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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. This was a historic month in Montclair! Phaedra Dunn and Melanie Deysher made history this month by becoming the first elected board members of the Montclair…

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 would like to start with the topic of mask mandates and what we learnt in the survey that we conducted. As many of you know,…

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 would like to start with an update on our participation in Reflections, a Nationwide Art competition. I am pleased to inform you that with Ms.…

Good evening. The Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC) is an elected body that represents and supports the whole community. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of PTAC.   I would like to start today with a quote from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King – “The ultimate measure of a man is…

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.   It feels like déjà vu all over again. We are once again faced with an explosion of Covid cases in the community and all of the hotly…

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 down to the last meeting of the year. It can get hectic between family obligations and work. Thank you to Ms. Jannah and the Board…

I would like to start again by thanking you for including us on the BOE agenda. 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. Just before coming here, I logged on to watch the BOE meeting and…

Thank you for including us on the BOE agenda. There is a lot going on in general and with the PTAs in each school. My name is Tessie Thomas and I am the President of the Montclair Council of PTAs (PTAC). It’s been an eventful last few weeks caping off with Montclair choosing to move to an elected BOE. On behalf of…

Good evening.   I am Tessie Thomas, President of the Montclair PTA Council, an elected body that represents the school community throughout the district.  As you know, our mission is to engage, represent and advocate for the interests of all our PTAs and the students, families, teachers and staff at all 11 of our schools.…

Hi, my name is Tessie Thomas and as President of the Montclair PTA Council, I am speaking today on behalf of PTAC 2021-22. I would like to reintroduce PTAC by sharing some of our collective thoughts and focus for this year. The elected officers of PTAC are – Brian Fleischer and Reggie Valentine our 2…