PAA Meeting February 13, 2008 

In Attendance: Dan Thornton, Kevin Sullivan, Renee Llorente, Jerry Mondalto, Larry Fisher, Linda Bolla, Frank Bolla, Deb Stephenson, Elaine Poretta, Lynn Viselli, Jill Daamen 

AD’s Report 

• Girl’s Indoor Track Team has been honored with the MIAA’s Team Sportsmanship award as well as the Cape Ann League Sportsmanship Award. The team won the Cape Ann League and Coach Derro was named CAL Coach of the Year…our congratulations to them for an outstanding season!
• Received $1,850 from the Thanksgiving Breakfast
• Gym Area clean up – replace rugs near door with a commercial type rug and have a smaller rug at the bottom of the stairs with the Pentucket logo. Some of the panels near the gym have been painted.
• PAA leadership – looking for strong leadership to move forward. AD is looking forward to working with the new high school principal and the superintendent to develop realistic goals for the future with regards to athletics/fields, etc at the high school.
• Spring Sports sign up is March 11

Agenda 

• PAA Leadership

      Due to Kevin Eddy’s absence at the last three meetings those present voted   to relieve him of his duties. Larry Fisher has agreed to take over as interim  president but would like to have a co-chair to assist him with the duties.

      PAA will also formulate a policies and procedures booklet, as well as a month by  month calendar of scheduled events which will assist new PAA members as to  duties and expectations.

      PAA will be looking for a new treasurer/book keeper for the 2008/2009 school  year as Linda Bolla will be moving on. If you are interested in taking this over  from Linda please contact her at lindabolla@comcast.net for further details.

• Sports Books

      Sales are down compared to last year. Elaine will draw up a list of books  ordered/sold so that we have an idea of how many books to order next year.

      Linda Bolla reported that sales are down across the board (concession stands,  coke machines) so it could be a sign of the times.

• Scholarship Committee

      Deb Stephenson reported that the revised scholarship application has been sent to  the guidance office. The new forms have also been posted on the PAA website.

      A scholarship committee will be formed at the March or April meeting.

• Other

      Jerry Mondalto, the PRSD’s facilities manager, was present at the meeting.  He is  working on improving the general appearance of the school as he agrees that it  reflects on our students and athletes. If we have suggestions to improvements or  reparations at the high school, PAA needs to create a work order through Dan  Thornton rather than taking on tasks ourselves.

• Next meeting is Wednesday, March 5, 2008

      Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm