PRT Meeting Minutes

December 9, 2002
6:30 p.m.

1. Mission Statement - Kathy Pielage
   
   
2. Introductions
   
   
3. New Business - the bullying policy will be discussed at a later point in the meeting.
   
   

4. Treasurer's Report - Kathy Pynnonen
   

   • We finally received the $250 Microsoft grant for the playground improvement. We also received the concrete bill. The playground improvement fund fell about $656.31 short.
   • We made a $91.58 profit on the CKCS apparel. This was not intended to be a fundraiser, so this is a pleasant surprise.
   • We paid out 3 mini grants from last month to Ms. Hunerdosse, Ms. Valley, and Kathleen Ernst - the author who spoke to the 3-5 graders in the library.
   • It was also decided that we will have to charge families a $25 fee if a check is returned for any reason. We had 2 checks this past month that were deposited but returned. We had over $15 in service charges this past month.
   • We had over $5,000 in book fair sales. From the profit, we took 10% in books, 25% in cash. With the cash profits, we purchased books for teachers that were still on wish lists. $400 is going to Carol Maxon to purchase early reader books. The vouchers were a good success. The middle school students who received these vouchers were very grateful.
     
     
     1. Taxes - Kathy Pynnonen sent the financial information to one parent who thought he might have time to help with the taxes, but being such a busy time of year for everyone, he didn't think that he would have time to help. Amy Willson, a former parent, volunteered to help with this.
   
   

5. School Update - Mr. McNallie was at the PASS meeting, so we didn't have a school update.
   

6. Old Business - Kathy Pielage

   1. We took in about $1000 in pizza sales, and had about $900 in expenses. So we made about $100 in profit at the Family Fun Night. Many thanks to all of the parent volunteers, especially Carolyn Pelton for chairing the event.
   2. We had an e-mail from Jennifer Devine regarding the book fair during school hours. Kathy Pynnonen mentioned that she was subbing for Jennifer that day and it was not a good experience for some of the kids in the class. One child that didn't have money to spend cried when the other kids got to go and buy books. Some of the kids that had vouchers wanted toys instead of books. There will be a meeting with the Scholastics, Book Fair coordinator, Becky Deal and Kathy Pielage to talk about how the Spring Book Fair will run. Other schools will be contacted to find out how they handle this event and input from teachers will be requested. All the suggestions will be reviewed. This meeting will take place after winter break. Contact Kathy or Becky if you would like to be included in this meeting. Some suggestions that were made to help with this day are:
      • Only books should be offered during the day when children are making out their wish lists.
      • Don't have a purchase times during school hours. If there is a time, make it during recess, but not during class time.
      • Have a couple of nights or after school where kids and parents can come and purchase books.
      • Spring Book Fair suggestions:
        • Leave it up to the kindergarten teachers as to whether or not their classes will go and make wish lists during the day.
        • Books only! No toys will be out during the day, only at night when parents are with.
        • Use the voucher system again. It seemed to go over very well with teachers and the students who received them.
        • Try a multi-day event for after school and evening purchases.
        • No purchases will be made during school hours. Let's talk to the teachers to see how they feel about this.
          
          
   3. Student Directory - Many thanks to the people who helped put together the student directory. These went out to students the first week in December.
      
      
7. Mini Grants - Becky Deal
   

   • We had a mini grant request from Jennifer Devine to purchase the Ready, Set, Relax program. It would cost about $39 to purchase this. We had a motion to approve from Becky Deal, with a second from Ed Burnham. The motion passed.
   • We had a request from Mrs. Klitsch-Anderson and Mrs. Bie for prize box goodies. The total cost is $83.13. We had a motion to approve from Kathy Pielage, with a second from Ed Burnham. The motion passed.

   
   
8. Bully Policy & Procedure - Kathy Pielage read the NO Tolerance Behavior and consequences from the Family Handbook: The policy has all the steps available to the staff and the administrators. Kathy has received a letter from one family, a phone call from another, and e-mail from another family regarding situations that have been happening lately at school. Unfortunately, Mr. McNallie was at the PASS meeting, so he wasn't there to discuss how the policy is enforced with different situations. The ideas of removing the bully from the kids being bullied was discussed. The repeat offenders are the biggest concern to the families at the meeting. Parents need to make sure that their concerns are written down, either in a letter to Mr. McNallie or in an e-mail. Parents need to know what steps to follow when there are problems. This would mean talking to the teacher and Mr. McNallie first. We also talked about the need for parents to get some feedback as to how their particular situations are being handled. The privacy rights are why parents of victims can't know how the bully is being handled. Kathy Pielage was going to take all of our concerns and comments to the Governing Council meeting. School policies are handled by the Governing Council. The conclusion of the discussion was that Bob McNallie and the teacher should be contacted.
   
   
9. Science Fair was not discussed due to time limitations.
   
   
10. International Night was not discussed due to time limitations.
    
    
11. Celebrate Learning Festival was not discussed due to time limitations.
    
    
12. Economics Bazaar will be held on December 13, 2002. The fifth graders will be selling their goods to the other classes.
    
    
13. Other Business