1.

Approval of minutes – Amy motioned, Alicia seconded

2.

Approval of agenda – Amy motioned, Alicia seconded

3.

Chair’s report

·         Parent engagement grants will be posted Jan 31.  Daniela will let council know of outcome.

·         Daniela attending district council meeting Thursday Feb 11^th.

·         Be There campaign materials, Daniela not happy with materials, but put everything out front, no cd’s, only buttons etc.

·         Premier award, nominations due Feb 1

·         Ontario school bus association sent information about meeting for schools in district to talk about safety.  Invitation to meeting to parent council to raise awareness on safety.  Rick says they go over the safety concerns with Hammond’s.  Council not going to pursue.

·         Christmas concert, hot choc was $17.50, Daniela will submit bill

Daniela

Daniela

Daniela

4.

Principal’s report

• Electives begin in 3 weeks, confirmations going home nest week
• Quebec trip was cancelled but is now back on, MFPS will be joining with BB public to get numbers up and lower costs.
• Portable scoreboard.   Rick found one for $250 but it looked no better than the one school currently has, cost for a suitable board would be between $800-1000, and not mountable on the wall.  Rick is still concerned about the use of it.  For basketball and volleyball it would only be used maybe 6 times per year, he feels it is not enough to justify spending the money
• Pro Grant Money, $200 babysitting fund was in an account, balance now is $140
• Parent engagement grant $500 was used for dinner, $228 from last year carried forward, $728 for this year.  Rick would like for Alicia to specify what grants are being used for different events.  Working budget for other spending such as canoe purchases to go into the working budget.  Grants to be kept separate.
• Government announced that MFPS is not part of the full time kindergarten program.  600 schools chosen this year, 8 schools in district were chosen
• There is a new Director of Education starting position next week, Larry Hope

5.

Teacher’s report

• Julia not present at meeting

6.

Treasurer’s report

$Working balance about $2159 after Lamontage and book bags paid for

7.

ACF – family movie night not a go

8.

Book fair – Tuesday May 4^th, will be set up for 3 or 4 days. Amy will be mailed an information package with more details.  Rick suggested it might be set up in the library.  There will be an open house during that period.  Book fair reps suggested doing a healthy peanut free bake sale to help bring people. Rick says an open house will do the same thing. 

Alicia concerned about too much at once with book fair and fundraising, Amy mentioned fundraising would go out well before book fair.

9.

Chaffing dishes – about $150, suggested that it would be better to just rent them.  We could research other options to borrow

10.

Speaker about parent involvement – Amy is still working on getting more info, or getting the speaker to come.

Amy

11.

Fundraising – Rhonda to order forms.  Amy and Rhonda will ask council as necessary for help in distribution.

Amy and Rhonda

12.

Wish list for council funds – Amy, Daniela, Alicia, and Christine all prefer the idea of the smart board.   Council will wait to raise some more money, and then motion to purchase.  School has four; goal for every class would be good because they could be mounted on the wall take up less space.  Each board costs $1000.

13.

Book bags purchase bill was found in council binder, bill has not yet been paid.  Amy motioned to pay bill, Alicia seconded.  Rick asked Alicia to send Kim an email to transfer $200 to account.

14.

Christine asked about assistance in school’s nutrition program.  Rick suggested contacting the co-coordinator to help in raising funds, i.e. going to businesses for donations.

15.

Next meeting April 7^th, 6:30pm.  Amy motioned to adjourn, Alicia seconded.