School Advisory Board Meeting
April 23, 2020 10:00-11:00

Zoom

MEETING OBJECTIVES: By the end of this meeting, participants will:

• approve minutes from the March meeting
• review Gala plus/delta feedback
• Discuss FY21 Calendar

Call to order 

Opening Prayer

Roll Call-

Approval of March minutes  

Motion to approve: Joe, Ed

Pastor’s Report- Fr. Meany

• Thank you all for your support- parents, staff, Adam, Michael- e_learng going well
• First Communion and Confirmation have been postponed per the Archdiocese. There will be directives following. We have to take one thing at a tie.
• Thank people for their continued support- masses, prayes, holy week; Uncle Pete (limited people) and St. VIncent DePaul are serving those in need. Helping police and fire with the meals- received thank you from them.
• School- e-Learning; we are keeping all groups engaged, spoke with all leadership groups and asked them to reach out to their constituents. We have 3500 families in parish
• Budget- we are averaging $7000 per Sunday, and Easter was $25,000. Collections are down but are picking up. 
• We applied for the loan (PPP) 325,000 for 2 and a half months- salary and benefits for school and parish. Went through Parkway. We did not receive the first time around but we are applying again. We are continuing to pay everyone’s salaries.
• Fr. P and Fr. C have been selected by Arch to annouint the Covid victims. They have a special protocol and safety measures they follow. Lutheren General and Resurrection hospital. 
• Mike Platt is a seminarian who is staying with us during this time.
• Drive-bys are discouraged  No gatherings are allowed.
• We are working with Niles Family Services and Catholic Charities as well.
• Once the all clear comes, we can talk about gatherings

Principal’s Report- Mary Maloney

• e-Learning- going well
• 8th grade-working with staff, students and parents to have virtual graduation
• process for families to retrieve items from school 
• registration push- still registering, evaluating ideas as we move forward
• Can teachers send an agenda for the week to kids and parents with time that meetings are happening?

Marketing Report- Michael Giordano

• car magnets
• yard signs- “Prepare for an extraordinary life”, blue, black and white
• posting continuously on social media, getting a lot of engagement
• Had a marketing Zoom  meeting, feedback is that we are ahead with the e-Learning- we are looking for parent testimonials regarding the success of e-Learning
• Let's get an article in the paper

Adam: Chrome remote desktop is available. Adam can log in to students Chromebooks to fix some problems

Kevin- what else can we do for outreach?

Old Business

• Need to recruit 4 more members
• Revamp/update the websites for the parish and school

New Business

• registration push

Close 

• Motion: Joe, Ed