Meeting Minutes
Our PTO Executive Board meets monthly, and holds General Membership Meetings at least four times a year. Board Meetings are open to any PTO members to attend, and General Meetings are open to attend and participate. All meeting dates can be found on the PTO calendar as well as the "Upcoming Events" Sidebar. To keep up-to-date on what your board is working on, please follow the links below to view and download minutes.
For any questions, feel free to contact our Secretary, Anna Cahill, at sharonptosecretary@gmail.com.
August
August 9, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda
August 9, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes (approved)
Items Put to Vote:
- Family Portrait Event extended to three days so more families can participate; a vintage truck
will be brought in to use as prop; PTO will charge $40 per family, which will include sitting and
one image with option to purchase more directly from the photographer. - Parent review meeting added to PTO Calendar
- Removed chorus show that is aligned with Breakfast with Santa from PTO calendar
- Corrected winter break dates on PTO Calendar
September
September 13, 2022 Board Meeting Agenda (approved)
September 13, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes (approved)
Items Put to Vote:
- Board voted unanimously to set minimum threshold for budget at $35K
- Board voted to create a line item to the budget in the amount of $500 to decorate the truck/prop for Family Pictures
- The Board voted unanimously to close the original Group Me group and add emails/contact details for all Board Members on the PTO website
- Board voted unanimously to approve appointment of Catie McDonald as Cultural Night Chair
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The board voted unanimously on the following calendar revisions:
- We will have PTO general meetings on the following dates:
- October 11, 6:30pm
- December 13, 6:30pm
- January 10, 7:45am
- May 9, 7:45am
- All other general meetings on calendar will be removed
- The February 14th Board meeting will be moved to February 15th
October
October 11, 2022 Board Meeting Minutes (pending approval at Nov Board Meeting)
Items Put to Vote:
- The Board voted unanimously to elect the following:
- VP Communications: Colleen Hight
- VP Community & Cultural Events: Catie McDonald
- The Board also voted unanimously to create a second Member at Large position, and elected the following: Member at Large: Lavanya Palaparthy
- The Board voted unanimously to move $70 to Account ending in 6807 for parent boosters membership.
- The Board voted unanimously to utilize the $12,500 allotted in the budget for Chromebooks to go toward the new iPads and Merge Cubes. Although the iPads and Merge Cubes have a higher price than Chromebooks, PTO can only give the $12,500 allotted in the budget. The school will spend funds on the difference.
Upcoming Events
December
2- Dec Deadline to Submit Form for School Feedback
2-Dec Deadline to Order a House Cup Shirt and Receive before the break
2- Dec Wear flannel
3-Dec Breakfast with Santa
5-Dec Last day to donate toys for the Toy Drive supporting The Place of Forsyth's Holiday House
6-Dec Wear tacky holiday wear
7-Dec First Grade Concert, Creepy Creatures, at 6pm at Sharon
7-Dec Family Connect Night (baking together)
7-Dec Wear a holiday hat
12-Dec Wear a favorite holiday shirt
13-Dec Monthly Coffee Chat & General PTO Meeting
14-Dec Second Grade Concert, The Grinch, at 6pm at Sharon
15-Dec Wear Red or Green
16-Dec Deadline to apply for Sharon's January Science Fair
19-Dec Last day for donations to support staff
19-Dec "light up" your outfit
20-Dec Wear Pajamas
21-Dec First Day of Holiday Break!