The SAC/Management Team met Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 and determined through consensus that the meetings will be held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 4:00 in the Media Center.

There was additional discussion concerning the Teachers' Lounge and/or places to eat lunch. The current 3 options are the workroom (in which a telephone is being installed), the classroom portion of the vocational kitchen (there are bathrooms available adjoining the area) and the Custodial Lounge. Frank will see that staff has access to that area and the door will be unlocked from 11:30 to 1:15. Last spring the SAC/MT realized the necessity of turning the then existing Lounge into a classroom, as we have run out of space, and designated the above spaces as areas for staff use. Many staff eat in classrooms or in offices, but some, such as our nurses, do need to get away from their areas. Other areas that were considered as possibilities for eating were : the back of the gym, behind the p.e. offices and the storage portable, which has no bathroom facilities and is full of items designated for the Hurricane Shelter by the Red Cross. Mrs. Komara DID ask for an additional portable, which was denied. Another suggestion made yesterday was that we move the drink and candy machines to the stage and that the curtains be pulled, creating some privacy there. The SAC/MTwould like to invite anyone who would like to make an additional suggestion or comment to place it anonymously in a "Suggestion" box that we plan to house in the Media Center. Mr. Niederpruem and Mrs. Komara will check the box each Friday for staff suggestions or concerns and will take these to SAC/Management. If you have suggestions for the Lounge, we would appreciate those by the end of next week so that they can be discussed in the September SAC/MT meeting.

SAC/Management By-laws need to be updated and were distributed. Because of several concerns regarding composition of the Team (we currently have 9 members and may expand to 11), we are asking for parents who are interested in serving to contact Susan Lomas or the office. If more than one parent volunteers, we will have a parent ballot. The problem with 9 members is that 5 of them must be non-school personnel, and we are unable to make this work because our PTSO President is and has frequently also been a staff member. Currently, we have 1 Union representative ( the senior rep, now Dave NIederpruem), 1 Classified representative (elected by the classified staff; Kathleen Powers is currently in that position), 1 Instructional representative (currently Sharon Woerner), and Jan. Terri Chivington is both a staff member AND a parent and has to be included in both categories. The parent reps now are Susan Lomas, Beverly Fox and Mary Byrd. Our business reps are Aundria Shootes (the Food Bank) and Tim Carney (Sheriff's department). The addition of one more parent or business rep is necessary for the state's rule that there have to be more non-school members than school-based. In the by-laws, we are also looking to change the way that the teacher rep. is selected. Formerly, the selection was made by the Team Leaders, but we would like for the teachers to do their selection as the classified staff does. If you are interested in serving a two year term, please give your name to Dave Niederpruem by next Wednesday and we will have a ballot. Sharon is still interested and will also be on the ballot.

We also discussed the School Plan (SPFE). This year we must complete a 5 year strategic plan. We are working to have the plan fit with District goals, the new alternative assessment data and to meet individual team needs. Susan Lomas and Jan Komara will draft a plan and bring it back to the SAC/MT for discussion.

We decided that our Back to School/ Parent Education meetings would be in October and February (all instructional staff need to plan to attend). The October 14th session will be about Literacy and the one in February will be on Assessment. More information will follow through the Team Leaders.