Linton Elementary School 
2019-2020 PTO
PTO Meeting Minutes
February 4, 2020
- 6:30pm- 7:45pm - 8 in attendance
- Principal Report
- Spring testing overview by Kara (slides attached)
- ACCESS testing: January 27th – February 7th
- Students accessing our ELD supports (K-5)
- Annual test to measure growth each year
- 4 tests measure listening, speaking, reading & writing.
- CogAT
- February 10th – 12th
- All 2nd grade students
- Screens for GT program
- 3 short tests (approx 45min – 1hr)
- CMAS
- Begins March 30th
- All 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade students
- 3 sessions of math, 3 sessions of English/Language Arts, 3 sessions of Science (for 5th grade only)
- DIBELS
- April 27th – May 8th
- Literacy screener
- Every 6 weeks to monitor progress and guide small group formation
- Very quick assessment (often less than 5 minutes)
- MAPs
- April 27th – May 8th
- Guides groups; generally correlates with CMAS scores
- Given 3 times per year
- ACCESS testing: January 27th – February 7th
- Conferences
- March 2, 3, 5th
- Optional; forms sent home on February 14th
- Enrollment
- Dropped from 449 students in 2015 to 384 students in 2019.
- 2020 – 35 kindergarten students registered
- Spring testing overview by Kara (slides attached)
- Treasurer Report
- PTO Debit Card has been issued
- We have money originally budgeted for Spirit Wear that we haven’t spent.
- Family Dance – Feb 7th
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- DJ lined up
- 4th grade will sell pizza as an EcoWeek fundraiser
- Student Council will decorate
- Read-a-thon - March 6, 2020
- Kick-off assembly February 6, 2020.
- Boy Scouts
- Looking to recruit; want to distribute flyers and give K presentation
- Kristin checking on this
- Scouts can wear uniforms to school anytime.
- Linton can always use help with outdoor cleanup.
- Looking to recruit; want to distribute flyers and give K presentation
- Next Meeting is scheduled for March 3, 2020.
- Adjourn