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Minutes for Alvarado School Site Council Meeting May 20, 2003
Taken by Kathleen Ribeiro, Parent
Present: Ruben Vasquez, Parent, Nancy Hawkins, Outreach Consultant, (ORC), Julia Harrison, Parent, Melissa Serrano, Parent, Rosemary Hiller, Teacher, Nina Berg, Parent, Darcy Estes, Teacher, Kathleen Ribeiro, Parent, David Weiner, Principal
Minutes for April 21 approved unanimously
The first SSC meeting next year will be Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 at 5:30 P.M.
Site Council Members’ upcoming
openings and Elections for fall, 2003
There are currently several teacher/staff and one parent opening on the SSC
predicted for next year. The election will be at Back to School Night, tentatively
set for Sept. 25, 2003, (note: this is now changed to Sept 18th) and this will
be announced at the “Parent-Teacher Welcoming Tea” event traditionally
held at 8:00 A.M. on the first day of school in the Motor Skills room. Julia
Harrison volunteered to make the announcement and possibly have a table set
up there with information about the SSC. Mr. Weiner requested anyone to submit
ideas for publicizing the election, ways to communicate who the candidates
are, (such as flyers with the candidates’ photographs and their brief
statements as to their reasons for wanting to be on the SSC), or any ways to
improve on the election process for next year.
Northern California Conference
on School Drop-out Prevention
Nancy Hawkins, ORC, announced the upcoming fall Northern California Conference
on School Drop-out Prevention to be held Oct. 23, 24 and 25, 2003. It will
be held from approximately Thursday evening through Saturday at noon at the
Sacramento Conference Center. Ms. Hawkins described past conferences as extremely
valuable and worthy of attendance. She encouraged SSC members to attend and
suggested that, if members had difficulty attending the entire three days,
we arrange to take turns attending one or more days of the conference and sharing
the allowed attendance positions. She asked that parents and teachers get back
to her personally ASAP in the fall when school begins with questions or to
sign up.
Possible Closure of Parks and
Recreation After-School Program
There was a long discussion about whether to officially close the Parks and
Recreation After- School Program at Alvarado. Mr. Weiner made an impassioned
plea to vote to do so and restated his concerns for children’s’ safety
due to the lack of supervision. He chronicled many instances of finding children
unsupervised all over the school who, for ex, do not report in a timely manner
to sign in to the program and even leave the school to go to the store before
signing in, or who “hang out” in unsupervised areas after school
while no adults specifically responsible for them are aware of their whereabouts.
He described frequent conflicts between children for which there is no adult
to intervene that eventually reach his doorstep during the after school hours.
He stated again that an inordinate and unsustainable amount of his time and
Melissa Serrano’s time (as Director of the West Portal Care Inc. After-School
Program) is spent dealing with behavioral and other issues that arise from
the lack of supervision. Ms. Serrano also expressed her concern for safety
issues. Both stated that there was ample room for any current Parks and Rec.
Program users to be absorbed into the Excel After-School Program, (which is
free and therefore not cost-prohibitive to potential participants). Mr. Weiner
reported that he had held several school/community meetings (which Nina Berg
attended) to discuss parents’ concerns and objections to the possible
closure and that the majority of those attending and speaking most fervently
against closure did not currently use, nor plan to use, the Parks and Rec.
Program. Rosemary Hiller made the point that, perhaps, it is just those parents
who are unable to attend due to home/job circumstances that need the Parks
and Rec. Program for the same reasons.
Ms. Berg reported that she had looked into the Douglass Park Latch-Key program as an alternative for current Alvarado Parks and Rec. After-School Program users but that it is full and has a fairly long waiting list. She stated that, if this program were to close, the current “culture” of the school during after-school hours would have to change. She stated that some girls sit in the upper hallway, (seemingly behaving in a positive fashion and/or even studying together), and this would have to change. All children would have to be escorted, for example, from after school clubs to their respective after school programs and they would not be allowed to sit in the upper hallway unsupervised. Ms. Hiller stated that she often uses the hour/s directly after school to tutor students in her class knowing that they can walk down to the Parks and Rec. Program when they have finished in her classroom with flexible start times and no one monitoring whether the students’ are actually present in the After School Program. This is an incidental but positive result of the lack of supervision in the Parks and Rec. Program. Kathleen Ribeiro, who missed the April SSC meeting, asked for and received clarification that the overwhelming concern driving the move to close the program was the safety of all the children present after school.
There followed a vote of 5:4 in favor of keeping the Parks and Rec. Program open. Another discussion then ensued: Mr. Weiner reiterated the serious safety and liability issues posed by the lack of supervision in the Parks and Recreation After- School Program and the impact on his responsibilities as principal. After some time, another measure was proposed to try to come to final consensus on whether and how to close the program. It was proposed that a letter would be drafted by Ms. Hiller, (teacher), and Ms. Harrison, parent), to be sent ASAP to those families currently using the Parks and Rec. Program. This letter will inform them that, due to ongoing problems with the program, it will in all likelihood be closed. These parents will be instructed to begin making other arrangements for the after-school care of their children. They will be invited to contact Mr. Weiner regarding this. He anticipates few but may get as many as 10 responses protesting the closure. He will take any responses into consideration but, based upon all information to date and these possible responses, he is ultimately responsible and will therefore make the ultimate decision whether or not to officially close the program by the end of the school year or at some point during the summer. If applicable, those current Park and Rec. families who still don’t have after school childcare by next fall will be helped to transition into the Excel Program. The SSC voted unanimously to support this plan. Resolution for increased communication between PTA/ other committees and the SSC Mr. Weiner introduced a resolution that there be increased communication between PTA/ other committees and the SSC accomplished by committee reports, (either written or verbal), to the SSC. Committee reports could be placed on the agenda for any SSC meeting by request. Committees noted were the Literacy Committee, Arts Committee, Grant Writing Committee, Health and Safety Committee and the Library Committee. A motion to approve this resolution was made, seconded and passed by unanimous vote.Agenda Item: Revisit Site Plan and Budget for 2003/2004
David Weiner reported on his presentation of the Alvarado Academic Plan to
the district supervisors. Since the last SSC meeting he has had to present
and defend the plan. After his presentation he was given specific criticisms
and asked to change the plan accordingly. He said that there were three minor
areas requiring revision. He was required to do so according to a rapid timeline.
Thus he has already made the revisions and resubmitted the Academic Plan
to the District. He has, available upon request to anyone interested, the
revised Academic Plan with changes highlighted.
We discussed the possibility of extending the playground supervisory duties of the Individual Education Program Paraprofessionals (IEP paras) to any/all students on the playground. They are state-funded and thus were not defunded by the site budget. Currently, they mainly supervise their appointed special needs student on a one-on-one basis. Both Darcy Estes and Rosemary Hiller stated that the IEP paras were ultimately responsible for the safety and well being of their appointed special needs student and, at times and when the situation dictated, would have to monitor them on a one-on-one basis and therefore not always be available to any/all the students on the school yard. Ms. Ribeiro stated her observation that, while the IEP paras on the yard always tried to monitor any children in their purview, they prioritized the needs of their assigned students by following them exclusively whenever a safety issue arose or the student needed special attention, i.e., their assigned student was constantly riding the tricycle towards the top of the stairs, climbing unsafely on the play structure, hiding in the bathroom, etc. The conclusion of this discussion was that the IEP paraprofessionals might not be dependable for supervising the whole of the student body on the playground. It was then mentioned that, of the different lunch recess times requiring supervision, the kindergarten/first grade time slot seemed the most in need of a higher supervisor: student ratio. There was agreement that the discussion to prioritize which defunded line items might be reinstated next year should continue in the fall.
The meeting was adjourned.
Minutes for Alvarado School Site Council Meeting April 21, 2003
Taken by Nick Driver, Parent
Present: Ruben Vasquez, Parent, Nancy Hawkins, Outreach Consultant, Susan Colen, Parent, Julia Harrison, Parent, Melissa Serrano, Parent, Claudia Scharff, Teacher, Rosemary Hiller, teacher, Carol Sackett, Teacher, Nick Driver, parent, David Weiner, Principal, Nina Berg, Parent
Minutes for March 18 approved unanimously
SB-65 update: Nancy Hawkins,
ORC
Nancy presented a preliminary copy of our SB 65 grant for Dropout Prevention
for 2003-2004. She will have a final copy of the SB 65 grant application in
two weeks. The application is due in the district May 5th and to the state
by May 15th. We will not know if we are funded until August or December as
it is usually dependent on the state budget being passed for the funds to be
released. We know that there has been cuts to SB 65 so that no new schools
will be funded and all applications will be ranked by their overall score for
funding. The grant has some new elements from past years applications.
Nancy Hawkins, ORC, reviewed for the SSC the elements that the new application must have such as case studies with student names changed for confidentiality, and space limitations requiring that the grant be written very concisely. We must have 35 new and continuing SSTS and be able to show improvement in student attitude and attendance, such as is suspension data and other activities. We have to have programs for early intervention to prevent kids from dropping out of school which happens mentally for kids who come from a language poor or second language environment or are not well-supported at home due to poverty and other social problems as early as school begins. We have to have an authentic and active School Site Council which meets monthly which we have had here for the past 16 years. SB 65 schools must also have a working Coordinated Council which means that staff funded by state and district monies and federal Title I funded staff meet at least once a month to support students below the 50th% regardless of whether they have IEPs or are not in targeted programs per se. Nancy notes that we now have a wonderful Coordinated Council with everyone working together and that even more students are getting help than ever before. Our school nurse, Paula Baum, RN, is here one day a week participates in our Tuesday SSTs and helps tremendously with our kids mind and body health. We have on average, 5 SSTs a week.
We have to show that as a site that we have resiliency programs in place. We are a School of the Arts which enhances all learning and the school environment. We have Tribes and a huge Sandtray in Education program serving 82 students for student resiliency. It helps children become more ready to learn higher level skills as their emotional development is enhanced. With David as our new Principal we have instituted Caught Being Good program, Student Commendation letters, a Mentoring Program to get kids more recognition. We have reached out further into the community to understand the needs of some students. Nancy sends SST meeting notices home before meetings, Mary Fulgham, Student Advisor calls parents a day ahead to remind them to attend. We have about 95% parent involvement and cooperation with our SST process.
Both of Nancy and Mary call parents at home and send letters to have meetings to improve attendance. We give out attendance awards and encourage staff to have class attendance programs as well. She asked for questions about our SB 65 program from any Alvarado community member. The big question will we get the grant remains to be seen. It is not definite. David Weiner, principal noted that Howard Blonsky, SB 65 Field Colleague from the district told him that we have a very strong grant every year and a super SB 65 program and he felt that we would get the funding. Nancy added that it is a tremendous amount of work to put the grant together on top of the regular SB 65 duties and that it is very stressful. She encourages all SSC members and the school community to meet with her if they have more questions or wish to help with the grant.
Principal’s Report – David Weiner, Principal
ACADEMIC AND SITE PLAN
David spent a lot of time
going over the Academic Plan and the Site Budget. The Budget and Academic Plan
committee met in early April to write the draft of the plan. David then typed
up the new language for the SSC to read and sign tonight.
He explained the various funding categories, and how closely linked the Academic Plan is to the Budget. The Academic Plan dictates the Site Budget spending, and every Site Council priority must be supported by wording in the Academic Plan. For instance, 7.5% of our Consent Decree funds must go to extended learning, and 1% must go to parents and parent outreach. He said he met those requirements by describing programs that are already in place at Alvarado, such as funding the afterschool bus and using part of our site budget towards our outreach consultant.
All SSC members read and signed the Academic Plan. It will be submitted by Friday April 25, and David will defend it to district supervisors.
CONCERNS ABOUT PARK AND REC OPEN
PLAYGROUND ON SITE
David then detailed his concerns about the Park and Rec program, especially
its lack of supervision. Park and Rec as originally noted in previous minutes,
originally planned to terminate the program in late March, but found extra
funds to continue the program to the end of the year.
But Park and Rec supervision is late and lax, and the burden of after school care often falls on the other programs, Excel and AAS. Melissa said that we have been lucky so far, with lots of little incidents but no major ones. But the school and David are liable. When the supervisor is sick, there is no sub, and the entire Park and Rec program is unsupervised.
Carol asked what coverage there would be if the Park and Rec program ended. It would not give some lower income kids access to child care all day.
Excel program is not full, and AAS is not full. So there are two options. But both have problems – AAS costs money, and the other has had to expel some of its students due to disciplinary problems. This was as last resort after conferencing with the parents, having suspensions and staff reaching out to the kids. Another problem is that getting rid of Park and Rec penalizes the majority of kids who are doing fine in the Park and Rec program.
Other options considered:
Nick Driver, Parent, motioned that we tentatively plan to end the program by end of school year. We will not vote to end the program if there is a large enough outcry from Rec and Park kids’ parents. And we will first obtain adequate feedback from Rec and Park kids’ parents. Unanimously voted for.
Nina Berg, parent, will contact the Douglass Park latchkey program and get a list from Roberta, the administrator for Park and Rec, of kids in the program, and they will be invited to the Principals Chats this week and the next time for feedback.
Motioned to extend meeting by 15 minutes to 7:35.
PTA BUDGET ITEMS
David then passed out sheets to prioritize what we want PTA funding for. Alvarado still has 22 students who are reading in the lowest ten percent (three to four grades below grade level) and 68 children who are reading below the sixty-eight percent, and asked that we put extra PTA funding into literacy and programs that raise reading and other learning levels.
Julia Harrison, Parent, asked if we could use resource teachers to teach literacy part time, instead of focusing on science and technology full time. So that some PTA money would not have to put so much money into literacy support.
David Weiner, Principal, reminded the SSC that it is our obligation to recommend that the PTA fund programs that improve reading levels. It is written into the by-laws for the SSC.
Claudia Scharff, Teacher, suggested that teachers be more creative with their pull-outs, by keeping half the kids back to do more reading, on a rotating basis. Carol Sackett, Teacher, suggested that the staff go over these ideas and come back to the SSC.
Nancy Hawkins, ORC, stated that research has shown that children develop their brains through experiences with clay, paint, music and movement through a spiral whereby the experiences in art and art activities lead to readiness for the brain to develop cognitively to more higher level and abstract thinking such as the kind of symbolic language that is needed for reading, writing, and mathematics. This is a focus at every SB 65 conference training and also in a book that all SSC members need to read called From Risk to Resiliency by Tim Burns. Nancy has the book and will loan it out to all SSC members who are interested.
David then stated that if you are not reading that art is wonderful but that it is an extra activity. There is a great deal of parent support for the arts from the parents who participate in meetings at the school but that a large group of parents who do not participate much don’t come to meetings and that they would rather have their children getting reading help than art.
Nick Driver, Parent, reported that the Grant writing and Fundraising Committee would be writing grants for After school programming, PE, and literacy programs.
Respectfully Submitted: Nick Driver
Minutes for Special School Site Council Meeting March 24, 2003
Meeting Minutes –Special budget vote
Quorum established. Kathleen Ribiero and Karen Polk will vote on budget as alternates.
First budgeting vote to adopt those expenditures listed at the top of the teachers and parents’ list of prioritized programs: Unanimous vote in favor.
Second (lower) part of budget discussion: Recap of last week’s discussion, at which it was concluded that the clerk typist and outreach counselors were very important. One problem is that those two positions equal more than what is left over after the top budget amount of $76182.
David said that around $1,000 could be taken out of the supplies budget to meet that shortfall.
Discussion then flowed to what positions might be hired back in case state budget situation improves.
The group voted to assign priorities for hiring back staff and teachers during a substantial portion of next month’s SSC meeting. Unanimous vote.
Claudia asked about the impact of cutting the sand tray consultant. David said that sand tray consulting would still be provided if we are to vote on keeping Nancy Hawkins. Just the one paid position – Sandy – would go.
A question was raised about after school tutors and how they are paid. SB 1756 of $65000 pays for the organizers salaries. The separate amount of $26000 is for the after school tutors, many of whom are credentialed teachers who are not part of the Excel program.
Kathleen said it is necessary to vote the way the teachers have voted and to cut paras, but she still wants to know if there are any studies showing how paras help teacher exhaustion, students performance, student transitioning or immersing. Personal anecdotal evidence at Alvarado shows that paras are very helpful in many respects. Parents have overwhelmingly voted paras number one or number two on their list of highest priorities.
David said that the seven special ed paras would continue to be present at the school. Those paras will be able to work with general ed students as well.
Carol said that there is also strong support from teachers for paras, and that we wish we had paras for every class, the way it used to be. Nancy agreed, and said that it will be difficult to lose any of these positions.
Kathleen acknowledged those present whose jobs will be affected by this vote.
Julia motioned, Darcy seconded, the motion that we vote on keeping the clerk typist and the outreach consultant. Unanimous vote.
The SSC entered a protest about the budget, and especially the need to make such drastic and painful cuts to highly valued personnel. This vote was taken under duress and great sadness.
