In attendance:
Allegra Miller, Jeff O’Hara, Kelli Brown, Nancy Wood,
Jessica Redmond, Jennifer Lundquist, Drew Lepple, Kristin Miskavage, Nancy
Pollack, Jim Goldsmith, Kate Dodge, Ali Douglas, Betsy Knox, Sue Marino, Alyssa
Lasher, Patti Drew, Alesia Depot, Carly Epstein, Tanya Jones, Kim Gordon, Doug
Stewart, Lisa Falcone, Laura Carotenuto, Keith Roberts
Fall Grant Awards:
$3,300 was budgeted for the fall round of grant requests (a
percentage of money raised by PIE over the course of the year).
Requests totaled $2,557; coming in under the overall budget available,
and all met eligibility requirements. Therefore, all projects submitted were fully funded. The extra $743
unallocated grant funds will be rolled into the spring grant budget.
Grantees were asked
to please send photos to Kate Dodge of students engaged with the grant award items.
- Cindy Fay: New shirts for advanced and jazz band members. ($525)
- Alyssa Lasher: an additional iPad for the current bank of iPads that rotate around the kindergarten classrooms ($400)
- Betsy Knox: Guided science readers for grades K and 1. ($1,232). These guided books will help children read at the “just right” level for them (Levels A-D)
- Kelli Brown: Electrical supplies to support the 3 new water bottle filling stations which will be paid for through a CSWD grant and drying racks to support middle school water bottle use ($400).
Fundraising Update:
- The Genevieve’s/Red Barn fundraiser brought in over $8000 for HCS!
- The pumpkin sale raised over $700! Great for a last minute effort.
- Buy Local books have brought in $480…only a few are left for sale!
- Box Tops have brought in $450 for this first round.
- “What the Heck, Write a Check” brought in $488 (direct donations, which are accepted at any time throughout the year.)
- Next planned fundraiser: Pancake Breakfast and Basket Raffle in March.
Common Core Presentation:
Betsy Knox and Nancy Pollack presented to the group about
the Common Core and SBAC (the replacement of NECAPS)
School Budget Community
Forum:
The HCS School Budget forum presentation can be found by clicking “Budget Information” on the
HCS home page, then in the “FY14/15” column in the chart, click on “Budget
Forum 11/4/13.”
Any Hinesburg resident can be a Budget Buddy so long as they
can attend the bi-weekly meetings as the budget is being drafted & they are
a Hinesburg resident. Contact
a School Board member if you are interested.
Agenda:
Discussion
of the following topics:
- What are the essential program components that we want to preserve?
- What area, if any, do you feel need additional focus?
- What ideas do you have about preserving the excellence that HCS stands for?
Budget
and enrollment history.
Notes:
The
budget needs to be done by the 3rd week in January to be printed and
ready to present to the community at Town Meeting. Tonight is the first in a
series of meetings to discuss the budget that will happen throughout November,
December, and January.
Next PIE Meeting is December 3, 2013
at 6 pm.
