Royal Oak High School ~ 1500 Lexington Blvd. ~ Royal Oak, MI 48073
(248) 435-8500 ~ Dial 1 for Attendance

These minutes will be reviewed at the November 27th meeting and are not yet official.

Royal Oak High School PTSA Meeting Minutes - UNAPPROVED
October 23, 2006 at 6:30 p.m.

1. Meeting called to order by President Candy Ather Putman at 6:33 p.m.
2. Approval of minutes from 9-25-2006: Motion by Randy Wendland to accept minutes as amended, 2nd by Margaret Blount, vote taken, motion passed
3. Treasurer’s Report-Madeleine Taylor:
1. Presented ROHS PTSA 2006 Budget Report from 10-1-2006 thru 9-30-2007(gray form)
2. Presented ROHS PTSA 2006 Summer Budget Report from 5-22-2006 thru 9-30-2006
3. Madeleine made the motion to accept the budgets as presented, coming from committee no second needed, vote taken, motion passed
4. Inserted a Committee Report-Senior All Night Party-Judy Ahn-Ewing:
1. All committees are in place
2. Check ROHS PTSA website for information on the Class of 2007 Senior All Night party
3. Fundraisers will be kicking into high gear (Craft Show, Lottery (working on getting special raffle license, solicitations of donations, Great Lakes Script Center-please look at the website for additional information)
5. Principal’s Report-Thomas Neville:
1. New Assistant Principal named: Sam Lynch.  Rita Walker has been filing in for the last couple weeks helping out with Teacher evaluations
2. 11-18-2006 Royal Oak Holiday Parade will include the ROHS Band, Cheerleaders and Rocky our Raven mascot
3. Report Cards will be going home this week.
4. ROHS PTSA Newsletters are done and are set to be mailed first-class on 10-24-2006
5. Midwest Dad’s Conference 11-4-2006, if you would like additional information, see Tom
6. ROHS Football Team is in the Michigan Athletic Playoffs- 1st game will be this Friday night at 7:00pm against Warren-Mott; per the 30-page book of rules for playoffs, no ROHS things can be sold during the game, only concessions.
7. ROHS has 1850 students as of the 4th Wednesday count in September
8. Contract has been signed for Senior Prom to be held at Andiamo’s in Warren on May 25, 2006
9. Question for Tom, if there was any update, to the question from last meeting, on Handicap accessibility at the ROHS football field. Tom said no, but he did share the information with the Building and Site Committee.
10. Question for Tom regarding a couple fights that have taken place.  Tom advised that yes there have been fights, but that fights are down in general from what took place and either Kimball HS or Dondero HS last year. Chris Hartwig then mentioned that RO School District is still working with the RO Police Department to get the police school liaison on a full time basis.
11. Kim Keeter, coordinator for the parent greeters asked Tom if he would like to have the greeters continue. Tom said that ROHS would love to have the extra help anytime during the day, especially at lunch. Chris Hartwig said it would be helpful to have parent volunteers during the Election Day on November 7th.
6. Teacher Report-None
7. Student Report-None
8. President’s Report-Candy Ather-Putman
1. As stated by Tom Neville, newsletter coming.
9. Committee Reports
• Membership-Libby Benton: We have 654 members as of 10-23-2006
• Parent Directory-Libby Benton: sent request for additional information to Mr. Neville, Mr. Greening and Jan
• Craft Show-Mary Dixon: sold out all but 1 balcony; we are still looking for additional volunteers
• Presented at beginning of meeting after Treasurer’s Report
• PTSA Newsletter-Cindy Murphy: Newsletter is printed 4 times per year (October, December, February, and April)
10. Unfinished Business: Handicap Accessibility at ROHS Football field discussed under Principal’s report
11. New Business:
• Cheryl Goodine-Executive Director for Administrative Services is looking for any questions or ideas to use during the ROHS Principal search.  If you have questions or concerns, please let Candy know.
• Dancing at ROHS events: There is some concern expressed by parents regarding the nature of “dirty dancing” done by students at ROHS events. Mr. Neville expressed concern as well-conclusion is that there needs to be announcements made to students regarding the appropriate dances.  Needs to be more instruction for chaperones.  Put into place “face to face and leave some space”
• Concern expressed by a parent on the sound level of music at a dance held after the football game
• Concern expressed by a few parents about delay or non-communication of important dates. Mr. Neville advised that ROHS is experiencing some “bumps in the road”.
• Candy reminded all that the transition to one high school has gone pretty well.  That there are bound to be issues that come up and things done previously at Kimball or Dondero should be used as reference. This is a new school and a new way of doing business should be considered by staff, students and parents.  Encourage positively!
• Diane Dovico from the Royal Oak Community Coalition (f/k/a Prevention Coalition) passed out information on upcoming events sponsored by the Coalition.
• Candy reminded everyone if you are interested in participating in the Royal Oak Save Our Youth, please let her know.
• Bette Wendland let everyone know that for the next 3 Wednesday’s Raven Wearables will be available.
• Carole Mason-PTA Founder’s Day will be celebrated by the Royal Oak PTA Council on Monday, February 5th, 2007.

Meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:

Kelly Geyer
ROHS PTSA Recording Secretary