Walter Stiern Middle School
School Site Council Minutes
September 10, 2008
1.0 Opening/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order at 2:15 p.m. by Kevin McGrath. The meeting was held in the Walter Stiern Staff Meeting Room (102).
Members present: Miguel Banda, Vanessa Camacho, Ashley Cruz, Rocio Vargas, Barbara Bailey, Hattie Ricks, Frank Black, Katie Irwin, James Howard, Michael Simpson, Paula Urenda, Marcia Russell, and Julie Short.
Members absent: Becki Shoemaker, Christina Fuentes
Visitors/Guests: Jan Smith, Maria Perezarce, Gwenn Skaggs, Ana Rivera, Kevin McGrath, Irma Gomez, and Pat Witcher.
Introductions were made all around, and Mr. McGrath explained the purpose of School Site Council, the offices, quorum, and parliamentary procedures. Kevin called for nominations for the office of Chairperson. Barbara Bailey nominated Hattie Ricks, nomination seconded by Julie Short. Julie Short nominated Michael Simpson, seconded by James Howard. Vote was taken by show of hands and Michael Simpson was declared Chairperson.
Mr. Simpson called for nominations for Vice Chair. Frank Black nominated Hattie Ricks, seconded by Julie Short. James Howard nominated himself, seconded by Barbara Bailey. Vote was taken by show of hands and Hattie Ricks was declared Vice Chair.
Mr. Simpson called for nominations for Secretary. Barbara Bailey nominated Marcia Russell, seconded by Hattie Ricks. James Howard nominated Vanessa Camacho, seconded by Julie Short. Vote was by show of hands, and Vanessa Camacho declared Secretary.
2.0 Minutes: The Minutes of the May 8, 2008 meeting were read. Julie Short noted that item 3.3 School Counselor, second paragraph, the word “Safe” should be omitted so as to read “Motion was made by Gabriella Gallegos to approve the hire of a School Counselor with High Priority grant funds…..” Motion was made by James Howard to approve the Minutes as corrected, seconded by Hattie Ricks, and passed unanimously.
3.0 New Business:
3.1 Review/Revise By-Laws: Kevin McGrath explained a change in the By-Laws made last year reducing membership to 16, and a quorum to 9. Article 3, Membership, Section 1b should reflect 4 parent members, and the typo will be corrected.
Barbara Bailey asked for an explanation of alternate members to which Kevin clarified that alternates must attend every meeting. After lengthy discussion, the following revisions to the By-Laws were agreed upon: Article 3 Membership, Section 1b “4 Student Members – Consisting of Student Body Officers and/or Student Body Room Representatives elected by their peers.” Section 1d under this same Article is to be eliminated. Section 3 Voting Rights is to read “Only elected council members shall have voting privileges.” Section 7 Vacancy is to read “Any vacancy on the council will be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by election.” Article 6 meetings and Amendments, Section 1b) is to read “No general meeting shall be held without a 72-hour notice by posting of Agenda. Emergency meetings can be held without a 72-hour notice.” Motion was made by Marcia Russell to accept the changes and revisions of the By-Laws as set forth above, seconded by Katie Irwin, and passed unanimously.
3.2 Review/Revise Parent Involvement Policy: Kevin McGrath referred to the Walter Stiern’s Parent Involvement Plan provided to each member and guest. Julie Short instructs this Plan be sent to Translation, and it will be reviewed for revisions at our next meeting. Motion was made by Marcia Russell to table revisions of the Parent Involvement Policy until our October 8th meeting, seconded by Hattie Ricks, and passed unanimously.
3.3 Review/Revise School Compact: Kevin McGrath referrers to the Student/Family/School Compact provided to each member and guest. After a review and brief discussion, the following revision is suggested: Change seventh bullet under Parent/Guardian” section to read “make every effort to attend parent-teacher conference and other school events.” Motion was made by Julie Short to accept the compact with the revision noted above, seconded by Rocio Vargas, and passed unanimously.
3.4 State Testing – API/AYP Results: Julie Short announced Stiern made excellent growth in both our Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report and Academic Performance Index (API). Stiern had a 26 point gain in API school wide for the 2007-2008 school year while growth rates in the significant sub-groups nearly doubled. We also achieved a 6.8% gain in mathematics and 2.6% gain in English Language Arts on the federal AYP last year.
