The president runs both the Executive Board meetings and the regular PTA meetings, creates the agenda for the meeting, coordinates with other board members and volunteers to organize events and fundraisers, meets with the principal to discuss school matters, receives all requests and correspondence for the PTA, signs legal documents, and guides the PTA’s overall goals.

Lena serves as PTA President and leads the Battle of the Books program at Thomas Paine. She is raising a 5th grader and a 2nd grader, and works professionally as a Senior eLearning Developer & Instructional Designer at CMR Institute.

The vice president positions organize and oversee the PTA events and fundraising campaigns, coordinating with other volunteers and the president as needed. If necessary, the senior vice president takes over the presidential duties.

The treasurer handles the PTA’s bank account, depositing money and writing checks as needed, keeping track of all financial interactions, creating an annual budget and maintaining a ledger, filing any necessary IRS forms, and compiling monthly financial reports as well as the end of year report.

Ashley serves as the PTA Treasurer, I have a 4th and a 6th grader , I work full time for Carle Therapy Services.  

The hospitality coordinator is not an elected position, but a volunteer that commits to the position for the year. The hospitality coordinator organizes and oversees the Spirit Week activities, Parent-Teacher conference dinners, and Teacher Appreciation Week activities and gifts.