| AGENDA |
presenter |
time |
notes |
action items |
| Welcome, approval of September minutes |
Nathan |
6:30pm |
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- Co-chair elected (Nathan)
- Secretary volunteer – Debby Wolf
- Direct donation proposal acclaimed
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| Proposed calendar of PAC meetings |
Nathan |
6:33pm |
- November 15, 2006
- December 13, 2006
- January 17, 2007
- February 13, 2007 (Tuesday)
- March 14, 2007
- April 18, 2007
- May 16, 2007
- June 13, 2007
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- Accepted and dates put into newsletter by Donna.
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| Results from referendum |
Nathan |
6:35pm |
- See http://simonfraserelementary.com/20061018-2/2006-referendum-results/
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| Budget update |
Steve/Phalgun |
6:40pm |
- Acclaimed to continue fundraising. * goal of $4,000
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- Direct donation range of $30 – 50 per family.
- Letter to be drafted to parents. (Nathan)
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| Community links |
Caroline |
6:45pm |
- Registration update
- community links
- Registration #s mainly from Grade 2 & 3 Arts & Crafts, lunchtime gym days most popular – registration is high.
- Choir sign up, piano & homework registration numbers pending.
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| Special Events |
Caroline / Jilian |
6:50pm |
- Pizza Day – Fri. Oct 27th
- Movie Night – Jumanji – Fri. November 24th
- Pizza Day – Fri Dec 8th
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| School update |
Donna |
7:00pm |
- encourage parent participation in school activities
- goal setting conferences – hopes to have impact on what teachers do in the classroom. Feedback – parents would like more feedback from the teacher, clearer curriculum expectations for the year, may be too early in the year for this type of discussion, goal was for increased parent participation.
- Parent seminars offered through the school, include well known authors in education & parenting topics – parents are welcome to browse books through the library.
- Library volunteers needed – 1:1 program – tutoring includes training, requires criminal record check. 3 hours / week – for children that need/want more reading practice. Also, any volunteers needed for shelving books, check in, check out, etc. Ask classroom teachers for further opportunities.
- Suggestions from teachers – “share your job with us”, talk about your job, equipment, book, etc. Classroom/community ethnic lunch; assist with science or art projects in classroom; silent reading time helper, courtyard development.
- Peer helpers for playground to encourage kids in games (hopscotch)
- Musicians needed for assemblies, special events, piano player for Christmas concert.
- Suggestion to have Christmas pagent earlier in Dec
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- $200 needed to complete tables for courtyard. (PAC executive)
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| PAC website / wiki |
Nathan |
7:15pm |
- wiki has been set up for use of the SFE pac. Domain name has been registered. Proposal to have minutes and documents contained on the wiki. Nathan will send out notice to parents on how to access
- website has been set up for SFE www.simonfraserelementary.comgo to link. Goal is to be pac driven (suggestion to have link from main page)
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- Nathan will author with assistance from Deb to help with content
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| Soup program |
Sarah/Leslie |
7:20pm |
- schedule done. Program should start next week. Various types of soup to be offered, 2 choices per day. Choices will be scheduled (i.e Monday – chicken noodle + abc noodle). .75
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| Child care update |
Phalgun |
7:30pm |
- PAC (Caroline, Phalgun) have been working with school board, city of Vancouver.
- Opposition coming from Park board staff.
- MPCC to be demolished late 2007/08, so fundraising needs to happen now.
- $750,000 already earmarked for this project.
- Fundraising will be done by MPCC association along with the SFE PAC – one strategy to hire professional fundraiser. ** Need funds released from city to raise fundraising.
- Pool should be open until end of 2008.
- Need to decide on site (school board has final decision).
- Construction to begin on new building on school property.
- Discussion regarding dog run being moved.
- Dog run permission is granted by school board, may impact on future building site.
- Proposal to be on existing basketball court.*** Suggestion to have basket ball court relocated to parking lot area.
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- Letter to City council to be sent this month to approve professional fundraiser. (Phalgun)
- PAC to draft letter to City/Parks Board. (Phalgun)
- Details and updates be posted on website for parents (Phalgun/Nathan)
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| Funding approval guideline proposal |
Nathan |
7:50pm |
- for items <$250: require PAC executive approval
- all items >$250: require referendum to all parents or vote at PAC meeting with advance notice
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- Proposal accepted and reviewed in 6 months time.
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| Parent information sessions |
Phalgun |
7:55pm |
- Invite parents to sessions with speakers.
- School board offers sessions.
- Parents to voted on 3 out of 6 proposed topics.
- 3 weeks notice needed to book speakers.
- Provided by teachers with special interest in the topic area. Proposal to have 1 per term.
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| Extra items |
Phalgun |
7:58pm |
- Position of secretary acclaimed – Debby Wolf* Executive-at-Large position proposed. Caroline accepted and acclaimed.
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