Minutes of the Halifax District PTA

September 21, 1998

Present: Darlene Britten Westmount

Pam Gasparetto Halifax West

John Sparling Burton Ettinger

Pat Rhodenizer Rockingham

Nancy Delahunt Rockingham

Peter Crowell Grosvenor-Wentworth

Cheryl Kozey Westmount

Bev McDonald Beaufort / FAPA

Regrets: Dick Tilley

  1. Meeting called to order by Cheryl Kozey. The main objective of the meeting to come up with nominations for co-chair and vice president.

  1. It was suggested that we ask a representative of the Nova Scotia Home and School Association to come and speak at one of our meetings. We would like them to explain to us why we should encourage our members to join. Many schools do not have the resources to join on their own and we had hoped to be able to provide them with materials from this organization but we have received next to nothing from them.

  1. Minutes from the June 15/98 meeting read and approved.

  1. Supplementary funding remains a hot topic. Still forces in the Municipality that would like to see the end of it. A letter from the District PTA is to be written soon concerning the budget.

  1. Re hiring protocol : Some principals reported that that the situation was not as serious as first feared. A "job fair" was held to help match teachers up with the best positions. There are still concerns about the hiring process and we will look into it further.



  1. Contact and communications seen as a primary concern of HDPTA. Pat Rhodenizer suggested a "phone blitz" and offered to help.

  1. Treasurer's report read and passed.

  1. Focus for future meetings:

School Board representatives to be invited in Nov and April

NSH&SA could be invited for February

Air Quality and Traffic Safety -perhaps a combination at the Oct 19th

meeting. CASAL to be invited to make a presentation. If both can't

be addressed in one meeting we could also use the January meeting.

  1. Cheryl reported that she and Dick had filled out a questionnaire over the summer setting out the qualities they felt parents would like to see in a new Superintendent of schools. A successor to Don Trider has not yet been announced.

10. Other issues suggested for consideration:

-the impact on former city schools of the lack of planning in the

suburban areas.

-concern that advisory councils feel they have less impact than had been hoped when they began.

11. Meeting adjourned.


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