Please join us for one of these meetings: Wednesday June 5th at 9 am - PTA Room
Thursday June 6th at 2:30 pm - PTA Room
As reported in our March 15th El Sol Newsletter, our fundraising results this year fell well short of our $145,000 goal and we find that we have an approximate $30,000 shortfall for this year's expenses. This is not an emergency since we have a surplus from years of successful fundraising. We had also expected fundraising receipts may be somewhat lower than our needs coming into this current school year on the tails of an auction year. The PTA had promised at the start of this year to only ask for donations one time based on survey feedback about fundraising from prior years and we kept that promise.
Going forward... The PTA Board and budget committee have communicated with and sought insight from the membership in the form of fundraising updates, membership meetings, fundraising focus groups, and presenting our fall survey results. Participation in many of these activities was less than we hoped for. As we prepare our budget for the upcoming year, the PTA Board requests additional budget involvement from our PTA members!
There will be two budget "preview" meetings during the next 2 weeks ahead of our budget vote at the June 12th PTA General Membership Meeting. At these meetings we will discuss potential cuts for programs and expenses for the next school year and/or additional fundraising options. These meetings are for PTA members only.
If you are unable to attend, feel free to reach out to our budget committee at [email protected] to provide your thoughts, concerns, or schedule a chat at a different time.
