4 June 2014
Kaikohe East School Board Minutes
Present
Chicky Rudkin (Principal), Lisa Tuwhangai, Graeme Shaw, Claire Edmonds, Alicia Tomuri, Don Edmonds.
New Board Member
RESOLVED Lisa/Chicky
That the selection of Claire Edmonds as Parent Trustee is confirmed.
Minutes
RESOLVED Chicky/Graeme
That the minutes are a true record of the previous meeting.
Noted in Discussion
Boyce Davey will be at the school in the week 23-27 June for the Principal’s Appraisal.
He is also completing the appraisal for the Senior Management Team.
Boyce will meet the board at the 25 June meeting
Correspondence
RESOLVED Lisa/Alicia
That the inward correspondence is accepted and the outward approved.
Matters arising from the correspondence
RESOLVED Graeme/Chicky
That Jim and Natalie’s leave without pay is approved.
Financial Report
RESOLVED Alicia/Lisa
That the Financial Report is approved.
Noted in Discussion
The $1,698 furniture expenditure shown as “not budgeted” for is because it was originally budgeted for as fixed asset purchases but because it was for individual chairs below the value threshold for fixed assets it has been accounted for as an expense.
Curriculum Review - English
RESOLVED Graeme/Claire
That the The English Curriculum Review Report is approved.
Noted in Discussion
Because the charter goal is an English Language goal this is also covered in the 2014 Goal - Progress Report.
Suggested that the Curriculum Review Report for the curriculum area that is targeted by the Strategic Focus is not reported on at the same meeting as the Strategic Focus progress report.
Strategic Focus
RESOLVED Lisa/Chicky
That the 2014 Goal - Progress Report is approved.
RESOLVED Claire/Chicky
That the 2014 Strategic Plan - Progress Report is approved.
Special Topics
Special Needs
RESOLVED Chicky/Lisa
That the Special Needs Report is approved.
Term 1 Attendance
RESOLVED Claire/Lisa
That the Term 1 Attendance Report is approved.
School House
RESOLVED Chicky/Alicia
That the School House Report is approved.
New Entrants
Chicky reported on the increased numbers of New Entrants and the proposal to open Room 3 as a New Entrants room.
RESOLVED Alicia/Claire
That Margaret Cassidy is appointed as teacher (Fixed Term) from 23 June to the end of the year.
Next Meeting - 1:30pm Wednesday 25 June 2014
Don will send out a Governance Review survey and collate the results for the next meeting.