June 2010 - Castor Valley Elementary School Council

- Admin fund: OCASC $35, Webmaster $100, Copying costs $269.46, Bus driver gifts $210, Y/E appreciation$153.82, teacher luncheon $216.96- Bank charges: includes monthly charges, NSF‟s, cheque ordersCASH POSITION:- Balance as at June 21st is $14016.56- We have some small cheques yet to write (display board, pizza party) and are expecting the $3000 from Scotiain July….will leave us at $16751 approxWe need to take into consideration our operating costs for next year:$500 - photocopy costs$220 - bus driver gifts$200 - staff recognition custodian, 2 office staff, 2 admin staff, teacher rep on Council, Library tech$250 - staff appreciation lunch (dish rentals and flowers)$400 - student recognition (library helpers, green team, Kelso‟s Pals and Ambassadors)$250 - bank charges$ 35 - OCASC membership$180 - liability insurance$100 - webmaster honorarium$1000 - school council reserve fund$500 - dance-a-thon prizes$4000 - Classroom resource fundFor a total of $7635** Playground Consumables, Gardens, Music, Phys Ed/DPA, $500 Library (French books), $150 request forcurling for grade 3 & 4‟sSusanna put forth a motion to approve expenditure of $60 for CVESC to become a member of Canadian Parentsfor French. Seconded by Lauriel. Motion carried.Susanna put forth a motion to approve the allocation of $7500 toward the primary play structure replacementproject in order to apply for matching grants from the OCDSB and the City of Ottawa. Seconded by Jen.Motion carried.Heather put forth a motion to approve the allocation of $1000 toward Rideauwood drug and alcohol preventioneducation and counselling . Seconded by Lisa. Motion carried.Susanna made a motion to add Tracy Lager as a signing officer for the Royal Bank school council account inMetcalfe (and if necessary to remove Kim‟s name if a maximum number of signing officers set by the bank)seconded by Heather.7. Volunteer Coordinator‟s Report – Luisa KucaUpdate on # families without email access & # families still missing from email distribution list withapproximately 16 families requiring hard copies and 21 families for whom we have had no response to ourrequests for their email address.Labels for hard copies of last newsletter provided to Heather.Gail has revamped Student Information Form along with Heather to consent to releasing contact information toSchool Council.