The next PTO meeting is March 17th @ 6:30 PM in the ZLE Media Center. Childcare is provided if you RSVP. See PTO distributed materials for the agenda.
The things on my mind are the 2009/2010 PTO budget and school year:
- Will ZLE find an energetic, organized and well spoken fund raising chair person that can help enable the fund raising teams ? (ie losing our current excellent chair at year end...)
- The age of the PTO provided school computers and when should they be replaced?
- How can we significantly increase the PTO funding? (ie ~$30K to $90+K) {$90K = ~$150 avg from ~600 children, seems like a bargain for the great school we attend(remember private = ~$3,500 to $12,000 per yr)} And no this is not $150 of product we would have bought anyway... it's $150 of cash or profit to the PTO.....
- Kaleidoscope and Focus programs (ie reinstating gifted programs)
- Will a group or an individual volunteer this year to organize the 2010 Spring school carnival? (ie was our largest and most enjoyable fund raiser, until no coordinator could be found)
- How can we raise extra funds to purchase SMART Boards? DVD players?
- Will parents volunteer, so we can reinstate the "Destination Imagination" program? (a great program for kids that was dropped this year due to lack of volunteers...)
- Do we want to fund additional Teaching Assistants? (ie art, help kids catch up, music concerts, etc)
- How can we raise some more funds yet this year to replace the cushion that was used when the playground was purchased?
2008 ZLE PTO Budget
ZLE Mar08 Newsletter
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