FOGS August Meeting Minutes
Attendees
Joanna Miner, President
Kim Kappelman, Vice President
Nicole Dalesandro, Vice President
Sara McCradden, Secretary
Genevra Knight, Treasurer
Cassie Maxwell, Board Member
Ashlee Villanti, Board Member
Elizabeth Leong, Board Member
Amanda Eich, Board Member
Cait Sobotka, Board Member
Ellen Gladish
Inna Halperin
Sonia Wilson
Debi Dalla Costa
Angel Stevenson
Vanessa Gonzales
Erica Abangan
Amanda Bull
Thomas Rodriguez
Leah Fagan
Mari Fair
Mandelin Mannaker
Stephanie Galioto
Discussion
Friends Of Goethe School (FOGS)
Monthly Meeting Agenda
August 28, 2023
6:30pm, Library
Welcome & Introductions (10min)
Nominations for FOGS Board going out next week, nominees get invited to the September meeting
Review of Meeting Norm - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lp2uo_D_DqVE1IQFuNNG589xTCHWFUSHW8WPBjPOCn4/edit
Mr. Davis and Ms. Abangan - Yearbook Club Request (10min)
Request for Herff Jones representative to collaborate with yearbook team to give more creative control to students
$5139.20 request to purchase 220 yearbooks at $23.36 each
Money is hoped to be returned to FOGS via carnation funding + yearbook sales
Typically raise about $1200 during carnation drive
Yearbooks would sell at $23.36, normally sell about 250 (~$5800)
Expect to raise about 7K
YAY: 10; NAY: 0 --- Motion Passes
Offline action: Nominate a FOGS and Yearbook liaison
Wellness/ PAC request for Coffee and Lunch for teachers October 27 (5min)
Other options are available, FOGS requests that other options are explored but bring this to the September meeting if no luck
Next meeting is the board elections. Every board member has to be voted in for a one year term. Joanna will send out nomination forms
Updates on summer initiatives
Service Day - Elizabeth (3 min)
Less than $500 spent
Well-attended and organized
Ms Karina is taking over the fence to plan and paint a mural
Hope to do this again in Spring (around Earth Day or MLK?), Elizabeth can run the committee. For next meeting, further define committee
Cafeteria - Joanna (5 min)
Almost done!
Some tiles have been gathered, more will be coming
FOGS paid for the tile
$100 Gift Cards given out to teachers
All were distributed except for 10 extras, Sara will keep these safe until we have new teachers
Ms. Vazquez received her math supplies
Ms. Krystal’s new rug is lost in transit. Replacement coming in 2-3 weeks
Ms. Mariscal received her new computers
Ms. Herrera asked for books for her new classroom, this was approved
Outdoor wall mounted message center delivered today working on plan to mount them
Ongoing and Future initiatives
Budget Committee - Ashlee (3 min)
Problem: we receive a lot of requests but it's hard to organize them all and determine impact
Potential solution: budget committee, who works in hand with LSC, to determine what would be the biggest impact/ need at this time
Committee Goals: Genevra, Ashlee, Amanda Bull, someone from admin
Field problem solving committee Cassie & Ashlee (3min)
Discussions with Alderman, State Rep (Ms Toro), CPS ongoing
Help Needed: Looking for and applying for grants
We will likely need a separate capital campaign and maybe bank account for this funding
Quote from architect was 1.9M but insight is that this is likely underfunded
We do have a "final" drawing, pending community input
We need a committee -- call to the community to help
School signage design proposal - Amanda (3min)
Amanda gave an up date on design, pending Elmasri feedback
FOGS would be responsible for the majority, if not all, of the funding
Goethe Fest
Sara will head up with Amanda Eich for general ideas
Curtains for Ms. Amber - Joanna (2min)
Joanna is going to head this up and will do an online vote if over what she can approve on her own
Main entrance revamp - Kim (2min)
Kim is doing the design but unclear about whether there is a budget, what it is?
Kim and Elizabeth are going to connect offline to determine desk plan and bring some options
Dine and Donate - Caitlin (1min)
We received about $800 for the year
FOGS agrees that we do monthly again
Caitlin will take this on again
Snack attack- Amanda (1min)
Each grade takes one month and provides snacks for the staff. Amanda Eich is heading this up
Giving Tree - Tentative leader of Caitlyn, to be discussed in more detail at next meeting