Parent Association

Officers

Officers of a PA/PTA are responsible for the PA/PTA budget, events and activities. Officers are elected by membership annually.

President:  Claudia Cuateco

Treasurer: Miriam Garcia

Secretary:  Edith Lopez

Contact the PA

If you need to contact the PA, please reach out to Claudia Cuateco, the Parent Association President via phone at (929)525-5051.

Members

All of the following are automatically members of their school’s PA/PTA:

  • Parents
  • Step-parents
  • Legally appointed guardians
  • Foster parents
  • Persons in parental relation

Schools are required to have either a:

  • Parent Association (PA)
  • Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

These organizations:

  • advocate for students and families
  • update parents and families about the school
  • plan and run activities for parents and families

PA/PTAs can support schools in a number of ways, including:

  • hosting parent workshops
  • organizing activities for families—both academic and social
  • raising funds
  • running volunteer events

A-660 Parent Associations and the Schools

Meetings

All PA/PTAs must hold at least:

  • Ten monthly general membership meetings 
  • Ten executive board meetings  throughout the year
  • Quarterly meetings with the principal

Members must receive a minimum of 10 calendar days’ notice before the monthly meeting. This notice must include:

  • The date, time, place that the meeting will be held
  • An agenda items that will be discussed

Meeting Information

Date

Time
September 17, 2024 8:15 AM
October 1. 2024 8:15 AM
November 12, 2024 8:15 AM
December 3, 2024 8:15 AM
January 7, 2025 8:15 AM
February 4, 2025 8:15 AM
March 4, 2025 8:15 AM
April 8, 2025 8:15 AM
May 6, 2025 8:15 AM
June 3, 2025 8:15 AM

*Meetings are held in the school cafeteria

Elections

PA/PTA Elections must be held in the spring. At that time, the three mandatory officers (president, recording secretary and treasurer) are elected. This must happen before the last day of school. The election rules are specified in Chancellor's Regulation A-660.

Finances

A PA/PTA is responsible for its own finances, and must obey certain rules and guidelines about banking, fundraising, and record keeping. Any association that does fundraising must have a bank account in order to conduct transactions with vendors.

Proper record keeping practices must be used by members of the executive board to give an accurate accounting of the association's finances.

Grievances

Any complaint about a PA/PTA election is known as a grievance. It must:

  • Be submitted in writing (email address—or Identifying Whom). 
  • Focus on a specific and material violation of either the:
    • Chancellor's Regulation A-660 
    • the PA/PTA bylaws

Verbal or anonymous grievances cannot be considered.