General Meeting Minutes 3-12-26

March 13, 2026

General Meeting Minutes 3-12-26 5:30 pm in the Lincoln Library

Board Members present: Jennalee Garcia Montero, Nicole Hryciw, Skyla Boivin, Jenny Grimaldi

General Updates:

Families helping Families has been really successful. Judit facilitates getting gift cards to the families in need. The QR code is still active with a zeffy link to donate.

Friday Fun Update - We won a contest through the Harlem Globe Trotters. Our video scored in the top ten nationally and we won $1,000. We have been able to purchase supplies for recess; giant frisbees, bubble machine, hula hoops, nerf footballs, foxtails, etc. It is wheeled out on a cart on Friday afternoons. It has been really fun for the kids and paras. The paras are excited to continue to grow this project with low balance beams, and want to add in double dutch jump ropes so the older and little kids can work together.

Executive Board Member changes - Julie Taylor stepped down as Treasurer. Dan Thompson has gone through the process of applying for the vice president position with teacher recommendations and paperwork. Skyla and Jennalee have been running a co-presidency, and we were able to shift roles mid year to be able to add in Dan. Skyla and Nicole have taken on the responsibility as treasurer for the remainder of this year, giving us a complete team. Applicants can find access to look into LPSG roles on our website under the about us section.

Basketball for 4th and 5th grade has been really fun and has had a great turnout. This year it has more boys than girls, but they all seem to be enjoying it. The skilleree event is March 26th.

Craft Club has been really successful. We have 53 participants! A para is helping with the crocheters which is about a third of the group and we were able to purchase crochet hooks for them. There is a craft of the week that they can take home. Many kids participate in the guided craft, while some are sketching and socializing. We would like for the time to be extended to 3:15 pm next year. There are 3 dates left.

Blazers Game Nights - You can contact Julie Bowman to be put on the list to get tickets for a Blazer Game. Tickets are free but does not include parking. It is being offered to Staff, Paras, and bus drivers as well. We have reached out to the WNBA to also have that to offer and represent the women’s team to our students.

Kindness Cards - We implemented a new event this February, to coincide with Valentine’s Day and kindness month. Similar to traditional “candy grams”, this fundraiser involved sending a kind note to a friend, teacher, or family member with a small toy and candy attached. We sold 90 grams, and made sure that every student received one from the LPSG. It was very heartwarming to see what the students wrote and sent to each other.

Makerspace - Thanks to Skyla and Jenny for running Makerspace and keeping it active for the school. It is a really special place that allows for an alternative to recess and a safe place for students to be and create. Popular supplies we are in need of; feathers, googly eyes, glue sticks, pipe cleaners, fabric scraps, yarn, markers, etc. Most items are welcome to be dropped off that would otherwise be recycled such as egg cartons, cardboard boxes, yogurt containers, etc. It runs Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11:10-12:30 if you would like to come volunteer.

Treasurers Report-

Checking: $14,116.09

Savings: $10,047.11

Total: $24,163.20

Recent Expenses-

$245.99 Kindness Grams

$398.10 Teacher Reimbursement

$47.82 Staff Appreciation

$64.60 Tetherballs

$130.59 Office Supplies

$268.78 Student Store

$80.88 Maker Space

$162.39 Pizza with the Principal

Recent Income-

$90 Kindness Grams

$418 Crochet Club

$150 Basketball

Remaining Budgets/Upcoming Expenses-

Carnival: $2883.58

End of Year BBQ: $800

Student Store: $630.39

5th Grade Grad: $760.25

Display Case: $185.76

Maker Space: $ 101.95

Playground Equipment: $273.10

Staff Appreciation: $1152.18

Logger Report:

We are planting over 20 trees on April 23rd with the 5th graders to be in conjunction with Arbor Day. The green team is continuing work on the pollinator garden and are also pursuing avenues to get a vegetable garden. We want to keep the momentum going to improve our outdoor space. A parent (Alex) has connections at Urban Abundance for donations as well as Dan Thompson with the master gardeners.
Preschool - The preschool plan is in a holding pattern until we find a certified preschool / sped teacher.

We don’t know what will happen with the staffing shortages for next year. Principal Graham hosts coffee with the principal and may be able to shed some light on that for next year.

5th grade committee:

Two fundraisers happening; next week is the Burgerville night on 3/18 and all proceeds will go to the 5th grade graduation fund
Flyers have gone out for the Club’s Choice flower ordering fundraiser
The 5th grade students will have 5 days of fun at the end of school to send them off.
The bbq is on the last day of school 6/12.

Ways to Give-

Families helping Families program is still active.
Field Trip Scholarship - When a permission slip comes home and has an option to sponsor a student, it will go to that specific field trip. The office is always collecting donations for the general field trip fund. All Saints Change for Change has raised $71, which needs a vote. Voted unanimous to put it into the scholarship line fund. We also have a scholarship fund at LPSG level, that helps with sports and craft club.

Volunteer Opportunities-

Maker Space T/W/Th 11:10-12:30
ReadNW
Lunch Buddies

Lincoln Mail Delivery-

Jennalee and Crystal are making a roster with grade/name/picture of students to assist kids in sending mail to their fellow classmates.

