School Council News

Next Meeting 

The November School Council meeting is being held NEXT WEEK on Wednesday Nov 16th @7:30pm in the staff room.

Agenda items include:

Indicative Budget 2023 

DET Parent Survey results  

Facilities update 

Other general business items relating to OSHC, Canteen and Uniform, School policies, Finance, and updates from Junior School Council members. 

If you would like to attend as a guest or are thinking about joining in 2023 and would like to see how School Council operates, please email sianjamison@icloud.com and christian.holdsworth@education.vic.gov.au to register your interest. 

From Parents Victoria, School Camps Under Threat – PV Survey

This week Parents Victoria put out the following communication which I pass on to our community with a request to read and respond:

Schools may be forced to either cancel their camps or request extra fees from parents next year, because of unfunded changes to teachers’ conditions. As of next year, teachers who go away on school camps will be entitled to time-in-lieu for the extra time they spend on camp. However there is no extra funding for the time in lieu, so Principals are facing a difficult choice - find the extra money in already-tight budgets, or hope they can recover the cost from parents. 

Nine News reported on this issue recently, with a comment from PV Chief Executive Officer Gail McHardy. Gail said, “We need to be very clear when these types of employee arrangements are made that they are fully costed and funded to ensure they can deliver.” 

Give your view - We'd like to know what you think. Fill in our online survey and give us your view. We'll pass on your comments to the Education Department.  

Sian Jamison   -  School Council President