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6. Old Business6.1 Kindergarten fundraising – H. Hook has approached the parents in the Kindergarten division, identifyingthe need to improve the kindergarten play yard and the need for donations. To date $361.32 has been raised.Discussion followed regarding the choice to toys to be purchased, and whether there should be financialsupport from parent council funds. Points were raised questioning whether a precedent would be set ifparent council made a donation, the health of the parent council bank account, who would be looking afterthe toys and replacement costs of disposable toys.Motion: moved by D. McCarron and seconded by T. Lattanzio that a one-time donation of 500 dollars bedonated to the Kindergarten Play yard Improvement fund.Approved: unanimousMotion : moved by M. Valente and seconded by R. McLeod that the Kindergarten Play yard Improvementsubcommittee can disperse raised funds as required on behalf of parent council.Approved: unanimousH. Hook is still seeking volunteers for the subcommittee that she will chair.Action: H.Hook will update council at the next meeting.7.0 New Business7.1 Constitution and Bylaws- L. Shillington brought forward the discussion that occurred at the end of lastyear regarding acknowledgements from parent council to staff members who have reached milestones suchas retirement or changing of schools, as well as those on sick leave etc.Last year there was much electronic discussion on the topic but no resolution. L. Shillington asked about thecurrent constitution for council. It was recognized that the constitution (2006) has not been revised in manyyears. Within the constitution will be guidelines regarding voting rights of council members and this needs tobe updated.Action: T. Latanzio offered to create an electronic copy of the constitution for circulation to current councilmembers.7.2 Voting privileges- In conjunction with the update to the constitution, discussion occurred regarding whatwould be the required attendance of council members to give them voting privileges. The suggestion wasmade that if two consecutive meeting are missed without extenuating circumstance or regrets then votingprivileges would be revoked.Action: L. Shillington has asked council member to consider what would be an appropriate for decision at thenext meeting.7.3. Potential presentations –Last year Dr. Wendy Craig presented to parents on bullying. This presentation
was open to all parents at St. Martha as well as the offer was extended to parent council at JE Horton.Action: Mr. Murray asked that council members think about potential speakers for this year.8.0 Principal’s ReportMr. Murray highlighted the following;- Open house was held at the end of September. The faith cross was in the library during the openhouse and the icon of Guadeloupe was at the school.- Cross country running- St. Martha had a successful day with over 100 participants and team titles won- The Terry Fox walk raised 1500 dollars.- Andrew Chin was at the school. He is an Australian faith based singer that provided a workshop forsome of the students followed by a concert which included the workshop participants.- The older students are participating in PALS which will assist with DPA on Monday, Wednesday andFriday’s .- The Roots of Empathy program will be introduced into Ms. Smalleganges’s class in <strong>Oct</strong>ober.- Regiopolis Notre dame high school will be celebrating their 175 anniversary this year.- R. McLeod brought a thank you to council on behalf of the staff for the money council provided toeach teacher at the end of the year.- Discussion occurred at the September meeting around the large hole between the fence and theground by the dragon climber. This whole has now been filled.- There is a social justice student committee that will be sending information home- There will be three Kingston Frontenacs games this season which will have tickets available for St.Martha students.- There will be three teacher candidates at St. Martha this year, one in grade 6 and 2 in the primarydivision- Mr. Wolfgang Piribauer will be providing three blocks of art this year, one in each division.- Ms Lucy Harris will be in the school providing music and drama- The school website has been slow to be updated due to administrative changes. This should change inthe near future.- Smartboards – two remain to be installed and there are some installation corrections to be made.- Traffic concerns continue regarding the flow of cars in front of the school at peak times. There will bemore signage is coming including no parking and drop off zone along the drive to the back parking lot.Questions were asked by council members about the use of crossing guards, more stop signs andwhether the media has been alerted to the concerns. Mr. Murray is going to connect with theprincipal of Ecole Sir John A Macdonald School. He has also spoken with the on-site Daycare regarding
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