Members attending: Rebecca Bell, Becky Shyovitz, Cara Camacho, Jessica Tillipman, Adam Wyrick, Carolyn Bowen, Steve Bowen, Michelle Chapman, Rachel Dancy, Adam Dancy, Alison Mitchell, Mark Jordan, Tony Lombardo, Melissa Baggett, Lexi Smith, Caitlin Coogan Sherman, Narissa Cooper, Rebecca Hunt, Krista Zuzenak

• Welcome – (Michelle Chapman, President) convened meeting at 6:06pm June 16, 2022
• Membership check – link is in the zoom chat if you aren’t sure you signed up yet. 
• Spring Festival round up (Alison Mitchell, Fundraising Chair)
  • Made $5,000 from the festival through combination of ticket sales, auction items, food sales. 
  • Dunk tank was a huge success with teachers and students volunteering to be dunked. 
  • Extra water helped ensure no one overheated. 
  • Auction/Raffle was great, we should check with more businesses or corporations for more donations next year.
• Other Fundraising
  • Payne Nights at local businesses are easy to organize and typically raise a few hundred dollars. Recent nights include:
    • East City Book Fair – still waiting on final take home number, several dozen books were also purchased and donated to teachers and the library by parents. 
    • Capital Candy Jar night was a big success raising a few hundred dollars for Payne. 
    • Mr. Henry’s night also raised a few hundred dollars. 
  • Safeway donating round up $ from shoppers during all of the month of August 2022.
• Next year ideas
  • Movie nights in fall
  • Next Grade level parent chats in the spring
• LSAT info and vote (Liz Aloi, LSAT Chair)
  • LSAT vote will be send out via email
• Vote for PTSA Board members (Cara Camacho, Parliamentarian)
  • Running for election is Krista Zuzenak for Vice President and Caitlin Coogan Sherman for Treasurer. Per bylaws only a voice vote is required when a person is running unopposed. 
  • Cara Camacho nominated Krista Zuzenak for Vice President, unanimous voice vote of PTA members confirmed. 
  • Cara Camacho nominated Caitlin Sherman for Treasures, unanimous voice vote of PTA members confirmed. 
  • New officers were congratulated, departing officers, Cassie Carrington ( Vice President) and Carolyn Bowen (Treasurer)  thanked. 
• Meeting adjourned.

Payne LSAT Meeting

January 11, 2022

Agenda and Notes (Italicized)

Present:  Michelle Chapman, Mr. Gordon, Steve Bowen, Liz Aloi, Michelle Tissue, Donna Smith, Mr. Creef

Back to School/Covid Surge

• Anything we can do?

-Kids don’t have quality masks. PTA looking into options.  Unclear if DCPS will provide.  Maybe at  minimum we could circulate some suggestions for parents?  Supply chain driving up prices. 

• Feedback on how it’s going?

–So far so good except for the mask issue.

• Device distribution/tech support

Heat 

Teachers report that problems go back to November and prior years. Brainstormed whether it is helpful for parents to apply pressure. Need a long term solution- one-off private contractors are not working. Problems going back as far as November 3rd

DEI Brainstorm

• Update: DEI Group taking lead on training, LSAT will focus on event, maybe late March, outdoor volunteering, coupled with an opportunity for recruitment and retention outreach.  Maybe roller skating?  What are the Covid limitations on this?  If big gathering should do it before break so there will be testing prior to return to school. Anacostia skate park still closed.
• Teacher Gifts: Best practice is to have all donations be voluntary, and gift come from the whole class. Propose we generate a few bullets and circulate to class parents. 
• Birthday Parties 

Recruitment/Retention

Lottery thoughts?

Budget process/strategy discussion.

Did a quick and dirty overview, and highlighted some of the decision points from prior years (drama? Art versus music?).  Can expect next meeting to get the proposal.