May 14, 2024

May 14th, 2024 Dedham PTF Meeting Agenda

5:30pm at Dedham School

1. Call to Order / Sign in @ 5:35pm 

Michelle Phillips, Kathy Bailey, Madeline Wright, Douglas Wright, Tim Bush, Karl Whitham, Beth Handley, Jerry Troger 

2. Approval of April Minutes 

3. Treasurer’s Report

• Checking balance: $8,674.58(still need to pay out for library books and walking club, so closer to $6,834.58 minus whatever we owe for Eclipse glasses), does include $30.90 from box tops, $389.20 from Stompers, $478 from Eclipse Glasses, and $40 donations from Color Run

• Scrip Saving balance: $2,194.77

4. Color Run/Carnival Recap

• food truck success

• face paint amazing

• colored goo was fun but can we get more squirt guns for it?

5. Red Sox Tickets-we have a package of 4 to July 29th game

• Should we do a raffle?

  • $5/ticket

• younger kids can bring the tickets home more easily

• class competition with a pizza party for the most tickets sold

• payment services? Set up a venmo for PTF, ask Jody

• drawing on July 1st

6. Golf Tournament Update

• Erika & Tim need to chat

• end of August tournament

7. Request of funds: 

• walking Club $300 - approved

• 8th grade graduation-in PTF email-graduation requests-tee shirts-about $400 and balloon arch quote for $316.50 and flowers-$564 ~ $1140 - approved

• middle school interact olympic medals $35.40 - approved

• Michelle Phillips – $649.70 Beebot Robot Bundle - Originally given to the library 1500 for books, spent 810.65 on books, 689.35 left over. Can we shift the left over funds to the Beebots? - approved

8.  Old Business / New Business

• eclipse Glasses – return of unsold glasses is good

• field Day June 3rd, teachers organizing on the side, waiting till after their meeting on the 15th

• vex robotics, vex iq is best for education $5100 / 10 kits (min) - $7000 competition, don’t discontinue between models, tax exempt, plastic vs metal, competition

  • state funding?

  • corporate funding?

    • Bangor Savings Bank

    • Renewal by Anderson

    • Ford Darlings

9. Adjournment - 6:30

Next Meeting: June 11th, 2024 5:30pm