West Oak Public School Council Meeting Minutes

Monday, Feb 3, 2025, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm 

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Instructions to School Council: Please review and bold your name if you approve these minutes

Attendees (4 staff, 7 members, 0 guests)

Maria Solomon-Dias (Principal)

Lesley Andrews (Vice-Principal)

Lindsay Clarke (Teacher Rep)

Vivek Kansal (Chair)

Sarah Reid (Treasurer)

Inderpreet Parmar (PIC) 

Kate Kuok

Vicky Nicholas 

Amanda McKenzie

Wendy Ding

Bethy Brink

Ricky Chandarana

Kathryn Spriou

Mary Yuan

Yuan Yuan

Regrets

Jolene Burkart

Katherine Spiros 

Michelle Rol (Teacher Rep)

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Action items are highlighted in yellow below. Approved items are in red.

Action items are highlighted in yellow below. Approved items are in red.

1. Welcome - Vivek

   • Meeting started at 6:30 PM

   • Introductions of attendees

2. Treasurer Report - Sarah 

   • Total funds in our accounts: $25,210.90

   • money out for hero burger not complete yet

   • hero burger successful fundraiser so far

3. School Update

   • Principal’s report: 

     1. initial budget $85K

     2. finalized budget $100,649 ($7.1K carry over)

     3. based on increase increase of students 665 - soon to be 667

     4. projected for next year is 635

     5. Tubing trip was very positive - ~ 300 participants

• Teacher Report: 

  1. special olympics

  2. Halton skills

  3. volleyball/basketball

  4. grade 2 & 3 book club

4. Council Discussion – Planning Ahead (Vivek)

   • PRO Speaker Update

     1. speaker for parents $700 for speaker, some snack will be purchased

        • volunteers to get food - individual popcorn bags 

        • setup movie

        • distribute food - Kate, Sarah and kids to volunteer handing out $350 made good bars and rink boxes - Vivek to do snacks

        • clean up

     2. concurrent activity for kids - movie

   • Dress Code

     1. Same dress code as last year

     2. Vivek to respond to form

   • Fund Raising

     1. Make it Sow - Feb 10 - 17.

     2. Hero burger for term 3

5. New Business/Parent Questions 

   • school requested additional funding for second trip per class - Council has voted in favour of an additional $200/trip in funding.  Each class to take 2 trips this year

   • grad 8 grad - any parent volunteers required? - school will ask grade 7 families to volunteer. if grade 7 parents cannot attend school will ask school council

   • Vicky Nicholas willing to help with her company on decor and flowers

   • MAY 30TH FOR MOVE-A-THON - Vivek to confirm with professor jams

   • inside out 2 will be the movie for PIC night

Meeting adjourned 7:21pm

NEXT MEETING:  TBA