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11th December 2007

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PARENTS COUNCIL

MINUTES 11/12/07

1       The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting including two new 
           Members who have agreed to serve they are
           Mrs. Sheila Macpherson, and Rev Iain Murdoch.

2	   9 members attended plus two new members

3	Apologies were received from Mrs. Christine Forrest

4	Minutes approved by  Mrs. L Murray and Mrs. D Stewart

5	A new paragraph for the constitution concerning how many people we require for a quorum was discussed and the outcome was this.

A Quorum for any meeting of the Parent’s Council is 4 members of which at least 2 must be Parent Members.

This has to be put before a special meeting of the Parents Forum to be accepted and put into the constitution. Meeting will have to before our next meeting in March as it could not be arranged for this month.
    
6	Mrs. J Richardson and Mr. S Wood put there names forward to sit on 
The Wishaw Attendance Committee.                                 

 7     We still require a Clerk to the Council and have asked the Headmaster to 
Ask if any of his office staff would be able to fill this position
      
  8     The pta will have a meeting on the 8th of Jan.

9	Mr. Fergusson showed us the proposed plans for the redevelopment for the school this included a new large extension with at least 15 class rooms and various extra space we had a good look at these  and the chairman was asked  to express the Parents  Council’s hope that the plans would be accepted and building would start as soon as possible

      10    Date for next meeting      5/2/08