April 2025 PTSA Community Meeting Minutes
Date/Time: Thursday, 4/24/25, 7pm
Location: Lincoln Elementary School- Innovation Space
Facilitator: Stacy Berger, President
Board Members Present: Stacy Berger, President; Amy Miller, VP; Liz Mogno, Secretary; Doug Lazure, Treasurer; Allison Kahlich, Communications; Lara Pomprowitz, Fundraising Chair; Sui Wong, Technology Chair; Sarah Callaway, Volunteer Coordinator; Sarah Rothman, Merchandise Chair
Community Members Present: Isaac Fees, Kristina Lukus, Kate Kopelove, Krissy Koenig, Rachel Bensinger, Jackie Klein, Katie Parrillo, Erick Valdes, Michelle Marshall, Kaitlin Chambers-Mills
Next Board Meeting: TBA
Lincoln PTSA Meeting Minutes
Call to Order: Stacy called the meeting to order at 7:02pm
Action Items: Last meeting’s minutes approval; Vote on candidates nominated for upcoming open board positions
Agenda Items (Stacy Berger, President)
PTSA Business
Welcome, Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve minutes
Committee Business + Elections
Upcoming Events + Volunteer Needs
Preview Summer and Fall
Community Corner
Enrichment Brainstorm
PTSA Discussion + Feedback
What’s Next
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Welcome/Call to Order
Liz Mogno motioned to approve last meeting’s minutes; Doug Lazure seconded; all were in favor, no opposition; last meeting’s minutes were approved
Introductions of all persons present
Committee Reports
-Please refer to slides here: PTSA_April Community Meeting_2025 for committee descriptions and details
Nominating Committee (Allison Kahlich-Chair)
Presented candidates nominated for each position: Erick Valdes for Secretary; Kristina Lukus for Treasurer; Katie Parrillo for Membership Chair
Allison motioned to vote for the three candidates, Sarah Rothman seconded the motion; all were in favor, no opposition; all candidates were voted into their new positions
Membership Committee report (Liz Mogno-Chair)
Ideas and plans in place to build our membership and engage the community more directly; increase communication; provide perks to membership
Planning for “membership drive” and campaign at the beginning of the school year, around Back To School Night
More details and planning to come
Finance Committee Report (Doug Lazure-Chair)
Over $3500 has been raised on restaurant nights, more than we’ve ever raised before; Big thanks and shout out to Andy Gonchar who has been running restaurant nights this year
School is requesting $100,000 raised for next year which is less than in years past and Shelley hopes that it will stay at this rate, not increase
**Member question: has the new ECE/Kindergarten classroom been filled? Where do we stand on that enrollment?
Discussion re: how the PTSA budget is spent/directed; Shelley goes over what all is covered by the district and makes an educated but somewhat ballpark guess on what funding will still be needed which is where the $100K number comes from that is requested from PTSA help
Please refer to the budget slide here: PTSA_April Community Meeting_2025 for more details
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BASH- “Be A School Hero” Fundraiser (Lara Pomprowitz)
See slides here: PTSA_April Community Meeting_2025 for what the BASH supports and more information
We are currently a little low on ticket sales from previous years; ticket sales cover the cost of the event and then we make some funds with what is raised beyond covering costs
Invite friends and neighbors to participate in the auction and bring friends to the BASH
Access the auction HERE
On the online auction website, there is also a live auction preview tab to get an idea of what is coming up in the live auction
End of year ramp up/Events/Needs (Stacy Berger):
See slide here: PTSA_April Community Meeting_2025 for upcoming dates
There are still yearbooks available for purchase, please spread the word!
