1. Welcome. Addition to the agenda was under Old Business, add f) website.2. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as circulated.
3. Old Business
a) Amazing Race: no report
b) Dry Grad: Dry grad newsletter was presented for our comments and editing.
c) Fundraising: Coffee sales at the March 10 Grade 7 parent evening were 15 cans. April 29 parent-teacher conferences will see a table for further sales. People are asked to volunteer for ½ hour spots. We have 29 cases left. Staff have requested that a case be left in the staff room, and money from those sales will be collected by Trudy in the main office.
d) PAC constitution: Moved by Steve and seconded by Emma that the bylaw amendments be accepted as circulated. Carried. Copy of these amendments is attached to the minutes.
e) District Goals response: the deadline has passed for any further comment.
f) Website: John will act as the liaison with Dave Moore, who maintains the school’s website. Suggestions for inclusions on the website are: executive names, meeting dates, minutes. Questions are whether 2 or 3 months of minutes can be posted, and can the annual financial report be posted? Minutes would have to be published sooner to be included on the website.
4. Principal’s report:
a) Department heads have been asked to update website to reflect current staffing. Some students have expressed willingness to assist with this updating.
b) A paper and electronic version of the school newsletter will be published. A PAC page could be included if someone will write it.
c) Thirty students staged a 30 hour famine, which raised $1000.00.
d) Logo artist for the gym floor will work with the student artist to make minor adjustments to the logo colours. The logo will be painted before the end of June, 2004.
e) At May’s PAC meeting parents will be surveyed about the re-culturing of JHSS. This will coincide with students and staff surveys. James Doyle will administer these surveys.
f) Parent-teacher conferences will be moved to earlier in April next year, as many people feel it is late in the term for these conferences. The date will be advanced to the first or second week of April.
g) PAC is asked to establish meeting dates for next year to enable them to be included in the calendar.
h) Athletic banquet has been moved to June 10, from June 3.
i) May 20, there will be a dinner theatre, featuring Alice in Wonderland, and a multicultural dinner.
j) Mr. Deacon was questioned about the sending home of course selection information for parents of current Grade 10 students to sign. He will follow up on this question.
5. Financial Report : Financial report was accepted as circulated. Staff have been asked to spend funds approved at March’s PAC meeting by May 5, 2004. All monies in the gaming account must be spent by May 31, 2004. This will facilitate next year’s application for gaming funds. At May’s meeting Mr. Deacon will bring forward any other staff requests for this school year. PST refund has still not been received. Staff appreciation will be done in June, as was done last year. David will possibly represent the PAC to hand out scholarships. David has now officially resigned as treasurer, and Linda Blais will take over. David will continue on the executive for the remainder of the year.
6. Jane Bellamy will resign as dance coordinator. Any outstanding supplies, such as pop and candy will be given to the dry grad committee.
7. New Business: Nominating committee will be formed at May’s meeting. Louise has resigned as chair, as she has moved from JHSS area. John will chair May and June’s meetings.
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