JO PAC Minutes – April 20, 2022

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Date:               April 20th, 2022

Location:         Zoom

Attendance:    Shannon Kaplun – PAC Chair, Darnelle Moore – Secretary, Samantha Anderson  – DPAC Rep, Sue Bains  – Treasurer,  Brent Schieman – JO Principal, +12 others

Meeting called to order – Shannon Kaplun, Chair

Motion to Adopt Agenda- moved Sam/seconded Sue

Motion to approve February 16 minutes- moved Sue/seconded Sam

Item 1 – Financial Update Sue Bains

Account Balances

• Gaming Account Balance – $3,522.17
• Legacy Account $1082.14
• Consultative Account $5673.97

$3000 of Gaming account reserved for scholarships

$500 has been approved for the Girls’ Basketball team’s transportation to Provincials. PAC exec needs to discuss which account to allocate it from

Sue will be applying for the gaming grant in May so it should be available in October

 

Item 2 – PAC Executive Openings for 2022/23 School Year Shannon Kaplan

• Chair Person – organizes meeting agenda and chairs meetings
• Communications/Social Media – not a technical position, involves updating CONTENT on blog and social media
• more details in this post https://blogs.vsb.bc.ca/jo-pac/two-pac-positions-open-for-next-school-year/

8 meetings a year

Slate for election will be presented at May meeting

Item 3 – JO Staff Parent Liaison update (Shaun S from JO Staff)

• Post spring break mood
• Parent-teacher meetings a couple of weeks ago went well in spite of some technical issues
• Staff discussing whether to keep the Teams meeting format post-COVID. (a straw pool of parents voted in comments- almost all in favour of keeping the virtual format)
• Report cards to be sent out at the end of next week

 

Item 4 – Principal Brent Schieman update

 

• Learning Assistance Life Skills won the District-wide basketball tournament
• Leadership group back helping at elementary schools
• Hear for Peers brought elementary school kids to JO for a workshop on mental health
• Breakfast Club has started offering breakfast on Fridays from 8-8:25 with a $10,000 grant obtained from the Vancouver Sun by Liz Krieg, Indigenous Support Teacher and support from the cafeteria staff who are renovating a sink and corner of the cafeteria
• Senior Girls Basketball Team made provincials and came in 12^th
• Girls Wrestling Team made provincials and came in 4^th and 1^st in their divisions
• Mountain Bike Team (7 students) will be attending the Provincials on Vancouver Island May 25-27. Trying to keep costs low by camping, but would appreciate if PAC could help support financially
• Auditorium almost complete. New JO Banners
• Parent-teacher conferences held
• Field trips are back- at least the day trips
• Literacy 12 test taking place April 26-29
• Numeracy 10 & Literacy 10 taking place in June
• Indigenous Graduation Requirements- discussion happening about how to best implement, especially for Grades 10 & 11 as they will need it to graduate. Currently thinking of having all English Classes become English First Peoples, as there is a curriculum available with teachers who were able to teach the material, so that it would be a genuine & authentic course, not just to meet the requirement. After that, the School could then determine how to fit a separate class into the curriculum.
• May 12 Student teachers are hoping to put on an Arts & Music festival in the evening
• Grad: June 7, 5pm at the Chan Centre
• Prom: June 23 at the Pan Pacific
• Students also hoping to hold a Dry Grad, but time is tight, so encouraging them to think of piggy-backing on existing events or other ways of commemorating graduation
• Enrollment projects- projected 960 students next year, likely to be closer to 930. 15 year projection is 900. Grades are between 150-180 students. We have 330 kids in catchment who are not coming to JO- likely going to private school as JO also gets cross-boundary kids, so those generally even out.

 

Question: What has happened with the All Nations Room?

Answer: It will happen, but still figuring out the schedule for next year and which rooms will be needed before final allocation is made.

Item 5 – DPAC update (Samantha Anderson)

• Survey sent to all VSB parents on proposed closure of Queen Elizabeth Annex – open April 11 to 29.  DPAC has concerns with this proposal.  DPAC position statement here, with link to survey – https://www.facebook.com/VSBDPAC/posts/344849490998239
• Vancouver City Hall presenting DRAFT Vancouver Plan to Vancouver DPAC.  The Vancouver Plan is a long-term strategy to support the growth of the city to 2050 and beyond – Thursday, April 21
• April DPAC General Meeting — Advocating for Climate-Sensitive Education.  At a time where organizations have declared climate emergencies, education for students is important. All parents welcome. Thursday April 28, 7 – 9PM – registration
• All parents: Ongoing Monday night meetings, Omicron edition, re: ongoing response to COVID.  Registration.
• DPAC Choral program for K-7.  DPAC is looking to support a school-based choral program across the district using a centralized model.  We need to CONFIRM a minimum amount of interest from PACs this month.  PACs should vote at their monthly meeting to confirm interest.  For information, see: proposal infoor contact robert@quokkasystems.com.
• PAC execs: PAC Mini-Summit — a social for PAC execs, to be held out of doors Saturday, May 28th.  Location TBD

Item 6 – Funding idea to be checked with parents: Direct appeal campaign for JO Athletics – user friendlier homepage button for donations on the school website, along with great results of JO Athletics

Item 7 – Questions/Concerns/Ideas