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School Council

At our first meeting of the new School Council, we elected the office bearers for 2025. 

School Council President - Georgia Stormont

Vice President - Andrew Butler

Finance Sub-Committee Leader (Treasurer) - Belinda Cheesewright ( Kazim Hasan - as a member of the finance sub-committee)

Fund Raising and Community Building Sub-Committee Leader  - Hatice Hassan

Building and Grounds Sub-Committee Leader - Andrew Butler

Communication and Publicity Leader-  Maria Kendel

Grants Sub-Committee Leader - Kerith Sharkey & Ben Leruth

Policy Development and Review Sub-Committee Leader - Kazim Hasan

Co-opted members 1- aiming to invite someone from MV Council

Co-opted members 2 - seeking ideas or volunteers to join School Council

We went on to discuss the 2025 Annual Implementation Plan and some other official information and procedures as a new School Council. All members are very keen to get started on the work involved with their portfolios and have lots of ideas for us to work through during the course of the year. Our first event will be to hold a Working Bee (general clean up) on Sunday 23rd March 10am to 12noon. More information to come.

Christine reported that the work being done to close off a teaching space in the 1/2 Learning Community has commenced and will be completed in the next few weeks. This will create a 4th closed teaching space for 1/2 classes. Members also asked about the timeline for the update of the playground. Christine explained that the Victorian Schools Building Authority (VSBA) were in the process of managing the tender process for the job and that the school hadn't yet heard about the outcome for this.

Maria Kendel

Communication and Publicity Leader

Essendon Primary School School Council