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FMS PTO Mini Grant and Funding Request  

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Introduction to Common Core State Standards

PTO Minutes

PTO Agenda - February

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This organization shall be known as the Fields Memorial Parent Teacher Organization.

The purpose of this organization shall be to bring an association of parents and teachers into a relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation, and to promote the welfare of the children of the town of Bozrah by providing progressively better educational opportunity for all.

This organization shall be non-commercial, non-sectarian, and non-partisan. No commercial enterprise and no candidate shall be endorsed by it. The name of the organization and the names of its officers in their official capacities shall not be used in any connection with commercial concern or partisan interest, or for any purpose other than the regular work of the organization. This organization shall seek neither to direct the administrative activities of the school nor control their policies.

Any person interested in the objectives of the Fields Memorial Parent Teacher Organization, who is willing to uphold its basic policies and subscribe to its by-laws, may become a member upon payment of dues as hereinafter provided.

The following officers shall be elected annually by this organization: Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Head Room Parent, Teacher Representative and standing committee Chairpersons. These officers shall be known collectively as the PTO Executive Board.

The following standing committees shall be established for the organization: Fundraising Committee, Refreshment Committee, Activities Committee, and School Improvement Committee. Each standing committee shall have a Chairperson who is an elected officer of the PTO Executive Board. Special committees may be established as necessary to accomplish the goals of the organization. Special committees may be established during regular PTO meetings based on a majority vote of the membership in attendance. Committee membership shall be open to all PTO members on a volunteer basis.

Chairperson: It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to preside at all meetings and to prepare an agenda prior to each meeting. The Chairperson is also responsible for PTO public relations.

Meetings of this organization shall be held monthly or as otherwise designated by the Executive Board.

Order of Business Meetings:1. Call to order by Chairperson or presiding officer 
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting 
3. Treasurer’s Report 
4. Correspondence 
5. Committee Reports 
6. Board of Education Report 
7. Superintendent / Principal Report 
8. Teacher Representative Report 
9. Unfinished Business 
10. New Business 
11. Anything for the Good of the Organization 
12. Adjournment 
 

Meetings shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order in cases not covered by these by-laws. 
  
The Chairperson may take a roll call vote on any motion. At this time only paid up members as currently listed will be polled. A simple majority of these members will be necessary to pass the motion.

The regular, annual dues of the Fields Memorial Parent Teacher Organization shall be determined by the membership at the May meeting of the previous year. These dues are payable at the first meeting of the school year, Open House, or the first meeting attended by the individual.

The by-laws may be amended by a majority of members present at any regular meeting providing advance notice of two weeks has been given to the members prior to the meeting.