MINUTES – JANUARY 22ND, 2013



ST. CLEMENTCATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENT COUNCILMINUTESMeeting held on Tuesday, February 19, 2019at 7:05pm in the school libraryIN ATTENDANCEJenn Casuccio, Katie Piccininni, Lisa Lippa, Heather Marczynski, Stephen Peters, Daniela Bottoni, Julianne Ross, Sandra Moreira, Lillian Campea, Angie Ieraci, Bree Ranieri, Gail Appiah, Meghan Marcil, Ines Colucci, Linda PuglieseOPENING PRAYER (Stephen Peters)A Prayer for a Balanced LifeADDITION OF OTHER BUSINESS & APPROVAL OF THIS MONTH’S AGENDAAddition of Other Business: Moving Treasurer’s Report to after Co-Chair Report, adding the timing of school concerts and events, adding funding for mural to Treasurer’s Report.Approval of this month’s Agenda: Julianne Ross & Bree RanieriAPPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of January’s Minutes: Julianne Ross & Sandra MoreiraPRINCIPAL’S REPORT (Stephen Peters)Mr. Peters welcomed all the parents and staff to the February 2019 CSPC meeting. January’s ActivitiesMr. Peters went over the activities that took place at the school in January. [For full details on January activities, please refer to the minutes from the January 2019 CSPC meeting, which took place on January 15th.]February’s ActivitiesGifted ProgramStudents who have taken the gifted test will find out any news about acceptance in late Spring. St. Clement Catholic School is a hub school, and there is a gifted program at our school. Only a small number of students (approx. 3%) get into this program.Q: Was anything done differently this year regarding preparing kids for the gifted program tested? There seemed to be a lot of discussion and pressure placed on the students leading up to the testing, so wondering if there was a different way that the test was administered. A: (Peters) Perhaps there were more nerves because there were younger siblings taking the test this year and they may have heard about it from their older siblings. It could also be because of the reputation of the program. Kids very much want to get into the program, and that puts added pressure. It’s an awesome program, and a lot of the kids that get into it really enjoy it.Ballroom DancingOn Wednesday, February 6th our Gr.4 and Gr.7 students danced their final ballroom performance, and they did a fantastic job. The ballroom dance instructor, Ms. Alexandra Smith, does a fantastic job teaching ballroom dancing basics in just 5 lessons.MADD Canada PresentationsOn Tuesday, February 5th MADD Canada came to our school to give the Gr.7 & Gr.8 students a presentation on issues about being under the influence of a substance. They showed a movie to students which was both age-appropriate and accurate, regarding the possible outcomes that could happen when impaired behind the wheel (the dangers of impaired driving). We had to reschedule the second presentation, which will take place on February 22nd, which will be a virtual reality experience. They will bring an RV to the school parking lot, where students will take part in a simulation experience of what it would be like to be under the influence of a controlled substance. Black History Month PresentationOn February 8th our school enjoyed a presentation for Black History Month, called From Slave to Saint: The Story of St. Josephine Bakhita. Josephine Bakhita was born into slavery, and the presentation centered on her life’s journey of becoming a Saint. Presented to our Gr.3 to Gr.8 students, it featured 80 drums, and all the students were very enthusiastic about it.Parent-Teacher InterviewsReport cards went home last week, and parent-teacher interviews took place. The online-scheduling tool that is in place has once again made the process very smooth. Thanks to all who participated.Snow Valley Ski TripThe Gr. 7’s and Gr. 8’s will be taking a trip to Snow Valley Ski resort on February 25th.Marlies School TripThe Gr.2’s to Gr.8s will have the opportunity to go see a game for the Toronto Marlies on February 27th. It will be a Pajama Day for the JK/SK and Gr.1s, as they remain at the school that day.CarnavalOur French department has organized Carnaval for our school this year, and it will kick-off on Tuesday, February 26th with a school assembly in the gym. Throughout the week there will be lots of events, including an outdoor playday, Bonhomme contest, bingo games, and fun activities. We are excited to have Carnaval back at the school.A (Casuccio): On behalf of the parent community, CSPC would like to thank Mme. Arduini and Mme. Morrison of our TCDSB French Department for organizing such a fun week for the kids.TCDSB Requirements for Staff CPR TrainingThe TCDSB requirement is that two staff members at each school have full CPR training. The staff at our school who have this training are Ms. Ieraci and Ms. Ross. Some parents have asked why we don’t have more staff with CPR training, and the answer is that it’s not mandatory, has a cost associated and is completely voluntary. We cannot force teachers to take this course. There’s been a suggestion to have CPR training take place on a PA day, and this is a possibility but this also might not be feasible because we have other staff and educational activities that are Board-mandated. Mr. Peters will consider asking staff to volunteer to become certified and to run the training on a PA Day if possible. Again this would be strictly voluntary. Nothing is confirmed at the moment. A parent mentioned that they have a contact for a very good CPR trainer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, who can come into the school and give full training for a