Christ the King-PTO

CKS PTO Board Meeting MINUTES January 14, 2015, 1 p.m. ______________________________________________________________________________ ­­­­­­ Meeting started at 1:11 p.m. People in attendance: Katherine Marsella (President), Katie Nunn, (Vice President), Mary Ann Lickteig (Secretary), Tara Banks (Treasurer), Odile Steel (Associate Principal), Tracey Whitney (Administrative Representative), Bob Clark (School Board President), Lorin Holmes 1. Opening Prayer 2. Accept December PTO minutes: Katherine Marsella moved, Tracey Whitney seconded, minutes were accepted. 3. Public Comment -- None 4. Treasurer’s Report -- Tara Banks reported that: . Profit from the Barnes and Noble book fair/gift wrapping event went down about $200 to an estimated $4,300. . The $3,402 Christmas Extravaganza estimate will come down slightly when final expenses are submitted. . The Jan. 11 ice skating social budgeted to bring in $50 raised nothing because it was a 75th anniversary event this year and Fr. Rich didn’t want to charge for anything. . Otherwise, each event is ahead of budget. 5. New Business . Five-Year Plan Update and PTO’s role -- School Board President Bob Clark i. The goal of the plan is to come up with between three and five clear action plans. Bob said his personal goal is to find an answer to the question, “What is your school about?” ii. The steering committee (Members include pastor Fr. Rich O’Donnell, principal Angela Pohlen, teacher Natalie Byrne, school board president/parent Bob Clark and parents Arline Duffy, Brian and Amber Murphy) met on Jan. 12 for the first time with consultant Rick Blain. iii. Three things will not change: our mission statement, the size of the student body (unless we add on to our building) and the fact that CKS is a parish school. Everything else is up for discussion. iv. Blain, from Massachusetts, specializes in parochial elementary schools and has more than 20 years of experience. His wife is principal of a Catholic elementary school. He started working with CKS in November and will continue until a final report, expected in May, is produced. He will be paid $15,000. v. About 40 people will assemble on Saturday, Feb. 7 for a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) discussion. vi. Four to six weeks later, subcommittees will give recommendations to the steering committee. b. School Board Report -- Odile reported on Angela Pohlen’s behalf: i. During Christmas break, new wiring was installed to improve the CKS phone system providing efficient call forwarding, designated emergency buttons on every phone and more intercom speakers. ii. The school has signed a contract with RenWeb to provide integrated student information management. The school and parish will share the monthly fee. iii. On Jan. 7, a few thousand dollars’ worth of work was done to improve the school’s internet infrastructure. Routers and switchers were replaced, not the server. Our system hadn’t been able to support even 12 tablets at once. By Jan. 16, Mr. Laverty expects to have 30 used, but new-to-us computers from Middlebury College. iv. We have six new bathroom hand dryers. c. Ice Skating Social Report -- Mary Ann and Tara reported that The Jan. 11 75th anniversary event at Calahan Park’s outdoor rink was extremely cold but a success. Several families attended. 6. Old Business . Catholic Schools Week Update . Odile summarized planned events. A list was sent home to all families last week. . Katherine said that the PTO will decorate the lobby and facilitate a teachers’ lunch as well as coverage for lunch and recess duty that week. . Review bylaws amendment to add PTO members at large . Tracey read proposed language creating the positions: “There shall be 4 DML parents appointed yearly, one from each department level at CKS. (Early Ed., K-2, 3-5, middle school.) Each DML will attend monthly PTO meetings and will chair one PTO event during the school year. . Katie explained she proposed members at large as a way to give parents an opportunity to get involved with event planning before taking a PTO board position. . All agreed that we need to find a way to be more inclusive and to involve more parents, however this particular proposal needs further development before it’s ready for a vote. . Item was tabled. c. Father-daughter dance update -- Katherine said planning is under way for the Jan. 31 event. Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.