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WEAGT MEETING – OCTOBER 8, 2009
MINUTES: Present: Board Members: Sue Luck, Tonya Mihalek, Ryan Cummins, Joyce Hribar Fiebig; Administration: Betty Stevens, Amy Harker;
Parents: Shanti Blatnik, Amy
Soltesz, Lynann Panchula, Anna Stanich, George Transky, Kim Vitello, Trixie
Higgins; Meeting began at 7:07 PM. Welcome by Sue Luck;
All attendees stated their names and name(s) of their Zenith student(s). Minutes from the September meeting were distributed and
approved with minor changes; They
will be posted on the website. Comments from
Mrs. Stevens: The school
website is an excellent source of information.
The “no-reply e-mail” system is the primary method of informing the
Washington community about school news and updates.
It is a very effective, immediate way of informing parents of issues and
events going on at the school. Comments from Mrs.
Harker: She and Mrs. Ciferno are
busy working on differentiation materials for gifted elementary students in the
district. Three teachers will be
attending the OAGC (Ohio Association for Gifted Children) conference from
October 12-13. Those teachers are:
Mrs. Van Fossen (3rd), Mrs. Zalar (2nd) and Mrs.
Simpson (6th). They are all looking forward to the conference and are
looking forward to sharing their experiences with fellow teachers. Treasurer’s
Report: Ryan Cummins stated the
budget for the year was passed at the September meeting. The overage of funds not currently budgeted ($6,344) plus
funds that will not be spent soon, need to be invested at the best rate possible
while maintaining liquidity. Our
current bank, Chase, offers 30 days CD’s for .08 %. Lynann Pachula mentioned that ING offers higher rates as they
do not have local brick and mortar buildings which keeps their overhead low.
Ryan checked on their rates during the meeting and found that they offer
an account at the rate of 1.8% and do not have withdrawal penalties.
He will be looking into this arrangement further and report back next
month. November levy
information. Sue stated that WEAGT
may not endorse the upcoming school levy, but encouraged all attendees to get
the facts regarding the upcoming levy and be sure to vote.
She explained why the levy is on the ballot, citing decreasing property
tax values, increasing costs including the mandatory offering of all-day
kindergarten, and mentioned that the Willoughby Eastlake district does have the
lowest millage rate of all the local school districts. PTA President
Amy Soltesz spoke regarding the upcoming Nautica Charity event taking place
later this month on October 27th and 28th.
She stated that last June PTA raised $8,200 over two nights time.
If the same amount can be raised this month, these funds will be
sufficient to purchase new computers for the library.
She needs approximately 30 volunteers to meet the need.
Volunteers are needed from 4 PM until 12 Midnight.
Split shifts are available. PTA
sent a flyer home recently and all contact information is on that sheet. Upcoming Events. The WEAGT membership drive continues until the end of October. - The OAGC parent day is Sunday, October 12th in Columbus. - An e-mail will be going out seeking candidates for a By-Law review committee. - An auction chairperson position is still open. - The need for a parent information meeting or information sheet regarding Independent Study projects is needed. This should happen perhaps in February. - A meeting to explain the auction class project is necessary to better inform parents of the classroom projects and to explain the auction event itself. -
Science and Social Studies Enrichment.
PTA is able to offer a field trip to all classes this year and WEAGT will
offer two field trips for all Zenith classrooms. Mrs. Harker then
presented a power point on the Written Education Plan (WEP)
form that she developed. This Plan
will offer a detailed outline of how each child will be enriched during the
school year. These plans will be
presented at parent teacher conferences in November for all of the gifted school
population. It includes goals for
each child. This will be done on a
yearly basis. Meeting
adjourned at 8:10 P.M. Submitted, Joyce Hribar Fiebig, Secretary |
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