Thursday, September 18, 2014

Gorman Fort Banks PTO
Meeting Agenda for September 23rd, 2014

  • Welcome
    • Introduction of Board
    • Co Presidents Kristen Buonopane and Christa Shea
    • Co Vice Presidents Mariana Babine and Jennifer Gorman
    • Co Secretaries Lauren Capasso and Crystal DeMayo
    • Co Treasurers Reena Cash and Gillian Teixeira
    • According to our PTO Handbook: If any member of the PTO would like to have an item added to the agenda, they can submit a written request to the secretary at least seven (7) days before a meeting.
  • Principal’s Report (Mrs. Pearson)
  • Treasurer Report (Gillian Teixeira)  
    • Summary Report of Disbursements and Balance
  • Room parent drawing will take place directly following today’s meeting (Kristen Buonopane/Jennifer Gorman)
    • Whether you are or are not a room parent, you can still volunteer in your child’s classroom or in the school
    • Room Parents will be notified via email on Wednesday
  • Volunteer Update (Mariana Babine)
    • Loop (Sarah Pettee)
    • School Volunteer  help please contact Mariana at  mbabine@winthrop.k12.ma.us
  • Walk to school day (Dawn Sullivan)
  • Meadow Farms Fundraiser  (Lauren Capasso)
    • Starting October 1 and running until October 15
    • 40%-50% profit margin
    • Running with the gift collection and tumblers at the same time
    • Online ordering option available to help expand our contacts
    • All items will be boxed by child and the company sorts them by homeroom for us
    • We are still working on a location on delivery as we can not use anywhere at the Fort Banks
    • The company will provide us a tablet to raffle off
  • Updates (Gillian Teixeira)
    • Kindergarten Social
    • Kindergarten tea
    • Ice Cream Social
    • T-Shirt Sales
  • Affiliate programs (Crystal DeMayo)
    • Box Tops
    • Labels for Education
    • Target
    • Stop & Shop A+ Rewards  
  • In-school Enrichment Activities (Kristen Buonopane/Jennifer Gorman)
  • Upcoming Events (Gillian Teixeira)
    • Spooky Bingo October 26
    • Adult only Paint Nite November 7
  • Poster Enlargement Printer (Christa Shea)
    • Total cost of the printer is $6,694
      • Includes: Printer, Printer stand and media bin, Scanning system, Computer with poster design software, Educational templates, 2 sets of ink cartridges, 2 rolls of coated paper, 5 rolls of standard paper, one year next day on site service, $500 supply credit.
      • For an additional $2,400 we could purchase 4 years of additional coverage.  This would start after the 1 year coverage with HP.  During that first year they would still give us the discounts on supplies that is issued to people with a warranty service.
      • The total with the warranty would be $9,094.  However Viking Pride is willing to give us a $2,000 donation towards the purchase of the printer.  Therefore it would be costing us $7,094.  
      • This printer has many benefits and it is something Mrs. Pearson has asked us to look into.  I met with Mrs. Pearson over the summer and we did a conference call with the company.  Each roll of paper will cover 50 posters.  I don’t foresee the school going through those rather quickly as they will be given enough to cover the first 350 posters.  The $500 credit will help he purchase additional ink as needed.  
      • In June we mentioned using the money left over from the teacher grant fund and the money raised at the paint nite.  I am hoping we are still willing to do this.  Our students would truly benefit from this tool and I would hate to let Mrs. Pearson down as she asked about this a year ago.
      • The prices provided are only valid if ordered by September 30 so we have to act on this and take a vote now.
  • Open Forum

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