GP Vanier PAC

Meeting Agenda

March 1, 2016 - 7pm

  1. Approval of minutes from last meeting
  2. Old Business
  3. New business

a)  Paul Rebitt- New Course Presentation

b)  Ian Heselgrave & Sheldon Lee – Seismic Update

c)  Principals Report

d)  Treasurers Report

e)  Trustee Report

  1. Adjournment

GP Vanier PAC

Minutes for Meeting of February 2, 2016

In attendance: Colleen Styan, Donna Graves, Ramona Simard, Janice Caton, Darren Freeman, Michelle Daniels, Norma Kellinghusen, Jason Coby

Meeting Opened 7pm

  1. Motion to approve January minutes made and passed
  2. Old Business
  3. Emergency Food funds of $360; Brian Mcaskill will be purchasing and submitting receipts.
    Request from Dave Randel for computer/software purchases unconfirmed to date.
  4. New Business
  5. DPAC- Presentation on the teenage mind Feb 10, 7pm
  6. Principals Report –
  7. Assessment week went well.
  8. 8 out of province students added to the student body at the beginning of the new semester.
  9. Jennifer Gordon will be replaced with at .5, meaning that 2 of her blocks will be covered this year. Next year’s possible replacement is yet to be determined.
  10. The proposed boundary changes are holding up the schedule planning for next year. There is also expected delays to the final outcome due to the new MyEd system that has been implemented across the district. While there are no difficulty anticipated with its function the new system will take some time to become comfortable with for the administrators.
  11. Sub-contractors are beginning to meet for the seismic upgrade and will continue to do so every two weeks, with the goal being to break ground on the upgrade in May.
  12. Treasurers Report
  13. A cost of roughly $1000 was incurred in US exchange for jerseys purchased on behalf of the Basketball teams, $2606.80 US = $3518.36 CAD. Discussion around using wisdom in the future when ordering from the US. Suggestion about inviting the department heads to the year-end meeting to discuss needs and future purchases.
  14. Choir still has an allocated mount of $400, as there is no choir this year it was suggested to keep the funds within the Fine Arts Department, no motion was made.
  15. Trustees Report
  16. Proposed Boundaries Change/School Closure-
  17. Proposed closure of Puntledge Park School and the students relocated to the current Lake Trail building. If Puntledge Park is closed this would be a savings of $700,000 and affect other schools in the valley in the following ways; Arden, Courtenay El., Puntledge (which ever location that may be) would all grow to have grades K-7 and the Lake Trail students in grade 8 9 would move to High School, as the other grade 8 & 9 students in the valley currently are. The boundaries between the 3 High Schools would shift to allow the changes required to even out the populations of Highland, Isfeld and Vanier while absorbing the additional Lake Trail students. This would be a roughly 5 year process of reconfiguration.
  18. Board Meeting March 15, 2016
    Public Meeting for Parents at Puntledge March 8, 2016
  19. Superintendent has been replaced by acting superintendent Tom Demeo. The permanent position will be posted in March or April, with a decision hopefully by June.
  20. Russell Horswell has relocated to Vancouver area and Sheldon Lee has replaced him as the Secretary/Treasurer until December 2016.
  21. Discussion about the proposed alternative school week- possibly Mon-Thurs, or half days on Fridays. This would address PLC days and professional Development days having a consistent weekly location as well as be a cost saving strategy. More information by April 2016.

Meeting Adjourned 8:26pm