Minutes - September 2013

NCHS PTO

Minutes of the Board meeting 9/16/13

 

      ·         President Diana Koenig called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Members and guests in                      attendance totaled 12.

·         Minutes from the 8/26/13 meeting were reviewed and approved as reported.

 

Treasurer’s Report

·         Judy submitted a financial report for Sept 2013 as well as the Budget for the 2013-2014 School year. 

Principal’s Report

·         Mr. Bollmann stated that the Intercity game against BHS went very well.  Our students were very well behaved.

·         Map testing was last week.  There were some technological problems with the server malfunctioning which delayed some of the testing.

·         NCHS is trying to put in place some systematic interventions.  Teachers grading needs to be standardized.  All teachers will now be using cumulative semester grades.  Individual teachers may still decide what percentage (up to 20%) that final exams will be worth.  Teachers must report weekly grades to skyward.

·         We were told that we cannot use Disney for the homecoming theme due to copyright restrictions.  The theme is being called “Classic Characters of Community.”  Homecoming Dance will be on Oct. 19.  The Tailgate on Oct 18 will involve some food trucks.

·         Drive 4 Your School will be on Sept 21.

·         The alumni sitting wall is being worked on.

·         The Sales tax referendum was discussed.

President’s Report

·         Growth in Unit 5 is approx. 300 students/year.

·         In August there was approx. $2.5 million cut from all budgets.

·         The District’s licensing fee (for movies) expires on Nov. 30.

·         All Junior Highs now have netbooks.

Committee Reports

Spirit Store

·         Judy stated that everything is going well.  They had approx. $1,485.00 in sales at the last game.  They are working on polos for the new staff.

Iron Café

·         Judy stated that it is going well.

Hospitality

·         Mary stated that Open House went well.  We may be getting some free cookies from Kroger because a lot of them were broken.  She stated they ran out of cookies.  She thinks this is because there were so many students at the Open House.

·         There was discussion about cutting back on Hospitality spending as we are getting more and more Request for Funds from various school groups.  Mary stated they will look into eliminating a couple luncheons and it was decided that cookies will not be provided at Freshmen Orientation.

Concessions

·         Julie stated that all games have been filled at this time.

·         Marisol stated that there was no new news for inside concessions.

Membership

·         No new news.

CAC

·         No report.

Web Master

·         No report.

Alumni

·         No new news.

Agenda Items:

Old Business

·         No old business was discussed at this time.

New Business

·         No new business was discussed at this time.

Request for Funds

·         Ms Fox stated that library budgets have been eliminated.  They will do a book drive in Oct and are also asking for book donations, however they would appreciate help from Iron Pride.  A Motion was made, seconded and approved to give them $500.00.  We will also suggest that they look into the Ipop for possible additional funds.

·         Mr. Short runs the new student breakfasts.  The cost is approx.. $80.00 to purchase all items for the breakfast.  Motion was made, seconded and approved to provide $80.00 maximum for this.

·         Coach Foster would like money to purchase shirts for the boys golf teams.  After discussion, it was decided that we will not be supporting this at this time.

 

No further business was noted at this time.   Diana Koenig adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m.  The next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21, 2013.

Respectfully submitted,
Polly Blanchard, Recording Secretary