The East Dubuque School District
P.T.O.
PTO
Minutes 9-19-11
I.
Attendance:
Mandi Lawler, Michelle Till, Joyce Hanley, Kristi
Alvarado, Sara Feyen, Laurie Miller, Stacy Oberman,
Randy Strube, Kim Tierney, Melissa Gilbert, Jen Montag,
Jenny Breitbach, . Meeting
called to order at 6:05pm.
II.
Reviewed Minutes from 8-15-11.
Motion to approve by Sara Feyen and seconded by
Laurie Miller.
III.
Joyce Montag reviewed the Treasurer’s
Report. Motion
to approve by Sara Feyen and seconded by Lori Olmstead
IV.
Fundraising—dates for PTO events were
not on the monthly school calendar.
Sara Feyen will check with June at the high
school to make sure the PTO events will be included.
We are hoping to adjust to the mailings that go
home so that each family on receives one mailing.
A.
Thumser’s 19th Hole—Mandi
Tashner will check to see if they are interested in
doing the fundraiser night.
B.
Wendy’s will continue to be the 3rd
Tuesday of the month from 5-7pm, they need someone to
check in for the first 30 minutes.
Stacy Oberman will attend tomorrow night.
Sara Feyen will do October and Jen Montag will
attend November.
C.
Grand Harbor Night- December 8th
D.
Ice Skating- Sara Feyen will check on
fundraiser nights
E.
Fried Green Tomatoes-Offering a Fundraiser
Night, considering February 12th as an
option.
V.
New/Old Business
A.
Volunteer Program-Lavonne Larkin would
like to take this school year off
so she is looking for someone to
volunteer this year to set up the volunteers.
Stacy Oberman and Mandi Tashner might be
interested.
B.
Campbell Soup Labels-Laurie Miller will
talk with Mr. Shireman and seeand they will come up with
a list of
needs and then get an order in.
C.
Mr. Z Schedule—
1.
UPS order will go out tomorrow
2.
Delivery- October 13th around
12:45pm. The
6th grade class will help unload.
Sara Feyen will help with Delivery
1:30-Joyce
Hanley, Staci Duster?,
4:00-Jen
Montag, Stacy Oberman, Sarah Delaney
D.
Old Creamery—Combine with Galena again
for a discount this year.
Laurie
Miller motioned to approve up to $800 and the motion was
seconded by Lori Olmstead.
E.
Dates for meeting this year-3rd
Monday of each month at 6:00pm at East Dubuque
Elementary Library.
The dates are:
10/17, 11/21, no December meeting, 1/23 (4th
Monday), 2/27 (4th Monday), 3/19, 4/16, 5/14
(2nd Monday).
F.
Lockers—promoting at a later date.
VI.
Open Floor
A.
A funding request for an additional
playground up near the Preschool/Kindergarten
area may be presented to us in the future by the Preschool,
Kindergarten and Therapy Staff.
As a PTO we would like tosupport this project.
B.
A request for Wall Mats for the Junior
High and High School has been
presented to us for funding.
As a PTO, we declined financially supporting this
project because our organization supports Preschool thru
Sixth Grade.
C.
Michelle Till is requesting the PTO to pay
half of the bill for the school
agendas.
Sara Feyen motioned to approve payment of half
and it was seconded by Stacy Oberman.
D.
Michelle Till has for a Sixth Grade
Leadership Council.
The first event is a Trick-or-Treat Night with
area businesses passing out the candy.
On Monday October 31st this event will
take place. Michelle
would like the PTO to have a Trick-or-Treat booth.
It has been suggested to have the event from
4:30-5:30pm. At
our October meeting we will discuss ideas for our booth.
E.
Mr. Strube discussed the Book Fair.
Delivery will be October 17th or 18th.
There is a new option for online ordering.
We have a meeting on the 17th so if
the products arrive on the 17th we will help
set-up. The
Book Fair will be here through Conferences.
F.
Jen Montag inquired if the playground
could be of use before school.
Busing and timing are preventing this option.
Jen Montag also inquired about playground use at
the football games.
Michelle Till is going to look into options for
playground use and supervision for the football games.
VII.
Meeting adjorned at 7:33pm.
Motion to approve Jen Montag and seconded by
Stacy Oberman.
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