Minutes of first SAC Meeting – Sept. 15, 2016

John English SAC – Meeting Minutes

Thursday, September 15, 2016, 7 – 8:30 pm

Welcome Introductions

Additional agenda items

Principal/Vice Principal’s Report

Mr. Howe

Welcome and thank you for coming, parent involvement always welcomed and thanked
First week is settling in, working on routines
Parent concern over class placement – please use as a learning moment to prepare kids for their path; support given but path not changed
8 new teachers due to promotions; moves; maternity leave
Class sizes might have adjustments which needs to be done by 3rd week; fortunately minimal changes needed this year and they have already been done and communicated to families affected
John Malloy has been given permanent contract as Director of TDSB; 4 new ‘Learning Centers” have been created (http://www.tdsb.on.ca/AboutUs/DirectorofEducation/LearningCentres.aspx) ; with each center staffed by 7 Superintendents; our school is in LC4 and our new Superintendent is Sandra Tondat
TDSB video presented highlighting schools in the board
Construction happened over summer and is still happening; roof is almost finished being resurfaced, new steam boilers, window frames and sashes painted, playground lines painted; solar panels delivered for installation, steel beam structure tested for integrity
Sept 22 – Meet the Teacher Night – Community Service Carousel 5:00-6:30 and teachers available from 6:30-7:30

Mr. Parvatam

bus route # 1 (of 3) having trouble with driver and timing, as of Sept 16 this issue should be resolved; info is as clear as what school is getting
Lunch time programs available (gr 1 – 8) again this year; hoping to run on Mondays and Fridays due to Healthy Bites schedule – council decided and agreed on Arts Express, Chess and Math Academy, Fun Factory – subsidies are available
Co-op games run by grade 7-8 in winter (after lunch) will happen again this year
Universal mandatory screening for all grade 3 TDSB students starting this month; 3 part test (verbal, quantitative, non-verbal); run by Grade 3 teachers; CCAT; provides information to teachers; more info at http://www.tdsb.on.ca/ElementarySchool/SpecialEducation.aspx
Kiss’n’Ride needs volunteers; from 8:25-8:45; info to be sent out on Friday update; including no parking on George Street

Teacher’s Report – Mme Smith

thank you and welcome; busy first week
Oct 4 – Picture Day
Sept 30 – Terry Fox Run
Sports teams started; x-country (Gr 3-8), softball; football; all announcements can be reviewed in cafeteria and also at coach’s corner; girls basketball and boys volleyball will start soon
Mme Mazelet recruiting Grade 5&6 students for Safety Patrol
Ms. Jenkins – needs parent volunteers for help with library

SAC Board Business

Programs

Parent Rep Sign Up – each class has a parent rep to communicate school/SAC/classroom info to parents; works closely with their teacher; asking for parents to sign up for their class – sheet went around

Curriculum Night (Sep 22): pizza, drinks, bake sale at 5:30-6:30 – Terry Durette helping lead pizza; 8-10 grade 8’s helping to sell pizza (Ashwin to arrange for volunteers); will ask to bring your own bottle for water fill-up; sign up sheet going around for bake sale donations plus will be on Friday Night update – Jen to lead

Ukulele – grade 3 program; running for 8 years now; runs during school hours for all grade 3’s; SAC subsidizes; there is an inventory of ukuleles donated so no cost to parents of grade 3; check out uschool.ca for info on program; starts first week of October; runs all year; approval to fund this year motioned and seconded; free for teachers at lunch

Fundraising

summary sheet handed out and attached to minutes; participant prize approved for Fresh From the Farm; all forms/info will be sent home within the next few weeks; QSP prize structure changed to grand prizes only; quorum seems to be no QSP assembly

Treasurer’s Report

budget from 2015/16 handed out and reviewed (attached to minutes); question about raising classroom support above $100; needs more review as there are 50 teachers; computers at home tough for some families – could we help?; ideas brought forward in regards to additional programs SAC could support (Watershed on Wheels from TRCA); tabling request for a sub-committee on enrichment for next meeting; surplus of roughly $20K which we can table for next meeting to put against a wish list/instrument refurbish etc

2015/16 SAC Budget

Revenue
Initiative	Budget	Actual
Curriculum Night	800	0
Fundraising	5000	4,985
QSP	5000	4,209.46
Poinsettia	900	1167.11
Indigo FlipGive and Samko	100	46.39
Pizza Friday	4,000	5208.85
Dance-a-thon	4,000	6140.95
Movie Night and Basket Raffle	3,000	5077.07
Fresh from the Farm	1,500	1556.05
Total Budget – Actual	24300	28,390.88

Proposed Expenditures
Skating Program	2000	1883.60
Scientists in the School	4000	3691
Ukelele	7000	7000
Grauation Ceremonies	1000
Classroom Support	3500	3102.21
Bank Charges	150	291.76
QSP Class Winners	100
Dance-a-thon pizza lunch	100
iPad Mini’s	3000	3000
Team Uniforms	600	600
Fresh from the Farm prize	200	282.22
Library Books	0
Instrument Repair	0	35
Winter Concert		118.94
Enhancements	0
Staff Appreciation	400	305.33
Total Budget Expenditures	22050	20310.06

Bank Balance as of Sep 09, 2016	$23,464

Open Positions / Nominations

Open positions: Treasurer (transition year with Terry), CPF rep, Health & Safety, PSP

PIAC – Saturday Nov 19 – Parent Conference; transportation available, child care

Other Business

Fix Our Schools – to be discussed at October meeting regarding provincial funding

Meeting Adjourned @ 8:30

Next Meetings – Oct 13, Nov 10, Jan 12, Feb 9, April 6, May 11