Community question re: yearbook distribution; how are donated books getting distributed? A: They will be delivered to the student in the classroom. Amy Miller will follow up on yearbook donations to make sure those are happening as indicated
Volunteer Needs (Sarah Callaway):
There are a few sign up geniuses circulating around with needs; we will resend out
Sarah Forbes has done an amazing job organizing for staff/teacher appreciation week
Still looking for help with coffee cart, food donations, chalk the black top
Bike rodeo- watch for volunteer opportunities to come
Field Day- Ms. Hinton organizes and runs it however she will need more support this year as she recently broke her arm, impacting her participation
End of the year gift distribution: we ask the community for donations and all funds raised are distributed to all staff involved in the building; we give a card, small gift, and check to each employee of lincoln
Please see slides here: PTSA_April Community Meeting_2025 for more information
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Summer/Fall Preview (Stacy Berger):
Informal summer meetups/ways to get together over the summer-this is an idea in process
Need to address communication over the summer because we can’t do anything directly through the school so people need to either use the app; get on the PTSA member email list
Community Discussion and Ideas for Summer connections
Erick Valdes suggested linking to something already happening in the community that many people go to (e.g. the 4th of July bike parade/events at Wash park)
Ice cream and playground playdates
Andy G. and Lara P. will continue to try to schedule some restaurant nights over the summer
We could possibly get email addresses from BASH ticket sales for additional communication
*Fall:
School has taken over the back to school night programming
PTSA will host a community picnic (8/28/25) in the evening on the playground
First community meeting of the 25-26 school year will be 9/18/25
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Community Corner:
Enrichments- DPS has taken over enrichments, run through Tamara
Discussion: need more spots because they fill up so quickly
Need more options for younger grades because most the options in the spring were for 3rd grade and up and those ones have open spots but the younger grades fill up
Diversify the days of offerings (right now there are no offerings on Wednesdays and Fridays)
It’s a lot for one person to manage; Ms. Tamara is having to manage all the enrichments, discovery link, and kadoodles
Ideas for offerings- anything offered through DPS in the summer are vendors that DPS works with-start by looking there
Members voiced requests for more music options/instruments, more sports, dance, skateboarding, theater, hula hooping, STEM/science, karate/martial arts
Other Business
PTSA Discussion and Breakout Groups
Programs:
Most Impactful: BASH funds, LAPS funds
-Fall Fest and Bike Rodeo: community, free, not focused on fundraising
-Movie Night-bring back
-Talent Show
Least Impactful: Parts of BTSN are inefficient
-auditorium, break out confusion
Improvements/Ideas:
-Power to field?
-Home Tour-community; feel community also raises money
-Welcome people who aren’t in Lincoln ES->Fall Fest->sprinkle signs around the neighborhood; Advertise at local businesses
-Grateful Garden-Plant Sale?? Farmer’s Market??
-Summer Meet-ups- Restaurant nights? More sit down patio time
-2 different auctions for Fall; Experiences- Teachers too!; Inter-class experiences; Use to build community
-Pantry Program: Get more info out/advertise better; Hand out flyer for what it does!
-Holiday gift-advertise better
-BASH-successful; aware of exclusivity factor due to high entry cost, childcare; Provide an alternate experience? Reach whole community?
Membership:
-Community Engagement
Get Informed:
-Voice
-Community
-Volunteer
-Values/Priorities
-Agree with use of Funds
Direct Communication:
-Stigma
-Timing
-Intimidation->bring a friend
Ledger:
-Flyers outside class/school
Personal Engagement:
-Ledger Description
-School Plugs
Communications and Info Sharing
Ways to reach more people:
-Emails from BASH ticket sales to add to communications
-Sign-up Genius emails?
-CCL Distribution Lists
-”Lincoln Loop”: Give us your email and hear about lots of fun events happening over the summer and in the school year! Stay in the loop!
Advertise Lincoln Loop
-on A-frames
-Ledger
-Window Boxes
-At Bike Rodeo-Merch table->have live person to recruit/explain
-Options for sign up email sheet or QR code sign up
Info we want:
-Weekly Ledger
-Ad for PTSA.org
-address app issues for android users
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What’s Next (Stacy Berger):
Join the BASH party and get in on the BASH auction
Get involved with the upcoming spring events
Fall:
-Community Picnic: 8/28
- Community Meeting: 9/18
-Membership Drive!
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Closing & Reminders
Amy Miller made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30pm. All in favor, meeting adjourned.
Next Community Meeting: Thursday, 9/18/25
Time and Location TBA