cost.Mr. Peters updated the attending parents that on a positive note, our school will be getting a defibrillator on site at our school, and some staff will obviously be trained on how to use it. Katie Piccininni pointed out that these defibrillators are very user friendly and actually can be used without training in an emergency situation.CO-CHAIRS’ REPORT (Jenn Casuccio & Katie Piccininni)Lice (Casuccio)Casuccio noted that the issue of lice had been raised by a few parents. Some were looking for an update on how the lice-checking process works at our school. When a parent gets a letter home saying that there is lice in their child’s particular classroom, does it mean that a nurse has already been to check them and has found lice, or could it be that lice was found by a staff member?A: (Peters) When a letter gets sent home, it could be for one of several reasons. It could be that a parent has informed the school that a child in that class has lice. The nurse will then come, but the letter may be sent home before the nurse has done a check. The letter could also be sent home once a nurse has come in and has discovered lice. For example, if a parent informs of lice, a nurse checks for lice in that classroom and also the classrooms of any siblings. If lice is found, then a letter would be sent home for those classrooms as well.It should also be noted that rules have changed whereby the school is no longer allowed to send the child home. We can call the parents, and ask them to pick up their child, but it is not mandated that the student goes home. Some of our younger families might not have the correct lice education, or the awareness to get the tools to be prepared for a lice outbreak. CSPC noted that this is a good reminder for people that just because we haven’t had a lice outbreak at our school recently, doesn’t mean we should stop checking for lice. There are currently lice in the school and so, as we learned at the CSPC-hosted lice education session a few years ago, parents should be checking their children(s)’s heads for lice with a nit comb once a week. Lice spread quickly and an outbreak could be upon us.Proposed Government Changes to Class Sizes/Caps, ELP (Piccininni)Our government is proposing to make a lot of changes to the future of our current education system. Your St. Clement CSPC recently sent out an email outlining what these changes could possibly look like. One major change is with regard to increasing the cap sizes of all grades, in ELP this would be above 29 students, in primary grades above 23 and in Junior and intermediates above 30. There has also been discussion of eliminating the cap altogether, and that could mean potentially making a class the size of 40 students. Please read through the background information we had sent out to the community, and please engage as we suggested. Please contact our Education Minister, MPP Lisa Thompson, and voice your opinion to her (lisa.thompson@pc.). Our collective voices are important as these decisions will greatly affect all students. Autism Funding (Piccininni) The government has also decided that it will eliminate the wait-lists for students in line for specialized autism funding. This sounds great to those of us who are not directly involved, but unfortunately this will not solve the problem for many. Every parent should be concerned about this issue whether or not they have an autistic child. What the government will be doing is basically reducing funding for children who need very intensive therapy and forcing them back into our classrooms where there will not be proper supports. This will mean that as class sizes grow, our teachers will not only be handling additional students, but they will also potentially have students with specialized needs to manage as well. This may mean that their time will be greatly taxed and your child may receive less attention in the classroom. So please be aware that this issue is not strictly affecting parents of children with autism, it affects everyone and there is also no funding forthcoming to add supports. The government is basically going to take a static level of current funding and divide it somewhat evenly amongst students, however this doesn’t really work, as some students require more support and some students require less, so this will not be fairly or properly addressed with this formula. It’s important that we voice our concern that every family is treated as they should be, and that every child has a fair opportunity to get the resources they need for their education in our public system.A: (Peters) The mandate of our government is to cut costs. It’s important for each of our school communities to speak up, and be heard. Class sizes, autism, and other special needs programs – it’s already tough right now as our school environments currently are underfunded. If there are further cuts to our special programming our staff will be that much further spread. We need to figure out what needs to be prioritized – cap sizes or funding models? EQAO (Piccininni) The EQAO is also being re-considered by the government, it costs a lot of money to administer this standardized testing province wide and there is some consultation as to whether this testing system is actually a valuable tool. Currently it’s being used in several ways that it shouldn’t be – for example, painting a false picture of a school, and having the potential to increase real estate value. A lot of money is being put into this metric system, but it may not be the best measurement tools for our schools and to assist with projections for student needs for the