JO PAC Meeting Notes – Feb 22, 2023

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JO PAC Meeting Notes

Date: Feb 22,, 2023

Location: Zoom

Attendance:  Gabriel Mugaruka – Co-Chair, Samantha Anderson  Co-Chair + DPAC Rep, 

Alec MacInnes JO Acting Principal, Celeste Munger Communications,  Darnelle Moore Secretary, Sue Bains Treasurer, +many others 

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Meeting called to order – Gabriel Mugaruka

Move to Approve minutes from Jan 25th 

 

Item 1 – Treasurer Report – Sue Bains 

Gaming Account

• • These funds are granted to us through the BC Lottery Co and are based on the number of students at the school.  
  • We have received our grant for the year ($19560) 
  • There are regulations about what kinds of activities we can use these funds for
  • The main regulation is that the funds cannot be used for anything relating to regular, curriculum based school activities and learning such as for classroom textbooks or classroom supplies
  • Teachers and Staff have put in requests for funds for the 2022/2023 school year
  • The total amount of these requests is over $30k
  • The PAC has granted requests (attached) and has written cheque to the school in the amount of $15, 910.00 (cleared account on Jan 24th, 2023)

• Current Balance sits at $4922.17

 

Consultative Account

• These funds are from previous years of fundraising by the PAC
• These funds can be used for anything that PAC deems appropriate
• Because of the pandemic in the past 2 years, PAC fundraising has been minimal
• Current Balance in the account is $4114.17
• At this time there is one chq to be deposited from the Purdy’s chocolate fundraiser.  The amount is approximately $300

 

Legacy Account

• These funds were granted to us from a family who at once attended the school and left JO some money from their estate
• The funds were to be used for scholarships until the funds were entirely used up
• Current Balance $332.14
• We will likely consolidate this money and close out the account

 

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Item 2 – Teacher Liaison (John Silver)

• Not much new to report
• There is some concerns among teachers regarding the decision by the VSB to remain with the semester system. It is fast paced and not suitable for all subjects in the curriculum
• There are some solutions being worked on to address this

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Item 3 – Principal Report (Alec MacInnes)

Alec will be acting principal until March Break

 

School Events

The following events are set to take place in the coming weeks

• Lunar New Year
• BHM
• Play presented by Theatre Company “If I Could Tell You Everything”

 

Other

Vaping

• There has been an issue with vaping in the school washrooms
• There have been assemblies taking place to address this issue
• Parents encouraged to discuss the concerns of vaping with their teens

Bleacher Fundraising campaign

• The bleachers in the gymnasium need to be replaced.  They are currently unusable due to safety concerns
• Pat Lee Athletic Director has been lobbying the VSB to have these replaced under the critical infrastructure funds
• Alumni have offered to raise funds 
• Funds needed in excess of $80-$90K

Semester 2 has begun

Dates and venues for Grade 12 Graduation

• Leaving Ceremony (Cap and Gown) June 21st 4pm Chan Centre
• Dinner/Dance June 27th at Fairmont

 

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Item 4 Fundraising (Linh Lam via Celeste Munger)

1. Community Movie Night

*****Need teacher sponsor for this event*****

• Decided to wait until after Spring Break when hopefully Brent will be back at the school

 

1. Community Bingo

Friday April 21st

 

Please email Linh if you’re interested in helping!

Penny Wong has expressed interest

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Item 5 DPAC (Samantha Anderson)

DPAC stands for District Parent Advisory Committee

Samantha is our JO representative at these district wide meetings

• General Meeting Feb 23rd 7pm Topic Cultivating Nourishing Foods at Schools
• Continued advocacy for more transparency in decision making process
• Lots of issues around land sales
• 13 schools on closure list
• What is the long term plan?
• Need to integrate VSB planning with COV planning

 

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Meeting Adjourned

 

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Next meeting March 29th 7pm, 2023 on Zoom