SAC Meeting Minutes
St. Patrick Catholic School
School Advisory Committee
SAC Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 2, 2011 7PM
Members Present: Dr. Westley, Mrs. Hicks, Dr. Tucker, Mr. O’Leary, Mrs. Erickson, BG Nagel , Mrs. Miekley, Mrs. Lewis.
Members Absent: Mrs. Lopez, Mr. Bray, Mr. Fischer
7:05PM Meeting commenced
7:06PM Opening Prayer
Approval of Minutes from last mtg: 1st Dawn Lewis 2nd Margit Hicks
I. Principal’s Report
-As members of this body, all of us are always invited to attend all school meetings and events, for example the Veteran’s Day Celebration (next Thursday, Nov 10th)
Fall Fling: We will easily surpass last year’s earnings, raffle the same, bake sale much better, tickets for participation worked out better than wristbands….last year 11Kish, this year much more than that. This is the biggest fundraiser for PVO.
March 8th & 9th SACS…Southern Association of Colleges and Schools All of us need to be available at some point during one of those days to talk to the auditors, as well as parents, other committees, and teachers.
Lunch Survey: Dr. W met with K&W, new menu for December to reflect survey results, different foods
Dr. W passed out 2 editions of Catholic School Management letter….wants us to read before next meeting
First Trimester report card coming out, headmaster online in effect
ITBS Testing results briefly discussed
II. Finance Committee: Jim to briefly report to us on that subcommittee meeting
Dr. W will send around the subcommittee members and their charge…..these subcommittees will look for other potential people
III. Facilities Committee will need to meet soon …carpet…some landscaping done, some work done before fall fling, spent a little money…. preventive maintenance schedule needs to be submitted
IV. New Business
Gym Floor: concerns about condition of floor and plan of action to address safety issues….Facilities Subcommittee will meet with Fr. Mike
Scoreboard in disrepair…will be addressed in Facilities Subcommittee meeting
Art auction…to do or not to do?
Casino Night date?
Joe motion to not have it
We will support art auction if PVO wants to, if not, fine.
910 PM Final Prayer
911 PM Adjourned
Next Meeting: Wed Feb 8th, 2012 7pm Faculty Lounge
Sept 7, 2011 Meeting Minutes
Members Present:: Dr. Westley, Mrs. Hicks, Dr. Tucker, Mr. O’Leary, Mrs. Erickson, Mr. Bray, BG®. Nagel, Mr. Fischer, Mrs. Miekley, Mrs. Lopez, & Mrs. Lewis.
OPENING PRAYER
7:04PM
Introduction of members
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes from 4/6/11 & 5/5/11 meetings inaccessible at present…will check with Kathy Watson and approve 5/5/11 minutes at next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Election of Officers:
Katy Erickson nominated for Vice-Chairman by Dawn Lewis, 2nd by BG®. Nagel
Trish Miekley nominated for Secretary by Mr. Fischer, 2nd by Mrs. Hicks
Committee Appointments:Members of subcommittees do not need to be present members of SAC; they may be feeder people for membership on future SAC, members of SAC may serve on >1 subcommittee.
Budgetary: Katy Erickson, Don Bray, Joe Nagel, Jim O’Leary Will meet in November…will put budget together for late Jan 2012 due date
Executive: Margit Hicks, Katy Erickson, Trish Miekley, Dr. Westley
Nominating: will be formulated later; Donna Lopez, Joe Nagel
Development: Neil Fischer, Donna Lopez
Publicity / Recruitment: Dawn Lewis, Jessica Tucker, Jim O’Leary
Facilities / Planning (Building & Grounds): Jim O’Leary, Trish Miekley, Margit Hicks
School Program Committee (Curriculum/Technology): brainstorming
Discussed the roles of standing committees
Are there criteria for SAC members?
BG®. Nagel stating that SAC should be exclusive, currently individuals just volunteer for SAC, nominating committee should be a group looking at the needs of the board throughout the year, have an individual first work on one of the subcommittees to see if they are “real workers”; will they add value? Dr. Westley referred to
Duties & Functions
Dr. Westley discussed “chain of authority”
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Calendar
Registration / Enrollment: Budgeted for 236, currently have 217 students (not including Preschool)
Primarily due to economy as similar trend across Fayetteville; will probably worsen
Curriculum
New Science Curriculum introduced this year; will be fully implemented next year; Mrs. Post was welcomed on the Diocesan Committee for this
Spanish Program on hold until qualified Spanish Educator is secured
Uniform Code
Somewhat painful transition to new changes in Uniform Code (i.e. shoes & socks) but overall the children have adjusted and the children appear more “professional”
Lunch Program 2011-2012
K&W Cafeteria is providing lunches and the program is working well
Fall Fling
Plans in progress by PVO, help is always needed and welcomed
BG®. Nagel moved to adopt Constitution, 2nd by Neil Fleischer
OLD BUSINESS
Playground
New rubber chips spread across the playground
FLC Floor
Problems with the adhesive on the border / sealant on seams
The architect has been working with the manufacturer who now has a new installer, who will have to come out & do some analysis on the problem
CLOSING PRAYER
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
