April 2024 Budget Review Meeting Minutes
Date: Thursday, 4/11/24, In-person at Burndown Denver at 7pm
Agenda: Budget Check-In and Notes
Board Members present: Ryan Garrett, Technology Chair; Rory Salem, Membership Chair; Liz Mogno, Secretary; Anna Jennett, President; Michelle Marshall, VP; Doug Lazure, Treasurer; Sarah Szekeresh, Communications Chair.
Community Members present: None
Anna called the meeting to order at 8pm
Motion to approve the minutes from January by Anna; no motions for changes; all in favor; January’s meeting minutes approved.
Budget Review/Current Status Updates (Anna Jennett, President; Doug Lazure, Treasurer):
Fundraising 2023-24 school year (through March): Gross $103,923; Net $90,125
Last year, Bash raised gross $63,316, net $50,583 last year (after covering expenses + credit card processing fees).
We are over $34,256 already with ticket and experience sales, so it is very likely that we will meet or exceed what we made last year.
PIE fundraising has taken a hit since Tera left. Despite 3 new sponsors, we are down about $10,000 from last year. Anna will try to shift attention back to this after BASH and hopes to get a couple more sponsors.
This year, we paid the school : $125,000 for 4 paras (We only paid $20,000 for Dr. J since she started in December).
If we want to fully fund a fourth para, we will need to pay school: $140,000 for next year ($35,000 x 4).
Additional PTSA costs are: $40,000 for activities, events, Emily/Tunisha Montessori, enrichments, teacher grants, 0.1 FTE GT teacher (which we did not pay this year and costs $9,5000), etc.
Other Business (Anna Jennett, President):
Upcoming Elections/Potential Candidates
-Board members present generally discussed upcoming elections, need to continue visibility and recruiting for candidates
Closing (Anna Jennett, President):
Anna Jennett made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:30pm, all in favor, meeting adjourned.
Next Board Meeting (: 5/2/24, 7pm. Location TBD