Guest
Presentations
Prior to the meeting, parents
who wish to have the Council deliberate on an issue should make prior
arrangements with the Chair to place it on the agenda. The Council should not entertain opening the
floor to parents who have not followed this procedure.
Open the meeting with a
prayer, followed by self-introduction of visitors and Advisory Council members.
Guests will have 3 minutes to
make a presentation. Each will be timed.
Council members may ask
questions, but please be sensitive to the time given to questioning. We still have an agenda to tackle.
It is possible that the
Council will want to involve other parents in committee work. This is fine, although before any work is
delegated, the Council should decide how parents would be involved.
After all presentations have
been heard, and questions answered, we thank our visitors and proceed with the
regular agenda.
The Chair advises visitors
that we will take up their concerns either at a special meeting or at the next
regularly scheduled Advisory Council Mtg.
The Advisory Council will send a written response to the committee or
designated person within a week of making the decision.
Should issues such as
personnel, discipline, individual student concerns, etc. be raised by
non-Advisory member parents, they should kindly be advised to see the principal
in private.
Unless we go into executive
session, issues around topics presented by parents, such as foreign language,
will be discussed with parents present should they wish to stay for the
duration of a meeting. This can be
uncomfortable for the Advisory Council, but allows parents to see the Council
in action, and see the decision making process.
As we approach the regular
agenda, visitors may not question or add to any other agenda item. It is strictly the role of the Council to
speak to the issues on the table.