future. For now we wait and see.Q: Can CSPC send out the online petitions that are going around so as to make it easier for us parents to take action for our school? Is there an online petition that we as a school community can put together and send it out?A: (CSPC) We agree that it would be easier for parents to simply sign a petition, however, there simply aren’t any comprehensive ones that have been created yet within the Catholic School community. OAPCE and or// OECTA are working on creating a petition. As soon as an appropriate petition gets created, we will forward it to the parent community. In the meantime, if anyone wants to take on this task of creating an online petition for our school, please reach out to CSPC (via email).High School Admissions Discussion (Katie Piccininni) We are still hoping to have a new high school in Ward 2. Our former Trustee had proposed the purchase of an old TDSB School that was no longer in use called Scarlett Heights and left it where there was a “Request to Purchase” letter of intent sent to the TDSB to try to acquire the Scarlett Heights property. At this point we have not heard where that proposal has gone. We are hopeful that the TCDSB will find a way to alleviate the current problem of student over-subscription at our local Ward 2 high schools. The feeder school for our “in district” St. Clement Catholic School students would be Michael Power/St. Joseph Catholic School. (Peters) There are other schools, for example Father John Redmond and Bishop Allen that offer a variety of different programs as well, but their student numbers are quite large. Michael Power/St. Joseph also has a large population and is quite over-subscribed – it is a real issue as there are approximately 2500 students in attendance at that high school. Parents should note that there are no guarantees as many kids who are academically performing off the charts at St. Clement, are not getting into some of these high schools/programs mentioned because of over subscription. (Piccininni) Part of the problem was that when Don Bosco high school was closed because the parents in that surrounding area felt that it was not in a desirable location to send their children. Due to the lack of interest in sending children to this school the TCDSB were losing students to TDSB schools like Richview Collegiate etc., and while Don Bosco which was a perfectly good functioning building located in Ward 1, the student population was dwindling and the TCDSB was forced to close it. The Board is looking for a new building to have a new high school site where it would be more convenient for parents at schools like Father Serra and All Saints to send their children. At St. Clement we must ensure that if our students find themselves regularly shut out of specialty programs at other TCDSB high schools that our local school Michael Power ensure they are providing adequate program options for our students. It’s definitely something we must always advocate for.Q: (Casuccio) What are some examples of programs and circumstances that are causing these schools to max out capacity?A: (Peters) Obviously yes the Don Bosco closure was one circumstance, but further the location of Father John Redmond (it’s a very nice school), and it has many great programs especially for the Arts also makes it a huge draw. Bishop Allen is another school that offers a variety of programs but it also has many portables and is particularly over-subscribed. The good news is that our students will automatically get into Michael Power as long as students put it down as their first choice. It is based on the address of elementary school (not your home) with the exception of students who do not reside in Toronto.A: (Lippa) My son applied to Michael Power and this is the first year that high schools have asked for proof of address document (hydro bill, etc.). Q: Could we have a separate meeting on high school admissions, and get more information for parents so that we are all informed and we can engage.A: (Piccininni) Actually there are already several High School Fairs that are set up for students and parents to attend when they are in the year (s) of High School application so that parents can ask questions and seek appropriate guidance for the schools their children may be applying for etc. Just to clarify that the Board is not providing CSPC with this information and mandating us to deliver the information to you. This is us your CSPC, independently researching, and staying abreast of the issue and then sharing the information with our parent community. Please understand that we can only dedicate so much of our own volunteer time to any one endeavor which is why we are highlighting it for you so that you as engaged parents can go on to adequately research and educate themselves on these topics, and also advocate for their own child’s individual school experience. Q: If there are limited amounts of students who can be admitted, how can we be sure that our child will get into their school of choice?A: (Piccininni) You really can’t and with the Ward wide state of over-subscription every year we are finding fewer of our students are being accepted beyond the feeder school Michael Power (where as Mr. Peters previously outlined, they have to be accepted as long as they make it their first choice).Q: Can we think about not going to Father John Redmond for the Taste of the Arts trip (For reader reference this is one of the High school fairs offered) if we are just going to create excitement about this particular school, if there’s not going to be any acceptance of our students