Lamarque Elementary School

School Advisory Council Meeting Minutes

Thursday, September 28, 2006

3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Members Present: Sally Mancheno (Principal), D’Arcy Dennis, Don Knoepfle, Desiree Miller, Kristin Cawthorne, Anniese Curley, Karynne Muncy, Jenness DeBruler, Yasmin Rodriguez, Carla Johnson, Carolyn Lax, Connie Lightfoot, Michael O’Brien, Patricia Robison, Scott Bussell

Non-Members Present: Nina Schwartz

Mrs. Mancheno called the meeting to order at 3:45 p.m.

New Business:

Introductions / Roles & Responsibilities

Each S.A.C. representative introduced themselves. A discussion focusing on the role of S.A.C. members ensued with the following points made from the Operational Guidelines:

S.A.C. members shall:

· Assist in the development of the school improvement plan and provide recommendations on any modifications that may need to be made.

· Monitor and review the students’ and school’s progress in attaining the goals specified in the school improvement plan.

· Provide input on the school’s annual budget.

· Prepare and distribute information to the public to report the status of the school improvement plan.

Mrs. Mancheno explained how the membership of the School Advisory Council was comprised.

The School Advisory Council Operational Guidelines were approved by the S.A.C. members.

School Improvement Plan

· Each subject area goal in the 2006-2007 School Improvement Plan was reviewed.

· Mrs. Mancheno explained that there is no baseline data since this is our first year in operation at Lamarque.

· Mrs. Mancheno and Nina Schwartz, the data coach, explained how fluency scores, SRI, DIBELS, Waterford and Successmaker will be used to assess and review student progress. That data will then be interpreted in Collaborative Planning teams and used to form instruction for each child.

· The use of technology will be used to engage students and help reach the School Improvement Plan goals for 2006-2007.

· Lewis Writing and McREL strategies will be used to achieve the School Improvement goals and form the professional development budget.

· Professional Development budget was reviewed and approved by S.A.C. members.

S. A. C. Officers

Mrs. Mancheno discussed the need to elect three positions for the School Advisory Council. The positions are the chairperson, the vice-chair, and the secretary.

The chairperson conducts the meetings and meets with the principal to set the agenda.

The vice-chair takes over when the chairperson is not available.

The secretary types up the minutes of the meetings and keeps a binder with a hard copy of all minutes.

D’Arcy Denis nominated Tish Yarish for chairperson which was approved by S.A.C. members.

D’Arcy Denis volunteered as vice-chair and was approved by S.A.C. members.

Carla Johnson volunteered as secretary and was approved by S.A.C. members.

Close of S.A.C. meeting

Mrs. Mancheno closed meeting. Next scheduled meeting to occur October 10, 2006.

Respectfully submitted by

Carla Y. Johnson

Recording Secretary