Locust Grove Elementary

Locust Grove Elementary School/Parent Council Meeting Parent Resource Room - Noon January 26, 2011 Meeting Minutes

In Attendance: Christi Peterman Principal Kim Lunn Parent Involvement Fawn Crate Pre-k Paraprofessional Tim Puzder Parent Miriam Tunstall Parent / Business Mary Joyce Johnson Community Person (Retired Teacher)

Absent: Te-Ann Simon Title I Teacher Leslie Flath LGE Counselor Cheryl Kelly 3rd Grade Teacher Julie Haynes Parent Jennifer Hawkins Parent / PTO President Antrinell Lamar Parent / Business Owner Timothy Parks Parent / Community Rep. (Sheriff Dept.) Thalia Kurdt Parent / PTO

Opening: The Locust Grove Elementary School Council met January 26, 2011 at 12 noon in the Parent Resource Room at Locust Grove Elementary located at 95 L.G. Griffin Road, Locust Grove, Georgia 30248. The meeting was called to order by Council President, Tim Puzder.

Old Business: 1. Agenda reviewed and motioned for approval by Mr. Puzder 2nd Ms. Johnson

New Business: 1. School related – Ms. Peterman: a. Ms. Peterman announced that the Board has reinstated bus service to students who live less than 1 mile from the school for the 2011-2012 school year. This is for elementary students only. i. Council Comments: Very Happy. Car Line is so long, this should cut it down. ii. Car Line Concerns: Parents are getting angry and not taking turns. Afraid there will be a wreck or fight. iii. Ms. Lunn will contact LGPD and see about getting our Police Officer back. b. Saturday School will take place the 3 Saturdays before the CRCT for students who are in critical need from 9-12pm. Awaiting final approval and funding. c. SACS review for the County is May 5, 2011 Cluster completed the review and comment on the standards in January. We feel prepared. d. Title I Monitoring will take place 2/23/11. Ms. Lunn is getting the final touches on the Title Notebook. 2. Relay for Life update: a. Ms. Crate: We are planning a Mini-Relay due to the great turn-out we had back in October for the Live Strong Day. More info to come as we get it. “Souper Bowl” is Friday, Feb. 4th for Staff. $5 gets jeans and soup! All proceeds go to our Relay Team. 3. Jump Rope for Heart is February. Coach is doing a great job getting the word out to the students. Hoping for a great response from parents in support of this project. 4. Parent Involvement: a. Ms. Lunn noted that the next parent/family night is Feb. 17th. The theme is Family Reading/Literacy. This was originally scheduled for Jan. but was cancelled because of the snow. i. Looking for donations of books for the book exchange 5. Council Questions/Concerns: a. When is Super Moms going to be rescheduled? i. Late February/early March due to testing and benchmarks. b. Super Dads – what is the status? i. All Pro Dad is going to start a program here at LGE in addition to our volunteer program. 1. More Dads may participate since it has NFL label 2. Great response from Dads throughout the County. 3. Waiting to hear from the director to set up meeting. c. IDEA: What about having “Father Fridays” and “Mother Mondays” every week. Invite Moms and Dads to come help with am/pm car line, lunch duty, tutor, read to classes, help in P.E. etc. That way there is no specific date to keep up with. i. Ms. Peterman and the rest of council think it’s a great idea. Will go out in the next news letter! d. Yearbooks – why are they paperback instead of hardback. Would they not last longer if they were hard back? i. Ms. Peterman responded that due to the cost $30, the paperback were a more affordable alternative for our parents. Also, Peachtree Portraits, our school photographers, do the book for us. Which helps the teachers because it is a long and involved process to put together a school yearbook.

NEXT MEETING IS February 24, 2011 Meeting adjourned at 12:45 motioned by Tim Puzder and 2nd MJ Johnson

Minutes submitted by: Kimberly Lunn