Armadale Academy

Parent council minutes of meeting

 

Thursday 6 th November 2007 at 7pm (Conference Room)

Office Bearers 2007 – 2008

 
Chair person Lesley McInulty

 

Nominated by Kathleen Smart

Seconded by Mary Cochrane

 

Vice Chair Person Liz Ledgerwood

 

Nominated by Mary Cochrane

Seconded by Linda Thomson

 

Secretary/Treasurer

 

It was suggested that Jan McKay be approached concerning this role

 

2 Welcome and Apologies

 

Members were officially welcomed and apologies noted from Lesley McInulty

 

Contact details as follows:

 

Liz Ledgerwood	Brownclair Cottage, Standhill Bridge, Blackridge EH48 3AD	07901878276
Norman Barrie	21 Glenside Crescent , Armadale EH48 3RX	01501732752
Linda Thomson	57 Station Road , Armadale, EH48 3LQ	01501731709
Kathleen Smart	13 The Beeches, Armadale EH48 3LT	01501730710
Mary Cochrane	45 Drove Road , Armadale EH48 3NN	01501730880
Lesley McInulty	15 Old Golf Course Road Armadale EH48 2TA	01501734446

 

Minutes of previous meeting

 No previous minutes to review.

 

Matters Arising

 No matters arising

Parent Council Procedures

 Graham Johnstone circulated a draft Armadale Academy Parent Council Constitution for consideration (attached) It was based on a model constitution drawn up by West Lothian Council and formed the basis of the questionnaire that was circulated to parents. The draft constitution incorporated the feedback from parents during the consultation process as well as suggestions made by the outgoing School Board members.

 

Points 1 to 4 agreed as read

 

Point 5 agreed that the Parent Council may co-opt up to 10 members

 

Points 6 to 14 agreed as read

 

Point 15 agreed that a copy of the minutes would be placed in the Staffroom

 

Points 16 to 21 agreed as read

 

Any further amendments to the constitution should be fed back to Graham Johnstone by Friday 9 th November as it is his intention to circulate the constitution to 1 st Year Parents the week following.

 

Future Agenda Items

 Graham Johstone gave an insight into the agenda items that he would have presented to the School Board but acknowledged that this was just his thoughts on the matter and that agenda items had to be come from the members.

 

It was agreed that for the next meeting the agenda items would be as follows:

Staff and accommodation ( to include update on new build)

School website

SQA results

Chartermark ( customer relationships)

HMI feedback

 

If anyone would like to add items to this agenda they should contact Lesley McInulty. ( via the school in the absence of any other contact details)

A.O.C.B.

Liz Ledgerwood raised concern over how to raise more support from parents and the following options were suggested for consideration:

 

That each parent present should attempt to recruit one additional parent

Attendance at 1 st and 2 nd Year Parents’ Evening

A letter to 1 st and 2 nd Year Parents

Date of next meeting - Tues 27 th November at 7pm

All minutes from Parent council meetings are available for download in Microsoft Word format from the documentation section.