Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
April 28, 2020

Attendees
The meeting was called to order at 6:02 pm on April 28, 2020, by President Jessica Christiansen. Board Members present
Kathy Jennings, Michelle Marsden, Heather Kramer, and Annie Lindekugel via Zoom.

Motion to approve minutes from April 14, 2020. Alyssa Maxwell motioned to approve. Kathy Jennings seconded.

There is a surplus of $15,500 this school year. Kathy Jennings covered outstanding reimbursements from Girls Night Out.
A full reimbursement for all GNO will cost about $1,000. We look to have $14,000 to spend this year. The PTA gives the
library $1,000 dollars for books. The 6th grade summer ice cream social has a budget of $500. The PTA pays for rolling the
locker combination forward ($250) gift cards which will be moved to the next years budget.

Preliminary Business
No additions/changes to this meeting agenda were requested.

Treasurer’s Report – Kathy Jennings & Jessica Christiansen
Review budget – 2019-20 financial commitments

• GNO maximum potential expense to be incurred $981.
• Surplus expected to be in excess of $14,000.

2019-2020 Budget
Expenses not yet incurred due to shortened “in building” school year to be carried over to 2020-2021 budget included in
Summer funding letter.

• Library funding ($1,000)
• Ice Cream Social ($500)
• TA Thank You/Rolling Lockers ($250)
• Chromebook Purchase Proposal
  • Ms Parrot’s Cart:
    Ms. Parrott’s cart is full of old Lenovos that are starting to fail. We’d like to purchase a new cart with
    Chromebooks for her classroom. Ms. Parrott’s old Lenovos would go into the office for use by
    Math/Science/Electives. Cost: $11,640.
    Vote to approve the Chromebook Purchase proposal as outlined in Treasurer’s Report. Michelle Marsden
    motioned to approve purchase of Chromebooks. Kelly Skelton seconded. Unanimous consent to purchase Chromebooks.
  • Office Cart:
    There is an empty cart in the office. If we were able to purchase Chromebooks to fill that cart, it would be used for
    Math/Science/Electives. Currently there is a lot of competition for the available cart. Cost for 36 Chromebooks:
    $9,936. (Motion needed to approve with balance of surplus and withdrawal from our reserve funds.) Alyssa
    Alissa Maxwell motioned to purchase the Chromebooks. Kathy Jennings seconded. Unanimous Consent to
    purchase Chromebooks.

New Business

• Vote to approve Kevin Wagoner as PTA Board Treasurer for 2020-21 starting July 1, 2020. Kathy Jennings
  motioned Keven Wagner to replace Kathy Jennings for 20-21 school year. Michelle Marsden seconded.
  Unanimous consent for approval.
• Staff Appreciation fruit boxes. Vote to approve cost remaining after donations (if necessary). The donations were
  privately funded because the PayPal app was not working.
• PTA Board officer transition plan. Typically there would be a summer board meeting, but this year, we are
  handling hand off on an individual basis.
• New Jackson PTA Board Members elected to serve from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021:
  President: Heather Miller
  Vice President: Shannon Kandel
  Secretary: Stephanie von Ahlefeld
  Membership: Kelly Skelton
  Volunteer Coordinator: Kristen Beauchamp
  Treasurer: Vacant*
  *As approved by membership via email vote tallied on April 5, 2020, the Jackson PTA Board met via Zoom on April 6,
  2020 and confirmed Kevin Wagoner as Treasurer, and a membership vote will be taken at this meeting. Further, the
  current Treasurer will be held-harmless for good faith efforts to transition documents and authority to Kevin Wagoner as
  though he has been approved by general membership.

Principal’s Report
Grading, Online Learning, Staffing Budget, Building

• Building – the school is mapping out how they can open up the school for the kids to pick up locker items safely.
  It will be soon and a very strict/ safe process.
• Online Learning – up and running, scheduling predictability is in place, on track for a common understanding
• Grades – We are now moving into new content, so students need to make sure they continue their work and
  have solid foundation of concepts. The teachers will spend more time on fewer standards. Third quarter grades
  are due this Friday. Grading for fourth quarter will be pass or fail. Grade up through March 13, counts. You can
  improve your grade with the work that you do until June 5th 2020. Big feature of state plan was the District is to run
  the show.
• Staffing Budget – This pandemic will have an impact on school budgets. Mitigating factors include federal money
  to come to PPS. Looking at major budget cuts. School budgets have frozen. We may not hire for any future
  positions until July. There is still so much is undecided and more federal funding to come.
• 8th Grade Graduation – Working on putting together a plan for 8th graders to celebrate the students.
• Ice Cream Social – Projected save the date for incoming 5th graders.