School Council Executive Officers
All positions are vacant. Interested Nominees, including member at large, must attend or send written notification of their interest in any of the positions to the current co-chairs: Kim Ross or Sarid Layton Ortiz.
The following is a description of the roles and responsibility for each Executive Office:
Chair/Co-Chair
Role: Providing leadership and facilitating communication between members of the School Council and school.
Responsibilities: Attending School Council meeting and chair the meetings; Ensuring that minutes of the meetings are recorded; Setting goals and working to achieving the goals agreed upon by the School Council; Completing the required year-end report and sending it to the York Region District School Board at the end of each school year; Assigning tasks to other members of the School Council as required; and other duties as required.
Secretary
Role: Administrative support to the Chair/co-Chair
Responsibilities: Attending School Council meetings; Preparing the agenda and sending it to all council members in advance of the meeting. Taking minutes during each meeting and sharing the minute electronically at the conclusion of each meeting with all council members as well as submitting them, with the agenda, to the school webmaster to be posted on the school website.
Treasurer
Role: Maintain and Keep record of the School Council Monies
Responsibilities: Attending School Council meetings; Collecting and counting of the monies raised by any initiatives of the School Council; Maintaining a second set of records along with the School records; collecting and depositing any revenue generated through fundraising activities; Providing a financial update to the School Council at each meeting
Member at Large
Role: Parent members who do not hold a specific role within the council; however, are interested and participate in the working and decisions made collectively by the School Council and support all its initiatives.
Responsibilities: Attend meetings.
The success of the parent council is dependant on the strong support of the members of its community: the parents of children attending Keswick Public School.