Minutes for the AGM of the Loretto Abbey Catholic School Parent Council
Date: Monday, September 21st, 2015.
Attendance:
M. Sofi Mondesir*(Chair) Absent [email protected]
Coreen Chisholm* (Member)
Lynn Lancefield*(Vice-Chair)
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Paola DeCiantis* (Secretary)
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Mary Giannantonio* (Treasurer) [email protected]
Sister Sheila (Parish Designate)
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Absent
Anita Bartolini (Principal)
Anyta Kyriakou (VP)
Josie Pannozzo (VP)
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Andy
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FINAL
Quorum: Yes*
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MacCulloch*(Member)
Lucy Nati* (Member) Absent
Fulvia Manarin* (Member)
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Maureen Leon*(Member)
Paul Dodd
Lori Jepson
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Miriam Jeganathan
Elizabeth Cerqueira
Gabriela Moya
Davinder Valeri
Margaret O’Rourke
Jenny Hay (Pupadich)
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Pina Strafella
Karen Hughes
Patrick Belton
Alessandro Madrid
Tina Campione
Richard Dong
Ellen Lowden
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Miline Foster
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Kathleen Murphy
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Monica Testa-Zanin
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Lori Clements
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Howard Cappadocia (T. Rep) Absent [email protected]
Agenda
Welcome
Opening Prayer
Introduction
Review of Nomination
Names
Nominations and Voting
of New Council
Principal’s Report-Anita
Bartolini
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Discussion
Meeting start time: 7:09 p.m.
-Welcome and opening prayer by Anita Bartolini(Principal) for Sister Sheila –
usually present but absent today
-introduced herself, and VP’s: Anyta Kyriakou, Josie Pannozzo
-Regrets-Sofi Mondesir, Andy MacCulloch
-Lynn Lancefield(Vice-Chair) will Chair meeting for Sofi Mondesir
-thanked 2014-15 Parent Council; asked Council to introduce themselves
(Executive and Members-at-Large)
-Lynn welcomed everyone and introduced herself and the head table : Anyta
Kyriakou, Josie Pannozzo, Anita Bartolini, Paola DeCiantis, Mary Giannantonio
-explanation of Council make-up – 9 members (4 Executive, others-Membersat-Large); noted: Lucy Nati and Andy MacCulloch not present. Carm Mazzilli
outgoing
-read former Chair’s (Sofi Mondesir) Annual Report
-addition to Annual Report: Father-Daughter BBQ was brought back this year;
lead by Andy MacCulloch; hugely successful
-new name/amendment for Council this year to CPSC (Catholic School Parent
Council)
-Principal Anita Bartolini noted: copy of Constitution not on school website yet
but will be worked on; Agenda and Minutes are on website
Vice-principals Anyta Kyriakou and Josie Pannozzo reviewed non-parent
members of Council-Anita Bartolini(Principal), Howard Cappadocia(Teacher
Rep), Sister Sheila(Pastoral Rep); Non-teacher school employee Rep still
needed; Community Rep to be named; Student Rep from Student Council
-VP’s read names of nominations received thus far : Patrick Belton, Elizabeth
Cerqueira, Lynn Lancefield, Andy MacCulloch, Mary Giannantonio, Paola
DeCiantis, Coreen Chisholm, Fulvia Manarin, Natalie Dodd; additional nameRichard Dong
-explanation why 9 members not 10 this year?; required for voting reasons;
needs to be an odd number
-every Nominee gave an introduction and reason for seeking election
-ballots were prepared by VP’s
- presented Pastoral poster for 2015-16; title-“Harmonizing our Faith through
Family, Parish and School-Together with One Voice”
Action
Annual
Report
attached
Agenda
Nominations and Voting
of New Council
Principal’s report (continued)
Voting of New Council
(continued)
CSPC Meetings
Questions/Comments/
General Discussion
Adjournment
Discussion
-informed parents of other ways to get involved: OAPCE (1st meeting Sept. 28th
7pm @CEC); CPIC(2 meetings-Oct 5th @Cardinal Carter,Oct. 20th @CEC)
-Staffing changes: Angela Sena on maternity leave, Jimmy Dagher to replace;
Erminia Tonelli on medical leave until January-no replacement yet
-ballots handed out; all in attendance voted
-VP’s calculated votes
-other ways to be involved as parent volunteer at School were noted-monthly
CSPC meetings, Friends of Loretto, LAMPO, Building Committee
-important dates – see attached Principal Notes
-gave Facilities update; still incomplete: Foundation/Water issues;
Heating/Boiler System- Building Committee will address at meeting in early
October
-noted-good start to the new year; first Mass tomorrow, Camp White Pines trip
for grade 9 students at end of month
-all other announcements – see attached Principal Notes
-Elected names/new Council announced:
Patrick Belton, Elizabeth Cerqueira, Lynn Lancefield, Andy MacCulloch, Mary
Giannantonio, Paola DeCiantis, Coreen Chisholm, Fulvia Manarin, Richard
Dong
-Executive Council voting took place
-New Executive announced: Lynn Lancefield-Chair, Paola DeCiantis-ViceChair, Elizabeth Cerqueira-Secretary, Mary Giannantonio-Treasurer;
-Members-at-Large announced: Coreen Chisholm, Fulvia Manarin, Andy
MacCulloch, Patrick Belton, Richard Dong
List of dates announced – October 26, 2015(changed from Oct 19th due to
Election), November 23, 2015, January 18, 2016, February 22, 2016, April 18,
2016 and May 16, 2016.
-All meetings on Mondays in the School Learning Commons
None
Action
Attached:
Principal’s
Notes
Minutes
approved and
passed
Closing prayer by Anita Bartolini
Meeting adjourned: 8:07 p.m.
Submitted by: P. DeCiantis (Secretary)