ECOLE HEATHER PARK ELEMENTARY PAC MEETING
Wednesday May 11, 2011
Lab Room 2023
Attendance: 10 parents, Steve Fleck, Dan Watt
1. Call to Order: 7:04pm
-Sally calls meeting to order
-introductions & welcome
2. Minutes
-Sally reviews
-Motion: Tami motions to accept minutes, 2nd by Jane
-carried
3. Present the agenda
4. Administrative Matters
5. Treasurer’s Report
-Leeann reviews up to date finance
-the gaming application is in for next year
6. Funding Request
-no request from teachers at this time
-Steve talks about a grade 7 event, they will be doing an idol type contest where they could lip sing to their favorite songs, and the final would be at a dance where they could come dressed up as their favorite rocker
-on June 24, they will ask for $10/student, school would be putting in money as well
-our budget has $750 allotted for a grade 7 event
-discuss the gaming funds request from Hart Highland school
-we are to send a letter to Hart Highlands, Glenview, Nukko Lake
7. PAC Executive Election
–Motion: Lesley motions to hold our annual election on June 8, 2011 for the Ecole Heather Park Elementary PAC Executive, 2nd by Sarah
-carried
8. Principals Forum
-review the L&M Engineering report into parking lot/transportation issues,
-we are able to post it to our website for parents to review & comment
-at this time we still require agreement from the city, this is still in draft stages
-review from L&M Engineering the hill, play area, at the back of the school
-as Steve states the back area is a “freaking mess”
-one plan is to level the back playground area right down to the school level, put a V-shaped retaining wall up around it and put the new playground there
-projected cost of this plan is $200,000
-plan two is to level the hill area to the playground level, build stairs up from the back door, and put a smaller V-shaped retaining wall up, the new playground will go there also
-projected cost of this plan is $110,000-$140,000
-these plans are in definite draft stages
-asked Steve how we can assist in this as we do not want to hamper progress but would definitely like to push for the appropriate action
-suggested to write a letter to Bryan Mix, cc Lois Boone about playground and grounds work to support the ongoing efforts to work on the proper transition of Heather Park from a middle school to an elementary school
-review the projected class sizes for next year
-the French immersion class will not be decided until September
-English classes are also slightly lower than this year
-also gave a review of the school budget for 2011-2012 EHPE
9. Teacher Liaison
-no teacher present this evening
10. Safety Committee updates
-looks a lot better now with the new info
-gates & fencing are still in the works
-happy with lots of progress being made
-very happy with the hiring of Naomi the youth care worker
-next year we will have a plan for the students with the more serious behavior
11. DPAC & BCC PAC Update
-gave DPAC update
-Sarah went to BCC PAC AGM in Vancouver
-reviewed some events will add more to the website but had mtgs, conference, workshops, mtg with George Abbott
12. Information Dissemination
-Sports Day, now is June 17
-will let Carissa know about change in date re: criminal record check forms
-Welcome to Kindergarten Day
-Lesley to attend on behalf of PAC and give them an introduction
-Jump rope for heart May 19 1pm
Adjourn: 8:25pm