Meeting minutes

PTA Meeting Minutes

Thursday, January 15, 2026 8:00am-9:00am

Superior Elementary School Kiva

1)      Call to Order-

a.      Audrey, Wendi (second)

2)      Welcome!

3)      Introductions

4)      Treasurer’s Report- Christina Lauver

a.      $51,000 balance

b.      Superior Chamber of Commerce- Will renew

c.      Venmo- Issues we are working through

5)      New Website!

6)      Community Impact Committee Report- Karen Brady/ Megan Zielinski

a.      Fall Did Diwali and Day of the Dead

b.      Veteran’s Day Assembly/ Speaker

c.      World Disability Day

d.      Spring: Lights We Share/ Lunar New Year (February 19)/ Black History Bulletin Board/ Assembly- Indian Dance Group/ Neurodiversity

7)      SAC Report-

a.      Principal Stein- Will be looking at homework policy compared with the district

b.      Growth in Reading and Math/ Looking at how to continue to grow for all students

c.      New Math Program- Coming next year. Math Expressions is going away. Illustrative Math will be new program

d.      School Safety, Facility Improvements

8)      Committee Reports

a.      Community/ Spirit Nights- Victoria Scarffe-

b.      Teacher Appreciation- Katie McGuire

                                                              i.      Welcoming any help she can get

                                                            ii.      Budget is about $1,500

                                                          iii.      Normally in May

c.      Spring Auction- Dania Edwards

                                                              i.      April 10

                                                            ii.      Live auction event is not looking like it’s financially feasible/ they don’t make much money

                                                          iii.      Looking into a cost-effective event/ venue

                                                           iv.      Last year’s silent auction made $17,000

                                                            v.      Soliciting donations

                                                           vi.      Looking for help. Data entry

d.      Fun Run- Audrey Huse

                                                              i.      May 15

                                                            ii.      5TH Grade foam party at end of day? Could continue after school is out with an admission ticket.

e.      Fall Fling- No Report

9)      Annual Fund Update/ Push

a.      1st week of February

b.      Flyers at Drop-off/ Pick up

c.      Include information in the email of how many people have donated.

d.      Remind that it’s tax deductible/ company matching

10) Upcoming Events

a.      Mountain Kids- March 7th

b.      Rockies Game- April 4/5

11) Principal’s Report- Principal Stein

a.      Closing open enrollment season- projections for next year are very good. Will be a 3-round school.

b.      Climate/ culture is going well

c.      Giving tours to families that don’t live in the area and want to enroll here.

d.      2nd-5th grade took a student survey. SES is achieving at a higher level than district level for climate and safety

e.      Some grade levels have higher numbers than other schools (kindergarten in particular).

f.        Alyssa- maternity leave soon

g.      30th year of 5th grade musical

h.      Outdoor education meeting at 6:00pm

i.        Eldorado projected 6th grade enrollment from SES- it’s increased

12) PTA Organization/ Future Roles

a.      Adding School Sponsorship Committee

b.      Adding Annual Fund Committee

c.      Future Board Openings

d.      Future Committee Openings

13) Next Meeting: March 11, 6:00pm-7:00pm

14) New Business

a.      Future Meeting Locations/ Times

b.      Coin Wars

          i.      Katie’s neighbor’s own McGukins. Maybe get bucket donations.

15) Adjournment

a.      Audrey moved to adjorn

b.      Wendi- 2nd

Previous meeting

Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:00pm-7:00pm

Superior Elementary School Library

1)      Call to Order- Cindy

2)      Welcome!

