OUES PTO General Meeting

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 9:15 a.m.

Meeting started at 9:25 a.m.

Welcome
• Martha welcomed everyone for attending and called the meeting to
order. She told everyone that OUES received $1000 from Central
Market’s CISD November Shopping day.
Relay for Life
It will be held May 21st 7pm at Carroll High School. There will be
teams of 10 to 15 people running/walking in honor or memory of
someone with cancer.

Relay For Life Urging Teams To Sign Up

Carroll ISD is continuing its commitment to Rachel’s Challenge by hitting the track and staying up all
night. The district is hosting Relay For Life on May 21-22 which will be held at Carroll High
School and is the American Cancer Society’s significant fundraiser.

This will mark Southlake’s biggest community event and involves hundreds of teams of 8-15 walkers.
Team members will have at least one representative on the track at all times and it will be an overnight
event. Individuals commit to raising at least $100 for their team by fundraising efforts and donations
from family and friends. Teams can be composed of students, friends, organizations, church groups,
etc.

The event extends the district’s focus on the Rachel’s Challenge program. This program was
implemented by the Carroll school district last year and encourages participants to commit to acts of
kindness. The program is based on the journal writings of Rachel Scott, a teenager who died in the
Columbine High School tragedy of 1999.

As part of the event, Dana Scott, the sister of Rachel Scott, will be the guest speaker and kick off the
activities.

Relay For Life of Southlake event chair is Tracey Flores and Kristie Millican is team chair. For more
information, please call Society staff partner, Brenda Ratcliff, at 214-819-1207, or Tracey Flores at
817-949-5620.

Also, Relay For Life is also looking for all cancer survivors in the community. The organizers of the
event would like to honor each survivor. If you are a cancer survivor or have a relative, neighbor or
friend that is a survivor please contact Paige Buck at buckp@cisdmail.com.

Also visit Relay For Life's website.

Website/Facebook Updates
• The OUES PTO website http://www.ouespto.com/ has a form that can
be filled out if anyone is interested in any of the PTO positions. The
PTO is currently looking for committee chairs and will form full
committees when chair people are in place.
• There is also a fundraising survey that will be communicated to the
OUES community to take so that the PTO will have feedback on what
fundraising will be done next year.
• The Parent Resources Section will have info available to parents on
different topics.
• Depending on what positions get filled with the online form requests
the Nominating Committee may not be needed. You can also
contact Kirsty Gelberd jkgelberd@mac.com if there is a person that
you feel they may be a good fit for a PTO position.
Fundraising Suggestions
• The PTO is looking for fundraising options for next year. There is a
survey on the OUES PTO website to get feedback. The decision
about fundraising will be decided by around the 2nd week of March
Treasurer’s Report
• Fall Fundraiser is pretty set with a few expenses left to come in. The
profit from the Fall Fundraiser is $24,500.
• The spirit shop is doing really well and has exceeded the profit that
was projected for the year. There are still a few spirit shop days left
in the school year and those are stated on the PTO website.
• The taxes were due on 2/15 and they have been paid and the
accountant has been paid.
• There may be a 2nd disbursement of PTO funds at end of year.
• The initial payment of $7800 was paid for the production of the
yearbooks.
• No summer school expenses will be incurred by the PTO this year.
Campus Update
• Old Union will be closed for the summer. The wiring in the school
will be updated for phone and video and a security entrance by the
front office will be built. The school will open the 2nd or 3rd week of
August. With the bond package approval OUES will eventually have
4 student computers and 1 teacher computer in each classroom.
The promethean boards will be put in the classrooms this summer.
• During Dragon Days(groups of students from different grades) the
teachers meet in their learning communities that include all grades
in each group.
• OUES received a $10k grant from district for teachers to learn more
through writing workshops.
 • Parent’s Night Out- Feb. 26th 6:00-8:30 p.m. The child must be a
student at OUES. The cost is $25 early registration/ $30 at the
door. The proceeds will be used to purchase books for the
classrooms.
• School will be held on April 9th and 12th to make up for the bad
weather days.
• Expenditure Reduction Plan- This is a work in progress. Looking at
ways to increase revenue and decrease expenditures. Look at
district website for information. There is an online survey about the
Expenditure Reduction Plan.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DTR5B3R
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Disbursement Requests Vote

• The committee focused directly on classroom and the students
learning.
• The committee recommended the following items and was voted on
and approved during this PTO meeting.
Making Meaning Reading Comprehension Classroom Package
for the Kindergarten classes($1760): Tonya Meyer motioned to
vote yes; Kirsty Gelberd 2nd; all were in favor; passed
Rhyme “n” Time Multisensory Program for grades 1-4 and
special education classes($7612): Christine Neal motioned to
vote yes; Martha Blue 2nd, all were in favor; passed
Yamaha Stagepas 300 Portable PA System($956): Tobin
Osterberg motioned to vote yes; Christine Neal 2nd; all were in favor;
passed

Minutes Approval from 1/20/10

• Tina Howell proposed to approve the meeting minutes from January
20,2010. Kirsty Gelberd motioned that the meeting minutes be
approved. Laura Wassef seconded. All were in favor. Motion
passed.

Close
Meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m.

Sincerely,

Tina Howell

Tina Howell, Secretary