Executive Board Meeting Agenda — January 24, 2023

1. Call to Order
   1. Confirmation of Quorum
   2. Approval of November 29, 2022 Executive Board Meeting Minutes
2. Talking Points (Added to the agenda by Ashley Farrugia, Meredith Greene and Megan Miller)
   1. Clarification of PTA Role
      1. Support the school community
      2. liaison to leadership (connect with them on sensitive or concerning topics privately ahead of general membership meeting)
      3. school backing & support
   2. Current Tone of General Membership Meetings from within exec board
      1. Condemning Principal Horak for being out of compliance with feminine hygiene products
      2. sharing that we have an educational crisis due to headphones - if this is the case, why not discuss in private with Horak and exec board and solve problem first and then update general membership so that PR and tone is positive NOT negative
      3. Inviting Counseling Team to present and then asking targeted questions to make them look as though they are not doing enough or their job, i.e:
         • President bringing to the attention of all on call that administrators are aware of a student who is self harming but have not done anything about it
         • how they and admin have supported the school with recent deaths ( Admin team and school staff had chosen to NOT share about the recent deaths of alumni staff and student. This is a private matter that those families did not want shared. The public nature of how it was shared was gossipy & tone deaf and left space for confusion.
   3. Unification of PTA with Fairlington Community Groups (especially social media connection)
      1. We were asked to not do this last year - this year the two have become one…
      2. Facebook groups are being alerted to issues with remarks that the PTA is sponsoring, awareness, or working on them., i.e.
         • Clothing drive - specifically for underwear stating that the school nurse is hand making underwear (is this true?)
         • Lipbalm need - PTA working hard on it - none of exec board was aware of this - also lip balm likely can not be given out to students from school (like advil or any other health product)
   4. Exec Board Communication
      1. What needs to be shared amongst board and signed off upon… events, issues, etc., i.e.
         • ​winter wonderland changes needed to be told to board, board was not made aware of lunar new year event
         • Lip balm (if there is a need, bring issue first to board to decide if we will fund it or fundraise or ask for donations or ignore)
         • Headphones (see above…) bringing this up at the general membership meeting when most were unaware made us seem like we were not a unified board and also not all of us feel we should blast admin in front of all parents nor do we all agree this is a current educational crisis
   5. Communication from Exec Board
      1. Too infrequent and cumbersome Cardinal Couriers… Exec board has written concerns about this already dated Dec 6.
      2. Social Media posts are overwhelming - challenging to find/follow important events and updates
   6. Baroody VS Clubs
3. New Business
   1. Grant requests – see below.
   2. February General Membership meeting presenter
   3. Spirit Wear
   4. Literacy Month (Read-A-Thon, Book Fair)
   5. Baroody Run Club (aimed at boys) - ensure different day of the week from GOTR
   6. Recap of Winter event (Payment due week prior. Will Sharon or Christian be on-site for overage payment if we go over 150 people.
4. Next Board Meeting - Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 8 pm
5. Adjourn

Grant requests are below. The two requests for headphones were tabled indefinitely as per the superintendent’s remarks during the January 23, 2023 CCPTA meeting that the school and the Central Office should handle these requests.