Parents School Alliance – Deens Academy

Minutes of PSA meeting on 7th July 2018

July 13, 2018 Comments Off on Minutes of PSA meeting on 7th July 2018

Parents School Alliance
Minutes of Meeting
Conference room, Deens Academy

Date: 7th July 2018

Attendees: Ms. Anshuma Singh, Ms. Aparna Hariharan, Ms. C.Selvamari, Ms. Mohana, Mr. Rajay Kumar C, Mr. Ravikumar Kalaimani, Ms. Sindhu R, Mr. Varun Rangarajan, Ms. Hemalata Pandey, Ms. Sarala Nair, Ms. Raji Vijayakumar & Ms. Varsha Agarwal

	KEY AGENDA AREA	DETAILS	RESOLUTION/PLAN OF ACTION
1	Transport issues & concerns from the school’s perspective	Northstar was not working and parents were anxious about whereabouts of the bus once children boarded b. inordinate time taken by buses throwing schedules intimated by school awry	a. WhatsApp group will be created from Day 1 for communication to happen b. A mail to parents intimating the tentative dates for Northstar to commence its services c. WhatsApp group can have an intimation as soon as the buses leave campuses, so parents can estimate travel time
2	Construction at Gunjur Branch	Principal gives an update of construction activity and how security has been affirmed	a. Construction area is completed cordoned off with security and supervisory staff managing the area b. Vehicular & worker movements happen only before 7.30 am and after 3.30 pm c. Should there be a need for a vehicle to come into the site, it will be accompanied by the security staff
5	Construction at Whitefield Branch	Concern regarding construction at the basketball court	a. Email IDs of management will be shared for parents to address this directly to the Management
6	Facilities Related	State of washrooms	a. School assures parents that washrooms are clean and hygienic. Water spills are the only issues to be found- this is natural cannot be avoided at all times b. Additional washrooms for the North Block being constructed at WF campus c. Washrooms at the swimming pool will be checked for them being user friendly
		Parking along the roadside in front of the WF branch of the school	a. It was suggested to install NO Parking boards in the area b. Seek permission from the authorities to stick ‘I Was Parked In A No Parking Zone’ stickers
		Clean up footpath adjacent to the school	Will be done this time around
7	Induction of New PSA Members	Based on recommendations	New members inducted from KiDeens Borewell road, Ramagondanahalli and Gunjur campuses
8	Additional points discussed	New teachers taking time to orient themselves to school systems	School is certain that this is not true because there are mentors with these new teachers at all times

Minutes of PSA meeting on 10th February 2018

February 21, 2018 Comments Off on Minutes of PSA meeting on 10th February 2018

Parents School Alliance
Minutes of Meeting
Conference room, Deens Academy

Date: 10th February 2018

Attendees: Ms Shanthi Menon, MrVarun, Mr Ravi, Mr Rajay Aiyer, Ms Selvamari, Ms.Nivedita, Ms Deepti ,Ms Raynah and Ms Sindhu

Sr. No	Issue	Decision / Discussed points	Action by	Remarks
1.	Issues with Teachers especially attitude	Shanthi Madam explained the mentoring program that is put in place for teachers. Any individual case of any complaint of teacher having any attitudinal issue can be brought to her notice ·Any case where teacher has hit back on any complaint should also be brought to her notice.	Nil
2.	Syllabus especially the level of Hindi in junior level	Shanthi madam explained that level is high in junior level to prepare the students for the higher level where the syllabus of Hindi is indeed tough. Hence school felt the need to keep the syllabus tough	Nil
3.	Safety Audits & security	Shanthi madam explained that Safety audits are done by external agency and every teacher is also responsible as a Safety ambassador PSA members also brought to her notice the gaps in security set up wherein children in buses are being dropped to servants without insisting on ID card.	Shanthi madam	Security apparatus to be reviewed and tightened
4.	Expansion / construction near Basketball court	Expansion of canteen and workshop facility.	NA
5.	Audits by PSA members	PSA members can form a group or individually audit different areas like bus, canteen, security etc. They need to wear the PSA tag and carry it with them during audit. Any audit inside school premises can be informed to reception before commencing the same	PSA members
6.	Enrollment of non teaching school staff in various social security schemes	Non-teaching school staff are vulnerable and need to be made aware of various social security schemes like PMJSY, PMJJY and PMUY. PSA members will coordinate with Axis Bank and other agencies along with school to facilitate the same. Shanthi madam to revert with a count of such non-teaching staff members who can be roped in. PSA members to liaison with her	PSA Members