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School Site Council (SSC)/School Governance Team (SGT) - Location: Library / Starting Time: 4:15pm |
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09/18/08 |
10/16/08 |
11/20/08 |
12/18/08 |
01/15/09 |
02/19/09 |
03/19/09 |
04/16/09 |
05/21/09 |
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San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
April 17th, 2008
4:15pm - Library
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SSC Agenda |
SGT Agenda |
I. SSC Business
A. Approval of Minutes - 03/27/08
B. Public Input
C. SPSA Review/Comments
II. Data Review
III. Budget
A. Budget as of 4/17/08
IV. Advisory Groups
A. DELAC Report
B. ELAC Report
C. DAC Report
D. GATE Report
V. Round Table
VI. Next Meeting - 5/15/08 |
I. Governance Business
A. Approval of Minutes - 03/27/08
B. Public Input
C. Bell Schedule 2008/2009
D. Open House Report
E. 8th Grade Promotion Criteria
II. Committee Reports
A. Civility Report
III. Round Table
IV. Next Meeting - 5/15/08 |
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San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
School Site Council Meeting Minutes
April 17th, 2008
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Attendance:
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School Site Council Members Present: Mike George, Frank Ciriza, Dan Swierczynski, Paulette Fillion, Louise Park, Dave Page, Marla O’Connell, Sue Ericson, Kelly Padilla, Michelle Cook
Absent: None
Guest: Eleanor Evans, Dina Weiss
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. Quorum was met.
SSC Business
- Approval of Minutes: Minutes of March 27, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Dave Page moved to approve the minutes as written; motion passed.
- Public Input: None.
- SPSA Review: Dan Swierczynski questioned the emphasis on benchmark assessments driving teacher meetings and professional development. Mike George will be putting together an Instructional Leadership Team to help us develop our professional development for next year. We need to drive our instruction based on our data.
Budget
- No budget report. District computer not working because of an upgrade last weekend. Louise Park noted that almost all funds we have will be carried over.
Advisory Groups
- DELAC – Mike George to attend meeting this evening after SSC. He mentioned we will have a parent coming from Wegeforth next year that would like to be our DELAC Rep.
- ELAC - None.
- DAC – Dave Page informed members that there was an exercise for parents in which they were given several different grade levels of tests from the STAR testing and CAHSEE, and they had to guess what grade level they were from. The purpose was to show parents what students could expect in their testing, and to show how simple the CAHSEE is. Parents had guessed the CAHSEE was around 8th grade level.
There was a discussion regarding the source of funding for ELSTs (district or site). Permission was granted to direct funding from the district instead of the site.
The DAC raised issue with the district regarding benchmarks matching the CSTs. They asked the district to review them and see how they correlate.
- GATE – None.
Round Table
Next Meeting
- May 15, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. in the library.
Adjournment
- The meeting adjourned at 5:57 p.m.
Minutes recorded by Paulette Fillion |
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San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
Site Governance Team Minutes
April 17th, 2008
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Attendance:
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Site Governance Team Members Present: Mike George, Frank Ciriza, Dan Swierczynski, Eleanor Evans, Dina Weiss, Louise Park, Dave Page, Marla O’Connell, Michelle Cook
Absent: Jennifer Kelley
Guest: Paulette Fillion, Sue Ericson, Kelly Padilla
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. Quorum was met.
Governance Business
- Approval of Minutes: Minutes of March 27, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Eleanor Evans moved to approve the minutes as written; motion passed.
- Public Input: None.
- Bell Schedule 2008/09: (Handout) Mike George presented the district’s new bell schedule to members. Taft is changing to a 7-period day (lunch is now counted as a period), 59 mins./period with a 4-min. passing period. Advisory has been removed and 10 mins. added to Period 1 to take care of announcements. We will be trying a single lunch period, but if it is not manageable, we can change the bell schedule in the middle of the day to go back to two lunches. Total minutes for the school year are 64,932, exceeding the mandate by 132 minutes.
- Open House: Mike George said the evening went extremely well. We had a packed auditorium with standing room only. Dina Weiss and Brian Myers took new incoming parents on a tour of the campus. For some reason, parents did not receive their Ed-Connect call. We only had two mothers and four children come on the bus from Wilson. We’re confident word will spread about our attempts to reach out to this community, and we will have a better turnout next year.
- 8th Grade Promotion Criteria: Dina Weiss and the counselors have been monitoring students throughout the year. They have been meeting with four groups of students to set goals. Letters were sent to parents informing them if their child was at risk. Teachers will be given a log to document calls/contacts to parents. There are 13 students out of promotion right now, and approximately 50-70 at risk for various reasons. Criteria to attend 8th grade activities and walk in the promotion are a 2.0 in scholarship and citizenship, and no more than one suspension each semester.
Committee Reports
- Civility – A subcommittee has made recommendations for the student planner regarding hierarchy of discipline.
Round Table
- Michelle Cook shared that she would like to see better communication at the school. She has had no response to voicemails left with the office and emails to teachers. Mike George agreed to look into this.
- Marla O’Connell informed members that there will be a budget cut protest organized by teachers, students, and community members on May 19 at 9:15 a.m., corner of Balboa and Laurel.
- Sue Ericson inquired about the TB situation. Mike George informed members that the Health Department was here on Monday to take x-rays of students and staff that tested positive. These people will also be able to see a health practitioner. We have no active TB cases right now.
Next Meeting
- May 15, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. in library.
Adjournment
- Discussion ended at 5:32 p.m. The meeting adjourned concurrently with SSC at 5:57 p.m.
Minutes recorded by Paulette Fillion |
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