Mary Green and Eric Williams attended the meeting and presented the basic ideas of the community garden located on the lowest athletic field of the school. The approximately 12 parents, and Principal who were in attendance were all very receptive and even supportive of the project. General consensus was that OPS should be contacted to find out about permission for using public land for the project.
Several members expressed specific interest in the rain barrel aspect of the project. There were several questions regarding educational curriculum that could incorporate the garden. The founding committee should research this topic and be prepared to provide information to the PTA at their next meeting. The school parents' newsletter, Tiger Times, will run an informational blurb about the project to help inform a wider audience. The newsletter is published and distributed at the end of the month, the committee should work quickly to get information collected so it can be published in the March newsletter.
Presidents Jim & Debbie Simpson were supportive of the project, and said they would be able to include our blurb in the Tiger Times. Mary collected contact information for them as well as a few additional PTA members. Mary should remain the point person for the PTA since she has the contact information, and to avoid confusion. If parents had expressed interest in being included on our listserv, please email their contact information to the rest of us so we can update our contact lists.
Eric
att. previous email including talking points discussed at the PTA meeting.
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