April 26, 2023 / 8:30am ET (In-Person Meeting)
There were ~20 participants. Kenny welcomed all at 8:35am
A Word from Administration:
Vice Principal Gallo shared the following:
- Principal Scarlato is sick and cannot attend today
- Virtual Safety Meeting tomorrow to discuss how to the school uses safety protocols
- ParentSquare is the ONLY way to get emergency alert to parent community, PLEASE download and create account
- NYS ELA finished; results end of August. Math is next Tues and Wed.
- Steam SPLAT Lab in PreK
- $910 raised from Soccer Game!
- 2nd week of May: Teacher Appreciation Week
- Disney Musical May 18 + 19
- Cyclones event Jun 8, 2023 (No school on Thursday and Friday that week!)
8:45am: Meeting Minutes from last month were approved by all
Miss Kara’s Korner
- CEC Elections! Please vote using your NYC Schools account
- Teacher Appreciation Week will be a “tour” with new things everyday. Please donate, sign up to help
80’s Party Update (Lauren Fernandez)
- Need volunteers! Especially for kids party
- Need water bottles and pizza donations
- $8000 raised already from sponsors
- $11,000 so far in ticket sales, auction, and raffle
8:56: Vote on Request for $1000 sound purchase
Approved by all
Treasurer Update
- $108,000 goal, $58,000 raised so far
- Recently through merch, chocolate sale, we received around $7k
- Projected 48k spent so far
- $120,000 in-hand
Enrichment Committee
- Proposed to meet and decide what programs to spend PTA $ on
9:03am: New DOE Protocol
- Bring proposed spending to general PTA meetings
- $2000 eqip. For Mrs Puma and musical, APPROVED
- $295 spent on roses for Musical, small fundraising opportunity
- Next Month: Discuss Library Needs
9:08am: Audit Committee
- Clarity on receipts, excel spreadsheet, petty cash log
- 310k was cut from PS31 budget by city last year, still waiting on budget for next year
9:12am: Nominating Committee
- Print-out on tables with all positions and descriptions
- Date for nominations coming soon, nomination form backpacked
9:22: Parent Q’s
- Q: Are we using the keyboards? A: Miss O will hopefully be back next year and she might use them with the older kids in the music class