Minutes April 14, 2015
CSAC, St. Conrad
In attendance:
A. DiCredico-Moya, B DiPetta, H. Farebrother, C. Nati, Sue DiPetta,
L. Pagliaroli, G. Swain, N. Paiva, Rita DeLells, Vanessa De Santis, Laura Timmons, Norris Picciani Amanda Vazzano, J Schmitt, Nadia Borelli Angela, Pecchia Nocera, Sandra DiPetta, Lucy Aruda Plus 2
Regrets:, J Perri A. Crudo-Perri, Tania Nicolau
Signed in including above: 15
7:12Mr Swain led Prayer
Approval of Minutes
Motioned – Nancy Paiva
Seconded – Bruno DiPetta
Passed
Anna (Chair) gave welcome and presented Agenda
Added to Agenda
Civvies Collection
Fundraising
Motioned - Bruno DiPetta
Seconded – Howard Farebrother
- Motion Passed
Chair Report
CSAC name change to CSPC (Catholic School Parent Council)
Bylaw change – minimum of 7 parents on council
Council can still exist with less than 7 so no real change
Bank Accounts – New Policy School and CSPC Bank Accounts must be separate
Chair and Council must now submit annual report
May 7 Mass with Cardinal – Must sign up
Treasurer Report
Unfortunately have been unable to meet up this month to finalize Accounts
$2048 so far for Civvies Day
BBQ
Set for May 31 – Pamphlets being finalized now
Same Setup as in the past
Company is providing games and staff
Will be donating some proceeds to Humber Regional Hospital
Garage/Yard Sale $20 and bring your own table
Joe Schmitt can bring some cars if there is space for them
Look into advertising the Yard Sale and Always looking for donations
Principal Report
School Safety
Lunchtime Holy Thursday occupants of a white Tahoe parked on road called a child over
Child went to lunchtime supervisor who took photo of car. Photos provided to Police
On that note, due to recent incidents, there are more undercover Police present in area
PlayGround
Playground will be installed in 2-3weeks
School Staffing
Growing by 2 classes – extra grade 1 and grade 3
Next year down to ½ ESL
5th Block (extra Reading) is staying
Down 1 Special Ed teacher
Can be put down to budget but we are in better state than other schools
Enrollment projected to be 530 up from 506
Swimming team did well
Chess team entered 3 competitions and are in one more
Hockey team going to old Maple Leaf Gardens
Indoor soccer has proven very popular
Basketball – hosting girls regional finals- Might be a chance to sell some pizza
4 Children took part in Math Olympics and Amanda DiPetta came second
French Immersion will be discussed next week
Met with Toronto Health regarding a program called PAL Leadership team could take lead and help out
On-line Safety Program
Paul Davis can come to school and teacher parents and children the rules of safety on the Internet and the perils in the digital age
The fee can come out of the pro-grant and will cost approx. $950
Proposal to proceed with booking a series of 5 lectures
Motioned – Bruno DiPetta
Seconded = Howard Farebrother
School Eco Program
Presented by Nancy Paiva
Looking into an Eco Garden which will either be a Butterfly or Food Garden
Butterfly Garden is a bit more expensive so preferred choice is Food
Will add to May Agenda and Eco garden can come and explain the program in more detail
AfterSchool Program
Roding CC is by far the cheapest and hard for anyone else to compete against
There have been 3 surveys and only 12 parents have expressed an interest
There needs to be 20 to make the program feasible
We can do another survey but expectation is that it will probably yield the same results as the previous ones
We can send out info again via email or even hand out something at the School BBQ
School Board looking at cutting out busing in children who live within 1.5 km of school
Unlikely to happen as enrollment will go down
Next meeting
May 26
Meeting Ended
Proposed – Bruno DiPetta
Seconded Christina Nati