Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   I hope everyone managed well through the toxic smoke last week and are now making the most of the clean air around us.   As…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   Although there is a lot going on, we would like to focus our comments on the budget and where we are today. Much like last…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. Congratulations on the $75,000 award for playground upgrades – great to hear that it alleviates some of the taxpayer burden by offsetting the costs associated with…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   We start with wonderful news tonight about – Reflections! As you may recall PTAC conducted this program for the very first time in Montclair last…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. Let’s start with some good news tonight. The National PTA has selected the Montclair PTA Council as the winner of the 2023 Local PTA Outstanding Advocacy…

Good evening! My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   Tonight we decided to do things slightly differently. Given that there are a few new faces on the Board and with the new leadership, we…

Happy New Year! My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   We are going to hold off on comments and updates till the next meeting. In the meantime though, I would like to extend a…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community.   What a year it has been – 2022 has its ups and downs and I am glad to observe that we have had more ups…

Good evening. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. Tonight, I would like to start with the passage of the bond referendum! It is clear that the bond referendum passed with overwhelming support from the…