The Advisory Council works with the administrator and the pastor
to formulate school policy. The members of the Council work in
the areas of long-range planning, development and major funding,
facilities, Catholic identity, and marketing. With the pastor and
the administrator, they establish the annual budget. The Council
endeavors to create better understanding and support of Catholic
education. The Advisory Council meets on the first Thursday
of each month at 6:30 PM.
In September you received an email from me introducing you to our
school’s Catholic School Advisory Council (“CSAC”) and the
important role it serves in advising our Pastor (Fr. Tom Lucas,
S.J.) and Principal (Ms. Patty Kochis) on school-related
matters. CSAC has been meeting regularly since, and we
would like to take this opportunity to update you on various
matters CSAC is involved with and to highlight various
accomplishments.
The Diocese of Sacramento requires every parish that operates a
Catholic elementary school to ensure that the school establishes
and maintains an advisory committee, commission or council – in a
sense, a school board. St. Ignatius Parish School’s advisory
board is known as our Catholic School Advisory Council (“CSAC”).
