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Board of Trustees Newsletter March 2011

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:33:17 +0000

Warm greetings to you all. The Board of Trustees is now into the second year of our term. The Board consists of:

Walter Payne – Chair
Amanda Magnus – Deputy Chair
Kate Eldridge – Parent Representative
Faga Siaki – Parent Representative
Vanna Blucher – Parent Representative
Jill Jessop – Staff Representative
Wayne Bainbridge – Principal

The school continues to operate on a sound financial basis and this year’s financial audit has been done and from the oral feedback, there are no issues.

Several maintenance and building projects will be undertaken this year.

Rooms 15 & 16 were painted
The green courts are being resurfaced with a new product over the April holidays
The upper driveway was resealed.
A whole school electrical upgrade will start soon.
An extra classroom went to tender this week.

National Standards reporting went ‘live’ last year and for the third year in a row, 92% of children right across the school, are reading at or above the National Standard. We are not as strong in writing, however and this year the Board is committing $10,000 in professional development for the staff in writing.

Later in the year the school will have the scheduled visit from the Education Review Office (ERO), who will review all aspects of school governance, management and especially, achievement of pupils. Both the Board and Principal look forward to an external appraisal of our school and will welcome the feedback.

Best wishes for a very successful year.

BOT Minutes September 2010

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:30:49 +0000

BoT Minutes July

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:48:16 +0000

BoT Minutes June

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Board of Trustees Election Results

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:19 +0000

Eleven candidates stood for the BOT triennial election. Any of the candidates would have made a positive and skilled contribution to the Board. There was a pleasingly high voter response.

The official count is;

Vanna Blucher = 106 votes
Julie Dobbie = 94 votes
Kate Eldridge = 97 votes
Lynn Holland = 32 votes
Amy Huizing = 29 votes
Donna Kopa = 96 votes
Jolyon Ludbrook = 55 votes
Amanda Magnus = 123 votes
Martyn Nicholls = 149 votes
Walter Payne = 150 votes
Faga Siaki = 113 votes

The six successful candidates are:

Vana Blucher, Kate Eldridge, Amanda Magnus, Martyn Nicholls, Walter Payne and Faga Siaki.

Thank you to all the eleven candidates who stood and to the majority of our parents who voted.