I. Members Present

Patty Hadden	Joe Zins	Ann McMackin	Lynne Morris
Donna Patterson	Anita Bidleman	Bill Benvie	Lois Neltner
Shirley Brunsman	Amy Vonderhaar	Bill Rice

II. Ex Officio Members Present

Fr. Jack

Chris Siciliano

Jodie Bender

Lisa Renken

Lindsay Byrnes

III. Members Absent

Kevin Vance, Michael Vilaboy

IV. Guests Present

William Cavanaugh, Brian Eve

V. Opening Prayer

Father Jack shared the story of our nation's newest Saint, Mother Katherine.

VI. New Members

All welcomed the new commission members Lois Neltner, Lynne Morris, Bill Rice, the new principal William Cavanaugh, and the new teachers representatives Lindsay Byrnes and Lisa Renken. Joe noted that the alternates to the Education Commission, elected by the parish are Mary Kent, Paul Roth and Theresa McGoron.

VII. Approval of Minutes

Donna moved to accept with minor changes and Anita seconded. All members were in favor.

VIII. Reports

Pastoral Report - Father Jack

Scott Buzza is leaving to work at Xavier University. Applications are being accepted for his replacement.

The festival looks like the best ever. Thank you to Amy and Kirk Vonderhaar. Amy thanked all those who helped.

Mr. Vance has replaced the teaching spots that were open. Mrs. Armour and Mr. Valarian are leaving.

 

Temporal Affairs

No Report

 

Principal - Kevin Vance

Written report is attached.

 

Religious Education/Pastoral Associate - Chris Siciliano

Parish Mission is for the whole family. It is scheduled for Sunday November 25 through 28.

Donna shared the books on cats and dogs that were given to the school library by the Education Commission in memory of Chris's mother. A faceplate will be placed in the books in her mother's memory.

 

Director of Youth Ministry/Religious ED - Jodie Bender

Co-ed softball with Little Flower has started.

The youth mission trip is set to leave Saturday morning June 23 for Savannah, Georgia. The group will stay at St. Michael's school on Tybee Island. 18 youths and 4 adults from St. Vivian, St. Barts, Little Flower, Victory and St. James White Oak are going.

Jodie related that she spoke to Kevin Vance about the statement to be added to the school handbook telling the school's policy on special needs children. This needs to be added for the accreditation process.

IX. Unfinished Business

Computer Lab

Donna shared an article in Family PC Magazine about how important computers are and the universal problem of not enough resources for teacher training once the hardware is in place. Mary Kay Berning is waiting to hear from FSN to help fix the computer problem.

 

Parent Survey

Handouts were given to the members to show how parents feel about St. Vivian. Overall, they rated the school positively.

X. New Business

Elections

The following members were elected to the listed positions:

Joe Zins	President
Bill Benvie	Vice President
Ann McMackin	Secretary

Meeting Schedule

All meetings are in the Ursuline Hall at 7pm on the following Thursdays:

September 20	October 18	November 15	January 17
February 21	March 21	April 18	May 16
June 20

XI. Adjournment

At 8:30 the business meeting was adjourned and the members joined in a discussion of Our Hearts are Burning.