it seems unfair to give them false hope. A: (Peters) This is something that can be thought about for next year, and I can discuss it with John Redmond’s Principal to try to gauge what spaces might be available if they have a projection on what their enrollment numbers will be for the next year, they can better inform us on what their availability is. It’s true it doesn’t seem particularly fair. (Piccininni): We will continue to monitor the situation closely along with Mr. Peters and report on any pertinent updates when we can. TREASURER’S REPORT (Lisa Lippa)Financial Report as of January 31, 2019CSPC RevenuePizza Lunch ($13,339.79) This is the second round of pizza orders money collected, less the cost of two lunches in January.Subway Lunch ($1,023.00) This is the cash collection for December’s lunch, which I was not able to deposit until January. January’s cash collection and payment will show up on February’s report.Update: We unfortunately had to cancel Subway lunch this month, as our Subway vendor unexpectedly cancelled on us.QSP ($12,952.00) This was the profit from online sales, which is very good. There are still some expenses to come out of this, such as payments for lanyards and daily rewards. As the kids are selling more magazines, there are more daily rewards going out. The profit is expected to come down, but not by a lot.SCS Christmas Market ($100.00) This amount reflects additional revenue from vendors.Cupcake Raffle ($140.75) Cash collected from our last cupcake raffle.Lunch Lady Program ($331.35) This is the first quarter profit our school earns from the Lunch Lady Program.CSPC ExpensesScientist in the School/In-Class Workshops ($1,234.05) Scientist and dance workshops.Musical Instruments ($898.35) Cost of instrument repairs.Walk to School Parties ($97.59) This was the cost of the pizza lunch for the winning classes.Chess Club ($542.40) This was the cost of the Chess Master for January.Hockey Team ($700.00) This is the cost of the hockey tournaments.Gifts/Plants/Flowers (-$1,750.00) This is the money that was collected from parents who contributed towards the staff Christmas gifts as the gift cards were purchased in advance from QSP. Bank Charges and Cheques ($45.78) When CSPC makes a large deposit (from pizza lunch), we are hit with high bank charges.Funding for School Murals (Julianne Ross)Mr. Peters and Ms. Ross met with a mural artist for a consultation. We are looking to put two murals onto the gym walls, saying something like “St. Clement” and “Home of the Orange Crush”. Also, in the hallway leading up the gym (the kindergarten hallway), he would do another mural on the wall. He provided us a quote, which is roughly $5,600. You can look him up online called “Illusion Images”. The artist has confirmed that he can do this work in 5 days (over a weekend), and the earliest that we could book him would be in summer or early fall.A: (Casuccio) Several years ago, when the renovation was upcoming and we had extra money from hosting the Swim Meet, we put aside money in a GIC for when the renovations were done. Now that the addition is complete, our Exec has been talking with Mr. Peters, on how this money should be spent on our school. This money isn’t for the small wish list items that we sometimes budget for in October. The idea in spending these funds is for larger-ticket items that would benefit the school and try to make it homier. CSPC had some ideas regarding inspirational quotes or sayings that could be put onto the bare walls of the school to both decorate the school and inspire the students. We also thought of buying some outdoor equipment, such as basketball nets.A: (Lippa) We still have roughly $25,000 to spend. We have already put a deposit down for the FDK play structure, which will be installed in Spring.Painting of the SchoolA parent asked whether there were any plans for the “old wing” of the school to be re-painted. Now that we have the new section, both parts of the school do not match and the paint in the old section is in terrible shape. Mr. Peters noted that our Board has indicated that our school is up to get some painting, but there is no indication at all of when this might happen. Technology and its MaintenanceA parent raised the issue of whether the Board provides any maintenance for school technology. There are stories from the students about using devices where there are keys missing from keyboards, etc. Unless the students bring in their own device, it seems like they are working on devices with lots of wear and tear. Perhaps CSPC should invest more of its money into technology for the school. A (CSPC): The reality is the Board does not provide much maintenance. Some of the technology the kids are using is refurbished equipment provided by the Board. But much of it is technology and devices that CSPC has purchased over the years. We have a Technology Committee – Mr. Marriott and Mr. Daley put a lot of time into helping us keep up to date with our technology needs. However, we used to have a parent representative on the Technology Committee as well, but his children have now graduated from St. Clement and so there is no longer a parent rep. Our Technology Committee has let us know that there wasn’t a great need for more technology this year – we have ample devices for the students/classes to share. However, if there are issues with particular devices, staff should be coming to the Principal or our Technology Committee to let them know so that we are made aware. CSPC’s Treasurer noted that we have $1500 set aside in our budget for maintenance of technology. Mr. Peters stated that he