Minutes - UWC Maastricht

UWC Maastricht Division Council
Minutes of the meeting of February 8th 2012 approved on March 12, 2012
Present:
Members: Colin Hogan, Gijsbert de Keizer, Golnar Motaharipour, Angelique Paulussen, Peter
Wijnker, Satyadeep Srivastava, Lennart de Geus, John Eberhard, , Mariette van de
Ven-Peeters, Olivia Campbell*
* replacement for Lennart de Geus - Division Council student representative
Management: Peter Howe (Head of College), Catherine Copeland (principal primary school)
Absent:
Members: Frodo Oude Groeniger Suzanne van Wunnik, Elizabeth Rossin, Simon Murray
(principal secondary school)
1. Meeting opened @ 1803.
2. January 16, 2012 minutes approved.
3. Revised development plan in progress, Peter to meet on February 9th to review with
Catherine and Simon.
4. The Board has not replied with a date to meet with the Council. Council secretary will contact
Yoke to send another request.
5. Update from DC finance Committee (Frodo, Golnar, Mariette) met with Theo Lambooij to
review the budget. Committee focus is on undocumented charges and framework behind
capital charges before and after the school moves to the new campus .
6. Pre-school plan update: Preschool will remain in operation with a staff of two paid
employees, however the DC has advised a staff of three.
7. The Academic Honesty Policy was approved.
8. Parental Input discussed and parents will be notified individually.
a. Reply to letter requesting whole school discipline policy or other action (1 parent
letter) Outcome: Council and management agreed to creation of a policy modeled
after UWC International's Code of Conduct.
b. Request to move smoking area away from secondary school entrance. Outcome:
awaiting input from Simon.
c. Policy on repetative contract renewals and communiaction of teacher changes
(Christine DE BOER (Kindergarden)) - (3 parent letters). Outcome: It is not possible to
reverse the decision; Council requests that parents be notified well in advance of
teachers departure.
d. Lacking full-time 9A math teacher - (1 parent letter) Outcome: A temporary solution
is in place until a permanent math teacher has been identified.
9. Input from school management:
UWC Maastricht Division Council
Nijverheidsweg 25, 6227 AL Maastricht, The Netherlands
Email: uwcm.council@gmail.com Website: www. uwc-maastricht.com (→ School Life → Division Council)

a. Peter provided an update from his meeting with UWC International Board Meeting.
Establishing independent governance of UWC Maastricht was agenda item. UWC
International is in discussion with the Chair of ALV and the Board Chair.
b. In the coming weeks, uwcmaastrict.nl will be the sole email address for all primary
and secondary.
10. The Council requested the Secondary organize a separate meeting specifically to discuss
accreditation with the possibility that a DC Committee be named to review the same with
the school.
11. Meeting closed @ 1915.
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