PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting November 6, 2025
Attendance: Kelly McGuire, Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Michelle, Tammy Yin, Mr. Fong, Ms. Thomas, Carmen, Yuki, Moe, Manya, Ana, and 11 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:50am
Joseph Li – Co-President
Joseph Li – Good morning, let’s get the meeting started.
Renny Fong (“RF”) – introduced Superintendent Kelly McGuire.
Kelly McGuire (“KG”) – we had a brief SLT meeting prior to the general meeting. Principal Fong will be announcing his retirement. January 30, 2026 will be his last physical day.
I will be sending a letter to the school community on how they will be selecting a new principal. We will be seeking community input about what will make a good principal. We will take feedback and it will help us to make a decision.
Just want to say PS 130 has an incredible history of pulling together a strong arts program.
Thank you.
RF – Thank you. If people have questions they can reach out to me.
All schools have been through transitions. Thank you all for all of your support. I’ve been here since 1997. Lets give a big hand to the PA.
For the last 2 weeks, I’ve been freaking out because never before have we owed money. During a recent meeting the Chancellor announced that Mayor Adams said we are no longer held responsible for the money that we owed. We no longer owe $175,000. Some schools owed as much as $500,000.
We received grant, so NDI will be paid. It saves us approximately $16,000. The program for the first and fourth graders are paid for by the grant.
Thank you.
Joseph Li – let’s welcome our new board members Manya, Moe and Kevin who is busy today.
The full schedule for the PA this month: bake sale coming up on the 19th, usually it’s held on the first Wednesday of the month. There will be a last minute food drive held this afternoon. It will be held in the Hester St. yard right after dismissal.
The Halloween party was held last week. Everyone had a lot of FUN!
Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.
I. These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in November; 10 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!
II. This is the treasury report for review and approval; 8 people approved the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you!
1. Upcoming events – November 2025
- Bake Sale – Wednesday, November 19, 2025
- Parents if you’re good at baking, please bring in your baked goods or you can purchase baked goods and donate them for the sale.
- This is one of our year long fundraisers
- It’s held each month on the first Wednesday of the month. The dates will be posted.
2. Ongoing Fundraisers
- Readathon
If anyone has new ideas for fundraisers, please bring them up to the PA.
3. PA Fundraising for 2025-2026
- Candy Sale
- Annual Ask
- Photo day
- Scholastic Book Fair
- Spiritwear clothing
- Afterschool snack sale
- Holiday Show Fundraisers
- Benefit Banquet
- Mother’s Day Sale
4. The PA Funds these Programs and more
Our Art Programs
- Inside Broadway – Pre-k / K/ 2nd Grade - $13,440
- Third Street Music School – Violin (3rd, 4th and 5th graders) - $10,050
- Ballroom Dancing (5th graders) - $9,520
- Rosie’s Theater Kids (5th graders) - $15,000
- Spirit of PS 130 – Fife & Drum (4th and 5th graders) - $8,800
- PS. 130 Lion Dance - $4,275
- Young People Chorus (YPC)(3rd, 4th and 5th graders) - $9,900
- The new Fife and Drum teacher started last week.
The PA also pays for some of the school supplies & special events such as:
- Office copier, toners, computers, and supplies - $12,000
- Student appreciation events (we currently have 520 students)- $18,000
We have pictures from our lion dancing program and from all our events.
The annual banquet photos. It is the largest fundraising event that we hold. It is scheduled for May 15, 2026. It’s the main event for the year.
We have a short meeting today. Any questions or concerns?
Thank you for coming.
Closing time – 9:03am
