PTSO Board Meeting

Thursday, 16 April 2026 63P Bunnyman Brewery

o   Call the meeting to order  - 6:52 pm

o   Board members present:

o   Katie O’Donnell: President

o   Mai Nguyen: Treasurer

o   Kitty Greenstein: 1st VP

o   Kristine Wightman: 2nd VP

o   Rachana Garg: Corresponding secretary

o   Theresa Hull: Recording Secretary 

o   Dr. Samuel Khoshaba: Principal

o   Principal:

• Updates

• April 21 is voting day, no school
• Next week, the musical " Cinderella " begins (5 productions)
• SOLs and AP exams begin April 27th
• Prom is May 2nd, “Masquerade” at Riverview in Occoquan, 8-11 pm
• Next few weeks: Sports Senior Nights
• Graduation: June 5th
• Rising 9th graders come the week after graduation for building tours.
• Initiatives for next year are being developed, for completion before summer: Evidence-Based Grading and Rolling Gradebook; Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
• New for this year: Graduation speakers open with no minimum GPA, but there is an audition. Senior class sponsors narrow down the pool of speaker candidates to 3; then the Admin team will determine the speaker, and the second and third candidates will speak at other awards ceremonies.

o   Budget:

• Treasurer report

• $362 incoming from Fast Signs

• Waiting on the February Five Guys check

• ANGP 

• Ticket sales, 192 tickets – goal is 350 tickets

• Graduation seat raffle $2,730

• Lawn Signs $3,819

• Holiday Extravaganza expenses to Carla

• $2K

• Student Success Recognition

• Gift cards to be purchased by Kitty

• Teacher Appreciation 
• Gift Cards purchased $1800 (worth $3,000)

• About $2K remains for food expenses

• Club Grants

• Mai to follow up with Connie to send an email to teachers/advisors to clubs at school with a cutoff date (i.e., 28 May) for reimbursement so that the Treasurer can close the books for the year.

o   Upcoming events:

• When did by-law modifications get sent out to the public for review

• 31 March and 1 April (see attached email)

• New board position nominations

• Nominations Committee established.
• 3 nominations submitted.
• Due by 10 May, email to: nomiations@southcountyptso.org. 

Kristine to cover Bags:

• Bus driver appreciation – 28 April 2026 (40 ppl) $200

• Lunch hero day – 2 May 2026 (20 ppl)

Kitty to Order and Deliver Bundt Cakes:

o   Administrative assistance day – 22 April 2026 (12 ppl) 

o   SLP Month – 1 person 

o   School Nurses Day – 6 May 2026 (2 ppl) 

• School Communications day – 8 May 2026 (4 ppl) 

• Instagram (Ms. Beskenis)
• Newsletter (Kambar/Connie)

• Website (Leslie Lewis)

o   PTSO volunteer positions needed:

o   Extravaganza coordinator – Must have a committee together by summer to plan for the event. The event brings in the bulk of the budget ($40K) to fund events and support the school.

o   Staff appreciation day manager – parent to coordinate the appreciation events with gifts. 

o   Honor Roll recognition bags – Samantha Roberts volunteered to take on this role.

o   Alibis

• Discussion about providing dinner, a treat, or a raffle item at the final PTSO meeting of the year – TBD. If PTSO provides food, there will be an RSVP sent out to the membership.

o   Final General PTSO meeting will be Thursday, 28 May 2026 @7P in the library

o   Bring the meeting to a close at 8:08 pm