HOLY ANGELS PARISH SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Education committee meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of the month in the Parish Meeting Center. The meetings are open to parish members and parents of Holy Angels students.

The pastor, associate pastor, and principal are ex-officio (non-voting) members of the school board committee.
The key purpose of the School Committee is to formulate and recommend policies to the pastor and school principal.  This task is the heart of the committee's role.

What are policies?
Policies are based on the needs of the students, parents and all people of the parish.  Policies give a direction or "vision" to the school so that it will meet these needs.  The policies establish the parameters or boundaries in which the school operates.
Policies are distinct from rules in that policies allow for some discretion.  Rules allow no discretion.  An example illustrates this concept:
Policy - Certain areas of this building will be designated as "no-smoking" areas.
Rule - No smoking in this room.
The policy allows for discretion.  The rule does not.

The Committee recommends policy
The School Committee is not a "School Board".  Unlike a board, which establishes rules, the policies that the committee creates are recommended to the pastor and principal.  The pastor, or the principal as his designate, give final approval to every policy.
The principal administers the school and sets the specific rules that must be followed in the school.  These rules are based on the policies formulated by the committee and are the principal's way of implementing those policies.  This practice is set by the archdiocese.

  The value of recommending policy
The policies created by the School Committee are to express the basic value and vision underlying the school.  Since these policies are based on the needs of everyone in the parish, they give a focus to the school causing it to better meet these needs.  Though the committee's policy recommendations are not the final word, they give much needed advice to the pastor and principal and ensure that the needs of the students, parents and the whole parish will be met.

HOLY ANGELS SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES

September, 2010

Present:

Dr. Hal Belcher Cameron Haller Sara Olding

Gail Denning Ken Magoteaux Kara Sollmann

Amy Gleason

Absent : Father Schmitmeyer

I. WELCOME : Dr. Belcher opened the meeting with a prayer.

II.MINUTES: Ken motioned to approve the minutes and Kara
Sollmann seconded the motion.

III. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: Given by Dr. Belcher
1) COSI will be coming to Holy Angels during 2010-2011 school year.

2) Current enrollment at 231 but will hopefully be at 232 by end of the school year.

IV. PASTOR REPORT: No report given.

V. COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1) TEACHER REPRESENTATIVE: Given by Gail Frantz
a) Gail Frantz announced the mum sale is underway.
b) She reported the students are satisfied with the new cook.
c) Gail Frantz stated that a fundraiser of selling cookbooks would take place this school year 2010-2011.

. 2 ) FINANCE: Passed out by Ken Magoteaux
a) Dr. Belcher noted that YTD (year to date) decrease in tuition was approximately $14,000 from last year. He expects the deficit to increase over time.
b) Gail Frantz noted a concern regarding lined item #14 (school fundraisers for tuition). With 30 less students this school year, the possibility of raising equal funds as last year is troubling. She suggested that the proposed budget for that item should be revisited.

3) POLICY AND SCRIP: Given by Gail Denning
a) Gail Denning reported that a Scrip letter was sent home in the carriers in the past month.
b) The following companies were discussed as potential participants: Freshway Foods, Ferguson, Sollmann Electric, Air Handling, as well as others. School Board members are encouraged to contact Gail with other potential participants.
c) Sara Olding offered the possibility of doing a Great Lakes Scrip Challenge this school year 2010-2011.

4) PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING: Given by Kara Sollmann
a) Kara Sollmann announced that she would be attending a meeting with the public Relations Committee later in the evening.
b) She reported that the committee passed out literature on HA at the Apple Festival over the past weekend (9/11/10).

5) TEXTBOOK AND TECHNOLOGY: Given by Cameron Haller
a) The textbook and technology fund balance on 8/31/10 was $72, 151.87.

VI:OLD BUSINESS

1) The new meeting time will be at 6pm on the first Monday of every month.

2) Gail Denning motioned to accept the new constitution and Cameron Haller seconded the motion.

3) Sara Olding distributed a list of new students to Holy Angels and a contact number for committee members to contact throughout the school year with questions.

4) Long Range Planning Process:

a) Dr. Belcher passed out information on the goals. He noted that it will be difficult to offer additional technology courses this school year.

b) Sara Olding distributed a sample letter to be sent to families who have left Holy Angels and their reasons for leaving. Attached to the letter is a questionnaire regarding the feelings of families of students who have recently left Holy Angels.

VII: NEW BUSINESS

1) The committee discussed the possibility of another pork chop dinner (similar to last year). Sara Olding expressed concern with making the fundraiser as a lined item. Ken Magoteaux motioned to table the final decision until next month. Cameron Haller seconded the motion.

VIII : CLOSING PRAYER AND ADJOURNMENT: Sara Olding closed with a prayer.

NEXT MEETING: Monday, October 4th, 2010 – 6:00 PM

Respectfully submitted by: Amy L. Gleason

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