Minutes

March 20, 2006

MEMBERS Present: Bruce Andersen, Peter Straw, Regina Stinson, Roland Piccone, Javier Brito, Louis Maltaghati, Scott Moore, Terrie Minter, Justin Thompson, Bill Glueck, Jon Voege, Ed Devine, William Costello

MEMBERS Absent: Vincente Medina, George McGonagill, Jerome Greenstein, Harriette Laronge, Greg Leicht

GUESTS Present: Johnny Hunter

GUESTS Present:

I. Welcome

Peter Straw called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. He welcomed the group.

A motion by Regina, seconded by Javier, approved the minutes.

II. Director’s Report

· Enrollment Summary: Adult technical enrollment increased. Roland suggested a rolling average of the last twelve months for comparison.

· Budget: There is no information and no time schedule.

IIl. Old Business

· Technical High School: There was a presentation to the School Board on February 14. With the passing of the referendum, the planning should go forward. Building could be done in several phases.

· The Council reviewed the written progress report from Carol Darling. The money for the revision will be from the 06-07 budget.

· Subcommittee Report: The committee met on February 28: The individuals participating included representatives from Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Louis Maltaghati, Harlean Satin, Bruce Andersen and Terrie Minter. The committee discussed the health community training needs and determined a need for additional training in the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) area. A custom CNA training program will be scheduled over the summer months using Springwood as the clinical site.

· There was a meeting today with the City of Sarasota to forge a plan to offer GED preparation instruction onsite at their location.

· Bill Costello indicated a need for coordination with EMT so that fire departments do not overlap each other.

IV. New Business

School Improvement Plan has a core element for staff development. The second part of Rigor and Relevance was offered on March 17. Gold seal lessons were used to develop new lessons and they were discussed. Feedback will be sought from the teachers. 65-70 people attended. Roland suggested a better day of the week and a non-holiday for the sessions next year. The session will be repeated on weeknights.

Changing demographics in the school district resulted in a drop in growth this year. 1500 new students were expected, but only 500 enrolled. SCTI’s adult ESOL population is decreasing, down 12% in the last two years. The Adult High School is down 63% over the last two years. These statistics will impact planning. Louis would like to compare statistics to Manatee County.

V. Other

Carolyn Haworth, Mote Marine, and Mickey Anderson, Cortez Heating, have resigned. Two representatives are needed to replace them.

Johnny Hunter suggested Calvin Bryant for membership, to whom Bruce and Peter will speak before the next meeting.

Roland suggested that the Chamber of Commerce might ask membership for interested parties, through their newsletter.

Bill Costello reported on the RFP for the Beneva Road Burn Building. Planning continues on a joint training facility at Knights Trail Park; the proposed ten classrooms are not sufficient to meet current and future training needs. At this time, the School Board has not formally committed to participate at the Knights Trail site; Bruce will check on the status of the Board’s commitment.

VI. SDMT

Safety issues were discussed.
Emergency protocol was discussed.
Both are being investigated for the next meeting.
Upcoming Events:

i. Wall of Fame April 18

ii. Senior Recognition Event May 8

iii. National Technical Honor Society May 2

iv. Your Success Expo July 11

The next meeting will be April 10 at 5:30 pm.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm by a motion by Regina, seconded by Bill. It passed unanimously.

The Sarasota County Technical Institute provides quality technical education to meet workforce development and community needs.