PTSO General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, 10 March 2026 @630P SOCO Library
o Call the meeting to order 6:47pm
o Attendance – Please sign in and provide your email
o Board members present:
o Katie O’Donnell: President
o Mai Nguyen: Treasurer
o Kitty Greenstein: 1 st VP
o Kristine Wightman: 2 nd VP
o Theresa Hull: Recording Secretary
o Not present: Rachana Garg and Dr. Koshaba
o General:
o Membership - 265 (173 Families, 72 Staff, balance are students or individual memberships)
o Review & approve general membership meeting minutes from Nov 2025 and Jan 2026
meeting [quorum not achieved for voting on approving minutes]
o Wellness event on April 8, 6-645pm in the Bubble. Doors open at 5:30pm. It is no cost, first
come-first serve, registration required through Eventbrite.
o Roles open for nomination for the 2026-27 School Year
▪ President
▪ Treasurer (returning)
▪ 1VP
▪ 2VP
▪ Corresponding secretary
▪ Recording Secretary
o The nominating committee has been formed
▪ Katie O’Donnell, Karen McGuiness, and Kasey Hill
o Open positions within the PTSO
▪ Holiday Extravaganza coordinator - Event is Saturday, December 5th. Planning has
begun. This is the largest fundraiser for PTSO.
▪ Staff Appreciation Day Manager - FCPS has a calendar set for every year. PTSO
funded.
▪ Teacher Back to School Breakfast (August) & Teacher Lunch Manger (May). Organize
and execute both events. Solicit donations from the community.
▪ Honor Roll recognition bags - 100 bags are assembled and given to Marci Garrison at
the end of each quarter, minus the last. PTSO funded.
▪ Membership Chair – Work toward increasing membership for PTSO. Identify events
to advertise membership opportunities, such as Stallion Stampede and Back to
School Night.
Discussion: 2 adults to staff the concession stand. Could consider limited
availability, such as hot dogs and pretzels. Normally, 20% revenue.
▪ Fundraising chair - Plan and lead efforts to raise funds. This position is typically
separate from the Extravaganza efforts.
▪ Science Fair - Coordinate feeding the judges, volunteers, and all students
participating in the Science Fair. PTSO funded.
▪ Military Connection - Coordinate with Military-Connected Families to assist with
community events.
o Budget:
o Treasurer report
▪ Income increased $2200 (ANG ticket sales 375; seat raffle 375); seasonal roots;
braided leis. No additional restaurant nights other than Yaffa Grille. Predicting
increase of lawn signs for April/May. Goal – not to use the full $10K.
▪ Expenses most toward club grants $636 (potato bar) and Muslim Student
Association.
▪ $613 remaining from Science Fair. Propose that if classroom or club grants exceed
budget, pull from this budget first.
▪ Need to look at purchasing gift cards for Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week (first
week of May). Normally purchase 200 gift cards, $10 denominations. Any remaining
gift cards are applied toward the Back to School Breakfast (inserted gift cards
randomly into the paper bags that are available for teachers).
o Principal Notes:
o March 17 Community Basketball competition – Students v. staff and parents
▪ 6-8pm Main Gym, wear green, $5/door plus LCAC Donations accepted. Deadline for
participation was March 3 rd , but if you’re wondering if anyone dropped out, email
Mr. Kingston at swkingston@fcps.edu to participate.
o March 18 Student Advisory Council Meeting 10:15am, Parent Advisory Council Meeting at
5pm. Signup link is in the Weekly News.
o Examples of the funding from PTSO for the 2025-2026 school year:
▪ Sources of Strength – Wellness Activities
▪ Positive Intervention Support & Classroom Materials
▪ Stallion Ambassador
▪ Making Reading Fun
▪ Classroom Library
▪ AP Human Geography
▪ Talent Show
▪ Science Olympiad
▪ Science Fair
▪ Read Posters
▪ STEM Professional Development
▪ Cat B students Potato Bar
▪ Culture Door Decorating
▪ Freshman Transition Program
▪ Emergency Relief
▪ National Student Leadership Conference Registration Support
▪ Japanese Exchange Students
▪ AP U.S. History Field Trip
o Upcoming events:
o College Recruiting Presentation for rising 9 th through 12 th graders – March 16 at 6pm
o Cinderella Musical - April 23, 24, 25
o Boosters Golf Tournament – May 19, 1pm -5pm (Lead: Christian Hill)
o Senior Last Day - May 29
o Senior Class Graduation Rehearsals - June 2 and 4
o Questions from the group
o Announcement to Membership regarding bylaw changes: officer term length extension
when uncontested; and quorum.
o The next General PTSO meeting will be on Thursday, 21 May 2026 @7P in the library (We will
need plenty of members to show up and help us vote for all of our returning and new positions.)
o Bring the meeting to a close 7:26pm
Attendance: see completed sign-in sheet
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Attendance:
Katie O'Donnell - ktodonnell1970@gmail.com - 910-584-1093
Kitty Greenstein - kittywilliams74@gmail.com - 703-677-7571
Theresa Hull - hull.theresa@gmail.com - 703-283-6638
Mai Nguyen - mai_a_nguyen@yahoo.com - 703-869-7812
Kristine Wightmen - kriperry@msn.com - 808-369-6149
Samantha Roberts - squirrel177@juno.com - 252-599-6301
Steve Waugh - tricia.waugh@verizon.net - 703-690-9022
