March - Colonel By Secondary School
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March - Colonel By Secondary School
COLONEL BY SECONDARY SCHOOL SCHOOL COUNCIL 2010 -2011 2010 - 2011 SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING #6 Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Attendees: Raja Alani, Alan Alani, Linda Bergeron, Mandy Brady (IB Parent Volunteer Coordinator), Dan Burke (Community Rep), Charlie Costain (Secretary), Marlene Dobson, Janet Evans (Co-Chair), Frances Graff, Lewis Harthun (IB Co-ord), Sandeep Hemmady, Catherine Holt, Delia Kecskemeti, Nicolas Kecskemeti, Jane Mahoney, Sharmila Michael, Jenny Ong, Lise Pennie (OCASC Rep), Jeanne Percival, Heather Pierscianowski (IB Parent Rep & Volunteer Coordinator), Liz Stanich (Co-chair), Louise Stephens, Alison Weir (Communications), Marcella Zikmund (Secretary) (25 attendees) 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by School Council Co-chair Liz Stanich at 7:00 p.m. 2. Approval of Agenda Motion (J. Percival/A. Weir) to approve the agenda was carried. 3. Approval of Minutes of February 15th, 2011 meeting Dan Burke had requested a slight change to the section 4.6 of the minutes; the second bullet point should read “- it was suggested that a 1 day workshop for school councils on the consultation process be held” Motion (L. Stephens/A. Weir) to approve the CB School Council minutes of February 15th, 2011 as amended was carried. 4. Reports 4.1 Student Council Report - no report 4.2 Principal's Report (M.Bada) Principal Mary Bada thanked the School Council for the funds to purchase the two additional smartboards; they are already installed. The option sheets have been submitted and are being analyzed. Students taking chemistry 3U have had a number of different teachers this year, due to illness. Now Ms. Burgess has been hired for the remainder of the year, and extra support is being offered for students who feel they need assistance. The student survey has come back from the Privacy Commissioner with only minor changes; this will be administered later in the school year, and there will be a mechanism for students to opt out of the survey with their parents’ permission. A secondary school review will be taking place over the next 4 year period. The Principal reports on the following Student activities: - spaghetti dinner was held March 3 - there were a number of events held in February related to Black History Month CB_School_Minutes_-_March_22_2011 Page 1 of 3 - Colonel By presented The Creature Creeps on March 10th, 2011; this is part of Canada's Capital Cappies, and as such will be reviewed by high school critics and written up in the Ottawa Citizen Ms. Bada gave a report on the enrolment patterns for next year, which shows a projected decline in enrolment at the Grade 9 level. Some of the figures presented included: - In the current year there are 1156 students at Colonel By - the school currently has options sheets in hand for 1064 students for next year – this includes only 55 students in the regular Grade 9 stream at present - the numbers projected for 2011-12 are a total of 1126, which includes a total of 227 students in Grade 9 (156 in the IB stream, 71 in the regular Ontario program), compared with a total of 256 this year - Colonel By has a limit of 20 transfers permitted by the School Board (50 requests were received) - if projection holds, Colonel By will be down about 1.5 teachers for 2011-12 – this will affect the options available for students (elective courses) Upcoming events - March 25 there will be a coffee house in the evening – parents and guests welcome - March 31 the Grade 10 literacy test will take place - April 7 –C-flats concert will be held in the evening - April 19 interim marks will be sent out – this is not a report card, but the marks will be sent home as part of the credit counselling summary. - The next school dance will take place April 29; due to some unfortunate occurrences at the last dance, the school will administer breathalysers for all students attending the dance. - Final exams will be held June 14-27 - Commencement ceremonies will take place June 30 at the Adult High School 4.3 Staff Representative - no report 4.4 IB Representative (Mr. Harthun) Mr. Harthun gave an overview of some upcoming dates relating to the IB program - IB1 students are to have annotated bibliographies in to Ms. Moffat-Watson by the end of this week. - IB2 students have their final CAS meetings in the first week of April. - IB Predicted Grades will be coming out around the same time as the credit counselling summaries are given out to students (mid-April). - Getting close to exam time – students have schedules and is posted on website 4.5 Treasurer's Report (M. Dobson) Treasurer Marlene Dobson reported that a cheque of $3,500 had been given to Colonel By for the purchase of 2 smart boards as approved at the previous meeting. The opening balance for the month of March was $10,296, and the closing balance (as of this meeting) was $6,796.24 4.6 OCASC Report (D. Burke) Dan Burke reported on discussions at the last OCASC meeting: - There was an open discussion on the upcoming secondary school review - The design of the consultation will take place from April to June of this year, with implementation in the fall - There are two committees associated with the review: one management committee made up of OCDSB staff personnel and trustees, and a second advisory committee also made up of staff, trustees and one OCASC representative – a concern was raised that there is not enough parent involvement on these committees CB_School_Minutes_-_March_22_2011 Page 2 of 3 - Dan Burke suggested to OCASC that they hold a one day workshop to prepare parents for the consultation process – OCASC was not very supportive, as they were not sure if there would be a market for it. 5. New Business No new business was raised. 6. Correspondence - School Council received a thank you card from the science department for the funds to purchase their smart board - OCASC updates on upcoming presentations: – information session on The IPRC: Supporting Your Child’s Special Education Needs at Woodroffe High School, Saturday April 9th from 10:00 to 12:30 – presentation on Parenting the Net Generation given by Matthew Johnson, Director of Education at the Media Awareness Network, at Knoxdale Public School library on Tuesday April 5th at 7 pm – panel discussion on alcohol and drug abuse on April 12th from 7-9 pm at Osgoode Township High School. 7. Questions Qu – We know that the food service provider at Colonel By will be compliant with the Ontario School Food and Beverage Policy which will come into effect in September, but has any thought been given to having advance communication on the new menu, and possibly a trial period this year to test the students’ reactions. A – Mary Bada said that the new menu will be available later this year, but it will be a real reduction in what is available and likely in what kids like (such as fries and poutine). 8. Adjournment & Next meeting Motion (A Alvares/J Mahoney) to close the February Meeting was carried at 8:10 pm. The Next School Council Meeting will take place Tuesday, April 19th @ 7:00 p.m. the English department will be making a presentation to Council. CB_School_Minutes_-_March_22_2011 Page 3 of 3