HURLSTONE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL

Minutes School Council – 12 June 2012

6.00pm Clarke House

Meeting / School Council Meeting
Date / Tuesday 12 June 2012
Attendees / Hossein Nabi – Bidhendi
Jo Leglise
Rebecca Chan
Ross McGregor
Phil Wall
Martin Essam
Danielle Krix
Nick Wenban
Minutes by / Danielle Krix
Meeting commenced at 6.00pm
1.  Meeting Open
2.  Apologies
Therese Esajk
Jane Betteridge
Jill Stewart
Eve Webb
Dominic Mosca
Kerrie Wratten
Bettina Cooper
3.  Minutes of Previous Meeting
Minutes of Meeting – 8th May 2012
Minutes accepted – Phil Wall
4.  Business Arising
Action items for those absent see next meeting – Kerrie Wratten, Bettina Cooper & Jill Stewart
·  Kerrie discussing with Macquarie Bank re: Scholarships
·  Bettina forwarded details re Sue Gordon Grant application submitted to D.Krix
·  Ross - Editorial on Technology of HAHS in The Land this week
·  Wet Weather – announcement required for Farm Open Day
o  Proceed if slight drizzle
5.  Correspondence
Nil
6.  Principals Report
·  Draft Master Plan –
o  Please read and comment
o  Planning to send Master Plan via email & website.
o  Distribution via Newsletter mechanism
o  Link to web server
o  Next Newsletter – could Kerrie encourage people to find, read and comment by a definite date.
o  Danielle Krix – action – date for Submissions in Master Plan
7.  Farm Report
·  See report distributed
8.  General Business
·  Boarding School Expo
o  Ross questioned Nick regarding Country enquiries
o  People on staff who have worked in the Bush are best at Expo’s.
o  Nick spoke to 13 sets of parents at Dubbo.
o  Meg Bennett is the Expo Co-ordinator
o  Dubbo is a permanent fixture now and is coordinated with the Dubbo Show and will run together in the future.
·  Faculty wise – what don’t we have?
o  Sporting facilities seen as important
§  Boys – Rugby ie Kids go for Blue Mountains Rugby
§  Girls – Netball
·  School Council Meeting Dates Proposed
o  14th August
o  16th October
o  13th November
o  11th December
§  Send dates to Chris Finlay
§  Nick to put in Calander
§  Sue Pritchard to put final meeting dates on website.
§  Bold in Minutes that and send to School Council Committee
§  Add to Newsletter
·  Pavers
o  Jo Leglise to put out order forms at Farm Open Day, Country Fair & at Alumni morning tea.
o  To be laid in January holidays
o  Put on Newsletter
o  Ask Alumni for email address when ordering pavers
·  Lighting
o  Ask for light for Library Carpark and up Roy Watts Rd.
o  Action Item –
§  Audit & Budget for Lighting by Paul Dait
·  Phil – what is the support for farm staff regarding the incident in the School Holidays?
o  Counselling has been offered
o  It has been utilized by Sam Gordon & Andrew Scherer
·  Traffic Management
o  Parking – 3 point turn
o  Addressed in the Master Plan
o  The road in front of the Admin building is not a council Rd. DEC Asset Management Unit must provide funding for a private road.
o  Could we approach Andrew McDonald?
o  Road is quite narrow and cars only admit via one lane.
·  Student Reports
o  Can there be a link on the School Website for Students individual reports?
o  What about confidentiality
o  Website – where is it?
Meeting closed at 7.20pm
Next Meeting: 6.00pm Tues 14th August 2012
Action Items:
Tony Mulligan
·  For addition in next Newsletter
o  School Council dates
o  Mention orders for Pavers
o  Encourage people to find, read and comment on Master Plan
Jo Leglise
·  Ask Alumni for email addresses when ordering pavers
Nick Wenban
·  Put School Council dates on Calendar
Danielle
·  Send School Council dates to Chris Finlay to verify
·  Send School Council dates to Sue Pritchard to put on Website.
Paul Dait
·  Lighting audit and budget