CLOVERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA

GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

December 1, 2009

Location:  Media Center; Cloverly Elementary School 

Meeting was called to order at 6:40 P.M.

ATTENDEES:  Erin Jacobs, Eileen Vitaliti, Susan Quinn, Jill Wingard, Jackie Stock,  Debbie Deosaran, Jenn Gruber, Mary Goodenough, Jill Doll, Tracy Chu, Kim Billok, Kathy Falcinelli, Melissa Brunson,Catherine Halpin, Taryn Potts, Woo Jin Suh, Renee Chen, Carrie Conley, Sandra Zinkievich, Helen Shueh, Patty Belke, Regenia Outlaw, Cheryl Minus, Susan Kirk, Meredith Holman, Tracy Kiras, Margarita Bartley

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

KIM BILLOK PRESENTED

• General meeting minutes from November 4, 2009 were read. Minutes were approved after the inclusion of Melissa Brunson as an attendee.

TREASURER’S REPORT

 JILL WINGARD PRESENTED

• Currently PTA membership is 33 members above goal
• Sally Foster sales noted in the Treasurer report do not include Internet sales
• $900 has been raised in directory advertising          
• Ice Skating event cleared over $1,100
• Teacher gift cards have been distributed
• The Variety show will have a new venue this year at the Olney Theater. They require a $300 security deposit and $600, which is half of the total fee of $1,200.
• There was a bank error recently involving transfers from the PTA checking and saving accounts. The bank issued letters acknowledging their fault to check  recipients whose checks bounced.  The matter is now resolved.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

KIM BILLOK PRESENTED

• The Variety show’s change in venue was secured by Angela Edwards. The Olney Theater matched the fee we usually pay for use of a MCPS high school.  The $300 was additional, but we will get that amount back. There will be concessions and theater promotional materials available. Revenue ideas include selling flowers and possibly creating a DVD or photos.  Information on the Variety Show is going home Friday. Grades K-4 are allowed one act per student.  5^th graders are allowed two acts with one of those acts being a group act.
• There was a miscommunication in the PTA newsletter.  The time of the day winter concert on Dec. 15^th is 9:30 a.m. NOT 2:00 p.m.
• Please use the PTA bulletin board to post PTA information
• The winner of the $500 Target gift card was the Wills family

PRINCIPALS’ REPORT

MELISSA BRUNSON PRESENTED

• The week of 12/14 there will be MSA practice for grades 3-5
• Joe Romano performed a great show on recycling yesterday. Cloverly is working towards more green practices. The school received a grade of A in recycling.
• Ms. Brunson explained the new MCPS Collaborative Problem Solving Process (CPS).  This is an early intervention process that addresses an academic or behavioral concern. It is the first step of a three layered approach and is to be done before an EMT (Educational Management Team) is formed or Special Education services are provided.  This intervention must be for 4-6 weeks in order to show that this lower level intervention is not working and the next step is necessary.  This process will be built into class time or other times that don’t interfere with instruction.  Implementation of the CPS begins in January. Teacher training began this week.  Students with IEPs or 504 plans do not go through this process. 

MCCPTA DELEGATE’S REPORT

 REGENIA OUTLAW  PRESENTED

• It has been proposed that Sherwood High School be included in the NE Cluster for representative purposes. This inclusion is not for High School choice.  A vote was taken and it was unanimously approved.
• The Operating budget meeting for 2011 will be on January 4, 2010 from 7:30-9:30pm at the Carver Building in Rockville.  
• The Board of Education Operating budget hearings will be on January 13 and January 20, 2010, both starting at 7 p.m.
• MCCPTA officer state position elections are on April 27, 2010

CLUSTER CONSORTIUM NEWS

JENNIFER GRUBER PRESENTED

• The last cluster meeting on middle school curriculum was well attended
• There is no December cluster meeting. The next meeting will be Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Location TBD.  The subject will be a Critical Thinking consortium and how the Promethean boards promote a new way of learning which infuses critical thinking and enthusiasm.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

• Cheryl Minus thanked everyone for their support of the Help the Homeless Walk.
• Susan Quinn added that Robin Boyer is looking for volunteers to assist with the vision and hearing screening for kindergarteners or anyone new to MCPS. The dates and times needed are Tuesday, January 5 from 9a.m. -2:30 p.m. and Wednesday, January 6 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Robin can be contacted at rlfboyer@verizon.net or through the PTA website.  This information will also be in a forthcoming listserv announcement as well.
• Renee Chen announced that the in-school banking program was behind in its distribution of registration information due to a shortage of Sandy Spring Bank  banking volunteers due to illness.
• Reminder that the Book Fair is next week.

ADJOURNMENT

• The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Erin Jacobs, Secretary

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