School year 2009-2010
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REDMOND HIGH SCHOOL PTSA
GENERAL MEETING
JANUARY 13, 2010
CALL TO ORDER: Co-Presidents Inez Mobley and Lois Hiskey called the meeting to order at 4:04pm. The meeting was held in the RHS Career Center. A list of attendees is attached to the minutes. A quorum was present. MINUTES AND CORRESPONDENCE: The minutes from the December 9, 2009 Board Meeting were distributed. A change was made to the minutes adding “the motion was seconded and passed”. The minutes were approved with this change. GUEST SPEAKER: The guest speaker was Jackie Bui, a Counseling Supervisor for Youth Eastside Services (YES). YES is a non-profit organization that provides counseling services and parenting classes for the area. They offer counseling to kids at school or at one of their locations. They can assist in getting medical coupons for kids that have no medical insurance. More information is available at YouthEastsideServices.org.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:
The
Principal’s report will hence forth be a
question and answer session. · Mrs. Todd stated if you are finding a teacher to be unresponsive to your emails, please contact an Administrator for assistance. · Mrs. Todd also stated the school policy is to post grades on Standard Score within two weeks of the assignment or test. If this deadline cannot be met, teachers will notify the parents of a delay. Any deviation from this policy can be addressed with a School Administrator. · Mrs. Todd also emphasized any conflicts between students and teachers should first be addressed by the student with the teacher. This empowers the student to learn conflict resolution. If further problems exist, an Administrator will assist the student in conflict resolution with the teacher. · The school reader board is being fixed. · January 27th is parent orientation night for incoming sophomores. Sophomore registration will start in February and a pre-registration video will be on the school website. The course catalog is also available on the website. TREASURER’S REPORT: Kathy Dennis presented the Treasurer’s Report for the period ending January 12, 2010. The current balances are as follows: $24,342.55 in the checking account, $7,652.03 in the Grad Night account, $450.76 in the Baccalaureate account, and a $10,000 CD.
LEGISLATION:
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Matt Loschen
reported that the volunteer Levy Measure phone
calling program has been replaced with a
volunteer system of emailing ten friends with
the Levy information.
This will provide a wider distribution of
Levy information.
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Focus Day is
Monday, January 18th.
Bring your kids and demonstrate for
educational funding.
NEW BUSINESS: · The Nominating Committee Slate of Shelley Flores, Kathy Dennis, and Deena Polk were presented. The Committee will nominate officers for the 2010 – 2011 school year. Jenny Hussin moved to accept the proposed slate, it was seconded and approved. · A request for $706.28 for a new scantron machine was submitted by Lloyd Higgins. The school currently has one partially operating machine. Shelley Flores moved that $706.28 be granted for the purchase of the machine, it was seconded and approved. The funds will come out of the Special Projects budget. COMMITTEE REPORTS: · Grad Night has now sold 111 tickets at the $125 price, and 3 tickets at the $135. Anyone interested in helping with grad night next year is strongly encouraged to participate this year. Please contact Kathleen Kulchin and Jannie Nitso. · PTSA membership at RHS is now at 637 members, with 29 new members added since the end of October. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:15pm. The next Board meeting will be held on February 17 at 4:00pm in the Career Counseling Center. Marie Kent, Substitute Secretary
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