Loggy Job- There is the opportunity for moving and dressing “Loggy”, many kids are interested in that job, along with delivering the mail.

Meeting adjourned at 6:35 pm.

Emergency Executive Board Meeting

January 15, 2026

Emergency Executive Board Meeting 1/15/26 4:00 pm

Google Meet Meeting

Board Members in attendance; Jennalee Garcia Montero, Skyla Boivin, Julie Bowman, Nicole Hryciw, Jenny Grimaldi

Meeting held to announce that Julie Taylor has resigned from her role as Treasurer. Per our by-laws, someone needs to fill the role. Skyla is willing to step into the role of treasurer and will split duties for the remainder of the year with Nicole.

If everyone agrees;

Skyla will do reimbursements and check the treasurer email account.
Nicole will do the banking and reconciliations.
Skyla and Nicole will work together over the next few weeks to look over everything that has been done thus far and ensure that everything is updated and as it should be.

Vote for Treasurer- unanimous approval

Next steps for this transition:

Julie Taylor needs to be taken off of the bank account. Nicole and Skyla are going to On Point and will take care of this.
They will go through Money Minder to get transactions reconciled
Taxes are due today and have not been done, but the thought is that there may not be a late penalty.

We discussed roles and duties within the board and how we will support each other. All questions were addressed.

Meeting adjourned at 4:51 pm.

General Meeting Minutes 1-8-26

January 9, 2026

General Meeting Minutes 1-8-26 5:30 pm

Board Members Present: Jennalee Garcia Montero, Skyla Boivin, Nicole Hryciw, Julie Bowman, Jenny Grimaldi

Logger report from Principal Graham (via Jennalee):

The longterm sub (Ms. B) in 4th grade is remaining until the end of the year.

We qualified and received a grant for social/emotional learning. Each of the lower classrooms will receive a slumberkins stuffie & book on an emotional subject. The little buddy-big buddy program can expand with this program. Jennalee shared how it went with the kinder & 3rd, 1st & 4th, and 2nd & 5th grades.The lower grades have access to a video that pairs with the slumberkins and can enhance the learning.

This week all of the students went through an Expectations Fair for the school and the staff received a spreadsheet of student behaviors that have been happening. The equity team and site based team looked over this to make new disciplinary flow charts to define problems specific to our school.

Families Helping Families:

In November we did a Facebook post when families were losing their food benefits. Our FCRC (run by Judit) was able to receive $245 and she allocated Winco gift cards to families who reached out for support. It was asked at our meeting if that can continue, and we said yes the link is still up and Judit can continue to facilitate. We shared that there are families in need of community support.

We did a hat, coat, and mitten drive as well the leftover fruit/veggie snacks are sent home. Jennalee shared that we go through a significant amount of hats & mittens. We have a really great partnership with All Saints and their diaper bank is growing and supporting 50-70 families a week.

Holiday Market:

The annual Holiday Market was a huge success. We had large donors which helped to raise the scholarship to $5 a kid. We profited $750.01. We only used $460 for scholarships so the rest can roll over to next year. A man approached Jennalee and Mona to ask what they were doing while shopping the sales for next year, and then gave a donation to support the scholarships.

Bike Bus follow up:

Jenny met with the bike bus organizers and transportation planner of the city. The team wants Lincoln to reach out to the families to get data of who is interested and what cross streets they live near. That will be sent out to families in February. They will take the data and work on making a route map for us.
The bike bus would need 4 adult leads; one to ride in front, one in back, and two on the sides.
They have 6 bicycles and 6 helmets available for students who need one. If interested, a student would need to do a safety training to receive the bike.
The city is working on getting signs for the neighborhood route for cars to be on the lookout.
They are rolling out the program at Hough, and we discussed how Lincoln’s boundaries are a little more complex.

Treasurer’s Report:

Bank Account: $ 15,709.02 Checking

$ 10,045.49 Savings

November - 23 Transactions, $2,908.07 deposits, $1,168.56 expenses Reconciled
December - 25 Transactions, $5,775.50 deposits, $6,206.89 expenses Reconciled
Recent Expenses Since Last meeting; Pizza with the Principal, Fish Tank, Makers Space, Holiday Market 26/27, Volleyball Stipends
Recent Income since Last Meeting; Chuck E Cheese, Logger Laps, Holiday Market Scholarships, FCRC donations
Upcoming Expenses or Events; Pizza with the Principal, Fish tank, Basketball Stipends

Misc News:

Basketball is happening for 4th & 5th graders starting on Feb 3rd each Tues/Thurs morning from 7-7:50 am and will run through the end of March. Lpsg is funding the basketball.

Last meeting we had a request for a crochet/crafting club. The flyers are going out tomorrow in Friday folders. All grades are welcome, but we are limiting it to the first 20 kids who return their form. The first one is Jan 22, and will run to spring break. Alice Cummings initiated this and is the lead for the club.

We discussed restaurants to add to our fundraising night (along with Chuck E Cheese). We debated Red Robin, Panda Express, and Mod Pizza but did not land on a consensus. We were more in agreement of reaching out to a local business. The funds raised go directly to teacher reimbursement, then rolls over into holiday market scholarship fund, then after that it will roll into the outdoor improvement.