The Following Persons were in attendance:  Karen Balerna, Lorraine Dundon, Chris Grogan (Co-Chair), Eve Jankey, Janice Kelly, Richard LaRonde(Co-Chair), Terrie Lewis, Rodney Lukowskey, Mary Morrison, Kathy Melish, Lisa Murphy, Nancy Niles, Sue Porter, Kelly Skinner, Linda Wigren (Secretary)

      The meeting was opened at 7:30 p.m. by Pac Chairpersons Richard Laronde and Chris Grogan

·       Thanked the PAC for all of their hard work and effort

·       Reminded all about the many May events including:  Concerts for each grade, MCAS, District Art Show, Incoming Kindergarten Orientation, 5^th Grade Invention Convention

·       Reminded everyone that field day is June 14th

·       Thanked Richard for the invitation to speak at Fisher

·       Invited parents to their last PAC meeting

·       Asked for parent input on fundraising ideas, as the magazine drive has become “stale” and raises less money each year

·       Reminded grade 5 parents about the 6^th grade orientation scheduled for June 2^nd

·       Encouraged parent participation in the middle school PAC

·       Chris Grogan and Rodney Lukowskey offered to run the calendar raffle for next fall – THANKS GUYS!!!!

·       Kathy Melish was nominated for PAC Co-Chair for 2010-2011.  Her nomination was seconded and all present voted in favor of Kathy becoming our PAC Co-Chair –THANKS KATHY!!!!

·       All present voted in favor of increasing the Teacher Stipends to $100.00

·       All present voted in favor of allocating up to $32,000.00 for additional smart boards (one for each classroom) – final budget numbers and cash on hand numbers were unavailable for the final PAC meeting

·       Thanks to Richard Laronde for Co-Chairing PAC this year - his tireless efforts and boundless energy will be missed (well, not by me because I’ve recruited him for JMS PAC!!!)

·       Thanks to Mary Morrison for participating in so many PAC activities including Auction, Cultural Arts, and Box Tops, to name just a few – we are eternally grateful for your contribution to our school and will miss you beyond words next year (oops!  I won’t, because I recruited her for JMS PAC too!!!)

·       Endless Thanks to all who Co-Chaired a committee or event, contributed time and talent, and made this one of our best years!!!  I’ll see you all next year and we’ll do it all again!

·       We need Volunteers!!! The following committees are without a Co-Chair for next year:  Cultural Arts, Holiday Book Giving, What’s it Like, and Nature Trail – please consider volunteering, our children will thank you!!! (okay maybe not, but I will!)

To call, write, and otherwise contact our State Reps and State Senators as often as possible to remind them that we have not closed the gap in our school budget for next year.  Ask them to level fund (at the very least) our local aide and remind them to restore our Prison mitigation funds – I cannot express enough how important it is for us to continue lobbying our officials

Have a great summer!!  See you in September!!!