Meeting Minutes 11/4/19

Members present:  Erin Mitchell, Jessica Burmaster, Wendy Naughton, Jeanelle Rasmussen-Jones, Angie Helland

Old Business

• Savings investment update –
  • The investment for Jones Financial would be small for them – look into meeting with Wells Fargo to see what products they offer (Wings Credit Union has better interest rates, but we found out they no longer open non-profit type accounts.

• Turf funding next steps (Initial quote from Diana Grundeen w/Trio Landscapting = $97,400
  • Connect with MPS w/VaNita’s help to make them aware; see of funding options available
  • Go back to Drew and Student Council to obtain 2 additional quotes
  • Create marketing plan for fundraising?
    • Could we partner with any other community soccer clubs etc. who also use these fields? 

• Open Volunteer Chair positions
• Music event liaison – someone has volunteered to do this

Angie

• Financial Update
  • Expenditures
  • Rock the Parkway
    •  One of the last Great Gatherings to occur
    • Once last GG is complete, will cut a check for half of funds payable to Hale
  • Savings
    • Transferred $200 to savings
  • Box Tops (Going digital only)
    • Earned $280
    • Successfully set up the Field account online
    • Should keep our box top contact while the physical clippings are phased out
  • Grade-level stipends
    • Vicky purchases a lot of the teacher stipend supply requests usually via Amazon
    • Is there a reason we cannot create a PTA Amazon account so we could purchase them or the teachers could directly?
    • Angie will check into creating a PTA Amazon account to link to the PTA credit card
    • Teachers are questing donated items (e.g. playdough).  Why aren’t they using their stipend funds for this?  Erin will follow up with the specific teacher who had requested items-Mrs. W-6^th Grade. 
  • Yearbook
    • We are switching vendors from Josten’s to LifeTouch-will have a $1k credit with Josten’s but we can cash that out

Erin (also included Rachel’s items)

• Vaping Parent forum
  • Held on October 24^th 6:30-8:00 at Field
    • Only 8 parents showed up
    • Hale PTA did call out the Washburn event, they didn’t get the Field deteails into their newsletter
    • Next steps-get an assembly planned for kids?
    • We don’t know of many/any reports of vaping at Field but still important to talk about
    • Send survey to students on what they know about it?
    • It’s concerning because many vaping instruments look like other items (pens, etc.) so it’s hard for teachers to know if it’s even happening
• Expanded Sex Education offering at Field
  • VaNita and Sonny reached out to Lutheran Services to expand Sex Ed to cover 5th grade and hopefully add programming for 6th grade.
    • They agreed to it and are working on sample lessons for adding in 2^nd semester
• Hale PTA Debrief
  • They are very much open to communicating Field events
• Flu shot clinic-went very well had 189 vaccines
• Community Ed Meetings at Field
  • Erin has a contact who could teach an Origami class
    • 4-6 weeks/$20 per class, weekly on Wednesdays 2:45-3:40
    • Geared towards 5^th/6^th Graders
    • If offered a classroom w/project could accommodate 25 kids; if smaller room then 15 kids
    • Offered in winter session/semester
  • Other ideas – Erin will take the lead on after-school programming go forward
    • Physical activity in gym?  (Need to coordinate with Mpls Kids)
    • Baby-sitting class
    • Staying home alone class
    • Could partner with Project Success help to offer a theater type class?
  • Site Council Meetings
    • Next meeting November 13^th 4-5:30

Secretary’s Report

• Next Meeting:    December 9^th  6 p.m. @ Caribou