W.H.

Taylor Elementary School PTA

Minutes
Date: ! ! 9/23/10 at 6:00 PM
Meeting: ! ! W.H. Taylor Elementary School Media Center
Board Attendees:! Ms. Bowen !
! ! Kelly Faulkner
! ! ! Allyson Poutasse
! ! ! Amber Pickell
! ! ! David Coleman!
! ! ! Tamara Schwerin
! ! ! Michele Dismore
! ! ! Mary Margaret Lyons
! ! ! Ms. Hartig
! ! ! Janine Brown
! ! ! ! !
Agenda:! ! ! Approve Budget
! ! ! Approve New Bylaws! !
! ! ! Review National PTA Legislation
! ! ! Membership
! ! ! Promotions Programs
! ! ! Discuss and Recruit for Committee Chairs/Members

Items Discussed:!

• Allyson Poutasse (President) introduced new PTA Board Members and welcomed
everyone. She reviewed the purpose of the PTA and described the Committees we
have at Taylor.
• Dave Coleman (Treasurer) discussed 2009/10 audit and it was approved.
• Dave Coleman (Treasurer) reviewed budget. Motion was made to approve budget
and it was vote approved.
• Amber Pickell (Past President) went over new Bylaws. Motion was made to approve
new Bylaws. It was approved.
• Janine Brown (Membership) explain PTA membership, the importance of joining and
our new way of communicating to all parents. She explained the CVC (classroom
volunteer coordinator) responsibilities and how they will communicate with all the
parents in their classroom through email.
• Mary Margaret Lyons went over new legislative program actions items, including:
LEGISLATION ACTION ITEM #1:
Virginia PTA supports state funding for school districts to implement the Bike
Smart Virginia Schools program into curriculum as part of the federally mandated
Local Wellness Policy required by the Federal School Meal Program under the
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act.
LEGISLATION POLICY STATEMENT #2:
Virginia PTA supports the selection of materials utilized to teach gun safety
education in public schools to be decided at the local school district level.
 Further, the Virginia PTA supports the inclusion of the National Crime Prevention
Councils materials in those suggested for use by local districts.
POLICY STATEMENT #3:
Virginia PTA supports local school districtsʼ efforts to implement the Safe Routes
to School program to encourage and enable students walking and bicycling to
and from school where feasible.

Copies of this new legislation can be found in the front office. All votes will be
sent to National PTA.

• Kelly Faulkner reviewed Promotion Opportunities.

1. Harris Teeter - last year we had 362 people linked and earned almost
$1500.00. This year we have linked over 657 people. We will have several
Link Your VIC card campaigns at several Harris Teeter locations throughout
the year.
2. Box Tops - we earned almost $1000.00 last year in cutting and collecting box
tops from popular consumer products. This year we plan to collect more and
ask parents to register with BOXTOPS4EDUCATION.com and shop at the Box
Tops Marketplace for all their online shopping needs.
3. Box Top Marketplace is a great new way to raise money for our school
through getting local businesses to partner with us. We would like Purchasing
Managers to agree to shop through BoxTops4Education.com and choose our
school to link with.
4. Target Red Card was mentioned as another our school could earn money
through purchases made with the Target Red Card.
• Allyson Poutasse invited all parents to visit the tables in the cafeteria to learn about
the programs the PTA sponsors and to sign up to be on one of the committees.

! !
Next Meeting:! October 28, 2010 (6:00 PM)
! ! Theme: Halloween Trick or Treat for children and Craft Fair for the
! ! Adults. If you are interested in having products for sale at the Craft
! ! Fair, please contact Allyson Poutasse at poutasse@cox.net.!
! !