PTSO General Membership Meeting
May 12, 2015 – 7:12pm
In Attendance: Linda Russ, Judy Schmid, Helen Chang-Lin, Missy Hooper, Lexi Swinimer,
Anisha Mathur, Kristy Brewer, D’Andrea Abdullah, Dr. Elizabeth Noto (10)
Kristy motioned to approve April 2015 minutes. Gwen Pride Seconded. All in Favor. April
2015 Minutes approved.
Principal Report – Dr. Elizabeth Noto
 June 1 evening ceremony for scholarships won from the scholarship book
 June 8 daytime awards for seniors and underclassmen
 June 3 and 4 senior exams
 Final exam schedule is on our website
 Questions have arisen pertaining to the possibility of cancelling mid-terms in the future.
A Focus group with a representative from each school will meet next Monday. The goal
is to make a decision ASAP. Final exams are part of the conversation also
 Scheduling under way (deadline was April). We are limited on space. We currently have
over 1600 students enrolled. We’ve converted workrooms into classrooms. We asked for
2 trailers but there are currently no funds available; maybe in the future but not next year.
Next year our enrollment is projected at 1690 students. We are looking at offering 0
period for 12th grade English 12 and academic Government as well as dual enrollment.
The classes would run from 8-8:55 five days a week. This is for seniors taking 7 blocks
only. This will allow for B day early release (this has been primarily for AOS and
Monroe students). Would like to put out applications this year.
SCA Community Outreach Liaison: Anisha Mathur
 SCA Elections just completed. President: Mark Mogenson, Vice President: Raghu
Srinivasan, Secretary: Jackson Blodgett, Treasurer: Evie Koon, Sergeant at Arms
Spencer Buehler, Creative Decoration: Brian Wells, Liaisons: Megan Abbott
(Community Outreach) and Kelly Mogenson (PR), Student Liaison: Colleen McNickle.
They met on Sunday and came up with some great ideas. They worked on the calendar
and date for a retreat with class officers
 Current SCA is working on a kick box project: Identify need that is poorly performing or
not being met in school. Will be given free reign and will present the projects on June 5.
Brenda Sheridan (school board member) will attend. Will pass any project to be pursued
on to new SCA.
 Class Officer election on May 29th. Lots of sophomores running for junior office, 3
freshmen running for sophomore and 1 junior is running for senior office so far
 Secretary Appreciation Lunch went well. We served with real plates and glasses. Mr,
Kite and Guidance helped
 Gwen Pride thanked Lexi Swinimer for help at the RiverBend Carnival
Teacher’s Report –Lexi Swinimer
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Marty Reinman is looking for volunteers for the Senior picnic on Monday June 8th. 12:30
at the Algonkian water park. Students will be eating outside Volcano Island (catered by
Chipotle). Helpers are needed to set up and serve
We had a Successful Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you for the kick off Kentucky
Derby event.
Secretary Appreciation Breakfast was awesome
Mrs. Strada and Ms. Bailey are working on the pond in a courtyard. K& H donated
mulch
Parent Liaison – Sylvia Borda (Not in attendance) Dr. Noto Reporting
 Ms. Borda originally cut her hours back. Originally she was going to come back next
year but has since made the decision she will not be our Parent Liaison going forward.
Her last day is this Friday
Treasurer’s Report: Linda Russ
 No real changes from last month
 Wrote a scholarship check for the Brian Green Scholarship. They sent a thank you
 PG Grocery Cards: kicked it off last month. ($1600) Trying to get Food Lion to split
$100 gift cards to $50. Have PTSO buy them from PG to give to needy families
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We’ll be writing checks for the PTSO Scholarships at the end of the month
We should finish the end of the year without having to go into our reserve
MSAAC: Jamie Johnson (Vice Chair)
 Dr. Huff and Dr. Jones talked about recruiting efforts to produce high ethnicity in our
teaching staff
 Dr. Tyler spoke about disciplinary disparities
SEAC: D’Andrea Abdullah
 Held elections
Programs: Helen Chang-Lin
 Mr. Ackerman is willing to head up the program again next year
LEAP – Kathy Baker (not in attendance)
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April’s meeting was about Learning how to advocate for your child
LEAP is looking for a new slate of officers for next year
Old Business
 Senior Scholarships
 Teacher Appreciation Awards will be extended. A connect-ed message will be sent
New Business:
 Need to post officers so it can go out before next meeting. Parents willing to serve:
President: Missy Hooper, Treasurer: Linda Russ, VP Fundraising: Kathy Baker, VP
Programs: Judy Schmid, Secretary: Helen Chang-Lin, Communications: Vacant. We will
send one more connect-ed push to see if we can get some new candidates who will still
have children in the school next year.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:05. The next meeting is scheduled for June 9 at 7:00 PM.