What your board should be doing right now

Every month of the PTO year, by role — the tasks, the deadlines that bite, and the things to start now so they're ready later. Assumes a July–June fiscal year; adjust if yours differs.

June: Close the year properly

June decides whether next year starts from strength or from zero: the fiscal year ends June 30 for most groups, and everything that isn't written down or handed over evaporates over summer. In June a PTO board should enforce the reimbursement deadline, close the books, hand over binders, accounts, and passwords in one sitting, and run a final meeting that celebrates the year and formally seats the new board.

Events & volunteers

Run end-of-year staff thanks

A last treat cart or breakfast during the checkout days — staff end the year on the PTO's best note.
Inventory and label the storage closet

What's in there, photographed and listed. September-you will otherwise re-buy all of it.
File final event debriefs

Field day and spring event notes into the binder — the last deposits into institutional memory.

⏰ Deadlines that bite

Fiscal year end — June 30

For most parent groups. Books close, reimbursement stragglers roll forward, and the review committee takes over in July.

📅 Start now, thank yourself later

It's July's list

The wheel turns — the new board starts at the top with the quiet reset.

Prefer the readable version? Read the June guide · or see the whole PTO year at a glance.

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