Meeting Date: September 24, 2014
Meeting Called to order: 7:05 PM
Attendees: Julie Atkinson, Elaine Borland, Doug Chiasson, Sarah Kimball, Charlotte
McGill-Pierce, Kellie Simon, Nea Stephenson, JoEllen Jensen, Kristina Meag-Haines
Absent: Wendy Alexander, David Simms
1.
Meeting called to order.
2.
Minutes from June 4th, 2014 meeting reviewed and approved.
3.
Business arising from minutes:
4.
New Business: a.
Julie welcomed new members of the PSSC and provided a brief orientation to the PSSC Manual, with the assistance of JoEllen Jensen.
Arising from the review of the Manual were the following questions: i.
Are the funding allocations for parents or students or both? ii.
Is the PSSC paying for Synervoice? Is this something that may be considered for cost sharing with the Home & School
Committee? Post-Script – this comment from last year’s meeting was located in the minutes: Budget: There was a discussion pertaining to whether the PSSC should continue to share the cost of the Synervoice system. A motion was made to continue to share the cost of Synervoice. All were in favour and the motion was carried. b.
Julie Atkinson will remain as Chair of the PSSC for this school year. c.
Principal’s items: i.
JoEllen explained there is a District Improvement Plan in place and that she and the teachers will begin working on a School
Improvement Plan in early October. Julie asked that JoEllen determine what role the PSSC should play in the development of the SIP. ii.
How do we encourage more children to participate in school events (activity period, sports, leadership, etc.)? Kelli Simonds

has agreed to speak with the teachers and create a questionnaire to identify the interests of students. The PSSC is interested in committing to ensuring that every student participates in at least one event celebrating the school’s 100 th birthday. iii.
JoEllen provided the PSSC with an explanation of the changes in the school schedule for this school year, resulting in 2 lunch periods. iv.
JoEllen advised that the students will be outside as much as possible during lunch periods and therefore should be dressed for outdoor weather. Due to the size of the school lockers, it is problematic for students to store winter boots and many of them come to school dressed with indoor footwear. JoEllen will investigate the use of a spare classroom as a “Boot Room”. v.
The new lunch periods pose some difficulty for students to get their lunch consumed properly before heading outdoors.
JoEllen suggested that one more microwave be put in the cafeteria to minimize line-ups.
5.
Budget: a.
Julie suggested that Caroline be remembered in some way at the school and suggested having a bench crafted in her honour (painted purple with #4 on it). Charlotte will provide Julie with contact information for Sue Jackson’s father who built the benches in the
Commons. b.
The Synervoice issue needs to be resolved so that the PSSC knows the amount of money it has for this year.
6.
Once around the table: a.
Doug suggested Ray Hubble as a good choice for an OML speaker. b.
October 18 th is PSSC Training Day at the SJ Education Centre and we are all welcomed to take part in the training.
7.
Next scheduled meeting date: November 19, 2014
8.
Adjournment