August 8

Picadome SBDM Minutes

August 8, 2002

 The Picadome School Community is committed to all students attaining the highest levels of academic achievement and responsible citizenship through equitable opportunities in becoming lifelong learners.

The meeting was called to order at 3:15 by the chair, Darla Simms.

Members present: Juaacklyn Cunningham and Tammy Johnson (teachers) and parent Tammy Lynch. Absent: parent Jeff Mefford. The minutes of the July 24, 2002 meeting were approved with corrections.

 Information items

 Schedule: Council listed its priorities for scheduling. 1. Special education schedules 2. Daily planning for all classroom teachers 3. Collaborative planning for teams 4. Accommodating science .2 positions.

 Hiring Policy: Tammy Johnson has worked on hiring policy. This was distributed to members. Council will review policy and be prepared to discuss it at the September meeting.

 Staffing update: Darla Simms updated council. Pam White has been hired for the art position; Donna Gess has been hired for the 2/3 primary position. An in-school transfer moves Ms. Boling to 1^st grade; Ms. Simms is still working on special education para-professional and .5 custodial positions.

 Disaggregated data: Council will review the disaggregated data from our Spring district-mandated assessment. Ms. Simms reported that our largest gap is in the socio-economic area (see attached); This continues to be an area of concern and council will continue to address this throughout the year.

 Senate Bill 168: Ms. Simms gave council a summary of the bill; members are to read this and be prepared to discuss at September meeting. There is pressure on SBDM councils to assure that the achievement gap is closed; Ms. Simms reviewed the timeline. Revisions to our Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (formerly the Consolidated Plan) will be based on data analysis. Our revised plan is due in February 2003.

 ACTION ITEMS

 Kindergarten Progress Report: Betty-Ann Scott gave council draft copies of new Kindergarten Progress Report. Council compared this with current Progress Report. After discussion, changes were suggested in the area of science and social studies. Ms. Simms suggested that Lisa Stone review the new document.  Council agrees that the comment area must be on the Progress Report.  The draft was approved with whatever suggestions Lisa Stone makes.

 Student Placement policy: Council reviewed the policy. After discussion concerning placement of family members in the same class, Council agreed this statement could be omitted since student placement is at the discretion of the principal.

 Meeting time: Since the Board has added ten minutes to the instructional day, our students aren’t dismissed until 2:50, so the SBDM meeting time will change from 3:00 to 3:15.

 Work session: Ms. Simms stated the need to schedule a true work session to work on by-laws. Since council members are not required to serve on committees, they will work with Ms. Simms  during committee meeting times to accomplish this.

 Agenda:

Budget

Hiring policy

Senate Bill 168

Staffing update

Committee charges

Disaggregated data -CTBS

 Meeting adjourned 4:45.

       Respectfully submitted,

         Rebecca Boling