PTA Meeting Minutes
5th PTA General Meeting: January 5, 2021
Call to Order: The PTA Executive Board met on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 VIRTUALLY via Zoom video conferencing. President Jessica Sniffin called the meeting to Order at 7:06 pm.
Present: Jessica Sniffin, Catherine Beaudette, Roxana Finkelberg, Shahrzad Spieler, Katie Campana-Scherer, Doug Ryan, Principal Heifetz, Assistant Principal Mackall, School Counselor Willis, Prospective and current PTA Members
– 13 sign-ins via Zoom.
Minutes:
- Call to order from PTA President (Jessica Sniffin)
- Announcements from Glen Haven staff (Principal Heifetz)
- End of marking period near; materials for next period need to be distributed.
- Board of Education will meet January 12 to discuss Montgomery County metrics.
- Colgate Dental Van will be here next week.
- Fifth grade teachers met with Sligo Middle School staff to discuss rising middle school students.
- Sligo staff will visit with fifth graders February 5.
- CES and magnet school applications will look different than in past.
- Montgomery County still contemplating when return to in-person school should start.
- Intention is to give parents opportunity to opt-in to in-person instruction.
- Student surveys
- Consisted of binary (K-2nd grades) and likert scale items (3rd– 5th grades), as well as open-ended questions.
- Data looks positive and several themes were identified.
- PTA announcements
- We need feedback on students’ and community needs. Follow up needed on assessing needs for: information; clothing; mental health access; meals; gasoline; PPE; cleaning supplies; personal hygiene products.
- Interactive
- Parent questions & concerns
- What do we know about the “lost” kids?
- How can we support staff?
- How many families are receiving meals?
- Any decline in requests from families?
- How did Teacher Appreciation go?
- Can families bring needed items into school?
- Parent questions & concerns
- Adjournment:
- Meeting adjourned at 8:39 pm
Minutes prepared by Kathryn Campana-Scherer, Secretary