JHS 194 PTA January General Meeting Minutes

January 22, 2019

Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
President’s Report
• Waive approval of last month’s PTA meeting minutes, unanimous approval.
• Important Dates:
o Lunar Calendar Workshop – 01/31/2019
o No School – 02/05/2019
o Community Education Council – 02/06/2019
o SLT – 02/12/2019
o No School – 02/18 – 02/22/2019 Winter Recess
o February PTA Meeting 02/26/2019 at 2:30pm Teacher Engagement

• Membership among teachers and staff represents only 20% of the total teacher/staff body. Those who
donated received a raffle ticket. The Raffle basket is our incentive to get our teachers to participate in
helping make a better environment for our kids. We have a teacher request form and the request has
to benefit more than a handful of students.

• The School is looking into a scanning system, for student ID purposes, that would start with bused
students, and expand from there. There could be an add-on for parents, who would take a photo and
sign into the system. Parents would then receive a sticker when they arrive, if they are in the system.
This would facilitate parents picking up their kids. The cost would be $5,000 - $6,000. The PTA would
have to take a vote on this item, which could be presented at the next meeting.

Vice President’s Report

Some options for sale at the School Store : pencils, mini-staplers, erasers, colored pencils.
Please email the PTA with any suggestions.

Treasurer’s Report
• Membership dues collected to date are $8,942. Our Pizza Parties took place before holiday break.
• PTA created a Teacher Membership Raffle Basket for teachers and staff who send in their PTA
membership dues.
• 5 Guys fundraiser : $360
• Holiday Shop fundraiser : $2,719.21
• Box Tops : $249.30
• Uncle Jerry’s fundraiser : $1,360.20
• Give back to families : Mets Tickets $50.00 for a June 5th game, including a voucher for a
commemorative jersey, a $12 food voucher and an opportunity to take a photo on the field. Tickets
are on a first come, first served basis. Orange flyer will be sent out.
 Mrs. Miller’s (Principal) Report – Ms. Robbins attended on behalf of Mrs. Miller
• There will be an open safety meeting and dress code meeting on 3/21 at 7pm during the March PTA
meeting. The focus will be: do parents want a dress code ? (more formalized). There may be different
color shirts for each grade. 7th grade would pick the colors for 8th grade, and so on. There will be a
conversation about the types of pants worn and gym clothes.
• Safety agents are concerned about parents coming to school without picture ID. There will be an email
to review the procedure and remind parents they need a photo ID. Also, students need to go through
the nurse’s office when they don’t feel well, not just text parents to be picked up.

Ann Lippert (Parent Teacher Coordinator)

Anti-Bullying workshop 2/12/2019 at 8:30 am in the school library.
More information to come by email.
All Information will be posted on the school website.
Please continue to check the website and our Facebook page.