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"To laugh often and much, to
win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to leave
the world a better place . . . this is to have succeeded."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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PTA MEETING - Wednesday, May
7 at 7:00 pm in the Media Center
Pam Staneski and David Hourigan, Board of
Education representatives, will be attending our May 7 PTA meeting. We can
chat about anything EXCEPT teacher/student relationships or grades as well as
teacher/principal stuff. We can discuss budget process, roles of BoE members,
advocacy at the local, state, and federal level, operating budget vs bonding
packages. They have asked to speak at the beginning of the meeting. This
means that we should designate a time period and possibly come up with a topic
or two that most agree they would like to discuss. If we leave it as an open
forum, we could be there all night. Comments? Suggestions? Please spread
the word that the Board of Ed representatives will be at the meeting.
There will also be a representative from RakGear,
a backpack company, available to demonstrate their products.
We will vote on this slate of officers at the May 7
th meeting.
The proposed nominees for the upcoming 2008/2009
ESMS Executive PTA Board are:
President Michele
Olsson
Vice President Kathy Huber
Treasurer Jane
Jurgot
Recording Secretary Sylvia Hazard
Corresponding Secretary Melissa Wunder
PTA Council Rep Leslie Callahan
PTA Council Rep Cindy Dobie
PTA Council Alternate Tanya Rotzal
Of important note, most of you may know that Mr.
DiBiassio’s (6th grade science teacher) son has been in a
rather serious accident. He was hit in the head with a golf club. He was
hospitalized and is now in rehab in Hartford . The teachers at East Shore and
some parents, etc. have been pulling together to arrange for meals for the
DiBiassio family. Both of the parents are currently not at work and they have
two other children. We, as a PTA, should also do our share. I talked with
Kathy, our Treasurer, and we agreed that we have plenty of $$ in hospitality
($800 budgeted) that will not all be used. We proposed that we take $$ from
those funds and purchase gas cards, or the Visa cards to purchase gas. It
must be costing them a fortune to commute back and forth between their home
and the hospital. Since meals and restaurant cards are being taken care of,
flowers are not an appropriate option and we don’t know how responsive the
child will be to gifts/games, etc., we thought this would be the best route to
take. Since our next meeting is not until May 7th, we would
like to have a decision on this right away, so if the Executive Board agrees
to it we can move forward. We did not designate a dollar amount, but I
propose $200-$250. Please provide your comments ASAP.
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As always, please feel free to contact me at
lmcdonald@mtgsci.com if you have any questions or suggestions.
Laura Jean McDonald
President, ESMS PTA
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