October 2019 Meeting Minutes

10/30/2019 12:00 am

Patrick Lyndon K-8 Pilot School PTA

Meeting Minutes

October 2, 2018  

1. Introductions

• 2019/20 PTA Board
• Management Team
• 3^rd grade team

1. Community Building Exercise

• The attendees broke into groups to discuss: (1) the one word that best describes the Lyndon; and (2) one goal to achieve as a community this year.
• Outcome: most common words to describe the Lyndon include community and volunteer. One goal to achieve is to enrich the school experience of our children.

• Meeting Minutes
• Motion to approve the June 2019 meeting minutes. Motion passed.

1. Accomplishments

• Welcome back picnic: there was a great turnout with a lot of new families attending.
• Walk to School Day: 10/2/19 was walk to school day. Immediately after school started, parents met at the YMCA to discuss safe routes to school. Sam announced that BPD is looking for a new crossing guard.
• Membership: this is the 2^nd year the PTA is completely online. Membership numbers are up from last year.  It is $12 to become a member.  If you are interested in donating in addition to the membership fee, there is a donation page on the website.
  • Membership drive raffle winners: Christina Butler, Missi Callahan, Cailtin Unger and Julie Colantonio.

1. Updates

• School Site Council (Lee Rushton)
  • SSC is a two-year term. The meetings are held on the 3^rd Thursday of the month at 5:30 pm
  • SSC is made up of teachers, management team and parents.
  • SSC discusses and votes on hiring, budgets, and school communications
  • There are 2 spots open for the 2019/20 SSC.
  • At the last meeting, SSC discussed new hires.

• City Wide Parent Council (Steve Lewis)
  • CWPC is the pipeline to the District.
  • At the last CWPC meeting, the council met with the new Director of Transportation to discuss bus arrival times and communications.
  • The new Superintendent is going to neighborhoods to hear from parents. CWPC is having a meeting with the Superintendent on 11/5/19 at the Bolling Building.

• Friends of the Lyndon (Joy Mello)
  • FOTL is a parent-run non-profit. FOTL raises as much money as possible in the fall and spends the money by June. 
  • FOTL seeks to learn what teachers need/want in their classrooms and tries to fill the gap to supply computers, curriculum, etc.
  • FOTL Silent Auction is on Nov. 7^th at 7 pm at the Squeeling Pig.
  • Last year FOTL raised $25,000. Spent $24,000 in the Spring.

• Room Parents (Stefanie Frischknecht Guerrero)
  • 2 classrooms still need room parents – Ms. Negele and Ms. Chouinard
  • This year room parents will be asked to serve SAR classes as well.

• Fundraising update:
  • Amazon Smile – sign up when you purchase through Amazon and a percentage goes to the PTA.
  • Box Tops – Emily gave a presentation on the new system.
  • The next submission deadline is November 1^st. Have clips to Emily by 10/29.

1. Treasurer’s Report (Fran Guardabascio)

• Fran discussed key events on the report including the Turkey Trot and Red Sox game.

• Elections
• City Wide Parent Council
  • Steve Lewis and Irene Daly (alternate)
• School Site Council
  • Stefanie Frischknecht Guerrero and Erin Donaghy
• Motion made to approve the elected officials for the next term. Motion passed.

• Committee Overview
• Spell check: Heather Sullivan is looking for help and will be handing-off the committee next year.
• Square1 Art – Susan Ashe will be handing off the committee next year.

1. Upcoming Events

• Internet Safety Event: a discussion took place regarding the type of event that makes the most sense for our school community.
• Turkey Trot: November 23^rd - Caitlin provided an update on business sponsorships and the Super Lion sponsorship.