Minutes January 13, 2025 – School Council

LPCI General Council Meeting Minutes
January 13, 2025 6:30pm – Virtual format

Email: lp*************@***il.com

Welcome Remarks. Approve Agenda. Approve Minutes of Nov 11, 2024
a. Motion to approve the agenda. Passed
b. Motion to approve Minutes of November 11, 2024. Passed
Science Dept Announcement
a. HOSA – 3 Day Spring event. Looking for speakers from the science field (in
person or virtual)
b. Medical Items required for a student project – List is available at the school.
c. Question: is there a form letter to give to interested speakers? Response: LC
will speak to MG re a speaker letter.
Student Council Report
a. Charity Week update: Finalizing numbers but total around $2K from week. All
donations/$ to be sent to Daily Bread Food Bank.
b. Cupids Cafe : Feb 13th. annual event for Valentine’s Day Looking for baked
goods from parents and community. If you can bake, please bring at morning
bell.
Principal’s Report
a. Keep an eye on THE EYE weekly for many details including moratorium, exam,
credit rescue, pa days, etc.
b. Culminating assignments needs to be done in class with teachers monitoring the
work. May be supplemental at home; but majority in class.
c. Gr. 9 : EQAO Math Assessment – work 10% of grade
d. TDSB Student Trustee Elections for 2024/25 school year. First info session on
Jan 15th. Also opportunities in TDSB Student Senate allowing students a foray
into the world of local politics.
e. Summer 2025 jobs are starting to crop up. City listings and large camps are
posting and hiring now. Also volunteer and leadership opportunities for March
Break and Summer 2025.
f. Summer School: for students interested in gaining a credit during summer.
Touch base with the Guidance Office to register.
g. Scholarship Opportunities: Gr 12 and Gr 11 students should review.
h. Course Selection for 2024/25 begins soon. Watch the EYE for all dates.
i. Question: Police Presence on Jan 13th at the school Response: Toronto Police
were on site inside the school Nothing to do with anything on site at the school.
The administration does not put out a communication unless the incident
warrants one. Administration follows the instructions and protocols of the TDSB.
If you do not hear from the administration, then all is good.
j. Question: Can the administration address the students to let them know that
they are safe and quell the rumours? Response: No response. Topic changed
prior to response.

k. Question: What is causing frequent police presence in front of the school if
nothing is going on? Response: There is nothing remarkable happening at the
school. This is an average year and LP is safe.
l. Question: Can you give assurances that the kids need the help to thrive on a
better path, that the TDSB and LPCI are trying to help these kids and there are
resources for all the kids? Response: I did not say students were involved in
what happened on Jan 13th.
m. Question: Students say that there is a gun at the school. This appears to be a
rumour. Will the admin address this rumour with the student body within this
week. Response: If a student approaches admin personally, MG will answer the
student directly. This would be one-on-one as opposed to organizing an
assembly or a larger discussion.

Council Chair Update
a. Holiday Tasting Tour. Great success. No funds raised, as this is a community
engagement event.
b. Staff Appreciation Lunch. Successful with many new volunteers and an
abundance of food items.
Sub Committee Updates (as applicable)
a. Treasurers’ Report. Uploaded as a separate document.
b. Fundraising
i. Spring Fundraiser. Date tbd. Usually mid-April. 80’s Craze and Silent
Auction. Looking for feedback from the past. Looking for other great
themes. Will be looking for auction items.

c. Parent Engagement
i. Looking for speakers for Spring
d. Grade 12 Reps
i. No updates yet. Things will begin ramping up in the upcoming months.
e. Wellness
i. Let’s Pause Day Feb 28th.
ii. Looking for a speaker for Parents around “wellness” and have offsite to
make it social

f. Marketing and Communications
i. Looking to see how website can be more beneficial to community
g. Safe and Caring
i. Looking for a co-chair for this committee
h. Facilities
i. Still waiting to hear about the bathroom situation. No update. Letter
was sent to Shelley Laskin – no response. Will follow up next meeting.
ii. Spark Hub – Cyber lounge for before/after school. Looking at 3D printers.
Most likely will be a multi-stage process due to the cost. Students have
been designing this incredible innovative space. Question: Can we do a
fundraiser to help with cost? Response: Can definitely talk about it.

Teacher Rep

i. Additional support for students to help students with exam prep, time
management, stress management.
ii. EQAO Gr. 9 on Jan 21 and Jan 22. Extra help available for students at
lunch hour.

Other Business

Question: Can we address the safety concerns with the TDSB to find out
why they do not allow our admin to communicate these incidents with
parents, students and the community.
Things can be done without violating people’s privacy or rights. Parents
don’t want names but do need clarification on incidents.
Suggestion to arrange a meeting with local police and admin to discuss
concerns. Suggested that further discussion be taken offline. Parent
Council will arrange a meeting next week to determine what action can be
taken, what action is feasible, what protocols could be in place regarding
communications around incidents, what parents can do to dispel rumours,
yet ensure accurate and timely information around student safety matters.
Send an email to Lana or Marni by Friday, to pull together interested
parents/community members.
Question: Can the council put out an email to ask parents to contact the
council if interested. Response: We do not have the capacity to reach
out to all parents as a council. We do not have “class lists”. Any efforts
for mass communication would need to be initiated through the admin
office. We can absolutely use our social media accounts, personal
contacts etc. So we need to get engagement on social media higher. Get
parents to follow us on Instagram. Every person at the meeting has been
asked to follow LPCI Parent Council on instagram. And get 5 friends to
follow. When the date of meeting is set up, an email will go out. Please
share the information for all interested in participating.

Next Meeting: Monday Feb 10, 2025 6:30p.

Adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Passed.