St. Josaphat School Advisory Board Minutes
March, 1, 2010
The meeting was called to order by Jim Eberle at 6:05 p.m. Marty Doyle gave the opening prayer.
In attendance
Colleen Cannon, Elizabeth Blinderman, Rosemary Kelley, Heidie Maslo-Wolfe, Jim Eberle, Bridget Dougherty-Corum, Kit Waight, Joe Kucala, Father Rich, Marty Doyle
Visitors
Karen Del Preto
Approval of Minutes
The February, 1st 2010 minutes were approved with no changes.
Pastor’s Report (Fr. Rich)
· The Spring Phase of the Capital Campaign is underway. We are now over $3.2 mm in pledges. The “pledge” deadline is March 31st.. We held a meeting with our neighbors who could be affected by our construction plans, Approximately 20 individuals attended and it went very well.
· Lent activities; the first Faith in Action event took place and went well. The first Simple Supper will be held this Friday, March 5th.
· Parish finances are not in good shape-we haven’t made our budget since last July.
· The Unity Ball held this past weekend was a big success.
· Colleen cannon was offered and accepted a one year contract extension to stay on as our principal
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Principal’s Report
· Thanks to the PTO for breakfast and gifts to the faculty Olivia Ward planned the breakfast and parents helped serve the food.
· Enrollment-as of today, our numbers are very strong and with so many applicants we should consider opening another Pre-K 3 class. If we go with just one 3 year old class we would be turning down 11 parish children and 13 others.
· Annual teacher observations are currently being conducted with a focus on religion class. Ms. Cannon will meet with each teacher individually to discuss her observations.
· Teachers attended In-service at Loyola Academy, which was sponsored by the archdiocese and Catapult Learning.
· Bishop Kane is holding a meeting on March 23rd for all Pastors and Principals to discuss the future of elementary and high schools in this Vicariate.
· The Spelling bee was very successful. Thanks to Mrs. Treadwell and Mrs. Cascarano for coordinating this event. Also thanks to the parents and staff who helped out. Congrats to Mark Ashbeck who won the 1st to 3rd grade competition and to Jonathan Ashbeck who won the 4th to 8th grade level.
· The Raffle committee met and it was decided that tickets would be $25 each, or 5 for $100. Each family will be given 10 to 20 tickets to sell.
· Next year marks the 125th anniversary of SJS and events are being planned.
President’s Report
· The April School Board meeting is rescheduled for Monday, April 12th.at 6:00 pm in the school.
· Please review your annual goals before the next meeting
Committee Reports
· Finance – (Joe Kucala)
· - As reported at the most recent PFC meeting, parish income is down significantly, and there will be an assessment of expenses and ways to reduce costs. .
· A review of income and expenses from July 2009 to January, 2010 indicates that we have a positive income balance, which is expected to shrink over the coming months as we pay large expenses related to benefits and insurance costs. Based on preliminary projections, we are very close to being on budget.
· We are reviewing our fee for Extended Day Programs (“EDP”) and next year’s projections.
· Thanks to Ms. Cannon and her staff and Bea for all their help in gathering the data that fed in to the budget.
· Marketing (Heidie Maslo-Wolfe) – . The next Tour & Coffee is scheduled for March 10th.
· Athletics (Kelly Egan) – No update.
· Education (Rosemary Kelley) The Geography Bee (January 25th), Science Fair (February 3rd), and Spelling Bee (February 9th ) have all taken place. Additional science supplies have been purchased for the Junior High. The summer reading committee met with Mrs. Talbot and is in the process of amending the list for jr. high,(Kit Waight) There is an ongoing effort to recruit more people to help with leveling books for the education committee. .
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