The academic plan and budget meeting is April 4 at 2:15. After writing the plan, the next SSC meeting will be April 22 to pass the plan. A community meeting is scheduled for April 24 at 6pm. The budget and academic plan must be sent on April 25th. David and Julia will present the budget to the Executive Board on April 1.
Respectfully submitted
Nick Driver, parent
Minutes for Site Council Meeting March 18, 2003
David explained that Park and Rec will be terminated on 3/28.
Nick gave us an update from the Grant Writing and Fundraising Task Force. He said that the school received an $11,000 city grant to hire a grant writer. The committee is now taking applications for the position. At 6PM on April 8th the team will present the PTA General Assembly with the following three options to try to increase outside grants and other funds:
Whatever organization is decided upon will report to the SSC.
David informed us that the budget and site plan are due on 4/25. He explained that the 2003-4 budget allocation for Alvarado is greater than it was for 2002-3. However, the cost of faculty and personnel positions toAlvarado will also be greater in 2003-4. The result is a net loss of funds, such that some cuts are unavoidable.
In addition to paying for the principal, office secretary and essential supplies, David proposed continuing to pay for all credentialed teachers -- including 22 classroom teachers to allow for class size reduction in grades 4 and 5 -- a computer, science and 2 reading recovery teachers. He also suggested we continue to fund our Outreach Consultant and Clerk Typist. If Alvarado is allocated money at a later date, he proposed using it to hire back our Motor Skills Teacher, paraprofessionals, nurse, student advisor, a literacy specialist . . .
David noted that the majority of the staff had agreed with this proposed plan of action at the most recent faculty meeting. The Site Council discussed this proposition and moved to reconvene to vote on March 25th, 2003.
Minutes for Site Council Meeting February 18, 2003
Present:
Staff: Carol Sackett, Rosemary Hiller, David Weiner, Darcy Estes, Clauida Scharff, Nancy Hawkins, Tori Olsen & Mary Fulgham
Parents: Nina Berg, Ruben Vasquez, Julia Harrison, Kathleen Riberiro, Nick Driver, & Melissa Serrano
Melissa- recorder
Approval of minutes- we gave approval for two set on minutes Dec. & Jan.
We had a guest from the SFUSD, Mary who was there to observe our meeting.
Academic Plan due: on a flex date of April 26, David would like us to review last years and give him any feedback, and is interested in starting to work on the new one for next year.
Another guest from the art committee was present to hand out a report on where the committee is at the present time, and made it clear all meetings are always open to anyone interested, and minutes are available at parent bulletin board.
Tori Olsen and Sasha Harrison were also present to speak about student council. The students have been doing a great job with Tori's help, and have taken an interested in maximizing the use of the school yards. They're interested in maybe painting new play areas. They mentioned when the bungalows were put in the kickball field was affect, but not fixed. They also though it would be great to add a kick ball field for younger kids, and thought the kickball field now was dominating the use of the lower yard. We have a parent in the school who works for the SFSUD as the head of the maintenances department, and is willing to help, but as a parent, not a SFUSD employee. The kids are going to continue to work on their plans, and come with more info at a later date.
Nick & Julia talked about the foundation Alvarado might be interested in perusing "Every child can learn." There's already a group who has invested some time and have had a couple of meetings regarding the foundation. It sounds like the foundation is set up with different of schools involved and the funds get pooled together, and also donate to other school that might be part of the foundation.
Nancy said that Alvarado received equipment and training in the past from the foundation, even though Alvarado was not a part of the foundation. People have a lot of questions about the foundation, and how beneficial it would to be to Alvarado.
Dave motioned to continue to research more information about the foundation. It was voted in favor of continue research of the foundation.
Next time there is a meeting about the foundation for Alvarado it will be well publicized through flyers that go home to all the parents, and maybe an article in the newsletter.
Moved on to discuss the out come of the tallying of the parents priority. Ruben gave out a hand out with the results, and explained how he and the others did the tallying.
The results:
1- Lower lass size
2- Paraprofessionals
3- Reading recovery
4- Science teacher
5- Motor skills teacher
6- Technology teacher
7- Outreach counselor
8- Literacy specialist
9- Elementary advisor
10- Nurse
11-12 substitutes
11-12-13 Paraprofessional After school
13-14 Cert. After school tutors
15 tribes stipends
15 clerk typist
The result were similar to staff's, expect they would not vote a clerk typist last.
