Meeting Minutes

SCI Advisory Council for School Leadership
October 19, 2006
Meeting Minutes

Parent Attendance: Doraine Wachniak, Nikki Bertrand, Gladys Hayward Williams, Roxanne Lapointe, Diane Duma
Administration Attendance: Monica Biggar, Chris Szun
Meeting called to order at 7 p.m.
1. Acceptance of agenda G. Hayward Williams, N. Bertrand, carried
2. Acceptance of Minutes of May 4, 2006
G. Hayward Williams, N. Bertrand, carried
3. Acceptance of Minutes of Sept. 21, 2006 with changes to attendance, add in
Mary Matthewman
D. Duma, G. Hayward Williams, carried
4. a) Nutrition Initiative :
Question: Ministry of Education / Ministry of Healthy Living have
recommended schools develop nutrition policies, what initiatives has our school
taken?
Answer:
• food menu in cafeteria has been varied, includes wraps, tortellinis and veggie trays, as examples
• possibility of future development of a nutrition course
• drink machine selections of water and juices
• no formal policy being developed at present
Question: Use of cafeteria; is there a record kept of numbers of orders or
customers?
Answer:
No, but might be possible to gather data from receipts and then compare
types of purchases over the year.
Additional comments:
Water bottles are allowed in class
Profit from cafeteria goes to school purchases
b) Desks and student numbers:
Larger population this year, more desks were ordered. Concerns about safety
or class size were raised. Administration would like parents to speak to
teacher first and then if needed to administration.
c) Availability of graphic calculators for students:
Cost of these calculators ranges $130-150. Requirement for applied math
class. Teachers may have 5-10 that are available for student to sign out if
needed. NOTE for parents/students who have calculators that they do not
need anymore and may want to sell as second hand. Please call one of the
SCI ACSL meeting minutes of October 19, 2006 page 2 of 2
two teachers who teach the applied math.
(d) Little Black Book:
Questions about process of book development and parental access were
answered by D. Wachniak.
Draft presented for perusal.
At present, if books arrive at schools - not to be distributed; memo from
Superintendent.
5. Old Business
(a) Physical Education Guest: Dr. Dean Krehler would be available to present
on physical activity and increased fitness. Has done research at U of M.
D. Duma will contact local pacs to see if there would be interest in
participating for an evening presentation.
Additional comments:
SCI has made arrangements with local fitness facility in Oak Bank to support
students taking training time there as credit toward phys ed.
(b) Status of code of conduct:
Was started last year with involvement of two parents, student council
president and principal. Did not complete it. Will need to ask student
council for a participant for this year. Put on hold for now.
6. Financial
(a) $25.00 payment to Diane for plants/ soil for garden
Gladys, Nikki, carried
(b) Balance as of Sept./06 Chequing acct $541.60
(c) Itemized expenses 05/06 included in letter written to R. Hardman
requesting $125.00 for PAC
Discussion:
• Lighting in parking lot- question about concerns from neighbours about lights and if they may create a problem for their backyard privacy. May pursue this as lack of good lighting in parking lot is still a big concern.
• Suggestion to have concern protocol sent to parents.
• Suggestion to have options for fundraising available to parents so that parents could send a cheque donation instead of being involved in actual fundraising.
7. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes typed & recorded by D. Duma
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