MINUTES

School Council Meeting – Brisbane public School

Tuesday September 19, 2017, 7:15pm

In Attendance: / Voting/ Interested / Regrets: / Voting/ Interested
Jennifer Cuthbertson – Chair / V / Lori Wright – Vice Chair / V
Cara Knibbs / V / Heather Climenhage - Secretary / V
Anne -Marie Narasingh / V / Matt Sammutt / I
Claire Upton / V
Tracey Wallace- Fundraising / V
Danae Wallace- Fundraising Chair / V
Leslie Haddow- Snack Program / I
Liz Catelli / V / Staff:
Jen Moffat / V / Reena Anand, Principal
MagdaPacanowski / V / Shan Robertson, Vice Principal
James Cuthbertson / I
Ashley Stiles / I
Agenda Item and Discussion / Action
1 / Welcome and Approval of June Minutes: 7 Norms of Collaboration were shared along with new folders with copy of by-laws. / Approved.
Members to review by-laws in preparation for Oct. meeting discussion.
2 / Nomination Forms and Elections: Treasurer position remains VACANT.
Jen Cuthbertson-Chair, Lori Wright-Co-chair, Heather Climenhage-Secretary / Reena to ‘blast’ need for treasurer
3 / Leslie Haddow shared SNACK PROGRAM plans: improve healthy snacks, kids awareness & education to be incorporated. 3 hot lunches ( 1 for Live Free) and popcorn days. *clarification that teachers are NOT present in classrooms during snack time. Recent Food Guide changes will be taken into consideration. SNACK co-chair is Brandi Bray.
4 / FUNDRAISING: Danae will be CHAIR and Tracey will be co-chair taking over duties during maternity leave. Chair requested historical information be shared about past fundraising initiatives, specifically the Fresh from the Farm program.
A new form was presented to be used as a template to discuss and consider future fundraising proposals. / Jen Cuthbertson to provide Fresh from the Farm data to chair.
5 / Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) event: September 25th. Topic unknown. / Jen Cuthbertson to email topic to council.
6 / Yearbook: There has been no confirmation that Jayme Reynolds is willing to take over the yearbook design and implementation. Previous yearbook designer Norma McDonald is willing to train and support new volunteer.
Anne-Marie offered to help support yearbook coordinator with the layout and design of the pages. / Jen Cuthbertson to speak directly to Jayme Reynolds to confirm commitment.
7 / Playground Committee Update provided by Claire Upton: explained role of UGDSB, school council and committee in playground vision and fundraising. Event description of BBQ/tree Canada ceremony. Estimated cost of entire project is $100-120,000 with both naturalized and traditional elements but smaller in size to avoid having to replace one large piece in the future.
Laminated colour brochure will be ready for the Sept.28th event. / Treasurer report does not reflect the allocation of playground budget.
8 / Roads Update: Online petition closed. Flashing 60km speed signs have been installed both ways. Council still wanting to pursue 40km enforcement.
9 / Principal Report: staff Halpin & Orr will be teacher reps at council meetings.
410 students, 75% French immersion. Some small shifts to English classes to comply with numbers. !st Assembly 23/9/17. Still a colour house focus this year. Terry Fox event will be on 28/9/17 and students encouraged to wear red. PA Day 29/9/17.
10 / Financial Report reviewed: discussion that historical content needs to be reflected and accessible to inform future decision making. It was suggested that the playground financial projections should be made specific and included in the financial reporting.
*note that June financials were not formally a part of minutes. / Need a treasurer and review of how the data is presented.
11 / Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at *after 9pm.
12 / Next Meeting:Meeting start time discussed and vote to change start time to 6:45pm ongoing.
Tuesday October 10, 2017 at 6:45pm in the library