September 13, 2005 – 7pm – Vance Gymnasium

Attendees: Mr. Rose, Ms. Sherry, Dotty Barco, Barbara Luicci, Kristi Barden, Elizabeth Nugent, Rose Raulynaitis, Jana Greco, Birgit Plemons, Joanie Reed, Andreas O'Neal, Rebekah Oneal, Chris James, Jeanette Santos, Susan McQueen, Sherri Lehde (see sign in list for the entire list of attendees.)

Opening

Mr. Rose called the meeting to order at 7pm.

Administration - Introductions

Mr. Rose introduced himself and welcomed everyone. He discussed the student growth at Vance and the funding associated with the tenth day of enrollment.

Ms. Sherry introduced herself and discussed the ‘Parking Lot’. She encouraged parents to provide the school with any ideas/input they may have.

PTA – Introduction

Dotty Barco – PTA President

Dotty Barco introduced herself, the Executive Committee and the Committee Chairs. She discussed their various roles.

Upcoming PTA events/functions were promoted.

Dotty urged parents to join the PTA and discussed the advantages. She also encouraged parents to volunteer in any capacity they can for as much (or as little) time they can offer. There is a present need in the school library.

Parents were asked to have their child(ren) donate pocket change to the Kids for Katrina Loose Change campaign.

The PTA website was promoted as a tool to utilize for any PTA related functions/issues.

Catalog sales were discussed. One parent questioned the per student goal. The question asked the amount of money the school would like each student to submit if a parent did not have the opportunity/desire to have their child(ren) sell items from the catalog. Twenty dollars ($20) would be the per student goal if possible.

Meeting Minutes from last year’s May 16th PTA meeting were approved. Tina made a motion to approve; Barbara seconded the motion.

Elizabeth Nugent – PTA Treasurer

Liz discussed the budget and went through the various items. Discussions were held on unallocated funds and the Tech Run amount being backed out of the budget. Laura Lavan made a motion to approve the budget. Barbara Luicci seconded the motion.

Closing

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30pm.

Minutes submitted by:

Secretary, Rose Raulynaitis Date: October 4, 2005