Monday, May 7, 2007
Frontier PTSO Meeting Minutes
3:15 – Frontier Library

Attendance

See attached sign in sheet.  Meeting Minutes from the April 2, 2007 meeting are available for review. 

Reports of Offices

Principal (Davita Solter): thanked the 2006-2007 PTSO officers with flowers and commented on the great success of the EXPO night.

Chair (Tracy Parr): no update

Treasurer (Katie Fuller): treasurers report posted on the website and available for review and requested three volunteers for a financial review.

Meeting Coordinator (Sue Pisano): no report

Volunteer Coordinator ( Jodi Nearing): no report

Communications Coordinator (Susan Nelson): no report

Teacher Liaison (Lisa Madeya): no report

Committee Reports

Free Money (Sue Pisano):  will determine updated information for free money (some information may not be available until into the next school year).  Will put information into the new Welcome Packet.

Election Committee (Tracy Parr): congrats to the 2007-2008 PTSO board

                                                            Chairperson - Suzanne Bergen

                                                            Treasurer - Katie Fuller

                                                            Co-Volunteer Coordinator – Jodi Nearing

                                                            Co-Volunteer Coordinator – Kati Jimenez

                                                            Teacher Liaison – Christine Fisher

WCT:                                        discussed only one copy of WCT per family for the 2007-2008 school year. 

Special Orders

PTSO Board Appointees (Suzanne Bergen): Meeting Coordinator – Stephanie Henzi

                                                                        Communications Coordinator – Paige Jennings

New Business

Fund Request:

1. Mrs. Solter requested three gifts for raffle at the perfect attendance programs. Suzanne Bergen requested three $50 Westcor gift cards and it was approved by vote with no objection. 
2. Mrs. Solter requested a Write Mobile Lab (for 4^th grade to aid with keyboard requirements).  $8,000 was approved by vote with no objection. 
3. Sue Pisano requested $50 for a pizza/sub lunch for the NJHS.  Approved by vote with no objection.
4. 1^st Grade Teachers, Mrs. Froysland and Mrs. Wood, requested $25 for a donation to the Freedom Foundation.  Approved by vote with no objections.
5. 1^st Grade Teachers , Mrs. Froysland and Mrs. Wood, requested $368.36 for new CD players in classrooms.  Approved by vote with no objections.

Fall Fundraiser:  discussed option for the fall fundraiser.  Using Readers Digest for the Fall 2007 fundraiser was approved.  Interest in a fundraiser using ‘bricks’ was agreed to be pursued for a future fundraiser. 

Open Forum

Ice Cream Social: dropped for start of the 2007 school year since it was done in conjunction with Meet The Teacher Night and there will be no Meet The Teacher night next year.

Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast: will be held for the parents of Kindergarteners during the first week of school.

Meeting Adjourned at 5:05 pm.

CLOSED 2007-2008 BOARD MEETING
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY PTSO
May 21, 2007 – 10:30 am

Attendance

Suzanne Bergen – Chairperson
Katie Fuller – Treasurer
Jodi Nearing and Kati Jimenez – Volunteer Coordinators
Christine Fisher – School Liaison
Stephanie Henzi – Meeting Coordinator 

This was a closed meeting of the new 2007-2008 board members to close out 2006-2007 issues and discuss issues for the upcoming 2007-2008 school year.

Report of Officers

Chairperson – Susan Bergen:  

Distributed the By-Laws for review by each Officer.

Distributed a contact list for  review/corrections.  This list will be given to the Frontier Office Administrators and a similar one will be given out in the Welcome Packet.

Treasurer – Katie Fuller:                       

There is approximately $9,000 in the account which includes $4,000 available money and $5,000 mandatory money to be rolled over to the following year. 

Volunteer Coordinators – Jodi Nearing and Kati Jimenez:

Discussed future updates to the database.  Information will come from forms in the Welcome Packet.

School Liaison – Christine Fisher:           

Discussed obtaining teacher food preference for teacher appreciation and for teacher wish lists for posting on the website for parents to use.

Meeting Coordinator – Stephanie Henzi:           

Discussed 2007-2008 PTSO meeting times and dates.  It was discussed to have them alternate between Tuesday/Wednesday and afternoon/evening.  Reminders will also be emailed to those in the database next year.  In addition, a change to the by-laws about reading the past meeting minutes will be proposed next year. 

Communications Coordinator – Paige Jennings: 

Not present/no report

Committee Reports

Wildcat Tails (Christine Fischer):             

Discussed the possibility of the 4^th Grade to help in development of the WCT.  In addition, asking for grade/sport ‘reporters’ to help in writing sections of the WCT. 

Fall Fundraiser (Suzanne Bergen): 

Readers Digest will tentatively start on August 31 and end on September 14.  Merchandise will arrive early to mid November. 

Unfinished Business

Boo-Hoo/Yahoo Breakfast (Suzanne Bergen):           

Date is to be set with input from Kindergarten teachers.  Food possibilities include Mimis Cafι for muffins, Costco for fruit trays and Dunkin Doughnuts for coffee. 

Welcome Packet (Suzanne Bergen):           

The packet will include the following:  volunteer form, event list, easy $ forms,  PTSO meeting schedule, note to sign into the volunteer book, fundraiser information, past purchases, t-shirt order form. 

Schedule for future meeting dates (Stephanie Henzi):

Alternate between Tuesday/Wednesday an afternoon/evening.

New Business

2007-2008 proposed budget (Katie Fuller):            available by the end of July.

End of Year gift (Suzanne Bergen):  $50 was approved by vote for a thank you gift to Mrs. Solter. 

Meeting Adjourned at 1:15 pm. 

The next closed meeting is set for 6:30 on June 26^th, 2007.  Location at Sardellas.