PTC Meeting Minutes Feb 10, 2010

Attending: Samantha Waters, Pam Beaulieu, Chris Dudley, Anastasia MacKenzie, Monique Seely, Kristen Wescott, Christine DesVergnes

Minutes from January’s meeting were approved

Treasurer’s Report: 

We have $22,432.86 in Checking

On Feb 28^th one savings CD will roll over.

Motion was made and passed to take $300 out before rolling it over to pay back costs. 

There have been some theft issues at the school store. 

Therefore new procedures have been put in place for making purchases i.e. single file line.

Capri Sun recycling is going well.  Chris Dudley showed examples of pencil cases that are made from the recycled pouches.  We receive $.02 for each pouch we send in.

Kris Wescott sent an all school email to remind teachers about the recycling program.

The ink cartridge recycling bin has been placed in the computer lab. 

We will wait until spring to fill the toy box on the playground with equipment. 

Mrs. Eaton is looking for help with box tops counting. 

Mrs. DesVergnes and Mrs. MacKenzie volunteered to help.

Thank you to Mrs. DesVergnes who took inventory and organized the PTC closet. 

International night was agreed upon. 

The book fair and international night will happen at the same time. 

This worked well last year. 

PTC voted down a spring fling dance this year. 

Mr. Dudley said he would take a look at the blue slide on the playground to see if it can be fixed. 

Mrs. Seely asked if the playground is ever inspected for safety by an outside organization. 

There is an opening on the School Board for a Limerick resident. 

Anyone interested should contact the school board for paperwork. 

Our president, Samantha Waters, has decided this will be her last year as president. 

She is making it known so that people can be thinking about whether they would like to take on such a position. She has done a wonderful job and would be a great person to shadow in the coming months!

Our next meeting will be March 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM in the Line School Library.

PTC Meeting Minutes Jan. 13, 2010

           

Attending:  Audrey Walsh, Kristen Wescott, Brenda Wedgewood, Anastasia MacKenzie, Christine DesVergnes, Cynthia Vermette, Amy Bailey, Nicole Partridge, Crystal Bastarache, Christopher Dudley, Joe Ianazzo, Monique Seely, Pam Beaulieu, Marissa Cutter, Samantha Waters 

A special thank you was said to Brenda Wedgewood for her hard work and dedication to the tag sale! 

October meeting minutes were accepted. 

Brenda Wedgwood delivered the treasurer's report. 

From May 2009 to December 2009 the PTC lost $229.00 in returned checks and paid out $187.50 in fees  relating to those checks. 

Brenda changed the type of bank account we have to lessen use fees but she wanted to know what if anything we can do about returned checks. 

The PTC discussed this issue at length.  Some ideas that were discussed are as follows:

      PTC members discussed not holding on to personal checks for more than 10 days. 

       It was suggested that we look into making this PTC policy and place it in the bylaws.

       All fundraising chairpeople should be made aware of this policy and get checks to Brenda within 10 days of receiving them.  This was not voted on.

      Could we write a notice to a person that had a check returned that they will be charged for the returned check fee?

      Can we put a “cash is preferred” statement on fundraising materials?  Another statement “Due to economic changes the PTC would prefer cash in lieu of checks. 

In the end we decided that Brenda would speak to individual fundraising chairpeople about getting checks cashed within 10 days. 

Treasurer's Financial Report as of 12/30:

            $2283. in checking

            $2309 in a CD  that will roll over in February

            $2342 Francis Tuft CD that will Roll over in April

Line School T- Shirts only cost the PTC $711.23 thanks for many parent donations

Genevieve orders brought in $4423.21

The Tag Sale brought in  $2550 

Box Tops will be due on February 10^th.

School Store Update:

  Chris Dudley has started taking applications to work at the school store and is making a student schedule for workers.

      The School store made a $293 deposit

      Would like to start recycling Capri Sun pouches.  There is a company you can send them to that will pay for them and recycle them into school supplies like pencil bags.

      Can we make a Capri sun deposit box for the cafeteria?

Kris Wescott motioned that we provide laminate for the school.  The motion was seconded and the PTC will purchase the same amount of laminate that was purchased last year (at least 4 rolls).  

Kris Wescott would like to take over Square 1 Art if the reason it is not being done is because there is no on interested in chairing it. Motion was made and seconded.  Mrs. Wescott will chair this for 2010.

Chirstine DesVergnes discussed how Staples will give $3.00 in store credit per empty ink cartridge (up to 10 cartridges a month) returned.  She is willing to take care of picking up the cartridges from the school and dropping them at Staples.  This will go into an account for Line PTC at Staples to get credit for teachers. 

Reminder that School Board meetings are every other Wednesday at 7PM  and everyone is welcome.  There are many changes going on in our schools due to budget cuts.  Parent and community support is appreciated! 

The question of cleaning up the PTC closet was raised. Can we have a running inventory?  Brenda said she would look into it.  

Polar Express as a great success.  Thank you to all who put it on! 

Anastasia Vermette was the winner of the monthly drawing.   

Adjourned at 4:30 PM  


 Next Meeting will be 2/10/10

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Polar Express

We need more volunteers to help with the Polar Express Dec. 11th.
There is a snow date scheduled for Dec. 18th.
If you can donate any of your time, please contact Nicole or Christine as soon as possible.

