Minutes of OLS CSC Meeting November 11, 2004 Prepared by Rosanne Carcasole

Unapproved Minutes of OLS –CSAC Meeting April 6, 2006 Chairs: Andrew Kwiatkowski, Rick Arseneau Secretary: Rosanne Carcasole

Attendees: Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Tropea, Darlene Diodati, Andrea Flug, Stephanie Mazzei, Beverly Pavan, Cathy Medal, Rosemary Simandl, Eileen McPhee, Karen Grzeslo, Sandra Vendittelli, Dana Miceli, Heather Huckvale, Greg Flagler, John Coutu, Christopher Paul, Niki Travers, Tino Diodati, Marisa Tielen, Angela DelVecchio, Mark DelVecchio.

1. & 2. Welcome/Introductions/Prayer: The meeting opened with a prayer at 7:04pm. Andrew Kwiatkowski and Rick Arseneau welcomed all.

3. Approval of minutes from Feb. 9 th : Motion #1 to accept the minutes – Andrew Kwiatkowski. Second: Darlene Diodati. Passed.

4. Treasurers Report Anne Rieger was absent, but reported prior to the meeting that the budget had no major changes since the last meeting.

5. Chair’s Report: (a) Nominations for 2006-2007 CSAC Forms were distributed this week, and a few nominations have been submitted. Andrew requested that parents encourage others to nominate themselves or others for a position. Nomination forms are also available on the school website.

(b) 5 year volunteer service award Forms are available on the OLS website. Parents were encouraged to submit a form to the office to nominate any parent who has done five or more years of volunteer work for the school. This award is traditionally given to individual/s in their last year at OLS.

(c) Career Day April 26/06 As a final step in a career awareness program for the Grade 7 and 8 students, Mrs. Pavan is hosting a Career Day on April 26/06 from 1pm to 3pm. Twenty-three representatives of a variety of careers have volunteered to attend, and additional representatives would be welcomed.

6. Principal’s Report: (a) Enrolment and new portables: (i) Projected OLS enrolment for 2006/07 is estimated at 620-650 students, in the same range as this year’s enrolment of 635 students. Mr. Cassidy requested that when parents vote in the municipal elections this fall, they consider how various politicians plan to address Central Etobicoke’s overcrowded schools. (ii) To achieve primary student teacher ratios of 20:1 by Sept/06 (a year prior to the provincially mandated Sept/07 deadline), OLS will have two new portables in Sept/07. The portables will be located as close as possible to the existing portable, and they will likely house junior students.

(b) Vandalism: Graffiti was recently painted on the school, and removed. School policy is to remove graffiti as soon as possible, limited only by the schedule of the graffiti removal team. Statistically, OLS has one of the lowest rates of graffiti in the city.

(c) Safety: The next CSAC meeting (May 6/06) will include a safety discussion with representatives from the Toronto police force and the parking authority.

(d) School Cleanliness: (i) Washroom cleanliness – meetings with the caretakers are occurring to address the problem. (ii) Scuffmarks in the hallways – The company that stained the walls will provide training to OLS caretakers to clean the scuff marks. (iii) School yard cleanliness – An Earth Week program will kick-start a clean-up that will be maintained by a team of 100+ students who will do regular clean-ups. 6. Principal’s Report (cont’d): (e) Destination Imagination: A team of five Grade 8 OLS students won first place in the Destination Imagination competition, by developing the most creative solution to a challenge that was presented to all teams. They now qualify to go to Tennessee, an expensive venture, which will be funded partially by the budgeted $500 CSAC contribution, fundraisers initiated by the team, and the team’s families. Further financial CSAC support was raised as a possibility.

(f) Sports: (i) First place - The boys and girls junior volleyball teams and the intermediate W5H team were all successful in winning their recent championships. (ii) House leagues – The house leagues programs are winding down for the year. Their popularity and success will result in continuation of the program next year.

(g) General Comments: (i) The school is running very well and no significant changes are anticipated for the next year. (ii) Instruments – new cases and mouthpieces are currently arriving at the school.

7. Committee Reports: (a) Facilities: one basketball hoop will be replaced within the next two weeks.

(b) Communications: all key communications are available on the OLS website.

(c) Enrichment: A puppet show will be presented to JK to Grade 1 students. Matt Napier will present his book Z is for Zamboni to Grades 1-3.

(d) Pasta Dinner: Ticket sales have been very successful to date for this parent social event to be held at the church hall, but tickets are still available. Stephanie Mazzei is organizing volunteers, and is need of people to take a ½ hour shift at the bar that night.

(e) Swim Team: Rosemary Simandl announced that the OLS Swim Team won its 43rd consecutive swimming championship. Rosemary kindly volunteered her time to the team next year, despite the graduation of her youngest child. Motion #2: John Coutu proposed that the award for “Most outstanding contribution by a non-club swimmer” be renamed the “Simandl award” to acknowledge Rosemary’s valuable contribution to the team over the past 14 years. Second: Andrew Kwiatkowski. Passed.

(f) “In Your Own Write”: progress continues.

(g) Bingo Night: a huge success, thanks to the efforts of organizer Lydia Rinomato.

(h) Spring Flower Sale: order forms were distributed via the students this week. The program traditionally raises $1,000 to $1,500. Additional forms are available on the school website.

8. Open Forum (a) OLS sweatshirts/other clothing: Andrew K. indicated that CSAC is looking into offering clothing with the OLS logo, and Mr. Cassidy is investigating standardized gym uniforms. Both programs require the Board to approve suppliers, after they are cleared by an international organization that ensures they comply with a “no sweatshop” policy. (b) Father Nino: In responding to an inquiry as to why Father Nino is not more present at the school, particularly in the classes receiving sacraments this year, Mr. Cassidy explained he continues to request his presence in the school. However, as Father Nino is adjusting to his very heavy workload at OLS Parish, he is currently limiting his school visits to a level lower than his predecessors, as is typical of most priests in his situation.

9. Date of Next Meeting – May 11, 2006.

10. Adjournment – the meeting was adjourned at 7:54pm. Motion #3: Stephanie Mazzei. Second: Darlene Diodati. Passed.