Lady Evelyn Alternative School Council

May 2002 Newsletter

Web Page: http://www.ladyevelyn.ca

Mailing List: ladyevelyn@ladyevelyn.ca

Council Co-chair: Richard Deadman -- 231-5112

Arlene McGinn


 



 
 

May School Council Meeting

Cancelled

Please note that the council meeting planned for

Tuesday, May 14th, 2002 @ 7:30

has been cancelled.


The next council meeting is scheduled for three weeks from now on Wednesday June 5th at 7:30 P.M. This final meeting will give us time to review the final board budget issues, plan for next fall and set up next year's council meetings.
 

Dates to mark on your calendar:

News and Reports

School CD

Plans are afoot with both the Primary and Junior choirs, and other school groups, to produce a Lady Evelyn CD this year. We hope this will be an interesting memento in years to come, and may raise a bit of money for the council. Watch for more information later in May.
 

New Co-Chair

At the last council meeting in April, Arlene McGinn agreed to join Richard as co-chair of the council. Welcome aboard to Arlene.
 

Council Budget

Cindy has provided a brief financial summary, now available on the council web site. Some highlights: The more money the council raises, the more we can support our kids' education. If you would like to help on the fundraising committee, please contact Sue Hollingsworth at 234-2904. And don't forget to watch for the upcoming "walk-a-thon".
 

T-Shirts and Bags

A second run of the popular Lady Evelyn T-shirts and bags is coming soon. We may be able to add pictures for those kids accidentally missing from the first run.
 

New Brochure

Cathy Robinson, with input from other council members, has produced a new brochure about the school and our programs. This is a great way to get the word out about what Lady Evelyn has to offer.

If anyone would like to help distribute these, give me or Cathy a call or send me an email. The brochure is available in the office or on the council web site.
 

Web Page Update

The council web page (http://www.ladyevelyn.ca) has been given a new "news" format on the front page. Come check out recent events in the school and community.

If anyone wants to post news items about the school on the web site, send an email to "webmaster@ladyevelyn.ca" with: 

Special Education Information Meeting

There will be a Special Education Information Night held on May 14th at 7:00 P.M. at Fisher Park/Summit. The meeting will

Alta Vista Parkway Meeting

There will be a public meeting on June 4th at 7:00 P.M. at St. Paul's University about the Alta Vista Transportation Corridor and its impact on our community.
 

Board Budget

The province has just announced $9M of new funding for our school board, far short of what the board estimates it needs. Our trustees will now have to grapple with cutting all busing, cutting special education and reducing teaching staff.

Now is the time to make your voice heard by calling, writing or emailing your MPP. Information and ways of contacting your MPP or the Minister of Education can be found at:

Co-Chair's Message
 

The school year is quickly coming to a close with the promise of warm weather and summer vacation. The council has had a good year raising awareness of alternative education and sponsoring arts, music and phys-ed programmes for our kids. But there are storm clouds on the horizon as the board's budget crunch comes down to the wire and school closure pressures (including Lady Evelyn) re-emerge. The secret, as always, is to get a bunch of people to come together and do a little work to improve things.

Arlene and I encourage you to come out to the last council meeting on June 5th, where we can start to plan for next year and work together to make our kids education better and more fun.

Cheers,

Richard