12/7/20 PTA Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Janet Giron, President, at 7:02 pm on Monday, December 7, 2020.
The minutes from the November 9, 2020 General PTA Meeting were read and approved as corrected.
Attendance:
Bianca Belmonte-Sapien, Janet Giron, Angela Lerner, Mikel Wagner, Alfreda Begay, Samantha
Graham, Meredith Dixon, Rosa Perez, and Tiffany Johnson
Principal’s Report by Ms. Belmonte-Sapien:
 Thank you for attending the meeting.
 Our community donation event will be scaled back. Drop off is still available on 12/11 from
8am to 1pm.
 Thank you to families for getting the kids ready for MAPS testing. Teachers will be using
the information to recalibrate classes.
 Remember to take advantage of teachers’ learning support time.
 Progress reports will be out on December 15th. The end of the semester will be January 15 th .
 Teachers are participating in autism training with UNM and supported by PED
 VOSIs are going well.
 The lottery for next school year is now open.
President’s Report by Janet Giron:
 The school’s next Governance Council meeting will be at 5:30 on Thursday, December 17 th
via Zoom. A link to the meeting will be sent out via email.
 The Adopt-a-Teacher program is going well. It was paused last month since the teachers
were not at school, so last month’s donations will be included with this month’s and used for
teacher gifts.
 Yearboks are currently on sale. Picture Day will be late January or early February.
 There were no new PTA members this month. If you would like to join look for the
Memberhub link on the PTA Facebook page.

Treasurer’s Report by Angela Lerner:
 The audit of the last fiscal year is almost done. One more person is needed to review the
books.
 The bank balance is $11,085.33.
 There were no deposits.
 The outstanding check to Volcano Vista has cleared.
 We would like to convert the bookkeeping to Quickbooks. We will need to purchase a
subscription and the purchase will need to be voted on.

Secretary’s Report by Mikel Wagner:
 We have not yet received the money from GotSneakers.com. Will email to inquire about
status of check. We have one more bag to send in.

Vice President’s Report by Alfreda Begay:
 Not having any luck with restaurant fundraisers. Restaurants are struggling financially right
now.
New Business:
 Angela Lerner moved to approve a $180 expenditure in Office Expense for Quickbooks. The
motion was passed by show of hands.
 Alfreda Begay moved that $180 be moved from the Fall Festival budget line item to the Office
Expense line item to cover the purchase of Quickbooks. The motion was passed by show of
hands.
The next PTA General Meeting is set for Monday, January 11th at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:39 pm.