• September 9th meeting 2025

    1. Welcome & Introductions 
    • Greetings from PTO board and members
      • Principal – Ayesha Station
      • PTO Officers
        • President – Latisha Burrell
        • Vice President – TBD
        • Secretary/Treasurer – Kathy Hubbard
    • Introductions from attendees. Attendees signed into the meeting and provided contact information

     

    1. Principal’s Report
    • Upcoming Events
      • OPS Two-Hour Late Start – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
      • Literacy Night – Thursday, October 2, 2025 (time?)
        • PTO table to recruit members/collect membership dues
          • Share benefits of being a PTO member
            • Community
            • Contribution’s to your child(ren)’s school
            • Having a voice in decision-making
            • Dues contribute to school purchases/events
          • List planned expenses with the funds
          • Pictures of past events
        • Literacy Night is before our next PTO meeting. Latisha Burrell will coordinate coverage/planning for the PTO table.
        • One Book, One School (meeting this week to determine activities)
          • Separate books for K-2, 3-5 (Scholastic)
          • PTO involvement in literacy
          • Kick-off: Introduce book and create activities
          • PTO/Staff may vote on book(s) from select choices
          • Periodic check-in with activities through Gingerbread house night (Projects displayed)
      • No School – Friday, October 3, 2025
      • Fall Festival/Trunk-or-Treat
          • Fall Festival – Date?
            • This is low-key.
            • In classrooms with art/craft, game, etc.
          • Trunk-or-Treat – Thursday, October 30, 2025 (5:30-7:00pm)
            • Staff, families, and/or community partners can volunteer to decorate car or donate candy.
            • Concessions (hot chocolate/cider/popcorn/chips/water)
            • Contest
          • Parent – Brandon Louis
            • Volunteer to get coffee for staff
            • Donate popcorn from Huskerland Popcorn
              • Other items to get may be m&m’s, candy corn, licorice bits, small bottles of water, etc.
          • Sign-up genius will be needed for both classroom goodies and Trunk-or-treat (car or candy only) @Lindsey Beaber
      • Conferences – Week of October 13th
    • School Priorities
      • Scholars vs. students
        • Boyd is now using the term “scholars” instead of “students”, reinforcing the Importance of education, critical thinking, learning as “serious business.”
      • Building skills in language and literacy, such as speaking in full sentences, reading comprehension, and writing.
      • Attendance
        • 29% chronic absence last year. Goal is to get down to 19%.
        • Monitoring smaller groups of scholars every 6 weeks (possible support from PTO to make phone calls, etc. regarding attendance… Boyd is brainstorming ideas and working with an outside group the district has hired.)
        • Pizza with Principal at lunch time
          • Give students a voice to speak with the principal and target specific groups affected by absences.
          • Talk about attendance in a way that isn’t punitive
          • Donations for pizza
          • We will revisit this next month.
        • Scholars with 100% attendance so far received Dum Dums this week. Could use donations to the attendance treat cart.
      • Moonshot – Literacy
        • Read every day (From a book, not a device.)
        • Less screentime (Studies show an increase in childhood screen use can indicate ADHD/ADHD symptoms in children who otherwise may not have been predisposed to it.)
      • Community Outreach
        • Boyd is looking for community partners, matching donations (possibly through OPS Foundation.)

     

    1. Teacher’s Report
    • Think about sharing Boyd/Teacher Amazon wish lists.
    • Classrooms can send out “Join the PTO” flyer over ClassDojo.

     

     

    1.  
    1. Treasurer’s Report/Fundraiser Ideas
    • SY 2024/25 expenses not yet subtracted from the SY earnings.
      • Kathy Hubbard will work with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell on reconciling the PTO budget.
      • CNO = Cook’s Night Out fundraisers

     

    Boyd Elementary – PTO Funds

    Event

    Event Date

    Revenue

    Expense

    Balance

    CNO – Freddy’s

    11/19/24

    303.43

     

     

    CNO – Jimmy John’s

    12/17/24

    84.06

     

     

    CNO – Chick-fil-A

    01/21/25

    302.25

     

     

    CNO – Runza

    02/18/25

    425.00

     

     

    Pastry Puffins

    03/11/25

    1,860.00

     

     

    CNO – Freddy’s

    03/25/25

    85.39

     

     

    CNO – Chick-fil-A

    04/15/25

    354.00

     

     

    Totals

     

    3,414.13

    0.00

    3,414.13

     

    • Fundraiser Ideas
      • Lindsey Beaber looking into Pastry Puffins/Butterbraids fundraiser
        • Pass out forms during conferences, pick-up during Gingerbread night
      • Resume Cook’s Night Out fundraiser again this year. Kathy Hubbard will coordinate dates with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell and begin reaching out to restaurants.

     

    1. Bylaws/ Membership Dues
    • Ms. Station shared information on the PTO agenda and the Bylaws of the Boyd Elementary PTO.
    • Membership dues
      • Voted yes for $10.00 membership due (Non-payment does not exclude participation in PTO)
      • Use QR Code (managed by the OPS Foundation)

     

    1. Closing Remarks
    • Action Items/Next Steps
      • Classrooms sending out “Join the PTO” flyer over ClassDojo.
      • Latisha Burrell will coordinate coverage/planning for the PTO table at Literacy Night.
      • Lindsey Beaber will coordinate Sign-Up Genius’ for events/donations.
      • Lindsey Beaber looking into Pastry Puffins/Butterbraids fundraiser.
      • Kathy Hubbard will coordinate dates for Cook’s Night Out fundraisers with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell and begin reaching out to restaurants.
      • Kathy Hubbard will reconcile 2024/25 budget with Ms. Station/Latisha Burrell.
    • Next Meeting: TBD for October