The meeting was called to order at 11:03AM by President Cheryl Wells.

Secretary:  Kristine Fonte (absent)
- Minutes were distributed and reviewed.  The minutes were not approved as written.  An amendment was requested to last month's minutes.  The minutes are written as "Jodi Vrabec presented the Ohio PTA award to Mrs. Forchione.  She then spoke to the group."  The requested amendment is to add the following..."This award is for the school year 2006-2007.  Mrs. Forchione was out on medical leave due to an injury and was not presented with her award last school year."  With the correction, a motion was made by Christy Kaszubski and seconded by Jill Pangas to accept the minutes with the amendment.
- The attendance/volunteer sheet was circulated.

Treasurer:  Leslie Stoyer
Leslie presented her report.  Conference dinner was over budget $38.  There was discussion to amend the budget.  A motion was made by Beth Hofacker to move $38.00 out of Miscellaneous to pay for the overage.  It was seconded by Jodi Vrabec.

President:  Cheryl Wells
- A pass around folder was circulated.
- On Wednesday, February 6th, 7-9PM there will be a seminar at the high school titled Lock Down on School Violence.
- There is talk of the buzzer system again.  No decisions have been made at this time whether we will have the system.  ID badges were also discussed.  The ID badges will also be ablve to be used to pay for fees, lunches, etc.
- Reflections entries are due January 8, 2008.  Nina Handhold will be taking them to Columbus.  There are 3 schools participating this year.
- Cheryl thanked Sue Gigliotti and Karen Martin for their hard work on the Food Drive.  We did meet our canned food goal.  She also thanked Maria Schneider for conference dinners and Bonnie Coventry for the Warm and Wooly Breakfast.  Bonnie got a cash donation and used this money to buy more hats and gloves to donate.  Cheryl also thanked Debbie Dugan, Belinda Check and Jodi Vrabec for their hard work on the Turkey Trot.
- We are still looking for a chair for Cultural Arts Day.  The way the event has worked in the past may change due to the block scheduling.  If anyone is interested in volunteering for the chair position, please let Cheryl know.
- Helping Hands Recipient for the year is Jodi Vrabec.  Educator of the Year is Windy Lewis.  Congratulations to Jodi and Windy.

Council Delegate:  Beth Hofacker
Beth presented her report.  Report attached Council Report December Meeting.htm

Principal's Report:  Mr. Kerrigan
- This is Mrs. Kerrigan's 3rd day at the middle school.  He stated he is happy to be here and is impressed with the middle school.  He indicated his door is always open and parents are welcome to e-mail, call, or stop in.
- The middle school had a lock down drill before he came.  There were some recommendations made to improve things.  The homeroom number will be posted on the outside windows so they can be seen in case emergency officials need to located a room in the event of an emergency situation.  The music doors will get a new lock.  It currently has a dead bolt and needs to be release doors.
- Mr. Kerrigan will be riding the buses and attending our sporting events.
- Scheduling for next year is being discussed.  An e-mail went out to the teachers requesting volunteers for a scheduling committee.  They will weigh the pros and cons of the block scheduling.  A survey has gone out to the teachers asking what they like and don't like about block scheduling.  He is looking at maybe changing teachers around to align what they are teaching with what their strengths are.  No changes in scheduling will be made this year.
- Mr. Kerrigan asked for discussion from the group.  Lack of communication was discussed.  The web site is not utilized, updated, or changed.  There are wrong dates and times.  The newsletters for grade levels have also had wrong dates.  Info was taken from the district calendar which has dates that are wrong.  When these dates are changes, they are not getting to everyone.  Suggestions are to update the website, send back pack, or even to mail the info.
- There was discussion about track and cross country events.  There is no drink or snack provided for the children.  This is something that needs to be coordinated by the parents of the athletes.  There was also concern about the lack of ice packs or medical supplies (first aid supplies) when someone gets hurt.  Also a contact number for someone at the event would be helpful.  These concerns will explored further.

Librarian:  Kappy Chermak
Ms. Chermak request a moment to speak.  She thanked the PTA for $4000 in non-fiction books ordered last year.  They have arrived and are almost ready to be shelved.  The library still had on the shelves books that were copyrighted in 1946.  All the non-fiction books with a copyright of 1970 and earlier were removed.   The library has a request for more money, but the needs are more modest than last year.  One need is for new speakers for the \computers.  No formal request for money has been submitted at this time.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:46AM.