Bradley Elementary

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Bradley Home and School Club Meeting

Minutes for June 3, 2008

In Attendance were President Jennifer Meltzer, Vice President Dianne Avelar, Secretary Sally Locke-Paddon, Treasurer Bill Bruce, Volunteer Coordinator Ashley Selck, Heather Gorman, April Nelson, Melissa Scott, Bob Williams, Jennifer Wiley, Lisa Dove, Holly O’Brien, Kathleen Blair, Stephen Harrington, Christine Jacobs, Sherry Bruce, Kathy Arola, Kelly Mennie, Jana Stefanini

Principal’s Report 6:15 PM.

Kathy Arola talked about the Budget cuts; she stated that the library media position would be the first position to be reinstated. It was stated that the cost of the library media position is $40,000.00 per year. Volunteers can not run the library, there needs to be a district employee overseeing library volunteers. There will be a library committee; this committee will help with library fundraisers.

 It was also confirmed that there will be other program changes. There will no longer be PE release time. Mr. Lord and Ms. Leighton have been “bumped.” Caryn Lane will be returning to classroom teaching at another school. Bradley School has lost one full time teaching position, which means there will be 23, rather than 24 teaching positions.

Next year there will be no intra-district transfer students accepted into Bradley School. First Grade and Third Grade were the most crowded classes this past year.

Reading intervention: there is currently $16,000, which would be a 25% position. Jenn Yatson will be returning.

The spirit slide show was outstanding. Assembly: 58 students received silver honor roll, 48 received gold honor roll, 13 students are completely English speaking, and 15 math certificates were given out.

Next year there will be a change in the Kindergarten Model. The program will be an extended day; 7:40-12:00. There will be four kindergarten classes. This new model will give the kindergarten teachers a chance to better prepare students for first grade. Kindergarten will take place in the following classrooms: 4, 8, 9, and 16. The children will be offered a meal at school. There is a possibility that breakfast or lunch  may be brought to the classrooms.

Home and School Club 6:40 PM

The meeting was called to order by President Jennifer Meltzer; with a welcome to all by the President.

Jennifer asked for a vote on the approval of May’s Minutes. Ashley Selck moved to accept the May minutes; Bob Williams seconded the motion. Motion to accept the May Minutes passed unanimously. 

Treasurer’s Report

The book fair made $7461.48. The library chose to take half of the profit in cash.

Bill Bruce moved to roll back $174.56, left over money from playground shed, to the general fund. Lisa Dove seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

$300.00 was allotted to pay for the sixth grade completion ceremony decorations and refreshments.

Reserve allocations went to pay for assemblies during the 2008-2009 school year.

Old Business:

1. Nominating Committee: The new 2008-2009 board was voted in. Bob Williams will be the president. Melissa Scott and Ashley Selck will share the vice president position. Lisa Dove will be the secretary. Holly O’Brien will be the treasurer. Jennifer Wiley will be the volunteer coordinator. All important papers for the new board will be placed in a special spot above Ms. Helen’s desk. This is where corporate paper and Home and School Club letterhead can be found. The new board was voted in unanimously.
2. Reading Intervention: Heather Gorman stated that reading night was a great success. We hope that we can do it again in the future. In the afternoon the whole school spent time reading on the lawn.                                                                                                                          

New Business:

• Jennifer announced the date for the ice cream social. This event will take place on August 11th from 4:00-5:30 PM.

• Dianne Avelar gave the Fundraising Committee report. We have decided not to move forward with Subaru fundraiser. Dianne stated that when fundraisers are dedicated people can better plan for what fundraisers they are interested in participating in. Following is the proposal that the fundraising committee came up with. The fundraising goal for 2008- 2009 is $50,000.00. The calendar of events and fundraisers for 2008-2009 was proposed for club approval. The Fundraising committee proposed that fundraisers which are not specifically dedicated would have 10% allocated to Campus Enhancement/Special Projects, and then the balance to be split 50/50. There was a lot of discussion about the 10% Campus Enhancement/Special Projects proposal. Kathy wanted to bring this idea to the staff before a change in the distribution model was made. Dianne stated that teacher input was vital, but waiting makes the club not move forward. She also stated that the Home and School Club has tried to get more teachers involved. Kathy is concerned, due to the fact that there is no longer a fundraiser dedicated to technology or the 10% Technology Support Teacher.

Heather has researched how other schools dedicated their fundraisers. She suggested online voting to prioritize the wish list.

Kathy moved to approve the calendar of events; seconded by Bill Bruce.  Motion passed.

Kelly Mennie proposed that the calendar of fundraisers and events be mailed home on August 1st, along with escrip and volunteer cards.

It was decided that escrip would be dedicated to the library. There was discussion about having a computer set up at school events such as; Welcome Back Ice Cream Social and Back to School Night, to encourage people to sign up for escrip.

Jennifer Meltzer moved to dedicate gift wrap sales to the third column; seconded by Bill Bruce. Motion passed.

Bob Williams moved to reconsider the dedication of gift wrap sales to the third column; seconded by Heather Gorman. Motion passed.

There was a lot of discussion about dedicating the gift wrap sales to the third column.

Kelly Mennie moved that the gift wrap sales be dedicated to the third column, with the remaining amount placed in the technology fund; seconded by Bob Williams.  Motion passed.

• Parents Wish List:

Dianne moved to purchase three 10x10 shade canopy; seconded by Lisa Dove. The cost is $200.00 each, which is a total of $600.00. Motion passed unanimously.

Dianne moved to purchase a fun hoop at a cost of $500.00; seconded by Jennifer Meltzer. Walt Zander, from the District, would need to approve for safety. Motion passed.

Dianne moved to buy one picnic table like the one in the breezeway at a cost of $600.00; seconded by Bob Williams. This picnic table will go in the kindergarten playground. Motion passed unanimously.

Lisa Dove moved to purchase $100.00 worth of balls for the fun hoop; seconded by Dianne. Motion passed.

April Nelson, on behalf of the Harrington family who could not attend, moved to purchase an art cart for $500.00; seconded by Holly O’Brien.  Motion passed.

There was discussion of hand washing stations for the portables. This would cost $100.00 per month. This will be revisited next year.

Kathy moved to purchase two ink jet printers at $425.00; seconded by Heather Gorman. Motion passed.

• Farmers Market: Ashley Selck reported that Bradley School will have a Farmers Market at Corralitos Kids Day, August 9th.

• Ashley Selck proposed that we have a bike day sometime next year. We will look at the liability and revisit this next year.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM.

Next meeting September 2, 2008.

Submitted by Ashley Selck

APPROVED:  9/2/08