In attendance

List of attendees:

1.	Alfiya Mol	1A – (deputy representative, DR)	Excused
2.	Edd Smith	1A – (representative, R, swapped with voted Rep)	Present
3.	Nagarajan Lakshamanen	1B – R	Absent
4.	Sudhil Mishra	1B - DR	Absent
5.	Malgorzata Gradziel	2A – R	Absent
6.	Jane Awuh	2A – DR	Present
8.	Vidhi Kumar	2B - R	Present
7.	Allison Thom	2B - DR	Absent
9.	Sofie Holte	3A - R	Present
10.	Kristine Iversby	3A – DR	Present
11.	None	3B - R	-
12.	Maja Thywissen	3B - DR	Excused
13.	Tale Skjølsvik	4A - R	Absent
14.	Kathrin Volkmer	4A – DR	Present
15.	Bård Osland	4B	Absent
16.	Kyle Depew	4B	Present
17.	Kate Rushdy	5A	Present
18.	Tara Tinholdt	5A	Absent
19.	Robert Smallshire	5B	Present
20.	Tessa Howell	5B	Absent
21.	Mette Reitz	6 - R	Present
22.	Anastasia Hole	6 - DR	Absent
23.	Anurag Sahajpal	7 - R	Present
24.	Andrew Kalirajan	7 - DR	Absent
25.	Kavita Chaudhary	8 - R	Present
26.	Haresh Khut	8 - DR	Absent
27.	Andrew Langridge/Elisabeth Olsen	9 – R	Absent
28.	Anja Stidahl	9- DR	Absent
29.	Mark Williams	10 – R	Excused
30.	Per Annar Sandaune	10 – DR	Present
	Mr Robert	Principal (beginning of meeting)	Present

Principal’s Statement

Puberty Talk at AIS: Principal R. Browne announced that the school had received a complaint from the parents in grade 6 regarding the inappropriateness of the puberty talk media that was used in the class. He clarified that the school had looked into the complaint and understood the parents’ standpoint. The following resolutions were therefore arrived at to prevent a similar reaction in the future:

- The school will have to see and approve all media that will be used to introduce puberty in AIS

- The school will propose alternative media where possible, if necessary

- Parents with children in the grades concerned would be informed ahead of time before the lessons in order to allow for a discussion at home too if necessary, that could also help to prepare the students.

Mr. Robert also added that the above-mentioned media is approved for Norwegian schools and therefore AIS had not found the need to strictly check and approve such media.

Parent membership in the school board: The principal announced that the school board had decided to extend membership to the parent community. They are looking for 2 candidates with a deputy who will be expected to start in their roles in the next school year. More information about the description of the positions and how to apply will be communicated as soon as it becomes available.

Approval of last minutes

The minutes from the last meeting were approved and adopted.

Meeting chair

The meeting was chaired by the PC Chair/ Secretary.

Budget and financial situation

More details of financial reports are always available from the treasurer.

2018/2019 Activities/ New business

17^th May Celebration: The 17^th of May Committee ‘applied’ for and was approved up to 5000 NOK as the budget for preparations of the celebrations. The committee will therefore provide receipts after the celebration for reimbursement.

PC Meeting/Activity evaluation and preparation for next academic year: The next meeting will be the last for the academic year and it was agreed that some time will be spent to evaluate the last year’s activities and make propositions and suggestions for improvements for the next academic year. As many reps as possible are encouraged to attend.

Committee reports

Feedback: More updates from the winter committee regarding the funds raised is expected in the next meeting since they could not make it this time.

Announcements to the Parent Council/Community

- A grade 5 student wants to do a clothes recycling drive in the school and hopes to get support from the parent body when the time comes.

- Volunteers are needed to participate in the IB evaluation focus group, one per grade. Please send an email to your class rep if interested or for further information.

- This is a reminder to ALL. Please show some sense and consideration for others and the children when driving in to and out of the parking lot especially during rush hours. Do not stop in the driving lanes to drop off. Follow the driving directions/traffic flow. Pull into available parking spots which could extend to Plantasjen.

- The school calendar for 2018/19 and 2019/20 with scheduled holidays are available on the school website.

- Ideas regarding more academic activities that could be organized by the PC are most welcome through class representatives.

- Parents are encouraged to visit the AIS blog and join the AIS Parents Facebook group that also circulates information on events and more.

- Meetings take place once a month, on the first Monday of every month at 4pm prompt, chaired by the Chair. Please send issues for discussions via your class reps.

- The PC blog will be updated as usual by the Secretary with minutes and other important announcements/events

The meeting ended at approximately 17:00.

Next meeting

03.06.2019, at 4pm in AIS.

AIS Parent Council

Sunday, 2 June 2019

Minutes of 9th AIS Parent Council Meeting -2018/2019 May 6th 2019