President
Kate Foye called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. There were 10 members in attendance. Both the Secretary and Treasurer’s reports
were approved.
Old Business:
Geniene
Marco discussed the purchase of gift certificates from Main Street Bath for
retiring teachers. Both school
secretaries were also given gift certificates of appreciation for all they do
to assist the PTA.
Davenport
Fund has donated 80 tickets for elementary students to attend the August 18th
performance of the Little Mermaid at the Maine State Music Theatre. There is currently a waiting list because of
so much community interest in attending the production.
The PTA
sponsors box top collections at both elementary schools. There is some question regarding how the box
top funds are used at each school. The
PTA will inquire about how these funds are being used.
Geniene
Marco will investigate a grade 4 request for funding of a bus trip.
The RSU 1
PTA’s have sponsored a fifth grade dance each spring. It appeared that this year’s dance was a
success although communication among the sending schools could be improved in
the future.
New Business:
The
following slate of officers were unanimously elected for the 2014-2015 school
year:
President: Wendy Jung
Vice
Presidents: Holly Spence and Eileen
Beasley
Secretary: Jess Irish
Treasurer: Cheryl Steenstra
Chief
Information Officer/Blog: Sarah Matzke
The next
meeting will be held on the second Tuesday in September. Have a wonderful summer.
Respectfully
submitted,
Candy
Hernandez, Secretary