Sunday, December 13, 2015

December 2015 PTO Meeting Minutes

Rib Mountain PTO
December 2015 General Meeting Minutes
Date, Time, and Location:  Monday, December 7th at 6:00pm in the school library

Attendees:  Becki Blaubach, Tamara Sillars, Jill Brillheart, Denise Lang, Tammy Steckbauer, Jason Lang, Jennifer Johnson, Hali Koebe, Joy Lambrecht, Kim Zdroik, Roxi Denzine

Principal Report: given by Tammy Steckbauer
·         PBIS update:  school has 87% of children with no disciplinary referrals
·         Movie Day – Dec 4th, students & staff enjoyed the reward
·         Mustang Market is going well, students are using math to figure out what to save & spending items; thanks for Carrie Selander-Pink for operating the market
·         Table of Champions - #1 voices are expected in the lunch room; 5 students are identified each week who are a great example of this expectation and they earn a reward.  They are invited to dine on the stage on Friday for lunch.

Teacher Report:  given by Hali Koebe
·         Hali shared her appreciation for the Fall Bazaar, she really enjoyed the event.
·         Teacher Request:  next PBIS reward is bowling at Weston Lanes, would PTO provide funding for busses.  Vote taken and funding approved.

Officer Reports:
President: given by Becki Blaubach;  Shared thank you cards sent to PTO
Vice President:  No items
Treasurer:  given by Jill Brillheart;  Current balance:  $9852.19

Other Business:
·         Coupon Booklets:  Quick review of funds earned and discussion of future fundraiser.  We sold 316 booklets for a total earning of $4424.  There was a total of 467 books returned unsold.  T-shirts cost $405, amount received in earnings was $4019.  PTO held a vote to donate the funds ($4000) earned from this fundraiser to the school for phase 2 of the playground.  Vote approved by those present.
·        Fall Bazaar:  We had a total of 31 vendors and brought in $1284 in registrations.  Vendor survey sent out and a few replies have been received so far.  Discussion of ideas for next year took place; please share ideas or suggestions with PTO or direct to Becki.  Feedback is welcome!
·         Decade Dance:  Dance will be held Feb 26th.  Josh Duwe will be the DJ again, rental cost is $425.  Thumbdrive Graphics (Guy K) offered to create a poster for the event again.  Jill B will chair the silent auction/raffle for the event, Tamara S will assist.  Emails will be going out to interested volunteers and potentially for more volunteers soon. 
·         School Directory:  being sent out soon, just waiting for it to return from the printing office
·         Crossing Guard Week:  PTO will cover the cost of gift cards to the crossing guards for appreciation of their work.  Tammy S will facilitate.
·         Overdue Lunch Accounts:  Tammy brought up the topic of overdue lunch accounts.  The school district is looking at options on how to handle overdue accounts.  Some other schools PTOs are covering the overdue balances for now, so a discussion took place about the possibility of PTO covering. 
Next meeting – Possibly Monday, January 11th at 6:00pm in the school library.  Meeting time may be changed and will be announced via facebook and possibly school newsletter.


Minutes compiled by Denise Lang, Secretary

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