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Site Council

November 14 , 2008

SAHS 21st CENTURY SCHOOLS COUNCIL

November 14, 2008

1:30 p.m. in the Faculty Room

In attendance:  Megan Ayers, Brittany Weber, Bryce Bennett, Andy Lusco, Barbara Kraft, Lynn Dunn, Sharon Graham, Jon Dilbone, Susan Lee, Chris Equinoa, Mike Ingman, Julie Foster-Teeter

I.  Housekeeping

  • Review and amend minutes of the October meeting.  Minutes approved. 
  • January meeting needs to be changed, new date TBA.

II.  Action Items

  • School Improvement Targets – Reviewed. Targets for next year are as follows

Reading – 6 % growth and MAZE testing will occur twice a year, not three times.  Math – 6% growth.  Science – 6% growth.  Continue developing PBS’s role in school climate.  Department goals will be to make common assessments and collaboration.  The timeline for department and individual goals will be out in the upcoming weeks.

  • Issac Andrews spent less than approved for his music conference and the extra money was returned to Site Council.

III.  Discussion Items

  • Teacher attendance taking is an issue.  Teachers are not taking attendance accurately which causes issues with Dean of Students and with parents who have access to the PIV.  The decision was made to have the principal make an announcement to staff to be more diligent in taking attendance and then follow up with individual teachers as necessary.
  • Idea Bank – several ideas were presented.  There was an idea to have recycling out during locker clean out to encourage students to recycle paper.  Also, announcements were discussed.  There is an issue that students are not getting the announcements.  A decision was made to change the format of announcements to organize them by grade level and then to reiterate the importance of reading announcements to staff.

IV.  Reports

  • Principal's Report/Updates
  1. Construction update.  Construction on technology building is on schedule.  P.E., Science and Industrial Technology have met with architects.  There is some discussion at the District level of a possible renovation of the theater.
  2. Boundary Committee – the new elementary school has caused the District to reexamine the boundaries.  Millersburg may be moved back to the SAHS boundary.  There is a plan for 400 homes toward Tangent that will house future SAHS students.
  3. PIV – we will be mailing PIV codes home with the school report cards. 
  4. Climate – The students who vandalized the gym have been caught and are being held accountable for their actions.
  5. District Report Cards are out and we achieved a satisfactory rating.  Our attendance has improved.  Our drop out rating is at 3.7%
  6. OAKS

             

  • OAKS – Assistant Principals Report.  Comparably, we seem higher at this point, but complete numbers are not in.

V.   Adjourned at 2:35 p.m.   Next meeting: December 17 at 7:30 a.m.