Minutes CVPO meeting Oct. 8, 2009

Meeting called to order at 11:05 by Nanette, CVPO president, with welcome and introductions.

• Treasurer Report

: Treasurer Susie stated the CVPO has had a good membership response with $3830.00 in voluntary dues coming in to CVPO and an extra $170.00 in donations through the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation. The treasurer report for September showed $98.88 in expense for printing costs and a balance of $6096.67 as of 9/30/09. The report was accepted as written.

• Secretary report

: our secretary is out ill. Please refer to the CV web site for last month’s minutes: http://www2.corvallis.k12.or.us/cvhs/

• Committee reports

: "Thank you volunteers for your time and efforts at CV!"Cheslah talked about the CVPO committee chair openings available: Corresponding secretary, Spring Conference Dinner Coordinator, Teacher Appreciation Lunch Chair. For ways to get involved and volunteer at CV please fill out a pink volunteer form and a ‘criminal history verification’ now required yearly. These are available at the front office. Contact Amy the volunteer coordinator at mybrtsz@yahoo.com for further questions.

Angie Killen has stepped forward to be our Corresponding secretary. Thanks Angie!

• Teacher Grants

Committee: Susie stated that the committee to review teacher grant requests is seeking a parent from each grade level. Susanne Taylor volunteered to be on this committee, joining those who have stepped forward over the past month: Nanette Armstrong, Susie Zaremba, Toni Doolen, Patrice Thomas, and Kristen Emminger. Susie noted that CVPO has $4000 in the budget this year to spend on teacher grants, and asked the members to determine "how much shall we allot this Fall and how much for the Spring?" It was moved, seconded and passed to spend up to $3000 this Fall cycle for teacher grants. The application deadline for Teacher Grants is Oct. 30. The Grants Committee will meet in early November to review the applications and recommend which grant requests to fund, then will bring their recommendations to the November CVPO meeting for approval.

Katherine, fundraiser chair, shared that the school foundation had a record number of grant requests this year with CVHS well represented. The CVPO purposely sets its grant cycle to come after the public schools foundations’ grant cycle. With no district-wide money for technology this year due to budget cuts we expect to see more CVPO grant requests. Hewlett-Packard matching funds program is still in place. This opens Nov. 1. This program is projected to get 30 notebooks on a cart for the Humanities room. This is separate from other grants. Thank you HP!

• "Art of Imagination"

Magic Show, a school district-wide fundraiser is Oct. 29, 7:00 pm. Nanette reminded everyone that tickets are available at the front desk or contact her at nyarmstrong@comcast.net. A real bargain for a Las Vegas show: only $20.

11:45: Parent/Principal Coffee

with assistant principals Melissa Harder and Julie Linhares

Topics:

• Swine Flu: commenting on an email, partly written by the district nurse, sent out to parents about the flu, "kids and teachers are out with the flu." There is no plan for student flu shots given at school. Doctors are not even testing for H1N1 Flu anymore as the seasonal flu is around too.
• Parent/Teacher Conferences; Oct. 29 and 30. In a survey taken last month with parents and teachers, an overwhelming majority said they liked arena-style conferences. You may make an appointment for a scheduled conference with any teacher, counselor, advisor, or principal by calling the CV front desk: 757-5801. All principals are available during the arena conference time too.
• Bells: This is the first year for bells at CV. The staff loves them since the bell is the ‘bad guy’ not the staff telling students to get to class. There is a warning bell and a second tardy bell. The bells were put in place to target the students that tend to be tardy and it’s working. The students say it’s more positive than expected.
• Spirit bus: a parent inquired about organized buses that take students to away games. Yes, this can happen but it needs to be organized by a student or parent and known ahead of time. Students need a signed permission slip to then ride this bus. There is a charge to cover the cost of the bus. Interested? Contact Sandy Nash at CV: 757-5801.
• Class schedules: a parent asked if lighter classes could be scheduled at the end of the day since so many student athletes leave early for games. 35% of CV students are athletes. Answer: the classes are scheduled based on who asks for the class, classes are moved to where most students can take the class and where coaches who teach are least likely to miss a class too.
• Language classes: A parent commented that French 3/4/5 is collapsed to one class. There is a compromise to get all students in class. German and French teachers are trying to accommodate all levels of students but not as many take the upper levels.
• Bleachers: The new grandstands are lovely! But how often are they cleaned? "We don’t know". This brought up the topic of a Beautification Committee. This will be discussed further but such a committee would have students and parents step forward to tackle miscellaneous projects around the school.

Meeting adjourned at 12:30. Next meeting Nov. 12, 11:00

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Minutes submitted by Nanette Armstrong