Jackson Middle School PTA
General Meeting
September 3, 2019
The meeting was called to order on September 3, 2019 @ 6:44pm by President Jessica Christiansen. Board Members present are Kathy Jennings, Michelle Marsden, Kristin Beauchamp, Heather Kramer and Annie Lindekugel. Erin Lufkin motioned to approve the minutes from June 2019 meeting. Maria Wilcoxson seconded the motion.
Introductions
Treasurer’s Report – Kathy shared proposed budget for the 2019-2020 school year.
Below are the items the PTA financially supports annually.
Bernstein Bash – we raise $25,000 in reserve (net) to fund the next year.
Popcorn and Cookie Dough Sales – has a conservative profit.
Amazon Smile/ Fred Meyer Rewards– this is complete income.
Girls Night Out – this is a spring event that is for 7th/8th grade girls.
Sun School Pantry – we have an area in the school where families in need can shop for necessary items.
Cult∫ure Day – this is an annual event. The PTA fully funds the activities.
Field Trip Fund – we help students who can’t afford field trip expenses.
Staff and Support Staff Funding – this is to be used by staff for any extra classroom purchases
Technology – fund for replacements
PTA Education Nights – we have different speakers come in to speak on topics related to middle school years.
Cari Carr motioned to approve the budget as it stands for 2019-2020 school year. Marci Forbes seconded the motion. A full vote conducted and all are in favor of proposed budget. Budget passes as stands.
Checking – $32,510.53
Savings – $44,772.77
New Business
2019-2020 Standing Rules – Jessica read off standing rules to attendees. Kristi Baack-Deazley motioned to approve the standing rules. Melissa Schmidt seconded the motion. Passed unanimously.
Back to School Night – volunteers needed to fill and refill popcorn.
Fundraising on 3 Tracks :
1. Artful Learning
2. General Fund
3. Special Projects Fund –We are giving Miss Kosmala time to get situated, so we are keeping this bucket open. Any money that will go into this bucket has not been ear-marked for anything to date.
Committee Reports
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- PTA Membership – Sign up. Paid members have voting privileges.
- Fall Volunteer Needs – posted today. All volunteers need to be background checked and have to present identification at front desk to confirm identity.
- Picture Day – 9/25
- PTA Clothes Closet – 9/26 Families at JMS can participate in the clothing closet. We have two assigned dates where JMS needs to find volunteers to help with this. Any gently used items can be donated to the clothing closet. Bring it into the JMS office, mark it clothing closet and the courier will pick it up. They are always looking for jeans.
- Cookie Dough Fundraiser – order distribution -10/4
- Library Help – The librarian is looking for a volunteer who is available to come in on a regular schedule two days a week to help reshelf books, clean up library, and help checkout in high traffic times.
- Lunch and Recess Help – The school has almost 800 plus students, 70 staff. They have a need to have more adult bodies present in the cafeteria and outside at lunch for risk mitigation. This is a consistent ask (weekly, same time, same day).
- JMS Staff Appreciation – We spread this out monthly during the school year. We are looking for people who are willing to lead the events for a month, January, March, May plus the two conference dates.
- Cookie Dough Fundraiser – Kara – this is our biggest fundraiser of the year. We are in need of 10 more volunteers than we currently have.
- 9/13 – Kickoff Assembly/ Forms Come Home
- 9/27 – Orders due at School – please get in before the last day.
- 10/4 – Pick up orders at Jackson
- 10/25 – prizes will be delivered to the school.
Bernstein Bash
11/15 – Parents Night Out Fundraiser at Jackson Middle School – Multnomah Arts Center Auditorium 6pm. We are looking for someone to set up the caterer for the Bernstein Bash. The big ask for is wine valued at $15 or more and 22 oz bottles of beer valued at $3 or more.
SunSchool Coordinator – Elley Cannon – Impact NW
Sun is funded by the county. There are 90 different Sun Sights across Multnomah County. We provide universal support to the whole school. Payment for services is not required; anyone can attend. We interact with about ½ of Jackson students. Sun is a publicly funded program. This last year Jackson and Robert Gray received a 25% funding cut. Financial donations are really helpful. Food pantry is stocked monthly by the Jackson community. Cash donations typically fund the bus, instructor, supply expenses, etc. Stick to the list when donating. Kristi will create a signup custom to the inventory list Elley creates around the 15th of each month. Students can be a part of restocking the food pantry as volunteers as well. Also, looking for volunteer experts who are good at math and for sports support for the after school hours. Volunteers need to commit to one day a week.
Principal Kosmala State of the School Report –
- Busing has been a challenge.
- Binder situation is being addressed.
- Device Policy Off and away from the time they enter the building to when they leave the building at the end of the day. They can turn on outside at end of day. These changes were made at the request of staff. Cell phones created a lot of stress in the school – between teachers and between teacher and students. Policy update is off and away to help avoid negative feedback constantly between students and parents.
- New Staff for the year.
8th grade Social Studies Language Arts – Courtney Baker
8th grade Science Teacher – .5 teacher – Ronda Baron (temporary to fill in a leave)
Art Teacher – Jessica Hickey – Community Art
7th grade Resource Center Teacher – Resource Center Teacher (Jackson parent)
Assistant Principal – Karl Newsome – he will do a lot of one on one case management – Restorative Justice Systems
Coffee Chats will happen this year, just trying to get the schedule set again. Try to reflect what is being covered in PTA meeting at the chat.
Science – Schedule changes for 7th grade Science class size. At this point, the class sizes for science are averaging 40 students. We are projecting to reduce this to 34 by shifting a few teachers around.
Adjourned @ 8:08pm.