Meeting Held on Saturday 31 January 2015 at 9:08am


Present                          
Ann Skelton (Chairperson), Stuart Cameron (Principal), Yvonne Hall, Darren Wright, Paul White, Fleur Howard


In Attendance   
Tracey Mora (Associate Principal)   Sally Kent (Deputy Principal)  Sue Stevens (recording minutes)  


Apologies
Rachel Dippie (Staff Representative)




Introduction/General


Welcome

The Chairperson declared the meeting open and welcomed everyone.

   

Election of Board Chairperson

A Skelton suspended normal meeting procedures and asked S Stevens to run the election process. S Stevens called for nominations for the position of Chairperson. A Skelton was nominated. There being no further nominations S Stevens declared A Skelton duly elected. A Skelton returned to the chair and was thanked with a round of applause. The meeting resumed normal meeting procedures.



Minutes of Previous Meeting

Due to their non-availability, approval of the minutes of the meeting held in November 2014 was deferred to the next Board meeting.



Correspondence 

Incoming
  • Tracey Mora – letter of resignation.
S Cameron spoke to Gill Maher last week regarding the leak in the administration building. She will provide the information when she receives it.A Skelton received a lot of positive feedback from the Mark Osborn cluster meeting. S Cameron wished to minute that he had received a call from the MoE to confirm that the school’s decile rating has remained at 10.

Outgoing 
  • None





Governance

Principal's Report (S Cameron)
  • S Cameron tabled his Principal’s Report. This was gone through and discussed.
  • S Cameron will bring the RAMS and relevant policies and procedures for the Samoa and Glendal trips to the February meeting.
  • S Cameron spoke about a long-term view for more shading on the grounds.

Resolved:  That the Principal’s report is accepted.

Moved: A Skelton       Seconded: D Wright       Carried



First Board Talk for the Year  (S Cameron)

The content of the Board Talk was discussed. A Skelton will write this to be distributed this Thursday with the newsletter.

 

Presentation on ERO  (S Cameron)

ERO will visit on Friday 13 February. They will return on the Monday, and possibly the Tuesday. The composition of the visit was presented. The Board would like to meet with ERO at 4pm on Monday 16. The ERO members are Kathy Lye and Wilson Henderson. ERO will prepare a parent report at the completion of the review. The Board will receive feedback prior to this.

 

School Docs - Familarisation  (T Mora)

T Mora gave a familarisation session on School Docs. The website is
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