César Chávez PTA General Meeting / reunión general
May 5, 2021 at 5:30pm
Zoom
- Call to order & attendance 5:38pm
a. 13 quorum reached - Reading & approval of April minutes 5:35 – 5:40pm
a. All in favor. Motion carries. - New business 5:40 – 6:30pm
a. Oregon PTA emergency extension of local officer position of one year.
Keiona Rochelle Connor agreed to extend for one more year.
b. VOTE – Co-President. Veronica Arenas Marshall elected unanimously. Betsy Bridge made motion to approve the slate of candidates.
Approved unanimously.
c. VOTE – Secretary. Leah Hinson elected unanimously.
d. VOTE – FY2021-2022 Budget
e. Add Green Team to budget, Daniel had a question about adding Green Team.
f. Alice White-Cyr Q: What if we have a person come to us with a
fundraising idea, how do we accommodate that idea & provide
funds for it? A: bring it membership for a vote, work with grant. Send person to teacher & use teacher grants? Prefer not to
& redirect to another line item. But its up to the teacher.
g. Green team – Eco School Network kit from Alice & Felix, funded by
ESN. Outdoor class tools. Planning for the fall. $300 per kit. Add line
item to budget & approve.
h. Super Nature Adventures – Betsy would like to work more with
them.
i. Betsy made motion to approve the budget as amended, adding
$300 to Green team. Unanimously approved.
j. Plug for free national Parks pass for 4th grader+. Good through
August, one Park in Oregon, more in Washington. See PTA
newsletter. - Committee /group discussion 6:30 – 6:45pm
a. Treasurer’s report
b. Blake reported that we will most likely have surplus of $6,000 but
more likely $10,000
c. Playground project updates
d. Betsy working with Sustainability Office: green schools pilot project
to work on outdoor space. Chavez selected. Solicit feedback from
community with the idea that late next year, PPS will apply for grant
from Portland Clean Energy fund to supply projects cutting
carbon/greening spaces. Sustainability Manager will be at June
meeting. He already presented to 2 classrooms, and staff.
e. Bring your enthusiasm! How to reach the entire community? How
to make a broader connection within our community
f. Communication piece: Leah suggests working with administration,
rely on admin for broader communication. Work with Coaches/PE
to get more ideas for greening the school yard.
g. Map out the project & include all the portions: depave, greening
school yards, copy Lents model with small seed funding & get
higher matches.
h. Alice talked to Coach Balto, he would definitely come back with
energy.
i. June meeting will be about playground.
j. Teacher grants update - Announcements/questions
a. Last PTA meeting of the school year is Weds, June 2 at 5:30 on Zoom - Adjournment 6:48pm