3.5 CELDT Testing: Kevin McGrath explained our largest group is L3 in which students seem to linger as the next level is a jump from social language skills to academic language skills. However, Stiern is successful in moving students out of L3. Student level is determined by the CELDT test.
3.6 Ron Glodoski: Julie Short explains Mr. Glodoski is a motivational speaker who will present a half-day staff development program entitled “Motivating Unmotivated Students” on October 4 if SSC approves use of Title 1 funds in the sum of $2,000 for his services. After brief discussion, Motion was made by James Howard to approve use of Title 1 funds in presenting Mr. Glodoski’s staff development program, seconded by Frank Black, and passed unanimously.
4.0 Reports:
4.1 DELAC: Rocio Vargas reports she hasn’t received any information from District regarding meeting dates. Our Alternative DELAC representative is Maria Ramirez.
5.0 Announcements: Booster Club involvement was discussed as well as School Site Council member training. Maria Perezarce announced Comprehensive Student Support (CSS) and Year End Report scores and advised of CSS program goals.
Next SSC meeting is October 8.
6.0 Adjournment: Motion was made by Hattie Ricks to adjourn the meeting at 3:45 p.m., seconded by Katie Irwin, and passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
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Michael Simpson, Chair
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Vanessa Camacho, Secretary
Walter Stiern School
School Site Council
October 8th, 2008
Agenda
1.0 Opening/Roll Call Michael Simpson
2.0 Minutes Michael Simpson
3.0 Old Business
3.1 Ron Glodowski Julie Short
4.0 New Business
4.1 Review/Revise Parent Involvement policy Kevin McGrath
4.2 CELDT testing Kevin McGrath
4.3 AVID field trip (USC) Heidi Rohrbach
4.4 Museum of Tolerance field trip Kendall Marshall
4.5 Budget update Kevin McGrath
4.6 Site plan/Emergency meeting Julie Short
4.7 Purchase Orders Kevin McGrath
4.8 School Business Julie Short
5.0 Reports:
5.1 DELAC Rocio Vargas
5.2 SB65 Report Maria Perez-Arce
6.0 Announcements Chairperson
School Dance Oct. 10th (Activity Day Schedule)
Harvest Festival Oct. 31st (Activity Day Schedule)
Parent Conferences Nov. 3rd-7th
Next SSC meeting November 10th (Monday!!!!)
7.0 Adjournment Chairperson
Walter Stiern School
School Site Council
September 10th, 2008
Agenda
Agenda Item Person Responsible
1.0 Opening/Roll Call Kevin McGrath
-Introductions
-Purpose of SSC/Discuss positions
-Vote in new officers
2.0 Minutes Chairperson
3.0 New Business
3.1 Review/Revise By-laws Kevin McGrath
3.2 Review/Revise Parent Involvement policy Kevin McGrath
3.3 Review/Revise School Compact Kevin McGrath
3.4 State Testing- API/AYP results Julie Short
3.5 CELDT testing Ana Rivera
3.6 Ron Glodowski Julie Short
4.0 Reports:
5.1 DELAC Maria Serrano
5.0 Announcements Chairperson
School Dance Oct. 11th (Activity Day Schedule)
Back to School Night Sept. 11th
- dinner
- Title 1 meeting
Booster meeting Sept. 17th
Next SSC meeting October 8th
6.0 Adjournment Chairperson
Walter Stiern Middle School
School Site Council Minutes
September 10, 2008
1.0 Opening/Roll Call: The meeting was called to order at 2:15 p.m. by Kevin McGrath. The meeting was held in the Walter Stiern Staff Meeting Room (102).
Members present: Miguel Banda, Vanessa Camacho, Ashley Cruz, Rocio Vargas, Barbara Bailey, Hattie Ricks, Frank Black, Katie Irwin, James Howard, Michael Simpson, Paula Urenda, Marcia Russell, and Julie Short.
Visitors/Guests: Jan Smith, Maria Perezarce, Gwenn Skaggs, Ana Rivera, Kevin McGrath, Irma Gomez, and Pat Witcher.
Introductions were made all around, and Mr. McGrath explained the purpose of School Site Council, the offices, quorum, and parliamentary procedures. Kevin called for nominations for the office of Chairperson. Barbara Bailey nominated Hattie Ricks, said nomination seconded by Julie Short. Julie Short nominated Michael Simpson, seconded by Kevin McGrath. Vote was taken by show of hands and Michael Simpson was declared Chairperson.
