Ecole Mountainview PAC

November 16, 2011, 7:00 PM

Present: Terry Bowles, Tara Salavich, Maxine Champion, Tracey Fell, Kathleen Simms, Nita Back &
Doug MacKenzie

Minutes by Tracey

-Adoption of October meeting minutes motioned and accepted.

-Constitution has been filed with the School District office.

-Motioned and accepted to not hold December meeting as meeting date would fall within the

Christmas Break.

-Biographies of the PAC executive for the bulletin board will be posted if they are emailed to

Tracey by Wednesday November 22.

-Tracey will look into taking over the PAC blog.

Scholastic Rep Report:

-November/December order is approximately $1000.00. Equates to credits of approximately

$300.

-We currently have approximately $700 in the credit bank. Mme Champion is working on

ordering books for the classrooms.

Treasurer’s Report:

-Lunch order deposit was over $3 000.

-Funds in the Gaming Account approximately $22 000.

-General Account holds over $7 500.00.

-We need to spend at least $12 000 of the gaming funds or we risk losing the money. We

require the benches for the playground area, and the reader board is on the wish list. We are

still in the process of procuring pricing for those items.

-A mural or two for the exterior North and South end walls are also on the wish list. Kathleen will

see if she can get a rough idea of costs.

Fundraising tabled to next meeting.

Principal’s Report:

-The Kindergarten and G1 classes have had to be reconfigured to meet school district average

requirements. The School District dictated this change.

-The G4 and perhaps the G5 class are booked for March for the DARE program.

-The Christmas concert is December 8 @ 10:30 am. Motion passed for PAC to pay for the

required busing.

-Report cards will be mailed to all students, will include only attendance records and administrator taught content.


-There is no guarantee that teachers will provide report cards.

-The teachers are only required to provide one hour per day for student teacher meetings.

-Lunch program starts tomorrow.

-There is a new program called Le Prix de Lion. It is to recognize socially responsible older students who are helping out the younger students. It is recognition from the supervisors.

-Mme Fortin will hopefully be here until the winter break begins, Mme Champion is in the process of reviewing resumes for her replacement.

-Discussion of the Teacher’s Appreciation event tabled as there is no new information.

-Signing officers need to see Janett Hansen at NSCU to complete the signing authority documents.

Lunch Program Report:

-The Milk program is proceeding without issue, although the rice milk is hard to find. The form has changed from last year but it is good.
-The Lunch program will be reviewed, it may be necessary to make changes to the frequency and/or the vendors for the next round.

-Volunteers are required for the CPF book fair November 30.

-The CPF familly dance also requires volunteers.

-Nita suggested providing the teachers with $100 each to use towards something extra that is rewarding for the students, to be used at the teachers discretion. Motioned and accepted, a letter will be sent out in January. The teachers will be reimbursed for the expenses once receipts are submitted.

-Purchase of hockey equipment for playground area tabled, discussion ensued.

-Motioned and accepted to provide Mme Begin up to $250 for props for the Christmas concert.



Next Meeting: January 18