Lakeview Elementary SAC/SDMT Meeting

August 18, 2005

Members Present:

Jeanne Stover, Polly Zoppe, Linda Wilson, Geoff Gibbs, Dan Barnes, Andrea Tonitis, Khizran Usman, Donna Weber, Debbie Truitt, William Harrer, Melissa Bush, Marian Behrman, Mary Powell, Blair Norris, Christine Falconer, Virginia Charlotte, Joan Bower, Barb Bornstein, Veronica Genta, Kyle Lundquist, Sandy Sontag.

Member Absent:

Sue Hlohenic

A special meeting of the School Advisory/Shared Decision Making Committee was called to discuss staffing changes that may occur because the student projection for Lakeview for the 2005-2006 school year was 915 students. Currently there are 832 students enrolled. That leaves a difference of 83 students. Principal Joan Bower informed the committee that because of the shortage of students she presumes that we will probably lose 3-4 teaching units.

Lakeview has rollover funds of $176,300. These funds have been saved over several years. We may use these funds for salaries, contracted services, temporary duty, or extra duty. Last year, 2004-2005, Lakeview used $33,515, so at least that amount should remain in our balance. The 2004-2005 budget for Lakeview from the county was $66,695 less than SAC/SDMT decided to spend. We had to dip into the rollover funds to make up the difference.

The following suggestions were made before the meeting:

1) A 6-day specials’ rotation would eliminate 1 PE teacher.

2) Keep the 7-day specials’ rotation, thus taking away 1 PE teacher, while adding guidance or media, guidance/DARE, or guidance/media to the “wheel”.

Ms. Bower informed the SAC/SDMT committee that Robin Marinelli, Director of Student Services at the Landings, contacted her regarding the suggestion to put guidance on the “wheel”. Ms. Marinelli said that the Landings “doesn’t support guidance on the ‘wheel’”. Ms. Bower also reminded the SAC/SDMT committee that if guidance was on the “wheel”, we would have to hire a substitute for the days that the guidance counselors were meeting with CARE, at district meetings, and facilitating IAT.

Several other suggestions for the “wheel” were to have media with book checkout/instruction, science lab, fitness, grades K-4 have a 6-day “wheel” and only grade 5 have a 7-day “wheel” which would include guidance.

Students per class for a 6-day “wheel”:

Kindergarten = 20

First Grade = 19-20

Second Grade = 23-24

Third Grade = 22

Fourth Grade = 23

Fifth Grade = 30

Students per class for a 7-day “wheel” (now):

Kindergarten = 19.8

First Grade = 19.3

Second Grade = 18.7

Third Grade = 18.6

Fourth Grade = 21.3

Fifth Grade = 22.3

Conclusions:

Only grade 5 would have a 7-day rotation on the “wheel”. They would have guidance on the seventh day. Ms. Bower felt that the Landings would approve guidance on the “wheel” for 40 minutes a day. The other specials’ classes would have a 6-day rotation. This would eliminate one PE unit. The Kindergarten unit that has not been filled would not be filled. This would eliminate another unit. It was also agreed upon that we would use part of the $176,300 rollover funds to pay back the district for the remaining 1or 2 units. Ms. Bower will know our financial standing after her meeting with district personnel on Friday, August 26, 2005.

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Sontag, Acting Recording Secretary