Chair: Beth Hall

Present : Wayne Allison, Jacki Blunn, Rosemary Clarke, Lee Ann Fraser, Beth Hall, Candace Hyatt, John B. Kyle, Doug Marlatt, Dee Thompson, Tammy Trozzi and Bill Vermeersch, Kathy Evans

Regrets: Isabella Beattie, Deb Plunkett and Lisa Buesnel

1. Beth Hall chaired the meeting.  She welcomed everyone for attending.

2. Agenda Review and Additions: None were offered.

3. Principal’s Report: Ms. Beattie was absent so Mr. Marlatt and Mr. Vermeersch filled in for her.

a) Dill Pickle Sales: The kids loved them, they were sold out already so Ms. Beattie is going to get some more boxes. The kids really liked them. One parent wanted to know if the School Board recommends the pickles as a healthy snack choice. There are some concerns over the high sodium content found in pickles. Another parent wanted to know the amount of money made on the sale of these pickles versus the cost of the pickles.

b) Principal’s Profile was handed out for review and discussion. This Profile is 3 years old and needs to be updated. One parent asked if it is possible that when there is this kind of information to be reviewed, can the parents on the Board not receive it at least a day in advance so we can have the opportunity to review it at home and jot down our notes. It was decided this would be tabled at the next meeting so everyone could have a chance to look it over.

c) Concern was brought forward that no tattoos be given out to the children as rewards. Some parents are against this and the parent wanted to express that to the Board. Mr. Vermeersch to look into.

d) W.J. Baird Scholarship: This was previously discussed at last meeting. The staff sat down and came up with some criteria as to who should receive the award. (Attached). We reviewed the memo and Beth made a motion that we all agree to let the staff pick the criteria and monitor the process for the student or students to win this scholarship award. It was all agreed by everyone in attendance.

e) Beth asked if there were any updates on the Best Start Program. As far as Mr. Vermeersch and Mr. Marlatt were aware, we were getting it and the start date for construction would be March 2006. Not sure when it would be up and running. Hopefully by September 2006.

a) A lot of field trips were happening this week for students and some parents had to dish out extra money for these activities. Kathy wanted to remind the school that there is a Home and School and they are here to help offset the costs of these trips for parents and the school. She just wanted to remind the school that they are there to help.
b) Bingo Account – there is approximately $8,000 to $9,000 in our Bingo account. The General Account is down but the Bingo account is up.
c) Friday January 20th there is a meeting at the school with a lady regarding our next possible fundraiser. It would be for the Easter fundraiser. It would be coffee sales and dry goods and cookie dough. Kathy will follow-up at next meeting on the outcome of this meeting and take a vote on whether or not we want to go with it.
d) We made a $700.00 profit from the Poinsettia sales this year.
e) Future Bingo Dates are Feb 19th at 3:30 p.m. and March 30th at 6:00 p.m.
f) Track and Field Dates are May 19th with a rain date of May 26th. Please see Kathy before you send a note home, as we will have to revamp the food prices this year.
g) Valentine’s day – wanted to know if anyone has any unique ideas to do for each classroom for Valentine’s Day. It was decided to do the same jar of candies as was done last year in each classroom.
h) Kathy asked the teachers to leave and we discussed ideas for the Teacher Appreciation Week – the first week in February. Looking for donations for these ideas, talk to someone (non-teacher) on the Board.

a) Next meeting will be on Wednesday February 15th, 2006. Beth will be absent.

b) Last meeting we discussed the school image and an idea was brought forth that we should consider doing a Christmas pageant of some type each year. All the other schools did one and their pictures were posted in the paper. It might be a good idea to help sell the school or advertise the school.

c) It was commented how everyone is enjoying the school newspaper update each week and the great job on the school web-site.

7. Next Meeting: Wednesday February 15th, 2006 @ 7:00 p.m.