Meet your 2025/2026 School Council: 

We are excited to have such a great team of parents volunteering this year: 

• Chair: 

• Co-Chair: 

• Treasurers: 

• Secretary:

• Voting Members: 

Meeting Minutes: 

FOREST TRAIL School Council Minutes 2025-2026

Sept 18, 2025

Agenda:

Welcome                

Land Acknowledgement  

Principal Report                        

Technology                                                 

Treasurer Report                   

Roles & Committees                                              

Future Meeting Dates                                           

Voting Members Present: Judi Laman, Christine Naresh, Candice Gunoven, Sanjay Seegobin, Shereen Elgohary, Tanja Djurdjevic,Ana Reyes, Dima Saghir,  Natalie Corrigan, Amy Reid,  Liat Lamberti, John Ye, Meetu Mehra, Sukhminder Gill, Rashed Chowdhury

Regrets: 

6:02 Called to order by Candice

6:05 Land Acknowledgment by Judi

Principal Report 6:07pm (Judi Laman):

• This year’s council will likely not have a teacher representative. Judi has asked the school board if we can still have a council without a teacher representative. Response was that this is not favourable however we can still proceed. 

• Outside parent and student chat groups- Discussion of how we can apply the code of conflict and school council handbook to positively influence how these chats proceed and to stop the spread of misinformation.

• This year the school has a robust enrollment with 9 grade 2 classes, each one with 20+ students.

• There is the possibility of a classroom re-organization based on numbers and other factors.

• Meet the Teacher Night moves to October 9th (5:30pm-6:30pm). This is not a community event. The intention is for children to show parents their classrooms and meet the teacher. Intermediate grades will have 2 different sessions for information.

• Book Fair will move to the week of November 24th (parent teacher interview week). Book Fair will be open in the morning and evening

• There will be an art night, put on by the new teachers in Music and Art to showcase art, music and drama from the students. Tentative date is December 4th.

Fundraising 6:22pm (Natalie and Meetu)

Fun Fair

• Pre sold ticket packages of 375+114 packages were sold on the day of the event

• Total revenue (including sponsorships and tickets sold) was $11,964.50. Different on the Treasurer report  because it included food that was sold. 

• $1016.23 in refunds for people who did not attend (purchased in error, not incoming students, etc)

• Total profit of $6406.08

• 383 food orders+ staff meals= $3312.30

•  We had a surplus of $727.70 for staff appreciation 

• 29 teacher volunteers, 7 non council members and 30 high school volunteers.

• Food could be organized differently next year (long line ups and cold food were some feedback) 

• Learnings for next year: Clear signage, more cotton candy and freezies, more garbage cans. Consider selling drinks. Possible pos for live purchases, extra inflatable, no balloon twister, more prizes, more free games, additional face painter or basic options so the line isn’t as long. Increase sponsorship value. Start table set up earlier, potentially extend the length of the event

• June 4th is the date for this year’s Fun Fair.

WHITE BOARD 6:45pm (Sanjay)

• Survey results- 31 responses with 16 received by end of June

• Types of fundraising- overall good

• Amount of fundraising- overall perfect

• Nothing Bundt Cake- do not repeat

• Terra Cotta Cookies- repeat

• Fun Fair- repeat

• Movie Night- repeat *consider two this year

• Money spent on tech, class

Treasurer Report 6:53pm (Rashed)

• 68% of what was raised this year was spent. 

• $37816  from fundraisers

• Council contributions: Coyotes Den, Chromebooks, Grade 7 and 8 trips, Ozobots, apples for Terry Fox Run, Pinnies- total $25, 967

• Ending balance of $18,829 

• Student population of 796 this year

• Food Ordering costs have gone up, all options will be slightly more expensive this year

Election Information 7:07pm

• Executive positions would all like to stay in their roles so election will be unlikely. Form is out for sign ups. 14 voting positions are available on top of the executive positions. 

NEXT MEETING: 2025-2026 school year

Monday, October 6th 

Meeting adjourned at 7:17pm

Amended June 26th, 2025

June 12th, 2025- online motion

Sanjay moves to purchase 27 Chromebooks at an approximate cost of $10,000 . Meetu seconds the motion. Unanimously passes

June 16th, 2025- online motion

Sanjay moves to purchase an additional 15 Chromebooks at $5600. Shereen seconds the motion. Unanimously passed.

Fundraising Opportunities: 

At Forest Trail, we have a number of ongoing fundraisers. All funds raised by school council are invested back in the school in the form of new technology, field trip assistance and other initiatives. We appreciate your support!

Woodward Meats

• 6% of your order amount gets donated back to the school when purchases are made through this link

Cob’s Bread (Third Line)

• 10% of your order amount gets donated back to the school.  Simply let the cashier know that you are from Forest Trail P.S!

Mabel’s Labels

• 20% of your order amount gets donated back to Forest Trail.  Just click on ‘support a fundraiser’ and search for Forest Trail Public School. 

Flipgive

• A percentage of your purchase gets donated back to the school.  Click here to get started.  

Get Involved: 

We are always looking for parent volunteers to help with our hot lunches and other fun community events throughout the year. If you are interested, please fill in our volunteer form here and our Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch shortly.