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MARK HOPKINS ELEMENTARY
PTO Meeting Minutes
April 8, 2008
ATTENDEES:
Tracy Reichdan
Lana Stewart
Sally Duvall
Paula Lockyer
Drew Brueckner
Bernice Chacon
Marianne Spontarelli
Angie Webb
Teresa Montyano
Shyanne Ching
Christi Dreier
Welcome
Meeting minutes from the March 11, 2008 meeting were approved.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
- Weighted staffing
- Information in newsletter on website and in the Tuesday folder
- 7 staff members leaving due to retirements or personal reasons
- China Trip
- ArapahoeHigh School students going to China May 24-June 4
- Do we want to send anything from our community to share with Chinese students?
- We will put an announcement in the newsletter
- Possibly donate a Memory Book, T-shirt and some art or writings from the students
- District Budget
- Due to declining enrollment and increasing costs, district has a $3M deficit
- The district will cut $1.5M in costs at the central office rather than at individual schools and will take $1.5M out of reserve
- They will cut pool points
- They are freezing open positions
- They are cutting 10 administrative positions
- There are 86 districts state-wide with declining enrollment
FUNDRAISING
- New Ideas for fundraisers next year
- Eliminate Entertainment Books and Gift Wrap
- Angie Webb
- Believe fund raiser has a wide variety of products to choose from
- 50% for school after $5000 raised
- Have cookie dough
- Will use if donations are under projections
- Tracy will work on envelope to go home in 1st Tuesday Folder for next year with donation information
- Fall Fundraisers – Donation, Artwork / Avon (lump together)
- Spring Fundraisers – Silent Auction, Cookie Dough, Teacher Treats, Sock Hop
- T-shirts
- Small pink and Large black children’s t-shirts are most popular among students
- Medium and X-Large are most popular among adults
- Sold 58 total
- Romano’s – Tuesday, April 15 both Highlands Ranch and Littleton locations
VIPS REPORT
- We will have Bryce sell Teacher Treats tickets
- Sock Hop
- Will have a lot of food including CiCi’s pizza, Chick-Fil-A nuggets, Root Beer floats, Lemonade, Candy bars, Sno cones, Cotton Candy
- 3rd Graders are making posters
- Need kitchen coordinator and volunteer coordinator
- VIPS thank you event will be May 9 and will be both Staff Appreciation and VIPS thank you
- 7:30-9:30 with ceremony from 9:00-9:30
- Both breakfast and coffee cart
VICE PRESIDENT REPORT
- Board Slate
- President is the only position still available
- April 22 is the final vote
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
- PTO Joint Scholarship committee met
- Our PTO contributed $100
- 25 applicants; awards will be $200-500 each
- Final decisions April 9
TREASURER’S REPORT
- March expenditures / income
- Silent Auction brought in $4200
- Cookie Dough sold $5650 – PTO receives $2262
- King Soopers Certificates are in the red but we have cards in the safe
- Box Tops does not have a final check in yet
- Proposed 2008-2009 Budget
- Remove E-Books, Gift Wrap, Halloween Carnival, SkateCity, Tattered Cover Night
- Increase Box Tops, Donations
- Decrease Target Card
- Projected T-shirts ($300), Avon ($1000)
- Projected income amount next year $18,150
MHAC REPORT
OLD BUSINESS/ NEW BUSINESS
- Fine Arts Festival – May 2 from 5:30-7:30
- Are we bringing baked goods?
- Have them in baggies and priced with examples of pricing
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