PTO Meeting Minutes - February 2026

BLE PTO General Meeting
Tuesday, February 10, 2025
5:30 pm - 6:25 pm
Library
Attendees
Chelsi Yarger Weedon, Vice-President, parent and BLE Para
Lisa Carrell, Secretary/Treasurer, parent
Valerie Machado, parent
Alan Hans, parent
Kyle Grudenfelder, BLE Principal
Matt LeMier, parent

Treasurer’s Report, Lisa
Income for January: $212.37
Expenses for January: $315.75
Ending Balance: $20,746.90

Parents Night Out, Chelsi
Scheduled for Friday, February 13th.
Deadline for kid sign-up is Wednesday, February 11th.
ACTION: Chelsi to ask Jen Spray to send out an alert to families to remind them about the event and the deadline of February 11th to register.
ACTION: Chelsi to check the list of approved volunteers against those who have signed up.
ACTION: Chelsi to ask staff to volunteer.

Science Options
Staff opted for Alex Zerbe. Lisa checked with Gabi and she is following up with folks to make sure this is happening.

Books & Bingo, Chelsi
Scheduled for April 17th.
ACTION: Gretchen to contact the South Sound Literacy group about bringing in books.

Teacher Appreciation, Chelsi
Teacher Appreciation Week scheduled for May 4 - May 8.
Want to do special recognition for different groups of staff.
Something each day would be great.
Also would like to do something for the teachers in March - Maybe March 17th on St. Patrick’s Day (“We’re so lucky to have you”)
ACTION: Valerie to put together some communications about asking for help with that.

Garden Day, Chelsi
Scheduled for May 30th.
Valerie’s Girl Scout Troop would like to participate.

Yearbook, Chelsi
Chelsi will start working on this soon to establish the 5th grade club. This starts after spring break. Meets every other week to make some of the important decisions.
ACTION: Chelsi will request pictures from teachers before spring break.

Next Year’s Fun Run, Mr. G
September 24th is Fun Run KickOff; October 9th for Fun Run.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 10th at 5:30 p.m. in Library