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Col. Zadok Magruder High School PTSA, Inc.5939 Muncaster Mill Road Rockville, Maryland 20855

Magruder HS PTSA Minutes 5/17/2010

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I. Call to Order - Linda Kuserk, PTSA President called the meeting to orderat 7:36pm.

II. Approval of Minutes - The minutes from the meeting on 4/20/10 wereapproved as written.

III. Treasurer's Report - The PTSA account has a balance of $8712.92 andthe After Prom

account has a balance of $9,232.81 as of 4/30/10.

Currently, the PTSA is (1670.72) over budget. Also, there is theupcoming expense of $1400 for the end of the year staff luncheon that still

has to be paidfor. The fundraiser at Gentleman Jim's restaurant earned $175. There is

"extra" moneyin the budget from the unused funds from Every 15 Minutes, so we are not

in danger ofbouncing checks, but we do need to try to lessen our deficit. The Staff

Appreciationcommittee did not use all of their funds so that amount will go back into

the budget andalso, the grant allocations were not fully used so some money remains in

that budget.

PTSA President Linda Kuserk will send out another email to parents viathe PTSA listserv with a direct appeal to parents to donate funds for the endof the year staff

luncheon.

The current budget had a projected fundraising income of $3500 this yearthat did not happen, that is why the budget is in its current deficit situation.Planning is taking place

now for the golf fundraiser that is planned for Friday 9/24/10 at BlueMash golf course.

Also, selling more advertisements for next year's directory will be anotherway to raise

additional funds. Henry Lee will be in charge of the directory ads for thefall.


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IV. President's Report -

- the form to have family information withheld from the student directorywill go home

with students and placed on the listserv at Magruder, Redland MS andShady Grove MS.

- the Facilities Chairperson position is still open and will be posted on thelistserv again.

Dawn Trahern volunteered to serve as the Facilities chairperson becauseshe is familiar

with the CIP process and knows how the system works. The biggestproject request at

this time is for the orchestra pit to be refurbished.

- Joe Stewart presented two proposed changes to the current by-laws. TheMCCPTA

delegates should be chosen in July instead of May because the new officerpositions

do not become effective until July 1st.

A motion was made to change the date that delegates are appointed fromMay to July.

A discussion followed and the point was made that if the new delegatesaren't appointed

in May, then they would not be in position to attend the MCCPTAtrainings that are held

in June of each year.

The motion failed. The PTSA will choose new MCCPTA delegates thismonth.

The other proposed change is in regard to the Board Member position ofthe Immediate

Past President. The duties of this position must be defined by a jobdescription. The

proposed job description is 1.) act as an aide to the President; 2.) work onspecial projects

as requested by the President.

A motion was made to re-visit this issue next year with the possibility ofeliminating the

Immediate Past President position as a Board member position. Themotion passed.

- Officer Elections for 2010-2011 school year. The slate was presented onthe meeting

agenda and there were no additional nominations from the floor. The slatepassed.


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- Linda thanked the parents of graduating seniors who will no longer beworking with the

PTSA - Louis Wilen and Joe Stewart and also thanked Susan Harringtonwho is completing the second year of her term as PTSATreasurer.

V. Principal's Report -

- the Prom went exceptionally well this past weekend, the best one Mr.Evans has ever

attended. After Prom went well too, an exceptional effort was put intoAfter Prom.

- HSA testing is going on this week for all students who have not yetpassed the state

required tests.- AP testing was completed last week.- Awards Ceremony will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 5/18/10 and the Art

Show willbe held on Tuesday 5/18/10 and Wednesday 5/19/10.- Senior exam reviews will be held beginning on 5/19/10 and senior exams

will be heldnext week.- Graduation will be held on Monday June 7, 2010 at 2:30pm at

Constitution Hall inWashington, DC. There will be no school for students on that day.- exam review for underclassmen will be held on 6//9/10.- exams for underclassmen will be from 6/10-6/15/10.- orientation for incoming freshmen will be held on 6/16/10.

- 80 new security cameras will be placed at the school over the summer.The exact

placements will be decided next week. The security monitoring systemwill also be

upgraded. The 36 security cameras now in place will be removed.

- The school received a $2000 check for energy conservation.

- The cafeteria will not be renovated for next year as initially planned.The proposed

project came in $90,000 over budget. The proposed menu changes alsowill not be

happening.

- The lunch schedule will be changing from 4 periods to 3 periods and willbe mixed grade level lunches. A concern was raised if there will be enoughtime for students to

get through the lunch lines when there are more students per lunch periodand a shorter


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time frame to the lunch periods. Mr. Evans said he will talk to thecafeteria staff to make

sure they will be able to handle these changes and that there will beenough food choices

for students in all 3 lunch periods.

- There are 3 teachers leaving Magruder this year - Mr. Hobson and Mrs.

Kirk-Gleasonare retiring and Mr. Goldstein has taken a 3 year position in the MCPS

Central Office.

VI. Committee Reports -

No committee reports, but thank you and recognition was given to the co-chairs of After

Prom for all of their hard work and dedication to make it such a successfulevent.

VII. New Business -

On May 27 and May 28, the Montgomery County Council will announcethe final budget

for the upcoming fiscal year. This will have a major impact on the MCPSbudget. As of now, the EFOs will be funded by the MCPS budget, not the countybudget. Sixteen (16)

positions are projected, it is not known at this time how those positionswill be split between the 25 high schools in Montgomery County. One EFOposition will be funded by the Gaithersburg Police Department for the EFO atGaithersburg HS.

The County Council has proposed $33 million more in cuts to the MCPSbudget. If this

happens, there will be an increase in the class size across the board K-12of 2 students

per class. This is in addition to the already planned class size increase of 1student/class.

Furloughs have also been proposed for MCPS staff, reducing the numberof professional days from 10 per year to 5 per year.

A general discussion followed regarding these topics: 1.) Half-day

orientation for incoming 9th graders. A letter and a connect-ed call will bemade to those students.

2.) Awards Ceremony/Art Show - these events are open to everyone.Parents have been

informed if their child is receiving an award or nominated for an award.3.) After Prom

hours - Why does the After Prom last until 5:00am when most of theattendees had left

by 3:30am? The 5:00am time was chosen because that is when therestrictions on provisional drivers are lifted. 4.) Extra tickets for Graduation - if


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there are any extra tickets available, they will be distributed after thegraduation rehearsal on 6/4/10.

Students are responsible for getting themselves to Constitution Hall, thereis no bus

service provided. A Magruder alumni who is in the biomedicalengineering field will be

the graduation speaker.

VIII. Adjournment - the meeting adjourned at 8:59pm.

Respectfully submitted;

Fidelia Romanowski, Secretary

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