will send an email out to our staff asking for an update on the technology equipment.A further question got asked as to whether it is mandatory for Junior/Intermediate students to bring in their own laptop or device to work on at school. Some students seem to be under the impression that it is a requirement.Mr. Peters responded that there is absolutely no requirement for our students (of any age/grade) to bring in their own personal technology from home. What we have in terms of technology from the school board is enough for our student’s educational purposes. However, many students do bring in their own devices from home. In that regard, the staff has been reminded recently that all devices – including devices brought from home – are to be used for educational purposes only. That said, some students have trouble limiting their use to educational purposes and it is sometimes difficult for staff members to police it. It is an ongoing challenge for staff and administration. Description of Treasurer’s Role Lisa Lippa is leaving us after this year, and we wanted to provide our community with a description of what the Treasurer’s role is comprised of.For the prospective Treasurer at our school next year, you have to be good with money, and enjoy working with numbers, but the role itself is not very time consuming. This role involves counting money from the various fundraisers, making bank deposits, collecting receipts for disbursements, writing cheques and bringing them in to also be signed by Mr. Peters, preparing financial reports, reconciling the bank account and to coming to the monthly CSPC meetings to present the financial report. The biggest part of the job is preparing the budget for October. It is important to have an understanding of the needs of the school and the teachers as well as what fundraisers are expected to make. I basically prepare the budget myself and then discuss it with the CSPC Exec before presenting it to CSPC. There is a lot of back and forth with emails from staff and Mr. Peters with school needs for the budget preparation.Q: What about the rules surrounding the GIC? Do you have to have this knowledge?A: (CSPC) How the GIC came about is that we raised a lot of money from hosting a swim meet, and we wanted to save the money for the renovation. But, we are not supposed to save money, and we technically have to spend the money every year. Therefore, we will not have a GIC for the next school year, as we will have spent the money on all of our school renovation needs.If the CSPC Treasurer’s role is something you might be interested in please reach out to us at cspc.stclement@ FUNDRAISING & COMMITTEE REPORTS (Jenn Casuccio & Katie Piccininni)Movie Night (Ines Colucci/Bree Ranieri)Voting is done, and a big thank you to Ms. Ferreira who organized her students to go into each classroom to help with the voting and then to tally the votes. Thanks to the Di Franco family for making all of the posters for us. Now that the movies have been chosen, we are now moving over to ticket sales. QSP Prizes (Jenn Casuccio)The prizes from the prize chart are still forthcoming. We usually wait until after Christmas to do the prize chart, as the kids won’t really appreciate the prizes at Christmastime. Our QSP Team apologizes that we are a little later this year getting the prize forms out – our parent volunteers had a lot of sickness in their households in the past few months. We are now working on it, and the forms should be going out soon.Home Alone Program (Ines Colucci)The program went great! The only issue was that the program filled up so quickly, as there were only 15 spots available, and so many people were not able to get in. We were surprised when the session filled up within an hour, given the fact that Public Health had told us that there is often little interest at some schools. The session was well done and so well organized by Toronto Public Health, and it was a great event to coordinate. Given the interest, we may look into hosting another Home Alone session either this Spring or next year. CSPC thanked Ms. Colucci for all of her work in organizing the session.Cupcake Raffle (Jenn Casuccio)We did not have our usual cupcake raffle for Valentine’s Day, as the person who makes our cupcakes just had a baby. We are currently looking into where to get the cupcakes from moving forward, and we are aiming to have an Easter cupcake raffle.Spring Fun Fair (Jenn Casuccio)For the past few years, due to our school’s construction, we couldn’t put on the Fun Fair. Also a few years ago, CSPC decided to move it from the Fall into the Spring, towards the end of the school. This was for many reasons, including the fact that a September Fun Fair often meant that organizers had to start working on the event during the summer. Colette Pearson, who has run the Fun Fair for years in the past, would like a Fun Fair Committee to be formed so that she is not running the event on her own as she would like to step down from this role. She is canvassing for volunteers to join the Committee and to help run the Fair. Colette Pearson and Terri Marra have become experts at planning the BBQ portion of the event, and so hopefully they will be able to run that part of it this year. But we are looking for more people to come on board to help and to help plan other sections of the event. Also, now is the time for a newly formed Committee to consider what a St. Clement Spring Fun Fair should consist of. In years past, we have made anywhere between $5,000 and $12,000, based on what we have had at the fair. The Fair will likely be held at the end