3)      Introductions

4)      Treasurer’s Report- Christina Lauver

a.      $45,600.36 total available balance

b.      Fundraised this school year thus far: $25,442.05

c.      Compliance- just filed last year’s tax return. Renewed registration with Colorado Secretary of State

d.      Benevity- Employer match donations. Should promote to other families to use.

  i.      Text message saying it employee match may expire by the end of the year

5)      Community Impact Committee Report- Karen Brady/ Megan Zielinski

a.      Completed Dia de los Muertos and Diwali display at front of school

b.      Mr. Posey helped put together a Diwali video

c.      Veteran’s Day Assembly on Friday November 14

d.      World Disability Day to be celebrated on December 3rd.

e.      Lights We Share- Art projects answering the question “I bring the light to the world by…”

f.        Spring: Mudra Indian Dance Group, Lunar New Year, Neurodiversity, Potential Public Art Piece with Mr. Posey (either this Spring or next year)

6)      SAC Report-

a.      School Plan does not need to be updated this year because completed last year.

b.      90-day plan update. Incorporating more time for students to ask questions. Examining Small group instruction.

c.      Homework Study- district-wide study that we’ll be participating in.

7)      Committee Reports

a.      Community/ Spirit Nights- Victoria Scarffe

                                                              i.      Is there a way to make the spirit nights more of a community event?

                                                            ii.      Is the PTA a member of the Superior Chamber of Commerce this year? They can help us with advertising.

b.      Teacher Appreciation- Katie McGuire

                                                              i.      Will ask Family pot-luck style for 2 meals during teacher conferences and Busaba donation for 1 meal

                                                            ii.      For Teacher Appreciation week, meals are not provided every day. Some are creative donations (car washes).

c.      Spring Auction- Dania Edwards

                                                              i.      Potential dates: March 27th or April 10th (Friday April 10 preferred).

                                                            ii.      Silent Auction a week leading up to the event, ending on the event.

                                                          iii.      Kevin Grosse- works for Big Red F (they own multiple restaurants). They could provide food/ cater or hold it at the Post in Lafayette.

                                                           iv.      Louisville Elementary School- held their event at Ascent event space that also had childcare. Could bring in your own alcohol.

d.      Fun Run- Audrey Huse

                                                              i.      May 15th

8)      Upcoming Events

a.      December 10: Spirit Night- Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers

b.      January 13: Spirit Night- Chuck-E-Cheese 3:00pm-9:00pm

9)      Principal’s Report- Principal Stein

a.      Open Enrollment Season- 4 tours with 40 families thus far. More tours than this time last year.

b.      Halloween went well- Parade started a little early

c.      435 students currently enrolled. Looking to maintain that/ not get too large.

                                                              i.      Last year was the first year we were on a wait list (every year but 5th grade).

d.      90-day plan work going well.

e.      Halloween- egg vandalism incident. Older High School kids wearing masks.

f.        2027- Bond Project- met with contractors. Getting a new HVAC system. Additional cameras in some blind spots and at vestibule. Concrete repair on the back stairs down to the lower playground. Fresh Paint.

g.      Jose- custodian for 28 years retired on Halloween. Had inside parade for him.

h.      Free lunch and breakfast approved again

i.        After school programming- looking to expand offerings.

j.        Playworks did an audit of our recesses/ training for structured play at recess for paras. Working to have an “opening” and “closing” for recess. We were able to do that because a few paras went to their training before.

k.      January- allocations in budget for substitute teachers on Wednesdays so they can host meetings those days.

l.        He’s done 60 walk throughs so far this year- kids seem well behaved and happy. Students took a climate survey and he’ll share those outcomes at the next meeting.

m.   Parent Survey- Received 12 responses so far.

10) Food Pantry Needs/ Student Council Canned Food Drive

a.      Principal Stein hasn’t heard any need yet. Will let us know if he hears of any.

11) Next Meeting: January 14, 6:00pm-7:00pm

12) New Business

a.      Thermometer Fundraiser- Get to $100,000. Let them know where we are in fundraising goal. Rewards for benchmarks.

                                                              i.      Order Thermometer.

                                                            ii.      Include thermometer in PTA blast.

13) Adjournment- Principal Stein, Audrey 2nd

Tasks:

1)      Join Superior Chamber of Commerce

2)      Text Message to families Re: Employer matching