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Parent Advisory Committee

Parents are encouraged to make a significant contribution to the school by participating on the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC). This group meets three to four times per year and supports the school by organizing fund raising events, creating opportunities for socializing, and supporting classroom teachers. Any interested parent may participate in this policy-recommending forum.

Statement of Purpose

The purposes of the PAC are to advise and assist in the functioning of programs, policies, activities and functions of the Shirley G. Moore Laboratory School.

The Parent Advisory Committee:

  1. Serves as a mutual support for staff and parents;
  2. Stimulates communication between the parents and the staff;
  3. Represents parent concerns from each classroom;
  4. Advises on the establishment of priorities and the resource needs of the school; and
  5. Supports the enriching social and educational experiences in the school to help all children develop their physical, mental, and social potentials.

Participation

The Advisory Committee is open to all parents of Laboratory School students and shall ideally consist of a minimum of one parent (the room parent) from each classroom. These members are the voting members. The non-voting members are the Director of the Lab School, a staff representative, and at least one representative from the student teachers (when possible).

Officers

Officers are elected in April to serve for one year. The officers are chair and vice-chair or co-chair, and a recording secretary.

  1. The chair will preside over all meetings, call special meetings as needed, and plan the agenda with the vice-chair and the Director.
  2. The vice-chair will preside and plan the agenda with the Director in absence of the chair. She or he will notify the members of the meeting.
  3. The recording secretary records and posts the minutes of the meeting and lists people in attendance.

Meetings

The meetings shall be open to all parents and will be held at least once each semester. The first meeting will be held the third week of school fall semester.

Minutes from the 10/3/2011 PAC meeting

Minutes from the 1/19/2012 PAC meeting

Motions

Requirement for passing a motion will be a simple majority of those voting members present.

Responsibilities

  1. Elect one or two representatives for the Lab School Operations Committee.
  2. Determine and establish various committees according to need at the beginning of the school year.
  3. Advise on policy recommendations.

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