Central Students Committee

CENTRAL STUDENTS’ COMMITTEE

REPORT TO COUNCIL OF COMMISSIONERS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2005

MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert Lynch, Hannah Quinn, Adam Zampini, Luis-Javier Aguinaga, Suzanne McNeil, Benjamin Ralph, Adria Midea, Amelia Leduc, Abigail Humphrey, Nicola Smith, Michel Boyer (cegep), Komal Ahmed, Mike De Sevigne, Elena Grivas, Nikki Lee, Darin Luckie, Lina Maiolo, Samantha Milner, Brent Neil, Hansi Peiris, Kaylie Scalise, Laura Swinburn, Camille Traill

Regrets: Hansi Peiris

OBSERVERS:

Carol Gray, Frank di Bello, Joseph Zemanovich

The last CSC meeting was held on September 17, 2005.

INTRODUCTIONS

For all the new members, we explained the structure of Central Students Committee,

the formation, the School Board organization, our mission statement, our budget,

etc. Since this was the first meeting of the 2005-2006 school year, the first part of

the meeting was dedicated to explaining all the details of how a consultative

group functions.

ELECTIONS

The Executive for the 05-06 school year was elected:

Chair: Robert Lynch (M.H.S)

Vice-Chair: Hannah Quinn (Saint-Thomas H.S)

Secretary: Adria Midea (Beurling Academy)

Treasurer: Nicola Smith (Westwood)

FIRST CLASS & WEBSITE

New and existing members alike were informed on how to download and set-up the FirstClass desktop client and use some of the major functions within, such as Instant-Messaging, the directory, email, conferences etc. Representatives were also given a tour of the CSC website, [ http://csc.lbpsb.qc.ca ].

ECA BAN & WALKOUTS

The committee discussed how the ban on all extra-curricular activities was affecting the students & faculty at their schools. We learned that a major problem that had occurred at previous walkouts was that the majority of students just saw it as a “free day”, instead of an opportunity to support a cause.

Major School Change

The CSC discussed the process and procedures of the Major School Change, with all members, and new members were given an overview of the process.

Date of next meeting: October 22, 2005

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Lynch

Chairperson

Central Students’ Committee