School Council Meeting Minutes DRAFT

General Lake School Council Meeting Minutes DRAFT

Wednesday September 18, 2013

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

General Lake School Library

Attendees:

Present: Caitlin Leger, Karen White, Adelle Bemister, Charlene Chubbs, Stacey Fullard, Megan

Robillard, Sandra Spencer, Lindsay Allan, Deb Legault

Regrets: Sarah Perras, Rowana Brown, Angela Mackay

1) Welcome and Introductions

▪ Mrs. Legault called the meeting to order

▪ Agenda was motioned to be approved by Adelle, seconded by Karen

2) Elections

▪ Lindsay offered to be co-chair, is looking for a second co-chair to help

▪ Secretary position went unfilled

▪ Treasurer position was filled by Stacey

▪ Some discussion was had about whether there should be a Community Rep or a Parent Rep,

it was decided that all members present at that meeting would make up the voting cadre and

therefore additional elected positions weren't necessary.

3) Old Business/Updates

▪ Minutes from the council meeting on June 12, 2013 were motioned to be approved by

Adelle, seconded by Lindsay

▪ School Council Blog is still in existence. Some concerns about usefulness were presented, it

was decided that School Council matters will stay on the School Council Blog and will not

be posted on the general School Blog. ACTION 2013/09/18 #1: Adelle will maintain the

blog again this year

▪ Jer's Vision has been arranged to be at the school again this year by Mrs. Robillard. He will

be here November 20 to coincide with Anti Bullying week. Presentations will be made to as

much of the school population as possible, starting with the grade 7/8s. An information

letter detailing topics if discussion will be sent home to parents before the presentation. A

request for council to cover the fee and per diem was made – approximate cost, $400

4) New Business

▪ Principal's Report (See Appendix1)

▪ Treasurer's Report (See Appendix2)

▪ Meeting Dates were set for the 2013/2014 school year. They are November 20, January 22,

February 19, April 16. June 4.

▪ It was decided the School Council would offer a Hot Lunch Program again this year. Some

discussion was had about what we would offer. Adelle presented the idea of using a catering

company (Dreams Catering or Christine's Catering were suggested). She also suggested

looking into whether Santa Fe would be able to comply with PPM-150 ACTION

2013/09/18 #2: Lindsay will contact Petawawa Pizza, Maameek, Santa Fe, Dreams and

Christine's to see about the possibility of providing Hot Lunch at the school on Fridays this

year and what their pricing would be. Will update council via email prior to order forms

going out to students