Minutes of Meeting June 8, 2006
Present: Betty Locke, Nancy Jones, Kelly Munkittrick,
Robert Munro, Sandra
Bartlett, Mary Stilwell, Nancy Littlewood
Regrets: Patty Donovan, Emily Love, Nick Papadopoulos,
Dan Trecartin, Karyn
Locke, Christin Clarke, Christine Hoyt
Guest: John
MacDonald
The meeting was
called to order at 7:10pm.
The agenda was
approved as amended.
The minutes of
May 18, 2006 were unavailable.
There was no
Correspondence.
Update on
parking/traffic concerns
John MacDonald
presented the plan from ADI. During the
summer a drop-off lane will be created and graded, the parking lot graded,
concrete barriers erected to direct traffic flow and (possibly) access to the
staff parking lot changed. Other
changes, including paving will be budgeted for another year. The committee was pleased with the plan and
with progress to date.
Committee noted
that the information session for parents held on May 25 was excellent but that
the small turnout was very disappointing.
One parent who attended, Janet Bordage, has
offered to start a support group for parents of kids who are using drugs and
will contact principles of high and middle schools in the area to get this
initiative started. The school
presentations were well received and appeared to have made an impact on the
students. Rothesay Regional Police will
be invited to attend the Parent Orientation night in the fall, scheduled for
Thursday September 14.
The Drug Proof
Your Kids parent training program is ready for delivery in the fall, with some
final changes to be incorporated over the summer. There will be a display and opportunity to
sign up at the Parent Orientation night and other promotions.
Betty presented a
DVD called PARTY, an acronym for Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in
Youth, which depicts an accident as a result of impaired driving. Committee will ask student members of PSSC to
recommend use of the DVD.
Nancy Littlewood
presented a progress report of agencies contacted/confirmed for the Fall Health
Fair, scheduled for Wednesday October 18.
The list is appended to the minutes.
Anyone who has suggestions to add an agency, please contact
Plan is completed
and has two major goals:
Committee noted
that a recent news story reported that Technical and vocational training is on
its way back in to schools. KVHS has
maintained these courses all along, although detrimental at budget time because
class sizes must remain low. Committee
expressed hope that staffing and budgeting needs will
be acknowledged and will increase in future.
School
Improvement Plan includes PSSC plan. Bob
will send to Betty for distribution to PSSC.
Principal
report – assembly for
Grad Students today well received. Other
items covered earlier in meeting.
A question was raised
about students unable to get the courses they select. Is there any point in pre-selecting? Yes – requests determine schedule and
staffing. Large numbers selecting a
course means another section will be added.
It was noted that
the second semester gets “lost” during parent orientation night – is there a
way to incorporate this? Difficult to
add to an already lengthy evening and a second night in the new
year would probably be poorly attended.
Committee thanked
Kelly Munkittrick for his three year term on PSSC.
Elections will be
held 6:30pm on September 14.