Mount Douglas Secondary Parent Advisory Council

General Meeting Minutes

Mt. Douglas School Library

Thursday April 14, 2005, 7:00 pm

 

In Attendance:

 

Tony Goodman, Mike Decker, Marla Turner, Lance Turner, Lindy England, Carla Lewis-Stuart, Paul Thomas, Jenna Lucas, Pat Blundon

 

  1. Call to Order - Tony Goodman
    • Meeting called to order at 7:25 pm
    • Introduction of attendees
    • Agenda and minutes circulated

 

  1. Minutes from Feb. general meeting - Tony Goodman
    • Accepted as distributed

 

  1. Student Leadership Report - Jenna Lucas
    • Busy time now with year-end and graduation activities
    • Last Dance will be on April 20 - volunteers already in place
    • Pep rally coming up
    • Environment Club activities: school cleanup, student awareness

 

  1. Administration Report - Paul Thomas
    • Review of SD 61 budget
    • Discussed article in Province and Fraser Institute report

-         Have increased awareness of school

-         Many more inquiries from out of province

-         Transfer requests from private schools as well

    • School population

-         School was very full this year

-         1135 was final enrolment - constant through the year

-         The 4 new portables handled 120 extra students

-         School district is predicting 890 students next year but school's projections show 1015

    • Staffing

-         Last year there were 22 new teachers in a staff of 55

-         # of students leads to block allocation by course which determines how many staff are required

-         Reduction in students means possibly staff will have to be reducing by 4

-         Layoff notices last year (given based on predicted staffing needs) went as high as 8 years seniority

    • Provincial Exam results

-         Comparison graphs between school, district, public and province were presented: for grades 10 and 12, all courses, school vs. provincial marks

-         Grade 10 exam vs. school results showed wider variance than expected as exam content was not familiar to teachers

 

  1. Treasurer's Report - Lindy England
    • Extra funds received from the province to PAC are $21,488
    • These funds can be used in any manner, unlike the Bingo funds
    • Reviewed the budget report based on granted funding requests

-         Not everyone is expending there allocations

-         Establish an April 30 deadline for informing us of the expected usage by year end as we have additional funding requests totalling ~ $6600

 

  1. Emergency Preparedness report - Carla Lewis-Stuart
    • Has list of goods to provide a very basic setup which will cost ~ $6000 to obtain
    • Need to empower Rob House to stock the kiosk
    • Send out a call for donated equipment

-         Drop off day is May 7

 

  1. Music Parents report - Pat Blundon
    • Next meeting is May 9, at which new executive will be elected
    • Active fundraising has started for a trip to Hawaii next spring

 

  1. Fine Arts report - Pat Blundon
    • Dance-a-Thon is the next big event on May 14
    • Kaleidoscope Theatre has expressed and interest in being a partner

-         They have access to O&M funding through Heritage Canada and other foundations

 

  1. President's Report
    • Web site review as prepared by Lindy England

-         Unfortunately could actively view it but feedback provided by those who had seen a preview

-         Now available on the RAMPAC link on Mt. Doug web site

 

  1. Next meeting
    • May 12, 2005 7:00 pm for next regular meeting

 

  1. Meeting adjourned - 9:30 pm