Kent City PTCO Meeting Minutes
August 21, 2013
7 pm
Special Guest Speaker – Bill Crane, MS/HS Principal, discussed recent proficiency results for Kent City Schools. Is going to be starting Principal/Parent meetings (similar to Coffee with the Principals) for the secondary schools (dates are as follows: 10/7/13, 11/25/13, 1/27/14, 3/10/14, 5/5/14 at 7pm in the HS Library). Will be discussing up and coming things at the MS & HS, will not be a time to be discuss individual student or teacher issues. Mr. Crane reassured that Homecoming and Spirit Games will still take place; some parents had raised that concern.
Review & Approval Minutes- approved July 2013 minutes, with an amendment to change future PTCO meeting times to 6:30pm
Treasurers Report – Roberta
Scrip Report – Roberta
Teacher Requests/Website Requests/facebook Requests –
- None at this time
Project Updates
- Open Houses: MS/HS Monday 8/26/13 Jessica, Roberta, Mary, Nikki & Paula to help at PTCO tables (Mary to fill out facility request forms for tables at MS & HS). Elementary Tuesday 8/27/13 Jessica, Roberta, & Paula to help at PTCO table (Jessica to fill out facility request form). Danyle & Paula to make flyers, sign-up sheets, etc for the tables. Voted to give away one $25 Speedway gift card to one winner of a drawing (people that sign up at one of our tables)
- Website calendar has been updated to include scrip orders and PTCO meetings for the entire school year
- Committee formed to update website (bylaws to be updated at a later date) – Jess, Paula, Val, Mary
- Sno-cones sales, first home football game Wed 8/28 6:00pm setup
Fundraising
- Favoli’s Spaghetti Dinner – 9/27/13, Homecoming night after parade and before football game $7/person ($3 of that goes to PTCO), planning on approximately 250 people. Jessica & Shannon to make flyers to promote
- Chuck E Cheese – 10/21/13 3-9pm, no school this day
- Roller Fox – 11/12/13 6-8pm, $4/person entrance fee (to get in the door)
Discussion Points
- Board of Education: Val
- Grassroots Update: summer off
- EL School Improvement Meeting Update: N/A
- MS/HS School Improvement Meeting Update: N/A
- Discussed PTCO taking charge of the volunteer breakfast
- PTCO storage room at the Elementary has moved
- If anyone wants to help with AR (Accelerated Reader) at Elementary, need to e-mail Velvet Lerch
- Next Meeting 9/23/13, 6:30pm at Administration Building
Meeting Adjourned – 8:30pm