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PTO Meeting Minutes | January 28, 2020 | 6:00pm Lansdowne Elementary Media Center Attendance: 25 Welcome and Introductions Liz Hartzog Principal’s Update Stephanie Williams 1. Elizabeth Lane/Lansdowne Boundary Changes: Two plans have been made to move approximately 180 students from Elizabeth Lane to Lansdowne in August 2021 once the new school is built. One plan takes the Beverly Crest neighborhood (houses only, not apartments) and a few small neighborhoods on Providence Road. The other plan takes a cross section of the Elizabeth Lane area from Sardis to Providence on our side of 51. There is a public hearing at the Board Meeting tonight so Elizabeth Lane families can share their thoughts on the plan. Once the public hearing is done, they will adapt the plans or choose a plan and there most likely will be another public hearing. There will be another meeting at Elizabeth Lane once the new proposal is made. The final plan will be presented before the Board in May. We will be doing some bridging activities with the students/families at Elizabeth Lane. I will be holding some coffee Q and A sessions with the Elizabeth Lane principal and we hope to provide some opportunities for our students to come together. I will be asking some families to be at some of the events to share the positive things that are occurring at Lansdowne from a parent perspective. 2. Website: The CMS website converted back to the old website over Winter Break and most school and department pages lost most of the information that was on the site. We will be working to get all information back on the site over the next few weeks, but this process is very time-consuming and will take some time. I appreciate your patience! 3. The School Improvement Plan can be accessed through the Lansdowne page, though. The plan can be accessed through indistar.org and the guest credentials are included on the page. Past minutes and agendas are also included. 4. The letter that was sent home on 1/17 is the same letter that was sent home last year. Schools that have a subgroup labeled as low performing are given the TSI label. Just like over 100 schools in the district, we have this designation as a result of our Exceptional Children/Students With Disabilities subgroup. The district is providing a great deal of training for staff this year, including face-to-face and webinars, to help teachers enhance their ability to meet the needs of our EC students, providing grade level instruction, while supporting them with their IEP goals. Once you are designated as a TSI school, you keep this designation for at least three years no matter the increase in proficiency or growth. Our EC subgroup makes growth each year. Committee & Event Updates Treasurer Update Elizabeth Purdie -The school has received about $600 from BoxTops and Harris Teeter -We have paid the Fun Run deposit for next year -restaurant nights have generated about $500 since November -recent expenditures have included the following: gifts for bus drivers, winter gifts for staff (umbrellas), easel pads, paper for poster-maker machine, a teacher grant, an ipad charging station, headphones for new testing system and “passports” for 5th grade Restaurant Spirit Night Haley Miedema -$100 from Hungry Howie’s -$426 from Mac’s -Feb 6 is next Spirit Night - Hungry Howie’s School Store Haley Miedema -New merchandise is available and old merchandise is on sale Bookfair Courtney Farris -bookfair will be 2/18-2/26 -set up is 2/18 in AM, teachers will be able to browse that afternoon for wish list items -need lots of volunteers, sign up on the sign-up genius -2 parent events: 2/21 Breakfast and Books at 8:00AM & 2/25 IB Night of Kindness, 6-7PM IB Night of Kindness Stephanie Williams -2/25 6-7 pm -stations with different activities to mirror our IB principles Father Daughter Dance Stacey Gaffney -March 13 from 6:30-8:30 -Theme is “To the Moon and Back” -$20 per couple, $5 for each additional daughter, $25 family max Career Day Liz Hartzog -need volunteers to speak to classes about their career Staff Appreciation Week Karen Kelley -week of 3/23 -volunteers needed Monthly Birthday Sundae Celebrations Haley Miedema -children having a birthday that month will have a special treat (sundae) at lunch -starts next year Quick Reminders -Bus Driver Appreciation Day - Feb 10 -PTO Newsletter - send copy to Suzanne Rallis by Feb 3rd -Fun Fest Vendors - see Liz if you know any vendors; event is 5/15 Questions/Discussion -Courney Farris announced that the yearbooks will be in color this year and will be $10 - through Lifetouch; send pics to [email protected] Upcoming Dates for your Calendar: February 6th, Hungry Howie’s Night February 10th, Bus Driver Appreciation Day February 17th, Teacher Workday February 18th-26th, Bookfair February 21st, Breakfast with Books February 20th, Restaurant Spirit Night, Location TBA February 25th, IB Night of Kindness, 6pm March 13th, Father Daughter Dance March 20th, Career Day PTO Connection Corner: Join the PTO to be added to our weekly emails: Join at http://lansdownepto.org or pick up an envelope from the PTO Desk Join our private facebook page: Friends of Lansdowne IB World School Visit the PTO Website: http://lansdownepto.org Want to get more involved? Email the PTO Presidents with your specific interests: [email protected] Remember to link your Harris Teeter VIC Card to Lansdowne Code 1764 Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM Next meeting: Tuesday March 31 at 6:00 PM Meeting minutes compiled by Karen Kelley |