Minutes of the Meeting of SANDWICK SCHOOL BOARD held in Sandwick Junior High School on Tuesday 18th May 2004, at 8.00 pm

Present:	Annette Mitchell (Chair)

Kathleen Sinclair

Denise Bell

Brian Wishart

Maurice Smith

Katherine Sandison

Gordon Mitchell

Willie Tait

Karen-Anne Wilson – SIC Safety Officer (part attended)

Andy Courts – Police (part attended)

Linda Tait – Community Council (part attended)

Sherri Malcolmson (Minute Taker)

Apologies:	Yvonne MacGregor

Notice of Meeting: Notice of meeting was held as read.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday 23rd March 2004 were approved. Proposed by Maurice Smith and seconded by Denise Bell.

Matters Arising

Training/Conference Dates: Training for School Board Members – Saturday 24th April 2004, Katherine, Yvonne and Annette attended.

Anti-bullying Conference for School Board Members – Saturday 8th May 2004, Yvonne and Denise attended and found it to be a worthwhile day. Denise asked if the school had an anti-bullying co-ordinator and Brian confirmed that he was the anti-bullying co-ordinator. Denise also asked if it was possible for School Board members to have copies of school policies - Brian to arrange.

Staffing: Janitor’s post – interviews to be arranged in the next week.

School Traffic: Karen-Anne Wilson informed everyone of her role and explained that funding had been provided from the Scottish Executive for a full time, 2 year Safer Routes to School Co-ordinator post which will be advertised in the next few weeks. The person in post will promote cycling/walking to school, walking buses, cycle trains and will be responsible for cycle training, when it is hoped that the age for training will be lowered to Primary 5 and up.

Maurice asked if volunteers for the walking buses and cycle trains had to be disclosure checked. Karen-Anne confirmed that they did. She also said that a risk assessment would be undertaken on the walking buses and cycle train routes.

Brian suggested that a meeting be set up to take these suggestions further with Pat Ash – Depute Primary Head, Andy Courts and School Board representatives. Brian to arrange.

A meeting was held with School Board representatives and the Community Council on 5th May 2004 regarding the traffic problems. Brian went over the minutes from the meeting and Denise reported that it had been a positive meeting.

Care Commission Nursery Inspection Report: Issued.

School Board Budget 2004/2005: Issued. It was thought that next year a £5.00 book token could be issued to each Primary 7 pupil at the end of the summer term.

School Lets: Sherri reported that there has been an increase to the cost of hiring classrooms/halls.

Report by Annette Mitchell from SSBA Executive Board: Issued. Annette added that in the SSBA News it was reported that every School Board should have its own website and that the cost of this would be £75 if websites were bought in bulk and £175 if not. Maurice to look into this.

‘Frequently Asked Questions’: Issued.

Occasional Holidays: The proposed and agreed dates are:

26th January 2005

4th March 2005

2nd May 2005

30/31st May 2005

Co-opted Member: Carrie Stevenson was appointed as co-opted member.

A O C B

Shetland Islands Council Education Service – Best Value Review Questionnaire: Denise noted that there had been no information to help fill this in. Katherine felt that she was not qualified to answer questions on Cunningsburgh School as her children did not attend that School.

Date of Next Meeting: Wednesday 23rd June 2004 at 8pm.

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