PTO Minutes 2021-08-25
Stevenson Ranch Elementary School
PTO Association Meeting
August 25, 2021
Stevenson Ranch Elementary School
PTO Association Meeting
August 25, 2021
Gaby Borda called the Stevenson Ranch Elementary School PTO Association Meeting to order at 7:02 P.M. via Zoom.
Pledge of Allegiance
Welcome and Introductions
∙ Executive Board
o President - Gabriela Borda
o Vice President - Rushani Thomas-Wise
o Treasurer - Shilpa Muthyala
o Auditor - Denise Covert
o Financial Secretary - Kevin Yuan
o Recording Secretary - Nairy Simonyan
o Historian - Kate Kennedy
o Parliamentary - Melissa LaManna
∙ Principal – Mr. Lankford
SECRETARY’S REPORT – Nairy Simonyan
∙ Nairy motioned to approve the minutes sent out on Parent Square from May meeting. Seconded, motion carried.
∙ Board minutes will be shared via Parent Square.
TREASURER’S REPORT – Shilpa Muthyala
∙ No report shared at this time.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Gaby Borda
∙ In-person events on hold for now.
∙ Room Reps are needed for classrooms. Will have an informational meeting once reps are determined.
∙ Yearbook – Need volunteers to coordinate pictures for yearbooks.
∙ Sixth-grade graduation – Will need fifth grade parents to coordinate event. ∙ Book-fair– considering virtual option.
∙ Talent show – considering virtual option.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
∙ SPIRIT WEAR – Gaby Borda
o Spirit wear sales are live now.
Stevenson Ranch Elementary School
PTO Association Meeting
August 25, 2021
o Sprit wear sales are not a fundraising event.
o Gear can be worn for “Friday Spirit Wear.”
∙ FUNDRAISING – Gaby Borda/Nairy Simonyan
o Amazon Smile – Must go through Amazon smiles in order for SRE to receive Amazon donations. More information will follow.
o Ralph’s – Must link Ralph’s Club Card loyalty phone number to SRE PTO in order for SRE to receive donations.
∙ PBIS – Chrissy Garcia
o Format needs to be adjusted because PTO is not allowed on campus.
o Trinkets can be given to teachers and teachers can use items as incentives for classrooms.
o Question posed whether old gold bars would be accepted. Tabled for now.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT – Mr. Lankford
∙ School Mission: For every child to flourish in a learning-centered/child-centered environment charged by a rich and challenging curriculum, to be surrounded by a caring community, and to learn essential skills for success.
∙ Classroom Communities
o Setting Expectations
o Identifying Needs
o Establishing and Providing Support
o Collaboration with Parents
∙ School-Wide Screeners
o Reading
o Mathematics
o Foundation skills specific to grade level
o Developing programs based on student’s data and specific needs.
∙ COVID-19 Updates
o Daily Health Screener – Important that is completed by 7:45 AM daily.
o Mask Mandate – No exemptions
o Parent Notification – If a student/teacher is COVID positive in a classroom, the whole class will be notified.
o Protocol for Returning to School - If student has COVID symptoms, need a doctor’s note that it is not COVID related to return to school; If no doctor’s note is obtained, a ten-day isolation is required.
∙ Picture Day coming up
Q & A – Mr. Lankford
∙ Are there plans for SRE to have a dashboard with current COVID numbers, like HART district does? Mr. Lankford said that Newhall District is considering it.
∙ What are the plans to keep students who are absent on top of the curriculum? Mr. Lankford explained that short-term independent study will be available for students who are absent.
Stevenson Ranch Elementary School
PTO Association Meeting
August 25, 2021
∙ Will a class/entire school be notified if a student is COVID positive? Currently, if your child’s classroom has any COVID positive cases, the whole class will be notified. The whole school would only be notified if a certain number of students are COVID positive throughout the school.
∙ When is a COVID positive student allowed to return back to school? Mr. Lankford explained that if a student is COVID positive, they are allowed back on campus after a ten-day quarantine, if they are no longer symptomatic. Any child who shows symptoms is not allowed on campus.
∙ Are classrooms ventilated? Are we doing anything to make sure the ventilation systems are improved? Mr. Lankford shared that classrooms are ventilated.
∙ If a child is symptomatic, but we do not have COVID status yet, does the classroom get notified? Mr. Lankford said that parents are only notified if there is a COVID positive case. Many parents wanted to be notified with symptomatic cases, so Mr. Lankford said he would take the request to the district.
∙ If a child is COVID positive, do their siblings need to stay home? Mr. Lankford explained that anyone in close proximity would have to quarantine, so siblings would need to. In addition, any students who sit within six feet of the positive case, would also need to quarantine. ∙ Teachers follow the same protocol as students.
∙ Current vaccination status is private.
∙ Mr. Lankford will go to the district with some of the comments/requests posed by parents.
ANNOUNCEMENTS -
∙ SRE PTO group in Parent Square.
∙ SRE Families Only group on Facebook
∙ Next PTO Meeting will be on September 22 at 7:00 PM via Zoom.
*PTO is making their best efforts given the current COVID pandemic.
Meeting adjourned by Gaby at 8:45 P.M.
Nairy Simonyan
Recording Secretary
Stevenson Ranch Elementary School PTO
Association Meeting – August 25, 2021