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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: ADING, MNSS.
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Date: 2015 -03 -10 Time: 6:00
Building: School - Killam Location: Conference Room
Address: 333 Charles Street
Purpose: school council
Attendees: Members - Present:
Cathy giles
Donna Shindleman
Jennifer Killeen
Lynne Ventura
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Catherine Giles
Topics of Discussion:
School Improvement Plan -The school council reviewed the SIP to determine which
objectives have been met, which objectives are still in the progressing stage, and which
objectives have not been addressed.
Next, the school council discussed the upcoming blue Ribbon Site visit which will be held at
Killam on April 16th. The council generated a list of items /tasks in which they will ask the
Killam community to help volunteer and offer support.
Class Size - School Council discussed our current class sizes which are all within the RPs class
size guidelines. Mrs. Giles shared that there is a bubble class in grade 4 which means that
there will be grade level shifting and teachers may be assigned to different grade levels.
Budget - School Council reviewed 2015 -2016 Superintendent's Budget and discussed how the
proposed cuts, particularly in the area of reg. ed paras. Due to the student /para ratio
formula that is being used as well as the large student enrollment at Killam, Mrs. Giles
shared that she does not believe that the reduction in para hours will be significant.
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