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Hillsdale High School (HHS) Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance: The meeting of the General Membership was called to order at 7:41 PM. Cary Sweeney, President, led the Pledge of Allegiance. (There were 18 attendees). Program: N/A. It was all business at this meeting. Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the Feb 9, 2004 PTSO general meeting were read, corrected, and approved by majority vote. They will be posted on the HHS web site (as are minutes of all general meetings of the PTSO) at http://www.hillsdalehigh.com/organizations/ptsominutes.html. Treasurer’s Report: Toni Johnson presented the financial statement for February 10 - April 12, 2004. The opening balance was $4017.84. Expenses reported included $700 Student Enrichment, for the second Robotics Team, and $240 for Courier postage; total expenses $940 for the period. Interest income on our account was $0.61; and there were Membership & Donations deposits of $124. Total income for the period reported was $124.61. The Budget to Actual balance remained in the black, with a net balance of $3,202.45. The Treasurer’s Report was approved by unanimous vote. Toni received a bill for $500 for Courier cover printing (for 3 issues to date). We have 1 more issue yet to publish (approx. $240 postage/issue). To cover the anticipated expenses, Toni suggested we reallocate money from the Umbrella Insurance, Other Programs, Courier Postage, and Net Unencumbered funds to cover Courier Expenses. A motion was made from the floor, to reallocate funds as described, and was passed unanimously. A motion was also made and passed to release $240 for the upcoming Courier postage. A third motion was made and passed to release $350 for next month’s (i.e., May) Teacher Appreciation Lunch and miscellaneous Board Expenses. Principal’s Report: Mr. Leydig’s report was relatively brief. Testing is the #1 priority in April. While it’s probably not the best way to assess students’ progress, testing is a political reality. It’s not important to the kids, individually, but it is very important to the school and the District. It really hurt us last year not to get an API, so the administration is creatively giving out small, inexpensive awards to kids as incentives for participation. The next topic was Late Start: The Monday morning time is used by staff, kids get to sleep in. The assembled members were asked to consider whether the reserved one hour should be moved to the afternoon. Several comments were offered, there appeared to be unanimous agreement to keep retain late start on Monday mornings. SMUHSD academic standards are being raised. Next year, for example, all freshmen in the District’s high schools will have to take biology. Hillsdale’s frosh are already taking biology this year. HHS is hiring lots of teachers – 9.6 FTEs, in fact – to staff the SLCs for next year. There are several strong candidates, including 4 or 5 from the current pool of Stanford University student teachers. Our school has a new front door; Ryan Sweeney’s been using it. There are also new lamp fixtures, which are causing some commotion, as they are red & black (Aragon colors). Next year, the upper parking lot (on Del Monte St) will reopen, and the “back” lot, near the portables, will become a construction zone. Hillsdale’s Mock Trial Team finished 2nd in the State Championship. This is Hillsdale’s eleventh consecutive strong finish in the Mock Trial State competition. The Robotics Team goes to competition this weekend. Three Science Fair winners are going on to state competition. Senior Finals, Exhibition, and a dance are all in the same week! Before relinquishing the floor, Don presented Liz Wiegand and Janine Wrightson (in absentia) with a gift certificate for their own “night on the town”, in appreciation of all their hard work on the very successful 2004 AKOTT. President’s Report: Gari went to the Parents President Council meeting; Don Leydig was the guest speaker, and talked about SLCs at Hillsdale. Gari shared the good news that the PTSO & Booster clubs have an opportunity to get a break on group insurance thru the district; we’ve already got the papers in process. Another piece of good news is that the District has no plan to lay off any teachers. The school representatives all talked about their fund raisers. Gari read us the text of the plaque dedicated to Tom Moore. We also received a nice note from Tom, thanking us for our contribution to his retirement gift. Cary recognized the Outstanding Service Award winners. Ryan reported the Junior/Senior Prom is coming up, April 24th; tickets are $110 per couple if purchased this week; increasing to $120 next week. Drama Boosters: The Diary of Anne Frank plays in the Little Theater, April 29 – May 2. You can still place ads in the program. Music Boosters: Kaye is working on the revision of the Music Boosters bylaws. There are several concerts coming up in May. Barnes & Noble will have a book fair, May 1; the kids will get vouchers for this event; any purchases other than consumed food and gift cards will qualify to support the HHS music programs. Athletic Boosters: Liz Wiegand said they’re looking for a new president; there’s a meeting tomorrow night. Dance Boosters: There was no representative present; Cary mentioned she got email from Jeanette; they had a very good turnout at the last event; Knight Moves is coming up in May. AKOTT: Liz Wiegand reported, “It was great; not as hard as last year.” The setup crew did a fabulous job and they were all “outta there” by 2:30. “Everyone had a great time.” Gross intake was about $43000; expenses approximately $9000, so it was very profitable. Anyone who has receipts for reimbursements needs to bring them to this week’s meeting. Membership: We received dues tonight from Janet Froh for the Froh family (Charles, Janet and student Tim). Hospitality: (No report.) New Business: Chris Reynolds, Dawn McDaniel, Patti Low, & Leslie Levy volunteered to be on the Scholarship Committee. They will meet and select award recipients before the May PTSO general meeting. Susan Merport has publicized the PTSO Scholarship opportunity and made forms available to senior students; the deadline is Friday, 4/16. Tina Marie Romo, Peggy Williams, Liz Wiegand, and Toni Johnson volunteered to be on the Wish List Committee: They will meet and decide on monetary distributions to faculty who submitted requests for particular needs and projects. The Committee will present their decisions at the May 10 general meeting. Old Business: Peggy presented copies of the By-laws with proposed changes, and solicited additional updates. Material changes were voted upon & approved. Peggy took names and email addresses of several volunteers who agreed to proofread an electronic version of the edited document. Gari presented the nomination slate for the 2004-2005 PTSO Executive Board. Tina Marie Romo was added to the slate at this meeting, for the position of Corresponding Secretary. The updated slate will be posted on the PTSO page of the HHS web site as soon as possible, and is as follows:
Closing: The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:50PM. The next meeting –the last one of the current academic year – is Monday, May 10 at 7:30 PM Respectfully submitted by,
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