We had our AGM meetings last night, first the Council then the Association. The turnout was exceptional, so many parents of children in Kindergarten and/or grade 1. It was really great to see this kind of interest so soon.
As it was the AGM, we had some elections to go through, I will be staying on as Chair for the next term. Please join me in thanking the following people for the generous donations of their time and effort for our school:
Steve A - Council and Association Vice Chair
Judith N - Council Community Rep
Tracey B - Association Treasurer
Kristie A - Association Fund Raiser
In other Council business we discussed; the Garfield Weston Award, previously mentioned here, the opportunities for parental input to the school development plan, staffing and classroom sizes, and the Community Engagement and Operation Planning procedures for the CBE's upcoming changes to our school.
As mentioned before, there are many rumours floating around about what will be happening. Mr Barkley took the opportunity to address a few of them directly. There will be no schools shutting down in the 2009/2010 school year. McKenzie Towne population will be going to their own school in January. There will be no additions to our school from other communities in January. The CBE will have a recommendation to give to the Trustees (who make the final decision) by the end of December. One of the three school will be closing its doors; Haultain, Queensland, or Deer Run. All three communities will have a chance to meet and consult with the CEOPs group before the recommendations are handed to the Trustees. We will post everything that we know on this blog as the process continues.
If you would like to make a comment to CEOPs about our school, please go here and fill out the form. If you want specific information about the process, please go here. If you want to talk to our Trustee's office (Carol Bazinet), her contact information is here. If you have any input you would like Nick or I to bring to the first meeting with CEOPs please either "comment it" at the end of this blog entry or send us an email with your thoughts.
At the Parent Association meeting we reviewed the proposed budget, which passed, welcomed our new Treasurer and Fund Raiser, discussed our role as parents, and the challenges of budgeting for the 2010/2011 school year.
There will be more detail available once the minutes are posted. Thanks to all our new members as well as our familiar volunteers for coming out and making the meeting a success.
Special thank you to Lynn J for the awesome treats!
Yes thanks Lynn as always your treats were a hit!
ReplyDeleteThank yoyu so much for keeping us updated. This is a very stressful time for some parents when we dont know what will happen to our wonderful school
ReplyDeleteThough we are in the NW and in a high school, so nothing to do with your school or area in that sence. But, I feel sad to hear your school may be closed, hopefully not. You should probably truck-in parents and kids from other areas to get your enlorement higher! You guys are doing a terrific job as School Council/Parent Assocaition. That one effort alone you should use to talk to Carol Bazennette-Trustee, that the CBE will miss in its system. Best wishes, Jawad Durrani
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