Mr. Simpson called for nominations for Vice Chair. Frank Black nominated Hattie Ricks, seconded by Julie Short. James Howard nominated himself, seconded by Barbara Bailey. Vote was taken by show of hands and Hattie Ricks was declared Vice Chair.
Mr. Simpson called for nominations for Secretary. Barbara Bailey nominated Marcia Russell, seconded by Hattie Ricks. James Howard nominated Vanessa Camacho, seconded by Julie Short. Vote was by show of hands, and Vanessa Camacho declared Secretary.
2.0 Minutes: The Minutes of the May 8, 2008 meeting were read. Julie Short noted that item 3.3 School Counselor, second paragraph, the word “Safe” should be omitted so as to read “Motion was made by Gabriella Gallegos to approve the hire of a School Counselor with High Priority grant funds…..” Motion was made by James Howard to approve the Minutes as corrected, seconded by Hattie Ricks, and passed unanimously.
3.0 New Business:
3.1 Review/Revise By-Laws: Kevin McGrath explained a change in the By-Laws made last year reducing membership to 16, and a quorum to 9. Article 3, Membership, Section 1b should reflect 4 parent members, and the typo will be corrected.
Barbara Bailey asked for an explanation of alternate members to which Kevin clarified that alternates must attend every meeting. After lengthy discussion, the following revisions to the By-Laws were agreed upon: Article 3 Membership, Section 1b “4 Student Members – Consisting of Student Body Officers and/or Student Body Room Representatives elected by their peers.” Section 1d under this same Article is to be eliminated. Section 3 Voting Rights is to read “Only elected council members shall have voting privileges.” Section 7 Vacancy is to read “Any vacancy on the council will be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by election.” Article 6 meetings and Amendments, Section 1b) is to read “No general meeting shall be held without a 72-hour notice by posting of Agenda. Emergency meetings can be held without a 72-hour notice.” Motion was made by Marcia Russell to accept the changes and revisions of the By-Laws as set forth above, seconded by Katie Irwin, and passed unanimously.
3.2 Review/Revise Parent Involvement Policy: Kevin McGrath referrers to the Walter Stiern’s Parent Involvement Plan provided to each member and guest. Julie Short instructs this Plan be sent to Translation, and it will be reviewed for revisions at our next meeting. Motion was made by Marcia Russell to table revisions of the Parent Involvement Policy until our October 8th meeting, seconded by Hattie Ricks, and passed unanimously.
3.3 Review/Revise School Compact: Kevin McGrath referrers to the Student/Family/School Compact provided to each member and guest. After a review and brief discussion, the following revision is suggested: Change seventh bullet under Parent/Guardian” section to read “make every effort to attend parent-teacher conference and other school events.” Motion was made by Julie Short to accept the compact with the revision noted above, seconded by Rocio Vargas, and passed unanimously.
3.4 State Testing – API/AYP Results: Julie Short announced Stiern made excellent growth in both our Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report and Academic Performance Index (API). Stiern had a 26 point gain in API school wide for the 2007-2008 school year while growth rates in the significant sub-groups nearly doubled. We also achieved a 6.8% gain in mathematics and 2.6% gain in English Language Arts on the federal AYP last year.
3.5 CELDT Testing: Kevin McGrath explained our largest group is L3 in which students seem to linger as the next level is a jump from social language skills to academic language skills. However, Stiern is successful in moving students out of L3. Student level is determined by the CELDT test.
3.6 Ron Glodoski: Julie Short explains Mr. Glodoski is a motivational speaker who will present a half-day staff development program entitle “Motivating Unmotivated Students” on October 4 if SSC approves use of Title 1 funds in the sum of $2,000 for his services. After brief discussion, Motion was made by James Howard to approve use of Title 1 funds in presenting Mr. Glodoski’s staff development program, seconded by Frank Black, and passed unanimously.
4.0 Reports:
4.1 DELAC: Rocio Vargas reports she hasn’t received any information from District regarding meeting dates. Our Alternative DELAC representative is Maria Ramirez.
5.0 Announcements: Booster Club involvement was discussed as well as School Site Council member training. Maria Perezarce announced Comprehensive Student Support (CSS) and Year End Report scores and advised of CSS program goals.
Next SSC meeting is October 8.
