As a board member, you get the chance to directly support the school administration, teachers, students, and their families for the school year. Board members help bring people together and create a community for both the children and their caregivers.
Consider joining the PTA's leadership team and help it continue to make a difference. The Nominating Committee welcomes all nominations. You may nominate as many people as you like, including yourself. Here are the detailed Job Descriptions of each PTA Board role. Questions? Please contact nomcom@marshall-pta.org.
PTA INFO & BOARD MEMBERS
About the Parent Teachers Association (PTA)
Marshall Elementary School PTA is an organization for our school community run by our school community. Specifically, the PTA is a volunteer organization that promotes partnership between the families of Marshall students and the teachers, administrators, and staff at our school.
The PTA is led by an Executive Board, which provides families with the leadership necessary to be active and effective partners with the school. It disseminates information, raises issues and concerns, anchors the school in the community, and represents parent interests. Executive Board positions are the only PTA roles that involve elections. Parents who would like to volunteer for these roles can nominate themselves when the elections happen in the spring of each year.
Here are the detailed Job Descriptions of each PTA Board role.
Interested in being involved in our school? There are many opportunities for parents and community members to get involved. You can find out more here.
While the PTA is run by the Executive Board, every parent is welcomed and encouraged to attend general membership meetings. These are held three times per year and all PTA members are able to vote on PTA actions during these meetings.
The dates of all meetings are published at the beginning of the year, and minutes will be posted following each meeting. We want to make sure there are ample ways for every parent to discuss things with the board members and help collaborate on big decisions. For a schedule of this year’s meetings please check our online calendar.
Executive Board Members for SY 2022-2023
President
Laina Stapleton, president@marshall-pta.org
Vice President
Open, vicepresident@marshall-pta.org
Co-Vice Presidents of Communications
Melanie Cortese & Sumi Raghavan,communications@marshall-pta.org
Vice President, Cultural Arts
Patricia Fitzhugh,culturalarts@marshall-pta.org
Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Nicolina Jennings,diversity@marshall-pta.org
Vice President Events
Joeseph Facchinei, events@marhsall-pta.org
Vice President of Fundraising
Toni Ann Kruse, fundraising@marshall-pta.org
Vice President, Membership
Angela Bowers, membership@marshall-pta.org
Vice President, Technology
Ross Moreno technology@marshall-pta.org
Vice President, Volunteers
Jaime Hayes, volunteers@marshall-pta.org
Treasurer/Treasury Council
Amber Carter-Randolph, Shelley Gold, Merav Lichenstein, treasurer@marshall-pta.org
Co-Recording Secretaries
Maggie Keenan & Abby Lepold, secretary@marshall-pta.org
Marshall/Bolden Liaisons
Tory Sidwa & Kate Walker, mjliaison@marshall-pta.org
Special Education Liaisons
Vicky Bond & Sarah Kono, marshall.spedliaison@gmail.com
Merchandise
Kit St. Claire, merchandise@marshall-pta.org
Garden Committee
Eric Greenberg & Katie Nojima, garden@marshall-pta.org
The Marshall PTA’s objectives are:
- To provide support and resources to the school for the benefit and educational growth (both academic and social/emotional) of the children;
- To develop a collaborative working relationship between the parents and staff of our school;
- To build a supportive and inclusive community for all students;
- To foster and encourage parent participation on all levels; and
- To develop parent leadership and build capacity for greater involvement