PTO Minutes - Feb. 10, 2005
	A. Welcome - by Jane Mayo, President   B. Business      1. Approval of Minutes - last months minutes were approved      2. Treasurer's Report - Heather Shields reported a balance of $15,881.23   C. Unfinished Business        1. Staff Appreciation for February - Thanks to all who helped! Terri Edminston donated 6 massages for the teachers. She will also donate another 6 next month.      2. Big Red - Jane reported that the last Big Red Award was a movie at Ruby Cinemas. It was considered a success!          3. Newsletter - The next newsletter will be March 15th. The cut off date for Amber to receive info is the first week of March. Amber did have some questions      regarding Box Tops for Dollars contest.  Because the newsletter will not be going out to parents until the middle of March, Mr. Bell suggested that  Janice,     at the front desk, include the contest in her announcement each morning.      4. Evening Meeting - April 4th with High School PTO - hopefully a community drug awareness forum, put on by the Sheriffs Dept. in conjunction with meeting.      5. 8th Grade Dance -           a. Sign up sheet for committee - Jane asked for volunteers, especially parents of 8th graders. She also asked for a parent of a 7th or 6th grader to volunteer, to learn how it is done!           b. Date: May 20th, 7:00pm until 10:00pm -      6. Track - Mr. Bell has a meeting set for Feb. 17th. with George Lynch. Gary Scott is very busy with the Peeks Creek cleanup that he doesn't have the time to work on the track. However, Mr. Bell will discuss with Gary grading a practice field for MMS at a later time. Hopefully, George will agree to work on the erosion issue. Mr. Bell has a meeting with an athletic conference, different from what MMS had participated with before, with the possibility of MMS joining, thus getting more athletics for MMS.   D. New Business      1. Staff Appreciation for March - date is set for March 10th. PTO will provide dips and chips for staff.      2. Staff Appreciation for May - Jane announced  the date for the luncheon the PTO gives  the staff is scheduled for May 19th. PTO agreed to have Wayne Cumberland cater it again. Jane recommended that instead of giving each teacher a plant, we use that money to have a hot lunch for the staff and hire, if need be, substitutes monitor the lunch room, 11:00am until 1:00pm. This allows the staff to sit and eat away from the students. The cost will be $30.50 for an uncertified substitute or $41.00 for a certified substitute.   E. Committee Reports      1. Newsletter - see above in Unfinished Business.      2. Volunteer Coordinator - Terri Stenger - Reported that Healthy Carolinians will be having a meeting, March 12th., discussing the Meth problem in our community. They will be focusing on the legal aspects, having lawyers, judges, and police give their opinions. Terri also announced she will need volunteers to help with Heritage Day and that Family Literacy Night is scheduled for Feb. 17th. Some students will be reading poems from Diane Cotton's class.      3. SAS/Big Red - Christina Sapp - not present   F. Funding Requests      1. Heritage Day, April 15th - Mrs. Wiggins has requested $250.00 for Heritage Day. PTO approved request for $250.00.      2. Student Request for Mrs. Wiggins - Ethan Cansler and Valerie Parks, students from Mrs. Wiggins class, came to the PTO requesting $45.00 for supplies to restock "Mama Wiggins' Trading Post" store. This is an historical look and student participation lesson for Mrs. Wiggins' class. A motion was made and passed for Mrs. Wiggins' to receive $45.00.   G. Mr. Bell - Mr. Bell asked that the PTO give him until April to make any funding requests because at present time county officials are debating over the budget for next year. The PTO had no problem with his request.   H. Officer Seagle - not present   I. Gear Up - Mr. Bonard not present   J. Announcement -      1. Terri Stenger requested the PTO members participate and spread the word about the Macon County's Comprehensive Recreation Master Plan forum held tonight (2-9-05) at the Recreation Creation Community Building. The Macon County Officials are asking for your opinions as to what our community needs.      2. Jane passed out info regarding the Meth problem in our area. One item, a petition requesting the legislature to classify the drugs containing  Pseudoephedrine to be a Schedule V narcotic. Thus making it much more difficult to make Meth in North Carolina. If we pass out these petitions to churches, organizations, etc. , collecting names and return them to the April 4th meeting we are having with the High School, we can collect and send to Sen. Snow hopefully persuading our legislature to act now!    The next meeting will be March 10, 2005 in the Gear Up trailer.   Minutes submitted by Elizabeth Shaller