6.0 Adjournment: Motion was made by Hattie Ricks to adjourn the meeting at 3:45 p.m., seconded by Katie Irwin, and passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
______________________
Michael Simpson, Chair
_______________________
Vanessa Camacho, Secretary
Walter Stiern Middle School
School Site Minutes
May 8, 2008
1.0 Opening /Roll Call: The meeting was called to order at 11:41 a.m. by chair Barbara Bailey. The meeting was held in the Walter Stiern Staff Meeting Room (102).
Members present: Alejandra Garcilazo, Tina Zito, James Howard, Gabriella Salazar, Michael Avila, Vanessa Torres, Julie Short, Hattie Ricks, Emilia Park, Michael Simpson, Marcia Russell, Barbara Bailey, Paula Urenda, and Gabriela Gallegos.
Visitors/Guests: Jan Smith, Sunny Mueller, and Maria Perezarce
2.0 Minutes: The Minutes of the April 24, 2008 meeting were read. There being no corrections, Motion was made by Julie short to accept the Minutes as read, seconded by Alejandra Garcilazo, and passed unanimously.
3.0 New Business:
3.1 School Safety Plan: Due to the absence of Kevin McGrath, Barbara Bailey explained our need to vote on the Comprehensive School Safety Plan. Said Plan was previously discussed at our April 24, 2008 meeting, and sets forth possible and foreseeable emergencies and safety procedures and details of preparedness, response and recovery, as well as our discipline procedures. The Plan includes staff responsibilities for a variety of possible emergencies, including bomb threats, earthquakes, fire, hazardous materials, etc. Sunny Mueller, our Safe Schools Counselor, advised she held a meeting with all staff named in the Plan and discussed their roles and responsibilities. Motion was made by Michael Simpson to accept the Comprehensive School Safety Plan as previously discussed, seconded by Marcia Russell, and passed unanimously.
3.2 Parent Involvement Survey: Ms. Bailey asked parents present at this School Site Council meeting to complete the survey and return them to us today, after this meeting.
3.3 School Counselor: Ms. Short advised due to general fund budget cuts, the position of Safe Schools Counselor has been eliminated next year, and referred to the High Priority Grant Categorical Budget, a copy of which was provided to each member and guest present. Inasmuch as we did not hire an additional Academic Coach nor the fifth teacher position, that money (approximately $260,000) will roll-over into next year’s budget. As it now stands, our current budget HPSG will support a counselor position.
Sunny Mueller advised of the following statistics regarding the programs provided which increased grade point averages: 42.2% GPA increase in COST students; 59% GPA increase within the anger management counseling group; 21.6% GPA increase within the SIT/SST students; and 27.2% GPA increase within the students receiving individual counseling. Expulsions for the fiscal school decreased from 35 students in 06-07 school year, to 22 students in 07-08 school year, with a significant reduction in expulsions for violence offenses. Implementation of “Super Shark Awards” indicates 88.3% of our 6th grade population (316 students) received the Award; 48% of our 7th grade population (234 students) received the Award; and 31.3% of our 6th grade population (145 students) received the Award. There has also been a reduction in truancy notifications as follows: 66.4% of our students received some form of truancy notification in the 06-07 school year, with a reduction to 54.3% in this 07-08 school year. Motion was made by Gabriella Gallegos to approve the hire of a Safe School Counselor with High Priority grant funds, seconded by James Howard, and passed unanimously.
3.4 School Business: Ms. Short announced the cancellation of MayFest Carnival due to the numerous activities already on calendar, and suggested we work on providing a large September “Welcome Back” carnival.
4.0 Reports:
4.1 DELAC: Rocio Vargas was not present. No report given.
4.2 SB65 Parent Involvement: Maria Perezarce presented her report at the April 24, 2008 Council meeting. No update required.
5.0 Announcements: Ms. Bailey announced May 9 is an Activity Day schedule, with a dance and outside activities; May 27 - 8th grade award assembly; May 28 – 6th and 7th grade awards assemblies; May 29 – 8th grade graduation; and May 29 is the last day of school. It is a minimum day.
6.0 Adjournment: There being no further business, Motion to adjourn the meeting at 12:01 p.m. was made by Alejandra Garcilazo, seconded by Michael Avila, and passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
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Barbara Bailey, Chair
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Alejandra Garcilazo, Secretary
