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2011-2012 PROPOSED BUDGET
TIGER PAWS
MEETING MINUTES
January
18, 2012
Tiger PAWS
President Kyle Nenninger called the meeting
to order at 7:05 PM with approximately 15
people in attendance.
President’s
Report:
Over the Winter break, 18 Smart Boards were
installed at WWS. Thanks to Cindy
Budzikowski and Mike Moukheiber who led the
negotiations with the company to consolidate
orders and save money. Thanks to the PAWS
Directory committee for their efforts in
getting the directory out and letting the
membership know about the delay and
following up to ensure everyone got a copy
of the directory. Allocations will be voted
on at the next PAWS meeting which is
February 15, 2012.
Secretary’s Report: The minutes from the
special meeting held on November 15, 2011
were reviewed. A motion to approve the
minutes was made by Anna Orland and seconded
by Jill Jakubowski. The motion carried.
Treasurer’s
Report:
The PAWS cash fund is going down as expected
as allocations that were approved last
October are being funded. Everything is
going well. The process for funding an
approved allocation is as follows: 1)
Submit a check request with required
documentation to PAWS; 2) The request is
verified; 3) Payment is made to the vendor.
All of the forms are on the website,
www.tigerpaws.org .
The Profit & Loss statement through December
2011 was reviewed and there was a suggestion
to collapse the Fall Soccer Concessions into
the Outdoor Concessions line to more
accurately reflect the income and expenses
from concession sales. The December 2011
statement was filed for audit.
Principal’s
Report by Dave Claypool:
The Smart Boards are up and running with
teacher training still to come. WWS is
currently interviewing people to teach the
class. A big THANK YOU to PAWS—I don’t know
where our instructional technology would be
without your support. The District is going
through a technical conversion and the
process has been rough at times. The shared
drives which save documents were upset and
some documents became buried and hard to
find, causing stress for teachers right
before finals. Most issues have been
resolved. The new information system for
grades and attendance is here. Both systems
will run simultaneously for one year to
protect data and to make sure all the
glitches are worked out. Training started
this week. Edline will be phased out.
Students will have one page with everything
on it including sports and clubs. The new
system seems to be user-friendly. Please
have students (or parents) let the
administration know if teachers are not
updating Edline.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Allocations:
Michael Moukheiber reported that approved
allocations must be spent by June 30, 2012.
To date, approximately $64,000 of the
$82,000 that was approved in October 2011
has been spent. The next round of
allocations will total approximately
$17,500. January 30, 2012 is the due date
for submitting an allocation request.
Thanks to Pat Welch for checking the details
on each allocation and check request.
Curriculum Night:
Pat Welch reported that Curriculum night is
January 25, 2012. Cookies and water will be
provided to parents that night.
Father/Daughter and
Mother/Son Brunch:
Marie Ostrander reported that the
Father/Daughter Brunch will be held on March
11, 2012; the location is still to be
determined. The Mother/Son Brunch is April
22, 2012 at Medinah Country Club. Details
for both events will be made available in
the near future.
Fund Raising (Silent Auction event at
Arrowhead):
Kyle Nenninger reported that Katy Bach and
her committee are working hard to gather
donations and advertise this event. The
Silent Auction Social and Fundraiser will be
held at Arrowhead Golf Club on February 24,
2012. Appetizers will be served.
Market Day (submitted by Anne Mueller):
The
monthly sales are going smoothly, thanks to
our awesome student and adult volunteers. A
portion of January's profits goes to Boys
Cross Country.
Operation Safe Celebration (submitted by
Jeanne Wasser):
We will hold our
volunteer kick off meeting on Tuesday,
January 24th at 7 pm at the
Community Center. We are looking for all
types of volunteers, from room decorators to
worker bees. Please join us if you are
interested in helping out this great party
for our students. This year's party will be
held on Saturday, May 5th. Any questions or
if you'd like to be involved, please contact
Jeanne Wasser at safecelebration@tigerpaws.org.
Scholarship (submitted by Sue Christensen):
The
Scholarship committee will choose six
recipients for the PAWS scholarships in the
amount of $500 each. Applicants will submit
a 500-word essay on “What It Means to be a
Tiger.” The committee will choose winners
based on the essays. Applications are due
in the counseling office by 11:00 a.m. on
February 22, 2012. An application form is
included in the January and February issues
of the Tiger Eye, and will also be made
available online. Winners will be announced
in March. Checks will be awarded in April
at the PAWS meeting.
Young Hearts 4 Life (submitted by Debra
Discher):
Student Cardiac Screening results are as
follows: 1) 944 students were tested; 2)
Four follow-up echocardiograms were
performed during the screening days; 3) 17
students required follow-up with regard to
their results after the screening; 4)
Volunteers included 73 from WWS and 12 from
the community. Committee members Debra
Discher (chairman), Mary Ann Doran, Jean
Filarski, Dawn Schubert, and Sharon Smith
along with Coach Ron Muhitch, invested
countless hours over four months on this
committee; in addition, approximately $800
was donated by committee members for
promotional t-shirts given out at the WWS
Pep Rally assembly.
Sound & Lighting:
Dave Claypool reported that bids are still
being submitted. Roberta James liked the
most recent person who came in and talked
about the possibility of using grant money
for some of the project. The CUSD Assistant
Superintendent for Facilities recognizes the
need for an overhaul to the sound and
lighting system at WWS and that this is a
high priority project. Dave Claypool is
excited that PAWS is a partner in funding
this project and will keep Sue Kerby and
Kyle Nenninger informed about the progress.
Tiger
Merchandise:
Stephanie Powell reported that the current
profit is $41.46 with total sales of over
$42,400. Sales made via credit card total
approximately $5,600 to date and are
increasing each month. All expenses relating
to inventory have been paid. The new display
case will showcase inventory and item
numbers so people can see right away what is
in stock. Thanks to Matt Duhig and the
administration for making the display case
available to us. (Dave Claypool mentioned
that lights will be installed in the display
case soon.) The next sale dates for
merchandise is January 25th at
Curriculum Night and then February 1st
at 8th Grade Orientation.
New
Business
A request for additional funding for the
Young Hearts 4 Life committee was presented
by Kyle Nenninger due to the fact that the
committee went over budget due to a
misunderstanding regarding the impact on the
committee’s budget of funds received from
Central DuPage Hospital over the summer.
Michael Sailor made a motion to increase the
YH4L budget by $682.64 to cover the
remaining cost of privacy screens. The
motion was seconded by Meaghan Ciesielski.
The motion carried.
An informational discussion followed
regarding the Red Grange Athletic Complex
group. This is a group of parents and
community members interested in pursuing a
feasibility study regarding a possible
upgrade to the Red Grange field and
surrounding area. The group is seeking
School Board approval to go forward with a
feasibility study on the project. Kyle
Nenninger wanted input from the PAWS
membership regarding support for the group’s
request.
Informally, the membership was in favor of
supporting in a non-financial capacity the
group’s request to the Board that they be
permitted to perform a feasibility study and
will address other possible support as more
specific details of the project are known in
the future. One PAWS member addressed the
need for a swimming pool complex in the area
and it was determined that PAWS could
support a parent group who may be interested
in pursuing this
type of project but would address that topic
in the future if and when a specific
proposal is presented.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 p.m.
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