March 2024 Minutes

Meeting Minutes

Schultz Elementary PTO

Meeting Date: March 12, 2024                  Meeting Location: Art Room

Attendance: Heather Calhoun, Melissa Hay, Jayme Hiller, Logan King, Nikki Lizak, Rose Long, Kristina McDonald, Angela Miley, Jay Miley, Bree Saunders, Lauren Skillen, Heather Stake, Kenzie Staley, Melissa Stansbery, Carla Whipple, Travis Woodworth

1. Call to Order at 7:00pm

2. Minutes: Review of minutes from 2/13/24 meeting—Motion to approve K. Staley, 2nd R. Long, approved!

3. Co-President's Report—Conference meals successful, Thank you to Empower for donating

4. Treasurer’s Report

o   Budget Update-$14,489.30

• Okay to rewrite check to Anna Wildermuth?  All in agreement

o   Parents Night Out Update-76 kids, $760, unlikely another this year, waitlist is first priority for 

future, easy to execute (we only had to count out for mailboxes)

o   Panda Express Update- none, likely more info tomorrow

o   Foertmeyer Flowers Update- 83 kids participating right now (11% participating), majority 

profit usually last 2 days, ask Tyra for text to go out Sunday, 576 items sold (36% to goal), Kids are noticing posters on walls

o   Ohio Attorney General Update—We are registered, so now we have 3 years of annual 

filings, Bree is verifying “going outside our organization to solicit”, Bree found a fundraising company that doesn’t take part of proceed other than square

• Funding Requests

  • 2nd Grade: Columbus Zoo Field Trip (tabled from February meeting), May 17, Zoo charges $7/student, teacher, chaperone—chaperone will pay for self, students will pay $5, we will pay for teachers—less than $400 after (around $375)—Motion to approve J. Miley, 2nd K. Staley, all in favor—approved!

  • Kindergarten team w/ T. Cinereski— animal costume items not to exceed $250 for kindergarten Moo-suical (May 22pm during school day), $124 still remaining from Tracy’s account, $600 left from Jumpstart Checks (from specials line)—Motion to approve R. Long, 2nd J. Miley, all in favor—approved!

5. Committee Reports

• Events

  • Donuts with Grownups (1 down, 2 to go)—252 coming this week, 185 next week, people appreciate all the same donut, currently under budget

    • Discussed as board about needing volunteers (how to get people to come to event but also to help)

Discussion: thinking outside of box to try to get volunteers (Spring Fling, Secret Santa), 

sign up out before the event?, offer their child an extra reward during the school day?, 

why field day/book fair and not other events (being a part of the day, seeing student in element??), same people at PTO, too, remind app, new pictures/change the wording, teacher communication with parents, parent reviews on FB to post and hear, thank you list with names/pictures, info table at conference night, push April meeting/kindergarten info night, STEAM night, make sure they know what is the commitment (timing/task), illustration with % income and hours of volunteers, how YOU can make a difference, at a glance calendar, better welcome/explanation to kindergarten parents who stay for PTO meeting

• Game Night—Bingo/game (win bingo, get a ticket, put into raffle basket), bingo prizes already put together 

  • School Testing April 1-24th, schedule for April 26th

• Spring Fling—set up committee meeting (send Heather Stake a message)

• Fundraising

  • Foertmeyer Flower Pick Up on Saturday, May 11 (9:30ish), Volunteers Needed

• Staff Appreciation

  • Staff Appreciation Week (May 6-10)—Sun type of theme, ice cream truck?? Whits, Caio, sundaes, Joy Wagon, Simple Soft Serve (Jayme)??

6. Principal’s Report – Mr. Woodworth

Thank you from staff for conference meals, just starting last quarter, 2 more PTO meetings, April 8 eclipse day

7. Old Business

• April Kona Ice Volunteers Needed—office staff appreciates the volunteers and would like to continue next year (whole year at a time, with alternates?)

• NexTrek—883lbs, 117 to go, suggested placement in kindergarten playground

8. New Business

• 5th Grade Yard Signs—Mrs. Krell ordered double last year so won’t need to order, Waterford is good about getting them done quickly, but cost is more—stay local or save money?  Any connections?

• Open Board Positions at April Meeting-- nobody is “stepping down” at this moment, but all positions are available every year (except treasurer’s 2 year commitment)

9. Announcements

• Kindergarten Parent Meeting, April 9; please come to the meeting 

• Next meeting will be Tuesday, April 9 @ 7 pm

10. Adjournment @ 8:10pm, motion H. Calhoun, 2nd K. Staley