Elections were held at the May 16 meeting for the PTA executive board and parent members of the School Leadership Team for the 2001-2002 school year. The new board includes: President Erin Feely-Nahem, 1^st Vice President Mosud Mannan, 2^nd Vice President Julian Stein, 3^rd Vice President Emma Sosa, Treasurer Lydia Tom, Recording Secretary Sandy Newell, Fundraisers Mary O’Brien Miranda, Sandra Morabito, Carol Elvaz and Rose McCarthy, Parent Outreach Liaisons Rose McCarthy, Sandy Newell, and Wendy Hersh, Representative to the United Parents Association Louis Monroe, Representative to the Beacon Program and Youth Center Wendy Hersh, and Grants Officer Jim Tendean-Luce. We still have a vacancy for Corresponding Secretary, and we can elect additional fundraisers and parent liaisons. Anyone who wishes to serve in these positions can be elected in September.

We also elected parent members of the School Leadership Team, which works with the school administration to establish educational policies and priorities. Team members are: Mosud Mannan, Julian Stein, Mary O’Brien Miranda, Emma Sosa, Rose McCarthy, Jim Tendean-Luce, Wendy Hersh, and Lydia Tom. As PTA President, Erin Feely-Nahem also is automatically a parent member of the School Leadership Team. The team also includes the principal, the UFT chapter president, and other teachers elected by the faculty.

1^st Vice President – chairs the committee of parent outreach liaisons, is empowered to sign checks, coordinates general meeting program content with the president, and arranges parent/teacher hospitality gatherings.

2^nd Vice President – works with the Communications Committee to publish a monthly newsletter, is empowered to sign checks.

3^rd Vice President – represents the PTA off-Island to the Community School Board and the Parent Council of School District 2, arranges communication to parents regarding District meetings, workshops, and special events.

Corresponding Secretary – attends to all correspondence including receipts for donations, and keeps the PTA contributors database current.

Recording Secretary – keeps records of all meetings and presents copies of the minutes to the Executive Board.

Treasurer – has custody of all monies of the PTA, keeps an accurate record of receipts and expenditures, reports monthly and submits a financial statement at the end of the year to the Executive Board, signs checks for the withdrawal of funds authorized by the membership, with the President, 1^st Vice President, or 2^nd Vice President, assures that the PTA meets all tax and regulatory obligations.

Fundraisers – oversee all PTA activities that generate income, decide with the Executive Board the nature, schedule and organization of events.

Parent Outreach Liaisons – work with the 1^st Vice President to maintain class lists, work with teachers to recruit contact parents for each class, gather and maintain parent volunteer lists, maintain a calling chain to notify parents about PTA activities.