April

Forest Ridge PTC

Minutes

April 5th, 2010

Meeting opened at 7:12 by Vice President Katie Wampler.

GUEST:
Kathy Johnson from Salem Child Development Latchkey program reported to PTC pre-school program is filling up for the fall enrollment. The Key program is also enrolling for the fall. This year summer latchkey will be at Forest Ridge. There is a fee increase for next year.

MINUTES:
Minutes from March were approved. A Motion by Carlee Justis, second by Andie Andeen.

REPORTS:
Treasurer Report
The second installment for field trips were paid last month $3000-. No other changes to report.

Playground Equipment
Gary Etchemendy reported. Mr. Etchemendy is meeting with Facilities regarding installment of the equipment. Anyone from PTC is welcome to attend the meeting tomorrow. It is not looking good to have the play structure in for FFN. Mr. Etchemendy may look into getting a bid from a private company to install the equipment. The district bid was $1500- private was $3000-. The weather is hampering the installation of the equipment. If we use a private company they have to be a certified playground installer.

Family Fun Night - FFN
Katie Wampler reported. More volunteers are needed for the night of the event. There are a very small group of volunteers at this point. Alexis Whalen would like help putting together games. Hot dogs, chips, and popcorn will be served. Baskets themes have been selected it is hopeful one teacher will consider changing to a “Duck” theme basket. Lori Aguirre will consider changing to this theme.

We are working on getting the Beaver and Duck mascots to come. We are looking into how much and if they are available.

Carlee Justis mentioned making a Falcon mascot costume. Her mother is a seamstress and estimates she could make a costume for around $300- Carlee will look into further but this would need to be pursued before the next PTC meeting for the costume to be available for FFN.

Deborah Dean made a motion to allow up to $800- coming from contingency and directory funds to purchase a Falcon mascot costume for the school. Andie Andeen seconded the motion. Carlee will gather information and forward to Gary. Members of the PTC Board will meet to make a decision on purchasing the mascot.

Katie Wampler mentioned volunteers are needed for FFN. We are looking into church groups. Deborah Dean mentioned the girl’s youth group is not available this year. She is still trying to contact the boys youth group. Sarah Koenig mentioned she has high school students who volunteer in her classroom. She will inquire if they would be willing to volunteer at FFN.

Artwork was discussed. It was decided it must be clean no violence. Characters can be drawn in competition such as tug-of-war.

Cheryl Robbins mentioned tickets sales and inquired with Mr. Etchemendy if it is okay to sell just one ticket for the raffles. It was mentioned there will probably be an issue with handwriting especially with the students. In the past the numbers have been called as the name on the ticket was not legible.

NEW BUSINESS:
Jodi Hess addressed PTC regarding first grade teacher Ryan Ellis. He is planning a trip to Sierra Leone, Africa over the summer. He is going to train and mentor teachers. Mr. Ellis is paying for the trip. Fundraisers have been planned but it is an expensive trip airfare alone is in the thousands. She feels this would be a good time to give back as he would be representing Forest Ridge. She suggested a donation would boost his confidence in raising money and asks what PTC can provide. Gary responded that the PTC bylaws state money raised by the school is to be used on our students and not sure how this would fit into our bylaws. He suggested an article in Thursday Thoughts to inform families of Mr. Ellis’ trip and how they could donate to his efforts. It was asked if part of the proceeds from FFN could be donated to Mr. Ellis. This is a possibility. Andie Andeen proposed setting up a taping station at FFN. Students could tape a message for the children in Sierra Leone. There would be a minimal fee to participate in this activity and the money would be donated to Mr. Ellis. It was mentioned concerns over setting a precedent if we donate proceeds from FFN. We could get several requests in the future to donate to such causes. A decision will be delayed at this time. Jodi offered to assist Andie at FFN taping the student messages.

Meeting adjourned 8:12 pm.

The next PTC meeting will be May 3rd, 2010 at 6:30.

March Minutes

Forest Ridge PTC
Minutes
March 1st , 2010
Meeting opened at 7:05pm by Vice President Karla Smith

MINUTES
Minutes from Feburary were approved as corrected. Motion by Cheryl Robbins. Second by Katie Wampler. Approved by all.

REPORTS
Treasurer Report
Cheryl Robbins reported. The PTC needs to pay the next installment of $3000 for field trips.
Do we want to put money into another CD or other interest earning account? Gary Etchemendy suggested an online savings account through ING. The account will earn interest and we would be able to withdraw money anytime. Theresa Raymond suggested a similar account through E trade. Cheryl will do research into both types of accounts and report back.

FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Karla Smith reported. There was a discussion about the cost of tickets and if we should pre sale tickets. It was suggested that we sell tickets for 50 cents a piece – 2 tickets for a hot dog, 1 ticket for chips, 1 ticket for popcorn. Food tickets will be red, basket tickets will be blue, and Traeger raffle tickets will be yellow. Need to figure out cost of hot dogs, buns, condiments, popcorn and chips to decide finial price of tickets.
Next FFN meeting will be March 15th at 6:30pm at the school.

NEW BUSINESS
The laminator is not working well. It needs to be replaced. Gary Etchemendy will look into the costs of purchasing a new one.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15

The next PTC meeting will be April 5th, 2010 at 6:30pm.