Rosemary- comment that next time we do a community meeting, we need to focus more on getting the parent to understand what every position is and how important they are. The school needs it clerk typist, and would be very difficult to drop.
Dave- mentioned we could use the parents feed back, but ultimately the decisions is the SSC's to make. The feedback will help us in making a the best decision we can.
Ruben also handed out to us our school accountability report card. Check it out.
Than Melissa left because it was pass 6:30 and the meeting was vote to continue and Nick took over as note taker.
Nick's minutes:
We continued to discuss the writing of the 2003-04 Academic Plan. David proposed the formation of a formal sub-committee to write the plan and accompanying budget.
Rosemary said that last year the Academic Plan took many meetings with the entire SSC and many community meetings. She physically wrote the plan, but it was only after much input -- and a foot-high stack of paper -- that it became a reality.
Rosemary, Nick, Claudia and David volunteered for the committee.
Nancy motioned that the committee be formed of four people, one parent, the principal, one Bueno teacher and one STAR teacher. Kathleen suggested that the committee also include one English Language Learner parent. If Susana or Violeta are not available to serve on the committee, another non-SSC parent would be asked to serve. Julia seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously. Committee members will include David, Claudia, Rosemary, Nick and one to be determined.
Rosemary suggested that when SSC members are going over last year's Academic Plan for changes, they place a red star at the top of each page with recommended changes, so that sub-committee members know there is a change to be made.
David suggested a date for the first sub-committee meeting: Tuesday March 4, 2pm, in his office. All input from other SSC members should be made on the old plans and in his box by Monday March 3.
Nancy provided a video for SSC members on dropout prevention and early intervention (SB 65) entitled "Any School Can." A signup sheet will be provided in David's office for anyone to take it out. Nick was the first to take it out, and he recommends its viewing by all SSC members.
Next SSC meeting is scheduled for March 18 at 5:30.
Minutes for Site Council Meeting November 18, 2002
Present:
Staff members: Claudia Scharf, Mary Fulgram, David Weiner, Darci Estes, Rosemary Hiller, Carol Sackett
Parent members: Reuben Vasquez, Melissa Serrano, Nick Driver, Violetta Garcia, Nina Berg, Susan Colen, Julia Harrison.
Other: Michelle Holdt
Previous minutes were read and approved.
Michele Holdt presented her "Literacy through Drama" proposal. She would like to be employed by the school as a consultant supporting teachers and improving language arts for K-5 students. For more details see attached proposal.
Reuben asked how much the district allows for that kind of staffing. There was discussion about different ways of getting that funding like k-reso, reading teacher credential, etc. Michelle pointed out that this proposal is for next year and she is bringing it up now to give us more time to think about it.
SAC (School Advisory Committee) and ELAC (English Learner Advisory Committee) elections have been held. The first ELAC meeting will be Dec. 6th and the first SAC will be Nov. 20th.
David researched quorum regulations and found that it's based on site's bylaws. Call for making this possible.
Currently a quorum consists of 4 staff reps. and 4 parent reps. It was discussed that we should have a review and update of the bylaws by a committee, which should consist co at least 3 members. 4 people volunteered; David, Rosemary, Reuben and Nick. They will meet on Dec. 6th at 2:30.
Review of SSC Summit: Mary and Nancy attended. State is putting on another training on Dec. 9th from 9am -12. It will cover the latest info on Senate Bill 374 among other things. Many members are willing to go including Mary, Nick, Julia, Nina, Susan, and Reuben
Discussion came up about members communicating between meetings and we found that some people don't want their phone #'s given out and some don't want their e-mails given out. A solution was not reached.
David was asked to summarize the data given out at the last meeting and he did so.
Violetta asked why we don't have parent liaisons. David said because we are not a star school. Star schools get more funds but have to be overseen by someone appointed by the district. Violetta asked what could we do that is similar. Nina feels that the ExCEL's homework program is going to make a difference.
Discussion moved to the budget. David informed us that two 'snapshots' are taken of the school population; one in the spring based on projected enrollment and one in the fall based on actual enrollment and budget adjustments are then made. This year we have more funds to use and the plan has to be submitted by Dec.11th. David called for an emergency meeting on Tues. Nov 26th, 5:30pm.
David had two handouts: a budget spending to date for us to review and an article about what most effects student learning.
Next meeting will be Tues. Dec. 17th, 5:30pm
Meeting was adjourned at 7:05.
Minutes taken by Julia Harrison
Thank you