Pima Elementary PTO Board Meeting — January 12, 2010
Minutes

The meeting was opened at 8:00 a.m. by Barbara Perleberg, Interim President. All board members were present along with Ms. Sinsabaugh and Mr. Schettino.

Paul LoBianco introduced himself. He is running for a District 8 Legislation position as a Republican who is pro education. He is a Pima Parent and a SUSD teacher who has been teaching since 1996 and coaching since 1991. For more information, please visit www.VoteLoBianco.com or contact him at Paul@VoteLoBianco.com.

District Focus Group meeting will be held on 1/20 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of this group is to gather community input for SUSD to go from good to great. SUSD wants to know what people think they are doing that impedes performance and what they are doing that is improving their performance.

Book Fair will be the week of March 1st through the 5th. Pam Kelly has agreed to Chair and Kris Cunningham had agreed to Co-Chair the Book Fair Committee. Mrs. Schulte will be in contact with Mrs. Jewett to confirm the dates are agreeable to her. Ms. Sinsabaugh will check with Mrs. Rednor to see if there is any available space other than the library to hold the book fair. Preview days for teachers to sign up to bring their students in will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Open House for Pima will be Thursday, March 4th from 5:00 - 7:00. Mrs. Schulte will begin creating the volunteer schedule and rounding up volunteers to help with this event.

Sock Hop/50th Anniversary Celebration will be a 50th Anniversary Committee community event, not for the purpose of fund-raising. So far, they have a budget of $100.00 for popcorn, soda and door prizes. They will be selling popcorn and soda for .50 each. Mrs. Schulte checked with Mrs. Velarde to see if any volunteers were needed for this event and found out that the Committee members can handle it and do not require additional help.

Mrs. Whistler will check and see if the Pima PTO needs to purchase insurance for this event and research when insurance is needed for future events.

Carnival will be held on Saturday, March 27th, tentatively from 1:00 - 4:00. Mrs. Schulte has contacted some outside organizations, such as ASU, to recruit volunteers so that parent volunteers could sign up for one hour shifts and enjoy the rest of their time with their families. The PTO is looking for volunteers to Chair the Carnival Committee and Chairs for the four areas of Food, Music and Lawn Games, Tickets and Games.

A discussion ensued about how the PTO can get more parent involvement and connect with parents who may be interested in a Board position.

Meeting adjourned.

Meeting Dates

• September 9, 2009
• October 6, 2009
• November 10, 2009
• December 8, 2009
• January 12, 2010
• February 9, 2010
• March 16, 2010
• April 13, 2010
• May 11, 2010

All meetings are held at 8:00am.