Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting September 18, 2025
Attendance: Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Angela Mui, Tammy Yin, Mr. Fong, Ms. Thomas, Carmen, Yuki, and 36 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:50am Joseph Li – Co-President
Joe – Good morning, welcome everyone, I’m Joseph Li, I have a 5th grader. Glad to see a lot of new and familiar faces.
Mr. Fong – Welcome families, I was at the SLT meeting earlier and in Money Inc magazine they list the top 30 schools in NYC, and we made it onto the list! We are grateful to everyone.
Introduction of the administration & Parents Association (PA)
Ms. Thomas is our Assistant Principal -A/P
Ms. Ana Leung our parent coordinator
Ms. Lisa Wong our PA events coordinator
This year we have the Yondr pouches; every school has some kind of system to store electronic devices. It was made into NY State law that there are no personal electronic devices allowed from bell to bell. Even smart watches will be placed into these pouches. There will these Yondr pouches magnets to open them by the front door and in them main office. The students will keep the pouches and devices locked away in their own book bags.
Lunch forms will be passed out, please complete and submit them, they will help determine if we can requalify as a Title 1 school, which gives us extra funding. From last year’s lunch forms, we are not at Title 1 school. Thank you everyone.
Joe – we will now hold a special election; we have 3 open positions. We have a co-president seat and 2 co- vice president seats open. You can nominate someone or self-nominate.
For the co-president position I believe you must have 1 yr experience with the PA but we will double check this and get back to you and for the Co- vice president positions you do not.
Would anyone like to self- nominate themselves or nominate someone for these open positions? You can think about it and enter your name at the PA room later. We will have a vote at our next general meeting.
For the co-vice president position, you would assist the president in all their responsibilities, but as a board member a title is a title, we do not stop with just our responsibilities, we help wherever is needed.
We are all unpaid volunteers
Parent – what is the time commitment?
Joe – There isn’t really any time commitment, but we do help out on all school events, parties and setup.
In June we voted for the other positions of the PA, such as the President, treasury, and secretary positions.
Parent – how do we become a part of the board?
You just have to have a child who attends the school. You don’t have to be a part of the board to help. We need volunteers all the time for events for the school.
Here are the board members that we voted in as of June 2025. Board members please raise your hand when I call out your name.
President – Joseph Li
Co -Treasurers – Alice Chen & Angela Mui
Co- Secretaries – Amy Hu & Tammy Yin
Our event coordinators are in the back – Lisa Wong & Yvonne Moy
Parents’ Association opening & Review.
Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.
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These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in June; 6 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!
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This is the treasury report for review and approval; 7 people approved the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you!
These are the ongoing fundraising throughout the school year.
- Bake Sale
PA dues went out this week.
2. The PA Funds these Programs and more
Here are all the costs of the arts programs the PA funds, as you see all the art programs are not cheap. All our fundraising efforts go back to the school and our students.
- NDI – 1st grade & 4th grade
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The PA also pays for some of the school supplies & special events such as:
- - Air conditioners and repairs
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- Office copier, toners, computers, and supplies
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- Student appreciation events (we currently have 500+ students)
Thank you for coming to our 1st meeting, does anyone have any questions?
Parent – the annual banquet is so late in the year, where or how does that money go to our children or does it carry over?
Joe – the money goes to all the things the school needs like replacing the air conditioners for the classroom and the supplies the office needs and all the little things. Everything in replaced in the school has to go through a union. It also goes to all the art programs and all the extra stuff for the children and events.
Parent – who approves the budget?
Joe – the board takes a vote on the budget which is approved by the parents who attend the meetings.
Parent – any updates on the playground? Joe – that is a question for Mr. Fong. Thank you for coming.
Thank you! You can always come by the PA room 101 to chat with us, come to with any ideas, suggestions, or issues; our door is always open. You can also reach us by emailing us at PS.130pa@yahoo.com or by phone – 212-226-8072 ext 101 or reach Lisa at 917- 821-7056 or visit our blog site at http://ps130pa.blogspot.com/ for more information.
Closing time – 9:17am
