O.L.L. Education Commission Meeting Minutes

October 11, 2007

1.  Terri opened the meeting with a prayer.

2.  Those attending the meeting were:  Terri Brown, Ed Woelfel, Julie Balzano, Lynn

     Breidenstein, Lynda Sexton, Angela Hautman, Craig Maliborski, Karen Rusche,

     Elaine Tepe, Marcia Kluesener, Amy Osterfeld, Linda Schneider, Anita Brackmann

3.  Terri Brown called for the approval of the September minutes.  There was a motion to

     approve the minutes, and the minutes were approved.

4.  Karen Rusche gave the Principal’s report:

     A.  The busing issue with CPS has been settled for this year; however, there is

           controversy about whether one way service will be provided next year.  Ms.

           Rusche suggested that parents contact the transportation department of CPS to

           voice their concerns regarding busing.

     B.  Report cards will be distributed on November 2.  The goal is to print the report

           cards internally; however, the company responsible for the software to print the

           report cards does not have them formatted correctly yet.  Percentage grades will no

           longer be put on the report cards; however, they will be kept internally to  

           determine the honor roll.  It may be that the first quarter report cards will be the

           traditional report cards. 

C.     Seventh graders will take the Archdiocesan Writing Assessment during the week  

of October 22. 

D.     Since October is National Cancer Month, the cafeteria will be selling cookies for

      an additional $.10 on certain days with proceeds going to the American Cancer

           Society.  Also, parents are encouraged to go to www.thebreastcancersite.com and

           click on “donating a mammogram” to help raise money for mammograms to

           underprivileged women. 

     E.  The two entrances on Rosebud will get new doors soon.  These doors are paid

           for with funds from the Sandy Oberjohann Fund and Lourdes Lotto.

F.  St. Al’s on the Ohio will have a meeting on November 8 at 7 p.m. to explain the  

          benefits of working at US Bank Arena.  St. Al’s parents work at GMBP and have

          the proceeds applied directly to their tuition bill.  This may be a way for O.L.L.

          parents to reduce their tuition bill.
 

5.  Terri Brown asked Karen Rusche to update the commission on the dress code and

      issues involving the revised dress code effective this fall.  Ms. Rusche reported

that the issue involving logos on socks seems to have subsided.  Terri suggested

that another update be given in the spring.

6.   Amy Osterfeld presented to the Commission information from a caterer (Daycare

      Catering, Inc.) for a proposed daily hot lunch for the students.  This company

      would not require the kitchen to be updated.  Also, the catering company would

      train the volunteers; however, the school would supply the volunteers to serve the

      lunches.  Angela Hautman asked who would manage the program.  Linda

      Schneider stated that the faculty would probably not want to distribute tickets to

      students on a daily basis as they do currently for the Friday fast food lunches.  Ed

      Woelfel asked if the students would have enough time to go through the line and

then eat their lunches.  Karen Rusche stated that she did not feel that a longer

lunch period would be used by most students.  Amy Osterfeld distributed a survey

that could be used to see how much parental support there is for a hot lunch

program.  Craig Maliborski suggested that the survey be specific to the caterer

that we would recommend using, whether that is Daycare Catering or some other

caterer.  Karen Rusche asked for time to talk with the faculty about the potential

for a hot lunch before a survey is distributed to the parents.  It was agreed to table

the discussion until the November meeting.

7.  Terri Brown gave an update from the volunteerism committee.  One suggestion from

     the committee was to use the junior high students as cafeteria volunteers.  Another

     suggestion was to ask families/individuals to record their volunteer hours to the school

     and ask everyone to volunteer 10 hours per year (St. Catharine’s states this

     expectation in their handbook) with no penalty if they do not accumulate 10 hours. 

     Craig Maliborski suggested that once you mandate volunteerism, it is no longer

     volunteerism.  The committee will continue to discuss this issue.

8.  To accommodate the fashion show, the November meeting will be moved from the

     regular scheduled date to Thursday, November 1, at 7 p.m.

9.  Terri Brown asked Karen Rusche if the teacher survey by the parents done at the end

     of last year was worthwhile.  Linda Schneider stated that she did not find much value

     in the “rating” questions.  She also suggested that the faculty as a whole value the

     evaluations done by the school’s administration.

10.  There was a closing prayer, and the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Craig Maliborski

Secretary