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Year in Review 2016
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The Sandhurst School
Education Board makes way
for Council
T
he Sandhurst School Education Board (SSEB) held its final meeting on Thursday,
November 17, 2016, at St Peter’s Primary School in North Bendigo. Established in 1997,
the SSEB has served the education community of the Sandhurst Diocese for the past 19
years.
In 2017, the Sandhurst Catholic Education Council (SCEC) will be will be inaugurated.
The Council will be advisory to the Bishop, through the Episcopal Vicar for Education, and
to the Director of Catholic Education for all matters relating to Catholic Education in the
Diocese.
The constitution of the newCouncil has beenwritten and approved by Bishop Les Tomlinson;
however, the composition of the council membership is still to be determined.
To commemorate the final SSEB meeting, a liturgy of celebration was held in the De Campo
Hall at the Catholic Education Office in Bendigo to acknowledge the significant contribution
the SSEB has made to Catholic Education in the Diocese for almost two decades.
Current SSEB members were also acknowledged for their contribution and were presented
with a gift from Bishop Tomlinson in appreciation of their time as members of the Sandhurst
School Education Board.
The gathering was also an opportunity to launch the Catholic Education Sandhurst Strategic
Plan 2017-2020. Director of Catholic Education Sandhurst, Mr Paul Desmond presented a
bound edition of the Strategic Plan to the Bishop of Sandhurst, Bishop Leslie Tomlinson.
Community members from the Catholic Education Office (CEO), SSEBmembers, Chancery
staff and members of the Review Committee were in attendance, along with Mrs Margaret
McKenna who oversaw the CEO Strategic Planning process.
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