2008-09 BHPS PTO February
Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Venue and Time: January 30, 6:30-7:15 PM,
Science Class Room, Thomasville Road Campus, BHPS.
Present: 12
parents, teachers, staff and PTO Board members
I. Welcome
The PTO meeting
started at 6:35 PM with about 10 parents, teachers, school officials and Board
members. More parents, teachers, and
school staff joined few minutes later as the chili dinner was winding down. The PTO President welcomed everyone. The Jan 2009 PTO meeting's minutes were circulated and was approved as presented by those present.
II. Choir
and Tent
Mister Scott,
Vice-Principal and Music teacher spoke about the Elementary and Middle School
choir. He also spoke about the new tent
under which tonight’s event was held. Several parents were happy about the
tent.
III. Fund raisers
Treasurer Christine
spoke about the Red Elephant fund raiser held earlier this month to coincide
with the soccer game. The fund raiser was
a success raising about $209 for the PTO.
The next fund raiser is planned for Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 at Skate
World. The school will send flyers and
PTO VP Carly will coordinate the event.
IV. Events
We are also planning
to do a Mother’s Day cake decoration.
PTO Secretary Latasha will coordinate this event. We have decided not to do the Spring Fling
since there will be SAT testing in April 2009.
One parent suggested doing “Penny Collection” but Ms Ilona reminded that
we do “Pasta for Pennies” in fall term and will continue to do it the coming year
as well.
V. Officers
for next year
Since the two year
term for the PTO President will end in May 2009 and President’s child will
graduate 8th grade, we started the discussion about finding
replacement for President’s position. We
also wanted to know whether all the current members of the PTO Board will
remain next year. No final decision has
been arrived at the meeting but we will continue the discussion next meeting.
VI. Upcoming
Year
Ms Ilona spoke about the importance of early registration
for the upcoming year. She encouraged all the parents to register early so that
the school can start planning for the next year. She told the people that her office is open
any suggestions.
VII. Business
Mr. Andy brought a motion to buy stadium style seating for
the tent. The approximate cost of the
seating will be around $7500. Since the
cost of the tent was lower than the original estimate of $23,000 (it cost
$18,000) he wanted to know whether he could spend the $7500 from the Capital
Budget. The motion was second and
brought the floor was voting. The motion
was approved unanimously with voice vote with no dissenting vote.
VIII. Adjournment
Promptly at 7:15 PM the meeting was adjourned.
Prepared by PTO President Thayumana Somasundaram on Jan 31, 2009 and posted.
To be approved on March 2009 PTO meeting.