3/8/21 PTA Minutes

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The meeting was called to order by Janet Giron, President, at 7:03 pm on Monday, March 8, 2021.
The minutes from the February 8, 2021 General PTA Meeting were read and approved as corrected.
Attendance:
Bianca Belmonte-Sapien, Janet Giron, Angela Lerner, Mikel Wagner, Alfreda Begay, Tiffany
Johnson, Lani McCarson, G. Stewart, David Gibson, Mr. Feit, Shana Anaya, Wendy McCourt
Principal’s Report by Ms. Belmonte-Sapien:
 Thank you for joining.
 On March 1 Special Education came back to school following the 5 to 1 model, and then all
teachers were able to invite in students that they felt were in need to intend in-person.
 PED announced that starting on April 5 th there will be full re-entry 5 days a week with the
option for students who wish to to remain at home. Here at 21 st Century, parents can change
their decision regarding remote vs. in-person learning at any time.
 The uniform closet is open again.
 The covid- safe walkthrough took place on 2/9 and we passed.
 The school staff is participating in covid surveillance.
 The DOH has announced that all teachers will now be eligible to be vaccinated.
 The school’s next Governance Council meeting will be at 5:30 on Thursday, March 18 th via
Zoom.
 There will be a faculty meeting tomorrow to discuss the PED announcement.
 No written guidence about re-entry on April 5 th has been released from PED yet.
 PED will be putting out guidance for graduation ceremonies. It will depend on which
county schools are in.
 Student Council will be running a catolog fundraiser through April 25 th .
 We are still accepting lottery applications for 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd grades.
 The PED Multi-Layered Systems for Support walkthrough took place. 21 st Century now
needs to work on writing a 3 year plan.

President’s Report by Janet Giron:
 She will be posting the PTA by-laws. They need to be posted for 15 days before they can be
voted on.
 The 8 th Grade ceremony will most likely be in-person.
 Yearbook pictures will be taken in April. They will be taken during the day for students
attending in-person and there will be evening times for those attending remotely.
 Mr. Peckens is asking for parents to submit pictures for the yearbook.
 Elections for the PTA board will be held next month.
Vice-President’s Report by Alfreda Begay:
 Chipotle restaurant night is tentatively set up for Wednesday 3/31. Maybe it would be better
to move it to 4/7 when school will be in session in-person.

Treasurer’s Report by Angela Lerner:
 A one year subscription to Quickbooks has been purchased.
 The current bank balance is $11,084.01.
 Reimbursements are all caught up, with only one check still oustanding.
Social:
 Nothing to report.
Secretary:
 Nothing to report.
New Business:
 There was no new business.
The next PTA General Meeting will be Monday, April 12th at 7:00 pm via Zoom.
The meeting was adjourned at 7.44 pm.