[Mjhsteam] MJHS PST Minutes 03-01-05

[Tammy Summmers]

Mary Jo Van Gerpen wrote:

>Moscow Junior High Support Team Minutes - March 1,
>2005
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>Tammy Summers, Mary Jo Van Gerpen, Dale Kleinert,
>Donovan Roley, Ken Segota, and Larry Verdal were in
>attendance.  Three people who had planned on coming
>called in sick.  
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>Last Family Night
>Tammy opened by talking about the most recent family
>night held on February 8 on "Drug Awareness".  Even
>though attendance was small, about 37, the talk by
>Marie Miller from DARE, and Charlie Gerke, the MSD
>Drug Free Coordinator, was most informative. 
>Everybody also had fun trying out the Fatal Vision
>Goggles.  We were most appreciative of Papineau
>Insurance Agency for sponsoring the evening.  From now
>on, we will take daycare off the flyer since kids can
>either hang out with parents or play with balls in the
>gymnasium.
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>Aaron McCall via phone suggested a way to get more
>parents to the family nights.  Students could be given
>extra credit if they got their parents to attend.
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>Financial Report and Grant Opportunities
>We currently have $578.44 in the account for our
>Family Nights.
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>There are two possible grant opportunities for our
>family nights.  One is from Triad News Publishing,
>Inc.  They can give out as much as $1,000.  It must be
>applied for by March 31.  Tammy will look into this. 
>A second opportunity is through General Mills' Box
>Tops for Education.  We can apply for a $2,000 grant. 
>Tammy would like a volunteer to help write a grant. 
>We will put this request out on the List Serve.
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>Upcoming School Events
>Noteworthy events taking place in March are as
>follows:  March 9 at 10:00 a.m. is the second winter
>activities assembly.  Parents are welcome to attend. 
>March 10 at 7 p.m. is the wind ensemble benefit
>concert at the Moscow High School Auditorium.   March
>23 at 7 p.m. is 9th grade orientation to the high
>school at the MHS Auditorium.  Friday, March 25, the
>high school counselors will be visiting MJH during
>earth science.  March 28 at 7 p.m. is 8th grade parent
>night for 9th grade orientation to be held in the
>Multipurpose Room.  March is the Leukemia Pennies Fund
>Drive.  The 9th Grade Ball is on April 1 or 8.
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>Mr. Segota brought to our attention that 9th grade
>sports such as track, tennis, baseball, and softball
>have started up already.  After spring break, 7th and
>8th track will start.
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>Facilities Report
>Larry Verdal reported that they are working on having
>the architects draw up a single 25-year plan with
>timelines and dollar amounts so everyone has the same
>information.
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>Clarification may be needed for the public that the
>$29 million amount is for both the new high school and
>renovations of West Park and Russell.  Some people
>might have misunderstood and thought the $29 million
>was just for the new high school.
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>Thursday, March 3, will be another school board
>meeting to discuss how best to pay back the bond.  One
>way would be to start out at $1.43 per $1,000 of
>assessed property and payments would likely decline
>over time.  The other way would be to have it at one
>steady rate, $1.26 per $1,000 of assessed value and
>that amount would likely increase over time.
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>Larry also reported that they had discussed the role
>of school district employees--what they can and cannot
>do.  The Community for Moscow Public Schools (the
>parent group) can be more promotional.  The Facilities
>Committee's role must be informational.  The same
>would also be true with websites from these two
>sources.
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>Community for Moscow Schools
>Tammy reported on the meeting held by the Community
>for Moscow Schools last Saturday.  The Community for
>Moscow Public Schools will need to outreach to the
>business community.  The Argonaut newspaper at
>University of Idaho would be a good source of
>information to help get the word out about the
>upcoming bond issue in the university community.  The
>Community for Moscow Schools will be meeting again
>this coming Saturday, March 5, at 2:30 at the home of
>Ginger Dennis.
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>Other Topics
>We will be needing a new parent leader for next year's
>Moscow Junior High Support Team since Tammy will be
>moving on.
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