Kevin the contact from last season.
Meeting Adjourned / Meeting adjourned 8:30 pm. Next meeting will be Tuesday, October 5, 2010.