Nicole: 247.8753 / parenicole52@hotmail.com
   or 
Christine: 793.9688 / christineiannazzo@yahoo.com

Thank You For Your Support.

Samantha Waters
PTC President

PTC Announcements

Keep Saving Your Boxtops:
All together there was an amazing $535.00 collected for the October deadline. Keep up the great work!
Mrs Gagnon's class won the prize for collecting the most.
The next deadline is February 8th. ~ Good luck to all classes!

Polar Express Volunteers Needed December 11th:
For more information or to volunteer even 30 minutes of your time contact:
Christine: 793.9688 or christineiannazzo@yahoo.com
Nicole: 247.8753 or parenicole52@hotmail.com
There is a snow date scheduled for the evening of December 18th.

Lost & Found:
The lost & found is located in the Line School entrance hallway.
Please check often for anything that belong to your child as new items are added daily.

Thank You Line School Families for making the Tag Sale a success!
 
Bottle Donations:
Have bottles you would like to donate to the PTC?
You can place them in the wooden box outside the main entrance or return them to JDs and ask them to add it to the Line PTC account.
All donations appreciated.

Hope to see you at our next meeting December 9th @ 3:30. 


Samantha Waters
PTC President

November Meeting Canceled

Unfortunately the PTC meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 4th has been canceled.

We will meet again on December 9th @ 3:30.

If you have a question or concern that needs attention before our next meeting, please post it here or email Samantha Waters @ samanthah2os@gmail.com. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Samantha Waters

PTC President

Line School PTC Meeting Minutes Oct. 14, 2009

Present: Christine Iannazzo, Pam Beaulieu, Kris Wescott, Audrey Welsch, Amy Samson, Mrs. Morin, Brenda Wedgewood, Crystal Bastarche, Amy Bailey, Chris Dudley, Samantha Waters

The meeting started with a motion and vote accepting the minutes from last months meeting.

The Genevieve orders have been collected and will come in after the tag sale is over.
There was over $8000.00 in sales and PTC will get approximately $4000.00 in profit.

The playground equipment box is in.
Chris Dudley has locks and has measured an area to bolt it down.
The box should be in place by next week.
After it is in place equipment will be purchased to fill it.

There was a treasurer's report was presented by Brenda Wedgewood.

The next order of business was to review the PTC events for the rest of the year.

Deadline for Box Tops is October 15th.
Another deadline will be set for the end of the school year.

There is also a Boxtops marketplace website where you can earn money for our school by shopping on-line shopping.
There is a link to the marketplace on the PTC blog.

Hannaford extra receipts can be placed in the slot under Line School or turned in at school.

The tag sale is Saturday, November 7, 2009.
Volunteers will be needed.
Forms will go out this week for donations and volunteers.

The school needs a new large coffee maker.
There was a vote approving the purchase another one.
Kris Wescott said she would check with her brother-in-law who may be able to get us a deal.

Last years International night timing was bad but a success.
At the next staff meeting Amy Samson will ask the teachers when they would prefer to have International night.

There was a motion and vote approving to do away with Square One art this year.

There was a motion and vote in favor of having the Polar Express evening this December.

Christine Iannazzo agreed to head the committee for this event.
Crystal Bastarache also agreed to be on the committee.

The date has not been solidified but we do know that the Limerick parade is December 5.
Amy Bailey knows of a Santa and Mrs. Claus if we need them.

The Spell-a-thon will go on as usual this year.

A motion and vote was made in favor of going forth with the remaining PTC events for the year: Staff Appreciation Week, Muffins with Mom, Donuts with Dad, and Field Day.

Next meeting time has been changed to November 4, 2009 @ 3:30.

A motion was voted on and accepted for the PTC to purchase the snacks used at the monthly meetings.

Amy Samson represented the Spirit Committee and presented the idea of ordering T-shirts for all the students in the school.
There was a motion that was approved to move forward with PTC purchasing the shirts.
A notice went home at the beginning of the year that each month there will be a pep-rally and students of every grade level wear a shirt that is the color designated for their grade level.

The PTC agreed to accept donations for the grade level shirts but to assure that all students get one payment will not be mandatory.
Amy Samson will write something up to go home to students and we will discuss this at the next meeting.
The shirts will cost approximately $5.75 each.
Parents and Line staff will have the option to purchase t-shirts as well.
Adult shirt price to be determined.

Thank You for reading PTC Meeting Minutes.

Your continued support is appreciated!


Samantha Waters
PTC President

School Store & More!

The school store will be open Tuesday's and Thursday's starting September 22nd! If your child plans to purchase supplies, please send a minimal amount of money as the items for sale are inexpensive.

We have exciting news on the outcome of Wednesday's meeting! The PTC is purchasing a storage box full of new items for the playground! There will be new footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, kick balls, jump ropes and sleds ~ COMING SOON!

Hope you are saving your Boxtops! It is a great way to earn cash for the school, without buying anything more than what's already on your list! Last year Line School PTC earned $809.77 from this program! The deadline is October 15th! The class that collects the most will WIN A SPECIAL PRIZE!!

Samantha Waters

PTC President