Home & School Board
Meeting Minutes
August 27, 2015
Attendees: Mrs. Louise Sheehan, Principal of St. Dorothy’s School
Mrs. Patricia McGee, Teacher Representative
Mrs. Donna McGann, President of H&S Board
Marie Pat Romano, Vice President of H&S Board
Eileen Mulholland, Treasurer of H&S Board
Jennifer McAnally, Secretary of H&S Board
The old Home and School board was at the meeting. The meeting started with
Christine Tassoni discussing that Jennifer McAnally has access to send from
homeandschool@saintdorothys.org Christine will also get Jenn access to upload
meeting minutes to the home and school page on the website. Donna McGann
asked Christine Tassoni if she was the only one with access to the home and
school mailbox. She said yes, but that all on the new board can have access if
desired.
Stefanie Meno had Eileen Mulholland to her house over the summer to go
through the budget. Stefanie gave the new board a quick review at the meeting.
She discussed which accounts need to be separated, and gave us a listing of
upcoming expenses in the early 2015-2016 school year.
Mrs. Sheehan asked about the dollar figure for updated Reading textbooks for
4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Christine Tassoni said Home and School agreed to
$10,000 in the July meeting.
The fall assembly will be the Franklin Institute. The subject is weather. This
will happen on October 30th after the Halloween Parade. Donna McGann will
double check the timings. Mrs. Sheehan will update her newsletter with the
change in time for the parade. The parade will start at 12:15.
The winter assembly will be the Prismatic Show. This is scheduled for
December 23rd. Donna McGann will confirm timing on this assembly as well.
For Octoberfest, the new board needs to identify what spirit wear we currently
have in stock and determine what we need to purchased. Christine Walton
suggested creating Octoberfest T-shirts again. They were a big success last
year. She also gave us the vendor that they purchased from.
Jennifer McAnally asked Mrs. Sheehan if there was a way to automatically
update parents when the calendar is change. Also, the group discussed cleaning
up of H&S distribution group. Mrs. Sheehan was going to ask George to export
her contact list, so both lists are the same.
The old board asked if there was anything else to discuss otherwise they would
still be available if any questions arose. They were then excused.
Donna McGann brought up H&S fee. The board would like to drop this fee.
Mrs. Sheehan asked that we would still fund insurance for the IPADS. The
board agreed.
Market Day is out of business. It was bought out by a World’s Finest Chocolate
Donna McGann had gotten some information as well as samples to taste. YUM!
https://fundraising.worldsfinestchocolate.com/ This chocolate fundraiser will
give us quick money at the beginning of the year.
Eileen Mulholland asked about Swiss Farm fundraiser. Do we have a code for the
mobile app? She will contact Swiss Farms to get the information.
The art teacher was going to pass on Kids Kreation this year. She believed it
was too rushed to complete before Christmas. Suggestions were made to push
it back to until Mother’s Day. The board will bring the suggestion to the art
teacher to determine her interest.
Teacher start up fees have not changed in many years. Currently each teacher
gets $75.00. The board would like to double this starting for the 2015-2016
school year. Each full time teacher will get $150.00 and part time will get
$75.00
The idea the board had for a fall fundraiser was Trunk or Treat. This will occur
on Friday October 30th. The group will need to finalize all the details.
A. What time? 6-9
B. Cost? $15
C. How many cars? Roughly 200
D. Additional kids? $5
E. Food? Pizza, hotdog
F. Drinks? Water, soda, juice
G. Theme?
H. Haunted Halls?
The board would like have Stocks pound cakes as an additional fundraiser. We
would like to schedule two days if possible. Marie Pat Romano will check on the
dates we can get.
Next meeting will be September 17th at 6:30.
Adjourned the meeting