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PTA Minutes - October 30th, 2025


  1. ATTENDING:
    1. Carmen González Jiménez  -  President
    2. Khulood Haimed  -  Secretary
    3. Saira Khan-Torres  -  Co-Treasurer
    4. Georgina  Bates - Co-Treasurer
    5. Mr. Daliposki -  Principal
    6. Ms. Cohen - Assistant Principal
    7. Ms. Dentrone - Assistant Principal
    8. Ms. Stacey Becco – Parent Coordinator
  2.  AGENDA
    1. Charter Champions Award
    2. This Thursday, we are celebrating our Charter Champions for the months of September and October. Congratulations to all those students.
  3. Welcome
    1. Carmen welcomed the parents to the PTA portion and handed over the meeting to Mr. Daliposki for the Principal’s Report.
  4. Principal’s Report
    1. Events:
      1. Our partnerships with City Harvest, The Hort Gardening, and CAPP mandated workshops have kept our school community busy for the month of November. Students are planting, students are cooking (tacos, sushi, etc.).
      2. Our 5th grade students attended a walking trip to IS 125. Thank you to Principal Borelli and their staff for their hospitality.
      3. Schools were closed on November 4th for Election Day, November 11th for Veterans’ Day, and November 27th and 28th for Thanksgiving Recess.
      4. Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, December 4th rather than November 6th. That will be a ½ day for all students. November 6th will be a full day for students. Families were already notified.
      5. This week is our second spirit week for the month.
    2. Parent Concerns:
      1. The Crossing Guard at the main entrance is back.
    3.  Budget:
      1. The school is currently down 12 students from the projected enrollment.
      2. This shortfall requires the school to pay back $244,000.
    4. Questions:
      1. Bus Service Disruption: A parent asked a question regarding the new cuts on the school buses. Mr. Daliposki elaborated that the cuts will not affect all bus companies. If the child is with the Yellow, Blue, Green or Orange then these companies are not impacted by this change. Those companies affected there will be a form of compensation in place to make sure the families can go to and from school.
  5.  Past Meeting Minutes
    1. Carmen presented the SLT emergency election minutes and the September general membership meeting minutes on the screen and briefly went over the highlights of the event and the winning nominee Lori McCarthy.
    2. Past meeting minutes were approved.
  6. Past Events: (Carmen presented)
    1. 10/09  SLT Emergency Election
    2. 10/17   Ned Shows/Yo-yo Sale- Children are excited with their new yo-yos. The children also enjoyed the NED show. The yo-yo sales go to pay the performer of the show. Reminder the yo-yo sale ends tomorrow.
    3. 10/23  Bachata Dance Lesson.   35 families came to the dance lesson.
  7. Future Events: (Saira presented)
    1. 11/13  Movie Night- Elio
    2. 11/17  Picture Day - Flyers distributed this week.
    3. 11/19  PTA Monthly Meeting with Flu season Awareness with Nurse Basma
    4. 11/03-11/24 Miss Chocolate Sale – Flyers to be distributed next week. The sale will have catalogs and online options. If you purchase via online you may need to pay for shipping, if you order through the catalog shipping is included.
  8. Financial Report (Georgina presented)
    1. Income:  $50.00 in donations and $286.00 on Concessions
    2. Expenses:  $150 for the dance instructor and $216.72 for pizza and snacks for the dance lesson concessions.
    3. We began the budget with  $ 3,286.76 . Balance as of today October 30th, 2025 is  $ 3,256.04 .
    4. We asked for approval for an additional expense of $239.00 for 6 boxes of World’s Finest Chocolate. The chocolate will be sold during concessions. 
  9. Volunteer Recruitment & Bylaws committee creation
    1. Carmen asked for future volunteers for upcoming events such as Movie night and the Potlucks.
    2. She also asked for volunteers for a Bylaws Committee. Ms. Becco explained that the bylaws were created by the DOE as a template for PTA’s to have an idea what a bylaw looks like. Each school community is different, so we need to review and customize the bylaws based  on the school needs.
    3. Four parents who volunteered to help review and finalize the bylaws. Lori McCarthy, Robinson Rodriguez, Jazmin Gallegos, and Danyxa Pineros, who will read and review the current bylaws.
  10. Q&A
    1. Two parents asked how to join the WhatsApp group. They were assisted and were able to join the group immediately.
  11. Meeting was adjourned at 9:50 AM