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Past Meeting(s):
SSC/SGT - Sept 18th, 2008
SSC/SGT - May 15th, 2008
SSC/SGT - April 17th, 2008
SSC/SGT - March 27th, 2008
SSC/SGT - March 6th, 2008
SSC/SGT - February 21st, 2008
SSC/SGT - January 24th, 2008
SSC/SGT - December 20th, 2007
SSC/SGT - November 15th, 2007
SSC/SGT - October 18th, 2007
SSC - June 14th, 2007
 
 
School Site Council (SSC)/School Governance Team (SGT) - Location: Library / Starting Time: 4:15pm
Dates:
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
 
*Dates subject to change. Please check back to the website prior to coming to the meeting.
 
 
San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
Sept 18th, 2008
4:15pm - Library
 

SSC Agenda

SGT Agenda


I. SSC Business
    A. Approval of Minutes - 6/12/08
    B. Public Input


II. Data Review


III. Budget
    A. Budget Update - Mike


IV. Advisory Groups
    A. DELAC Report
    B. ELAC Report
    C. DAC Report
    D. GATE Report


V. Round Table


VI. Next Meeting - 10/16/08

I. Governance Business
    A. Approval of Minutes - 5/15/08
    B. Public Input
    C. New Admin. Structure - Mike
    D. New Start Time - Mike
    E. Staffing/Population - Mike
    F. Test Scores - Mike
    G. Supports/Interventions - Mike
    H. Prof. Development - Mike


II. Committee Reports


III. Round Table


IV. Next Meeting - 10/16/08
 

 
San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
School Site Council Meeting Minutes
September 18th, 2008
 
 
Attendance:

School Site Council Members Present: Mike George, Dan Swierczynski, Paulette Fillion, Louise Park, Dave Page, Marla O’Connell, Sue Ericson, Michelle Cook

Absent: Frank Ciriza, Kelly Padilla

Guest: Jennifer Kelley, Dina Weiss

The meeting was called to order at 4:28 p.m. Quorum was met.

SSC Business
  • Approval of Minutes: Minutes of June 12, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Dan Swierczynski moved to approve the minutes as written; motion passed.


  • Public Input: None.

Budget
  • Louise Park informed members that monies need to be transferred between budget strings to pay for future supplies and expenses (outlined below).


    • Transfer $22,623 out of Resource 62860 Extended 1610 to Extended 0000.


    • Transfer $1,004 out of Resource 30100 Extended 1610 to Extended 0000.


    • Transfer $533 out of Resource 30103 Extended 1610 to Extended 0000.


    • Transfer $2,757 out of Resource 73960 Extended 1610 to Extended 0000.


    • Transfer $5,000 out of 70910 Extended 1610 to budget string 0326, 70910, 00, 1192, 1000, 1110, 01000 and 0000 to pay for CELDT testing. *1192 will be used to pay for Visiting Teacher daily site rate.


    • Transfer $2,963 out of Resource 70910 Extended 1610 to budget string 0326, 70910, 00, 4301, 1000, 1110, 01000 and 0000 to pay for future supplies/expenses.

    Marla O’Connell motioned to approve the above transfers and it was seconded by Dan Swierczynski. All in favor, motion passed.

Commitee Reports:
  • none.

Round Table
  • none.

Next Meeting
  • October 16, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. in the library.

Adjournment
  • The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.


Minutes recorded by Paulette Fillion
 

 
San Diego Unified School District
Taft Middle School
Site Governance Team Minutes
September 18th, 2008
 
 
Attendance:

Site Governance Team Members Present: Mike George, Dan Swierczynski, Jennifer Kelley, Dina Weiss, Louise Park, Dave Page, Marla O’Connell, Michelle Cook

Absent: Frank Ciriza, Eleanor Evans

Guest: Paulette Fillion, Sue Ericson

The meeting was called to order at 4:28 p.m. Quorum was met.

Governance Business
  • Approval of Minutes: Minutes of May 15, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Jennifer Kelley moved to approve the minutes as written; motion passed.


  • Public Input: None.


  • Addition To Agenda: Mike George motioned to add discussion regarding closure of the staff parking lot to the agenda, and it was seconded by Dave Page. All in favor, motion passed.


  • New Admin. Structure: Mike George informed members that Lynn Ryan, our new Vice Principal, was a unanimous pick by the hiring committee. We currently have 626 regular ed students, and our special ed students bring our student body up to 679.


  • New Start Time: First bell rings at 9:00, with start time at 9:05. School ends at 4:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, with the busses leaving at 4:10. Wednesday minimum day dismissal is at 1:52.


  • Staffing: Mike George said we are .67 short in teaching units for what we are allowed. Unfortunately, we only had 5-6 students show for our seminar program and we needed 10, so the program was taken away from us. We will not lose any teachers. We currently have 34 staff members. We lost two clerical members in the office, one counselor, and one vice principal.


  • Test Scores: Taft did not meet its AYP goal last year, with a score of 751. However, we showed another steady increase of 18 points. We didn’t reach our goal with impoverished students, English language learners, and special education. We currently have 129 ELLs. Mike George has requested teachers to look at their “below basic” and “far below basic” students. They have a new form to track student data so they can find commonalities in their targeted students. Overall, we have a 41-42% proficiency rate. It’s our subgroups that didn’t make it. Teachers will be able to write their own SMART goals based on this data.


  • Professional Development: Mike George’s push this year is Learning By Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work by Richard DuFour. The staff members will start discussing the book and their professional development in October.


  • Parking Lot Gate: Mike George received a report from three teachers this morning that a parent almost ran them over, as well as three students, in the staff parking lot. Mike made a motion for an advisory vote from Governance to investigate some form of physical gate to close off the lot, as well as educate the parents and community. The motion was seconded by Dan Swierczynski. All in favor, motion passed.

Committee Reports
  • none

Round Table
  • none

Next Meeting
  • October 16, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. in the library.

Adjournment
  • Discussion ended at 5:30 p.m. The meeting adjourned concurrently with SSC at 6:00 p.m.


Minutes recorded by Paulette Fillion