Springfield Collegiate Institute Advisory Council for School Leadership
December 8, 2009
Meeting Minutes
Attendance
Parents/Community Members: Nikki Bertrand, Gary Walker, Diane Walker, Pearl Gauthier, Kathy Andersson, Caroline Smith, Donna Walby Lawson, Jani Roznik, Ingrid Tomiak, Ruth Rob, Roxanne Lapointe
Students: Mike Lawson, Erika Rob
Administration/Staff: Pat Ilchena, Chris Szun
Guests: Wayne Leckie
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Chair Gary Walker at 19:05.
2. Approval of Agenda: Motion (1) Donna moved, Caroline seconded. All in favor, carried.
3. Approval of Minutes: Motion (2) Caroline moved, Mike seconded adoption of the minutes for November 3, 2008. All in favor, carried.
4. Student Council Report: Fundraising events for the Christmas Cheer Board:
- Santa Candy Grams - Student Council matching the contributions/donations
- 3rd to 10th selling candy canes and chocolate goodies
- 11th and 12th picture with Santa - $1.00 per picture
Also playing Christmas music during the lunch hour – $1600.00 was raised for the Children’s Hospital at the 70’s and 80’s Dinner and Dance.
5. Principal’s Report: Christmas Events: students and staff are putting together 22 hampers for needy families in the community – December 9th Pancake Breakfast, money raised will
pay for the turkeys for the hampers.
Budget Request: a lot of money requested for Student Support Staff at SCI – want staffing in place so the student numbers in the core courses can be manageable – funding for maintenance is always a challenge for the Division - Budget will be finalized in March 09
- Mr. Leckie elaborated on the Budget and its breakdown- Chris Szun – discussed the exam schedule - Provincial Standards Tests (English, Math and Science) January 6-9, all other exams start on January 19th - the schedule will be posted the week of December 15th .
- Pat will be away for 7-10 days starting January 6, 2009 – Springfield Sabres High School Hockey Team will play a league game on December 17th at 1:30pm with all proceeds going towards the Cole Plaseski Scholarship Award.
6. Treasurer’s Report: Balance as of December 8th is $613.81 – Nikki and Donna are in the process of transferring the PAC account to the Sabres Credit Union – Diane Duma gave Nikki the SCI PAC Treasurers binder, which includes past statements and the cheque book, Nikki will in turn hand it over to Donna – the minutes will show we have the books - Motion (3) Donna moved, Kathy seconded to switch signing authority – new signing authority for 2008/2009 is Gary, Donna, Caroline. All in favor, carried.
7. Correspondence: None
8. Business arising from the Minutes:
Budget Submissions: Caroline briefly went over the topics – Mike reported on Student Councils proposals – Jani had questions/concerns regarding future plans for expansion to SCI or development of another school – Mr. Leckie advised there would be more long term planning with the School Board with regard to student population projections in the upcoming years – Kathy asked how much lunchtime supervision there was and stressed her concerns regarding the importance of more supervision – Pat reported there are two people covering two timeslots 11am-1pm & 12pm-2pm – Pat is limited because of funding and presently there are 4 hours of staffing time for lunchtime supervision – Gary suggested that Caroline add the lunchtime supervision to the Budget Submission as a late submission requesting it be returned to 8 hours of staff time or formula driven – Mike suggested that students supervise and as per Pat this is already happening, indirectly.
Smoking Policy /Drug Awareness Committee update: the committee met on December 2nd with students, Constable Doug Ashton, Public Safety Officer and Karen Lalonde – three options were presented – Option 1: move smoking area off school property to public property between the school and residences to the south of the School.
Option 2: move smoking area off school property to public property between the school and the Public Safety Office.
Option 3: NO SMOKING ON SCHOOL PROPERTY
All groups agreed on Option 2 with some alterations needed to the property fence to provide an opening for smokers further back from the public street – better monitored by staff and Public Safety Office – Pat stated that the students involved in this process were happy they were given a voice – Kathy has concerns as to how it would be monitored to ensure success– Melanie has provided Pat with Pamphlets on smoking to be included with the next report card - Motion (4) Caroline moved, Kathy seconded, be it resolved, that in order to comply with Sunrise School Division and Provincial Legislation, the Smoke Free Policy will be implemented and continuously monitored effective January 5, 2009. We will be evaluating its progress in our upcoming meetings through the year. All in favor, carried. – Pat will notify the Principal’s of the Elementary and Middle School – SCI PAC will notify the Elementary and Middle School PACs and there will be a notification for the Parents/Guardians and students at large on the Website.
Parent Communication: regarding making adjustments to the PAC meeting format – decided to leave as is, no changes.
AFM Presentation: Shelley Senkow to be invited to SCI – both SCI Staff and Shelley are interested – Pat is in the process of communicating with Shelley regarding information to be presented and presentation dates – this is ongoing – Pat will keep the PAC informed.
Bullying Presentation: Mike’s presentation on bullying is scheduled for Wednesday, December 10th at 9am with the Grade 9 class – Robyn Bronk will also participate – there will be no teachers present – Mike will have a report at the next PAC meeting.
9. Open Forum: Pearl commented on how touching and beautiful the Remembrance Day Service was and Gary also it was moving and well done and the behavior of the student body was to be commended – Caroline thanked Superintendent Wayne Leckie for attending.
10. Date of Next Meeting: Monday, January 19, 2009.
11. Motion (5) Nikki moved that the meeting adjourn at 8:57 pm.
