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Fundraising to Council and School
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Hi, I noticed that the previous discussion on this topc was closed and therefore no further replies could be added. Just wondering why the discussion was closed. Just to let everyone know I am a mal…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jamul Sep 28.
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Hi Sue,
You need to review both your school board's policy and procedures and the school council's by-laws concerning membership as they vary from board to board and school to school.
Reference Material
1. Ontario Eduction Act, Ontario Regulation 61…
I am perplexed as to why an organization with such a high public profile as People for Education isn't insulted by first the former NDP government in whose Love Of Learning report first promoted the idea of parents as "partners" i the education of t…
Again I notice that the main purpose of school councils has been usurped. Too bad. Annie your predictions made many years ago came true.
Hi Catherine,
We too are in a rural community.
I would be interested to know what board you are in, since other parent councils in our district are experiencing similar issues that you have voiced. It seems that we can easily learn from each other a…
Hi Gay,
Thanks for the words of encouragement.
This is a great place for people to communicate their ideas, so that we can learn from each other. Chances are that someone else has had a similar problem/issue and they answers are out there.
I am in t…
Leslie, sounds like your school council is doing an amazing job! Thanks for taking the time to share all the details and information in your above post. Others can read about your council's activities and be inspired, try one of your ideas or just s…
P.S. - People for Education through Annie is often heard talking about the fear of a two tiered education system, yet fundraising does that like nothing else creating those have and have not schools.
Would a school be considered a "have" school if…
Thanks Leslie . you asked "How many parent really know what parent councils are about?"
That can be answered by an effective council. After, what is it, 11 years of school councils if there are parents who still don't know then it's up to the schoo…
Hi Catherine,
-Accommodation Guidelines Process-
May I be so bold as to ask if you would start a separate discussion on the PAR process (Pupil Accommodation Review).
It is an important topic to discuss and may be better addressed in a separate discu…
Right Annie - they're all over the map, some schools without councils...and no one's followed up provincially in a long, LONG time.
I just don't believe that councils should be about the money.....period. Quality education can't always be bought. P…
I think that what we can see by the many many posts there have been about a wide variety of school councils, is that there isn't necessarily one model for a school council. It seems as if different councils across the province focus on a variety of…
Leslie - How do you know then that your school council is effective? As advisory bodies what advice has your council offered and how was is taken...or not?
In short, at some point councils are accountable to the parents of the community they repres…
Hi, Just wanted to add a quick antecidote
I sit on parent council and co-chair the Events committee.
Last summer I was thinking about retiring from Events Committee but still sit on parent council, 1st to get some other people invloved and 2nd becau…
Hi Jacqui,
Glad I can help.
We do a mix of fund-raising activities, some chocalate bar or simsialr sales, but most are community building events.
We have done Pasta Supper $5 per person, to a max of $20 per family for those families with more than 2…
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- At 4:24pm on September 9, 2009,
Gay Stephenson said…
- Hello Leslie and welcome to our online community! My name is Gay Stephenson and I'm the web person here at People for Education. If you have any questions about jumping into the discussions, you may want to take a peak at our discussion netiquette.
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Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
Interviews with:
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Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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Parents often have questions about special education. Here's a place where we can ask questions, share ideas and information and help one another...
Our school is small, at 281 elementary students. It is Early French Immersion, which is not uncommon in Ottawa. I believe there are enough elementary-aged children within walking distance to fill the school twice. However, with the public/catholic s…
Briony before rushing to ideas I always like to take a deep breath and outline the goal and then priority for Parent Engagement/Involvement. Without that you will just try different things but perhaps achieve few results. Our PIC believes in giving…
Hi Briony,
There are also some great examples of what other people have done in our Parent Engagement Manual.
Hopefully you'll get lots of responses from parents here in our online community who have tried a bunch of different things.
It's also i…
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Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :)
The next newsletter writing deadline is March 1st, which seems to work well with your research deadlines. All the best with your next steps in January!
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