PTA GENERAL MEETING #1
SEPTEMBER 2025
2025-2026
PTA Executive Board
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Dana Khater
Co-Treasurer
Michael (Mike) Murphy
Co-Secretary
Kitty Ng-Yeung
Co-Secretary
Steven Lopez
Co-President
Emily Sandusky
Co- President
Lilibeth (Lili) Caraballo
Co-Treasurer
Samantha Clark
Committee Lead: Enrichment & ReadaThon/Book Fair
Today’s Agenda
2025-2026 BUDGET
Expenses
Activities & events
Assemblies
After school enrichment
5th grade celebrations
Stay tuned for a budget presentation in early October
Income
Family giving: $1,100
Spiritwear sale: $1,550
Activities & events
After school enrichment fees
Starting balance: $31,000
Enrichment (Yay!)
Enrichment (Yay!)
Enrichment (Yay!)
Applications Open (do not send money!) | Week of 9/22 |
Applications Due | Friday 9/26 |
Receive Offer (check backpack) | Friday 10/3 |
Scholarship Requests | Tuesday 10/7 |
Accept Offer by Sending Payment/Signed Permission Slip | Friday 10/10 |
Clubs begin | Week of 10/20 |
Potential Events
Get involved with the PTA
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We welcome parents and caregivers from the PS 172 family to join us! Whether you have 10 minutes, one hour, or a whole morning available, we have a volunteer opportunity for you. Below are committees in need of volunteers. To join, email us at ps172parents@gmail.com
WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE:
Family Giving Fund
P.S. 172 is a 501c3 organization, which means your contribution are eligible for tax deduction.
If your employer provides corporate matching, consider requesting a gift match.
Contributions may be submitted in cash or check made payable to P.S. 172 PTA, INC. Please send gifts in a labeled envelope to the main office. You may also donate online at https://ps172pta.square.site/
WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE:
Save The Date
OCTOBER 17th
PICTURE DAY - Information Forthcoming (Volunteers Needed)
Hispanic Heritage Night (6pm-8pm)
(Volunteers Needed - Set Up, Talent, Food, Break Down)
UPDATE: Hispanic Heritage night will be rescheduled to another day in October. Stay Tuned!
PRINCIPAL/AP Updates
At the beginning of each school year, all schools develop a School Safety Plan. The plan outlines the procedures that the school uses every day and in cases of emergency to provide a safe and secure environment in which effective teaching and learning take place. Each plan is approved by the Office of Safety and Youth Development and NYPD. In order to ensure safety for all students and staff, the specific emergency response plans and procedures of the School Safety Plan must remain confidential.
The School Safety Plan addresses the following major areas:
•School/Program/Academy Information
•Special Needs Students
•Medical Emergency Response Information
•School Safety Personnel Procedures and Assignments:
THE GENERAL RESPONSE PROTOCOL
The General Response Protocol (GRP) has been designed (in collaboration with the “i love U guys” Foundation) to provide all schools with the direction they will take when an emergency incident occurs. At its core is the use of common language to identify the initial measures all school communities will take until first responders arrive. In every incident, school administrators will need to assess the unique circumstances that will affect how the GRP is implemented. Each protocol has specific staff and student actions that are unique to each response. In the event that a student or staff member identifies the initial threat, calling 911 and administration is required.
Lockdown (Soft/Hard) – Soft Lockdown implies that there is no identified imminent danger to the sweep teams. Administrative teams, Building Response Teams, and School Safety Agents will mobilize to the designated command post for further direction. Hard Lockdown implies that imminent danger is known and NO ONE will engage in any building sweep activity. All individuals, including School Safety Agents will take appropriate lockdown action and await the arrival of first responders. “Attention: We are now in Soft/Hard Lockdown. Take proper action.” (Repeated twice over the PA system.) Students are trained to: 1. Move out of sight and maintain silence. Teachers are trained to: 1. Check the hallway outside of their classrooms for students, lock classroom doors, and turn the lights off. 2. Move away from sight and maintain silence. 3. Wait for First Responders to open door, or until hearing the “All Clear” message: “The Lockdown has been lifted”, followed by specific directions. 4. Take attendance and account for missing students by contacting the main office.
Evacuate – The fire alarm system is the initial alert for staff and students to initiate an evacuation. However, there may be times when the PA system and specific directions will serve as the alert initiating an evacuation. Announcements will begin with “Attention”, followed by specific directions. (Repeated twice over the PA system.) Students are trained to: 1. Leave belongings behind and form a single file line. In cold weather, students should be reminded to take their coats when leaving the classroom. Students in physical education attire WILL NOT return to the locker room. Students without proper outdoor attire will be secured in a warm location as immediately as possible. Teachers are trained to: 1. Grab evacuation folder (with attendance sheet and Assembly Cards). 2. Lead students to evacuation location as identified on Fire Drill Posters. ALWAYS LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS. 3. Take attendance and account for students. 4. Report injuries, problems, or missing students to school staff and first responders using Assembly Cards.
Shelter-In – “Attention. This is a Shelter-In. Secure all exit doors.” (Repeated twice over the PA system.) Students are trained to: 1. Remain inside of the building. 2. Conduct business as usual. 3. Respond to specific staff directions. Teachers are trained to: 1. Increase situational awareness. 2. Conduct business as usual. 3. The Shelter-In directive will remain in effect until hearing the “All Clear” message: “The Shelter-In has been lifted”, followed by specific directions. BRT members, floor wardens, and Shelter-In staff will secure all exits and report to specific post assignments.
Hold is initiated when there is a condition inside the school building, and the immediate need to address the condition requires staff, students, and visitors to remain in place and conduct business as usual until the “All Clear” is announced. Hold might be initiated to manage an incident in the building that does not place the school community in danger, or whenever directed by First Responders Hold does not replace a soft or hard lockdown. The Building Response Team and School Safety Agents will sweep the building. Anyone found in the restrooms, hallways, stairwells, or the lobby will be taken to a designated area until the “All Clear” announcement is made. Announcements must be made to remind everyone to disregard any “end of class” signals. No one may enter or leave their room or office until the announcement is made indicating that the “All Clear” has been issued and the building can return to regular operation. During a Hold, anyone entering the school must be informed of the Hold. If students are returning from lunch, they must be escorted to a designated area where they can remain, with proper supervision, until the “All Clear” announcement is made.
Actions: Upon hearing the Hold announcement: Staff must:
• Lock the door.
• Hold in their current location.
• Contact the main office to report any students who were out of the class when the Hold was announced. Students/staff must:
• Remain where they are until the “All Clear” announcement is made.
• Ignore any bells that usually signal the end of the class.
• Remember that there is no use of the classroom pass and everyone must remain in place until the Hold is lifted.
What is Safer Access?
The primary objective of the Safer Access system is to ensure that all doors remain locked outside of the morning-entry and afternoon-dismissal periods. When school doors are locked, visitors wishing to gain access to the building will ring the intercom at the main entrance door (or ADA-accessibility entrance if applicable) and identify themselves before access is granted into the school building. Safer Access allows our dedicated staff assigned to the main desk (School Safety Agents and/or school staff) to be able to see and speak with visitors before granting them access inside.
Doors at PS 172 are locked from 8:30am - 2:30pm (and for after-school programs)
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