ST. THERESA SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION
Minutes – June 9, 2003
Opening
Prayer –
Dan Bates
Approval
of May Minutes
– Approved by consensus
Chairperson’s
Remarks –
Dan Bates
q Committee sign-ups deferred
pending meeting with new Principal
Academic
Update –
None
Principal’s
Report –
None
Finance
Report –
Dan Brown
q Report attached to hard copy
of minutes
Teachers’
Representative Report – Mrs. Forr
q Nice Home School program
also
Home
School Association Report – Mrs. Vittor
q Well-attended farewell
reception for Sr. Bernadette
q Thanks to all who
contributed food items
Committee
Reports
Development – Pam Barbush/Stephanie
Kreysar
q Thanks to Home School for
all of its hard work and cooperation this year;
o appeal for new president
there
q Smart Money main focus of
discussion
o Need to increase revenue
o Propose making Smart Money
participation mandatory 2003-2004 Academic Year, if possible
o Committee to work out
details
o Asks for Board consensus to
approve Committee’s going forward with this project, subject to review by Executive
Committee during summer after details worked out, and final approval by full
Board thereafter
q Race for Education moved
from September to late April/early May
q Still seeking Gala chair for
Spring Auction
Teacher
Liaison –
Faith Curran/Livvy King
q No report;
q next meeting and agenda deferred, pending meeting with new Principal, in order
to have his/her input, concerns, suggestions, requests
q Safety Committee now meeting
every Tuesday
Marketing – Dan Bates/Brigid Alford
q New Families Ice Cream Social
to be scheduled for late August; final details deferred pending meeting with new
Principal; watch for email info re same this summer
Day
Care – Dan
Bates
Technology – Rick Long
Old
Business
q Question re how soon Crisis
Management Committee can be reactivated
o Concerns re transporting STS
students to Lemoyne in event of TMI incident; questions re accessiblity, etc.;
acknowledge issue partly/primarily driven by WSSD and bus schedules, etc.
o Wish to move on this ASAP
q Question re anything in
place for emergencies during Summer Camp
o Some transportation
available if need to move students quickly, such as St. Theresa Parish buses
q Question re status of Gifted
Program for upcoming academic year
o Not known – Mrs. McMullin
will be consulted
q Question re uniform shoes –
scuff mark concerns
q Request for faculty members
to be on alert re grant info for Gifted Programs
q Short review of Principal
Selection Process
New
Business –
q Distribution of Spreadsheet
re comparative tuitions of Central Pennsylvania parochial schools
q End of year report from
Board to be sent to all families to wrap up year
q Suggestion that Board
policies/minutes be kept in school for teacher/parent reference
o Noted that Tech. Committee
puts minutes on school website once they are approved by Board
q Announcement that Tina
Zimmerman will be PreSchool Teacher – therefore, Wayne must resign from seat on
Board – consensus to replace him with Pam Barbush
q Election of Officers (no new
volunteers to fill these positions)
o Dan Bates – Chairperson
o Brigid Alford – Vice Chair
o John Ford – Secretary
o Dan Brown – Finance Chair
q Suggestion that next year Election
Ballots include biographies of nominees
q Question from BJ Meagher re
Tuition Forgiveness Policy
o Possibly extending policy to
cover children of Catholic school teachers even if not teaching in that school
(e.g., teach at Catholic High School, but have children at STS) – Board agrees
to review this
Closing Prayer – Msgr. Richardson