of May or early June. Please reach out to CPSC if you are interested in becoming part of the Fun Fair Committee to plan this event. This is a very fun event to be a part of and it is a big fundraiser for our CSPC.Traffic Safety Initiatives (Bree Ranieri)Our government representatives have been very busy lately, and we haven’t received many updates or responses from them. We have decided to focus our efforts towards the Markland Woods Homeowner’s Association, because this body is pulling in the St. Clement, Bloordale and Millwood communities and looking at the traffic and safety issues holistically. We were scheduled to have meetings, which had to be postponed due to weather circumstances. We are currently in discussion on how to effect good traffic safety measures. We are to finalize a petition and then send it out electronically to our community. More to come soon, and there are definitely some education topics that we can do as a community.STAFF REPORT (Julianne Ross) W5H Tournamnet for Juniors takes place on February 20th.Chess Club is currently taking place, and there will be more information on tournaments at the end of month.Swim Team has started, and practices are held on Monday and Wednesday mornings.Dodge Ball House league is up and running. Great thanks to the grade 8 students who have organized it. The house league takes place at recess time on Mondays for Gr.1 and Gr.2, Wednesdays for Gr.5 and Gr.6, and Fridays for Gr.3 and Gr.4. Intermediate Basketball: The boys’ team placed 2nd, and the girls’ team won. They are now moving on to Regionals on February 22nd.PARISH NEWS (Katie Piccininni)Unfortunately, there was a very big flood at our St. Clement Parish and so the water main is now being replaced. The washrooms are out of service, because there is still no water in the church. The church is going to start collecting emails from all parishioners, as they realized that they had no way to reach the parish community when this incident happened. CORRESPONDENCE & OTHER BUSINESS (Jenn Casuccio)Timing of School Events and ConcertsSeveral parents raised the issue that all of our school’s events tend to be held in the early afternoon, and that it is extremely challenging for working parents to rearrange their professional schedules to get to these events. This was particularly true this past December when the Christmas concert and ballroom dancing performance were held in the early afternoon during consecutive weeks. The suggestion was made to perhaps have some events in the evening, but if not possible, to maybe at least have some of them first thing in the morning so that it is easier for people to simply then continue to work.Mr. Peters said that he would consider all of the suggestions, however he noted that having evening or early morning events would also pose their own challenges. To consider evening events, it would need to be determined whether staff would be willing to stay late to support these events. An issue that would arise with morning performances is that, as in the case of ballroom dancing or the Christmas concert, the morning of the performance day is often used for practice or dress rehearsal. All of the coordinating that parents have to do in order to make the events for their children is very appreciated, but we also have to remember that teachers have families and extra-curricular activities themselves and that may make evening events difficult. Holiday Treats and School’s Allergen Aware PolicyThis Valentine’s Day, there were certain classrooms where students brought nutty treats to be distributed to their fellow classmates (in the form of “loot bags”). As a result, students with nut allergies went home with nuts in their backpacks, which is obviously a dangerous situation.CSPC would like to reiterate that our school is allergen aware and no nuts should be brought into classes at all or be on our school premises. This is our school policy. The school will be sending home a communication soon, reminding parents of our allergen-aware school policy. We understand that families want to be generous at holiday time and the tendency is to want to share food treats. However, this is not safe practice for our students with food allergies. Families with no food allergies simply may not be aware of what is or is not safe to send in to be distributed. This is part of the reason why the school encourages non-food treats instead. Further, when parents send in food treats, this places an unfair responsibility on our teachers. No teacher has the time to go through 30 bags of treats to see whether the treats are safe for distribution. Further, these treats are often sent in packages that make it impossible for teachers to know what is inside.After every holiday, CSPC receives notes from parents who have concerns about the distribution of food treats at school. Some concerns are about allergens. Most recently, we received concerns about the amount of sugar being given to the kids. Students have dietary restrictions for various reasons, including diabetes, obesity, anaphylaxis, autism, and behavioural disorders. We need to be cognisant and respectful of this.ADJOURNMENTMeeting is adjourned at 9:01pm. *See you at the next meeting on April 23, 2019*Please note that underlined text followed by a colon within the minutes (e.g. Q:) indicates a question, comment or answer from the floor (or from the person indicated).Also note that text encased [in square brackets] indicates that a narrative has been added that was not actually discussed at the meeting. ................
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