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Communication Chain of the PACT Foundation

All parents and legal guardians of PACT students are members of the PACT Foundation, and everyone has a voice within the Foundation.  If you have a question, comment, or concern that you would like the Foundation to discuss or address, there are several easy ways to communicate with the chairpersons of the Foundation.

Foundation Meetings

Everyone is invited and welcome to attend the monthly Foundation meetings.  The meeting schedule is on the school calendar as well as the UpToUs calendar. Everyone may bring up new issues to be included in the agenda, discuss issues on the agenda, and be part of the consensus decision-making process. The meeting agendas and minutes are posted to the whole school community via UpToUs for you to read whenever you have the time.

If you cannot attend the Foundation meetings in person but want to bring up an issue for discussion, please feel free to contact your classroom Foundation Representative or one of the Foundation officers.

Classroom Reps

In each class there is a Foundation Representative, who is elected by the attendees of the first classroom meeting of the school year or appointed by the teacher.  Classroom Reps are responsible for bringing information both to and from the classrooms and the monthly Foundation meetings.  At each classroom meeting, they tell the parents what has been happening in the Foundation.  At every Foundation meeting, the Classroom Reps bring up any issues or concerns from the classrooms, and vote on all Foundation decisions, budget and agenda items.  

Be sure to bring to the attention of your Classroom Rep any issues related to your child’s classroom or the Foundation.

Foundation Officers

The Foundation officers (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Fifth Officer) are responsible for managing the day-to-day running of the PACT Foundation, including:

  • Creating, modifying and balancing an annual budget
  • Overseeing parent-run committees
  • Creating guidelines and policies for the Foundation and its parent-run committees

They must ensure that the budget and policies meet the Stevenson PACT philosophy, the long-range planning, and the curriculum goals developed by the Advisory Group (see below).

You can always feel free to talk or write to the Foundation officers about any concerns, issues or question you may have about the Foundation.  

 

Advisory Group

The Advisory Group is responsible for the Stevenson PACT school philosophy, long-range planning and curriculum.  Advisory is made up of the principal, all teachers, and six parents selected by the Advisory Group.  There are two liaison representatives in the Foundation, who bring information to and from the Foundation and the Advisory Group.

For academic questions or concerns specific to your child’s classroom, please talk with your child’s teacher or classroom coordinator.  For general issues related to PACT philosophy or curriculum, please share your thoughts with a member of  the Advisory Group.

 

Related Documents

For more information about how the PACT Foundation works, please refer to the PACT Foundation Bylaws in the “PACT Foundation Documents” file folder of the “PACT Community” on UpToUs.