1. Attendence: Erica Burns, Jen Perreault, Jenni Vernon, Kia Burton, Melodie Goodwin, Bill ?, Jamie Witherell
2. On the table
a. Treasurer's report We have $6122.13 in the PTO acct, Art $621
b. Fundraisers- Erica/ Kia
i. Boxtops update- YTD $609.40 submitted. Next deadline is March 2nd.
ii. Butter braids cookie dough update- Erica shared the date information, and Delivery is scheduled for Mar 30th at 4pm, forms will be going home before break. We discussed seeing if we could change delivery to earlier time. Erica will check into it. Also discussed connecting pick up night with an event to encourage people to come and pick up stuff. Possibly Bingo or Authors night. Discussion continued about the possibility of these events. Authors night to be followed-up with.
iii. 99 Restaurant- We discussed possible dates that would work, and we decided to go with around March 18th which is when we did it last year. Erica will follow-up and submit paperwork to the restaurant.
iv. Original works- brief discussion about checking in on dates of this fundraiser because the timing is close and we don’t want to overlap. This will be looked into by Jen.
c. Movie night- Mel said a movie night was a go, and after a discussion about dates we decided on Jan 28th, with putting some movies to a vote with the kids. Jenni will work on a flyer using info from the movie licensing website. Movie will be held 5:30-7. Other details to be made outside of general meeting.
3. New to the table
a. Playground news- Christy and Mel had a discussion about the funding for the playground, and even though the Rec Dept will still need about $10k to get everything for the playground, funding will not be needed from the PTO. We talked about some of the features of the planned playground including outside instruements!
b. Scholastic warehouse sale- A discussion about whether or not this was something we should ended up with a general “no”. Events are hit or miss, and spending with scholastic dollars isn’t easy.
c. Message board-Erica brought this back into discussion for a revisit. If funding isn’t needed for the playground Erica suggested we save money for this project that we voted on to do last school year. Mel said they are planning on redoing the intersection so now is not a good time to put something like this up; better to wait until construction is finished.
d. 501(c)3 status- Erica brought up the idea of becoming a 501c3 organization, as we are not. Jen P indicated that when we opened our bank account that the EIN for the school district was used, and so this shouldn’t be an issue. Discussion followed that Mel will look into things on the district end, and we will wait to look into it on our end until we get more information.
e. Staff/Principal's report- Mel discussed there will be an ELT site visit on Feb 6th. There will be an all-school meeting that day showcasing the ELT’s and the launch of the annual Penny Wars (fka Coins for Coats). She added at then it comes up at school committee she would like to see some parents there in support of the program. Erica said she’d locate her letter to the school committee from last year and update it. Mel also talked about how she discovered when Newton’s birthday is- Oct 24th- and talked about celebration ideas including, t-shirt contests, collecting old photos, and having multi-generations in the Franklin County Fair Parade in Sept
4. Confirm meeting date- Feb 11th 5:30