FATHER JOHN REDMOND CSAC
Meeting Minutes
May 27, 2008

• Call to order at 7:31 p.m.

Opening Prayer

• Attendance

Sandra Mudryj, Dianne Parwicki, Joanne Yano, Walter Spano, Susan Walker, Trasa Bracken, Therese Stewart, Susan Longo-Santia, Eve Clancy-Brown, Susan Marcinkowski, Cathleen Holmes 
Regrets:
Murielle Boudreau, Melanie Kuhelj

• Approval of the agenda for this evenings meeting – MOTION  to approve the agenda  Susan Marcinkowski, Duly seconded Unanimous
• Approval of minutes from Meeting April 16, 2008 – MOTION to approve – Therese Stewart  Duly seconded - Unanimous
• Secretary apologized for being late.

Principals report.

See ATTACHMENT A

• Sandra reminded everyone of the MADD presentation on June 4, at 8:30 in the gym
• Summer school starts July 2nd  Start registering now – check the Board website also

Treasurer’s report –

• Joanne provided the treasurer’s report as the treasurer was not in attendance
• All banking is in order now
• Transferred $10,000 into our account
• Share cost $175
• Committed funds – Pro Grant
• Received Parent Involvement funds $500.
• Lecture Series
• Eve will ask Anna to forward her notes to Joanne
• Joanne provided notes from our May speaker Dr. Garfield Gini-Newman.  Although the turn out was low, he was very good and those who attended found him very knowledgeable
• Joanne has not heard from Dr. Barankin yet.  As a back up, she suggested that we could have Dr. Garfield Gini-Newman come out to speak during the day and invite both students and parents.  The CSAC agreed unanimously.
• Guest
• Amiee Gerdevich, the VP of OAPCE and Chair of the Provincial Parent Board (PPB) for the Ministry spoke about the PPB
• It is a group of 19 parents
• Minister attends all meetings
• How to best communication has been a struggle
• The communication that goes out from the PPB must be meaningful – the information must go to all and be consistent.
• Aimee said that she is looking forward to seeing how their recommendations are received and how they will be implemented by the Minister
• One suggestion is a suggestion box on the web
• The Minister believes in Parent Engagement and the value parents bring.
• The PPB is preparing an annual report
• Uniform Policy
• The response regarding the Uniform policy from Mark Fenwick at the Board was that it is a decision that we should make locally.
• Sue has agreed to prepare the uniform policy based on the input from last month’s discussion

Expenditures

• Joanne recommended that we purchase a filing cabinet for our documents
• MOTION to approve the purchase of the filing cabinet – Therese Stewart Duly seconded – Sue Walker

Wish List

Wish List - Dianne had emailed staff asking for suggestions for the Wish List and brought the list to our meeting for discussion. The items were discussed and the final list was chosen, see below.

Notes: BBQ can be used as a fundraiser for Plasma TV top up or other causes.

Items not chosen in 2007/2008 but to be revisited in 2008/2009:
1. Long Jump Pit – $1000
2. Painting Track Lines - $2000
3. Smart Board Mounting - $2000
4. Top up for Plasma TV - $5000

Comments from Parents re: Plasma TV – they were not willing to give $5000 but would consider between $1000-3000. Parents at the meeting felt that it was a lot of money and not as beneficial to the students as other items.

The goal of the wish list was to spread the $9000 around to benefit as many students as possible. We felt that was achieved with our choices.

(For 2008/2009 - make the decision earlier. Request the wish list items at the February meeting and grant requests at the April Meeting in order to give staff enough time. )

New Business

• Sue advised that the baskets were prepared and the draws were held at the last parent night.  The proceeds went to the students.  Thank you to the CSAC.
• FJR LTAP Proposal at the final SARC meeting

SARC (School Accommodation Review Committee) Update for Christ the King, St Teresa, St Ambrose and St Josephat.  All four schools have agreed that St Ambrose should rebuild on their original site, that St Teresa and Christ the King should amalgamate in a new building at Lakeshore and Kipling and St Josephat would move into one of those two schools.  Diane Parwicki expressed concern that this new building, located just north of Redmond, should have a focus on the Arts in order to have a natural tie in with the FJR RAP.  Therese explained that the 'wish lists' presented by both Christ the King and St Teresa called for a build that focused on green initiatives and programs that included strong connections with both FJR and Humber in order that the Arts could be properly fostered at the elementary level.

MEETING ADJOURNED:  9:02 p.m.

NEXT MEETING - *Tuesday September 23, 2008   7:00 p.m.  

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE SUMMER

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