You are
here: Chisago Lakes School
District > Taylors Falls Elementary > T.F. Parents for Education > October Minutes
Minutes of the regular meeting
Present: Polly Zais, Trish Swenson, Karla
Stoeckman, Dani Strenke, Shanette Maloney, Kristina Pliscott, Lori Johnson,
Old Business
• A
Vice President for the group is still needed, volunteers are welcome to assume
the position. The Vice President serves
one year as V.P. and then takes over as President the following year.
• Fall
Conferences and the Book Fair went very well.
Principal Joe Thimm reported nearly 100 percent parent attendance at
conferences and very few follow-up calls of individual concerns from parents. The special “$1 for Books” campaign raised
$188 at the school, to be donated by Scholastic to schools in hurricane-ravaged
areas. Mr. Moberg’s and Ms. Greene’s classes earned pizza parties for raising
the most money in grades K – 2 and grades 3 - 5.
Treasurer’s report
Karla
Stoeckman reported a checking account balance of $38,354.45. It will not be known how much of that is
fundraiser profit until we receive a bill from Geckler Co. for the fall
fundraiser. She has spoken with a local
tax person about having the group’s taxes professionally filed this year, but
it could cost around $1,000. Joe said he would speak with someone he knows who
could possibly charge a lower rate.
Principal’s Corner
• The
school raised over $1,230 for Hurricane Katrina and Rita victims. Ms. Klinke’s
and Ms. Stephansen’s classes were pictured in the newspaper and earned ice
cream parties for raising the most money.
• On behalf of Mary Berning, Joe shared books illustrated by Warren Hanson, who
is scheduled to visit the school and talk with students Nov. 18.
• Joe requested $1,200 to purchase a new piece of playground equipment through
an Osceola manufacturer. The piece
retails for $3,500. Motion by Polly, second by Amy to approve the
purchase. It will be scheduled for
installation by the end of the fall.
• A Reading First volunteer will be going through training soon with Ruth
Thorstad at the school. The volunteer
will be available to provide extra reading help to students.
• Plastech has again donated money to be used for the Kindergarten Plus
program, which currently helps five students with extra classtime following the
morning kindergarten session.
Teacher Time:
• Deb
Casterton, Neva Noyd and Sheila Sandell discussed a die cut wish list of new
items the teachers might want to purchase. Deb shared price lists of the
items. The group discussed spending some
money now and some money later in the year on new cuts for the Accu Cut
machine. Motion by Amy, second by Trish to approve $600 for the teachers to
decide which die cuts to purchase.
Fundraiser News
•
The fundraiser went well, with almost $32,000 in gross sales. Delivery is set for Nov. 2; volunteers signed
up to help unload, sort and distribute the boxes.
• Four classes earned ice cream parties by selling a total of 250 items, but
another two classes are close so they may also receive a party. Fourth grader Philip Bartholomew was the top
seller, with 56 items. The top sellers
from each class will have their photo in the Chisago County Press.
• Since the start of the school year, the school has received $352 in General
Mills boxtops, $100 from Kemps milk caps and $100 from Land O’ Lakes milk caps.
Board Bulletin:
• CLHS
Principal Dave Ertl and Assistant Principal Sara Johnson gave a presentation to
the board about what’s new at the high school, including this year’s goals and
last year’s test scores.
• The board will host its retreat Nov. 17.
• Food Services Director Judy Caroon is putting together a committee to work on
a district wellness policy, which must be in place by next summer.
New Business
• Mary
Konobeck will take over as Volunteer Coordinator for the group.
• With the holidays approaching, Penny requested wish lists from the teachers
for things they might want for their classrooms. The lists could be combined on a single page to
be sent home with all students in their communication folders, giving students
and parents ideas of what to buy their teacher this year.
The
meeting was adjourned at