Brisdale Public School Council Meeting Minutes

Brisdale Public School Council Meeting Minutes

November 7, 2012 6 PM

Brisdale Public School Library

Meeting Participants

Parents

Parents Name / Child Name(s) / Grade / Contact Information
Alok thakar / Aadi Thakar / 2 /
647 728 0808
Samantha Roberts / TJ Roberts
Sammy Roberts / 4
1 /
416 414 9782
Muniram Kemraj / Aarti Kemraj
Ethan Kemraj / 3
KA1 /
416 788 1386
Parneet Sethi / Armaan Jassal
Ashria Jassal / 4
SK /
905 495 5032
Sophia Ghanizacteh Namini / Arif / KA1 /
647 388 4731
Pooja Chopra / Kovidh Chopra / 3 /
647 985 1623
Samir Mansuri / Julian / JK /
416 587 7671
Lisa Tang / Erin / 1 /
416 219 9029
Rajbir S Nayar / Avneet / SK /
905 216 1445

School Staff

Staff Name / Position / Contact Information
Dave Blanch / Principal /
Stewart Mackie / Vice Principal /
Sharron Huxley / Teacher /

Welcome and Introduction

·  All attendees introduced themselves.

Principal Updates

·  To promote kids walking to school, new program has been introduced to give out ballot to every student walking on Wednesday to school and announce winner on Friday.

·  Extra activities including Junior Basket Ball Team, Bollywood dancing for grade 3, etc.

·  Continue to have Eco friendly awareness by having kids participate in recycling, etc

·  Over the month of December, Brisdale is going wireless. Mr. Mackie is leading the efforts.

·  New program is being piloted to use iPad in class for KG kids. 10 new iPads ordered.

·  Soliciting feedback from everyone on home work policy. Criteria to consider are:

o  What should home work look like?

o  How much home work should be?

o  What’s the level of parent’s involvement should be?

·  Peel Board provides myclass website, which is under development and should be ready to use in next few months.

·  Brisdale is hosting a Planning meeting for future area growth with Trustee Susan Nurse and Superintendent Mark Haarmann on November 20, 2012.

Traffic and safety concerns at Brisdale

·  Multiple plans were discussed with school council to address traffic and safety concerns at Brisdale.

·  Every group was asked to provide pro and cons for each plan.

Next Meeting

Date: December 5, 2012 6:00 PM Brisdale PS Library

Topic: TBD

Goal: TBD

Adjournment

November 7, 2013 7:00 PM

Committee Approval

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Committee Approval

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