July 2

    SBDM Minutes

July 2, 2002

 The Picadome School community is committed to all students becoming life long learners through academic success and responsible citizenship.

 The meeting was called to order at 6:08 by chair Darla Simms.  Members present:  teachers: Juaacklyn Cunningham, Tammy Johnson, Christina Qualls; parent:  Jeff Mefford.  Member absent:  parent:  Tammy Lynch.  The minutes of the June 13 meeting were read and approved with minor changes.  Miss Simms welcomed new members Christina Qualls and Jeff Mefford to the council.

 Budget

            Miss Simms reviewed the responsibility of the SBDM council in overseeing the SCIF (School Council Instructional Funds) budget throughout the school year.  There have been no changes since the last meeting.  (see June 13 meeting minutes). 

 Information Items

            Miss Simms reviewed with council members the mandated state training for SBDM members.  The next training provided by Fayette County Public Schools will be July 9 for experienced members.  Our membership in KASC (Kentucky Association of School Councils) has been renewed.  KASC does offer training to members however the summer training dates they offer take place in other counties.  Miss Simms will let Mr. Mefford and Mrs. Qualls know when Fayette County schedules more SBDM training for new members.

             Miss Simms updated council on hiring for the 2002-2003 school year. She is currently setting up interviews for the primary assistant and .5 primary assistant positions, the art teacher, and the first grade teacher.  (These positions have been posted by Fayette County.)  The interview for the .5 custodian position will take place after that position has been posted for a month.

 Action Items

            Council members discussed convenient times and dates for SBDM meetings for the 2002-2003 school year.  The meetings were scheduled for 6:00 p.m. during the 2001-2002 school year so that more parents would be able to attend however parent attendance at SBDM meetings did not increase with the time change.  Mr. Mefford reported that afternoon meetings were actually better for him since he gets off from work at 2:00 and will be picking up his daughter at Picadome at 2:50.  Council decided to schedule meetings for 3:00 p.m.  Thursdays were best for all council members.  SBDM meeting schedule for the 2002-2003 school year:

                 July 24, 2002                             January 9, 2003

August 8, 2002                             February 13, 2003

September 12, 2002                        March 13, 2003

October 10, 2002                          April 17, 2003

November 14, 2002                        May 8, 2003

December 12, 2002                         June 5, 2003

              Mrs. Moore has made the corrections to the Technology Access Policy recommended by council at the June 13 meeting.  This policy was approved by council at the June 13 meeting and will be used for the 2002-2003 school year.  (see attached)

              Council again discussed the Hiring and Consultation Policy recommended by the Budget and Personnel Committee at the May 16 meeting (see minutes from May 16 and June 13) but were unable to finalize the policy.  Council asked Miss Simms to continue following the previous policy, as she did tonight by updating/consulting with council concerning interviewing/hiring personnel for the 2002-2003 school year, until further decisions/revisions are made on this policy. 

              Council recommends that the student achievement intervention sheet be shared with staff for input and review at the first staff meeting.  Staff will be asked for additional specific interventions in both reading and math.

  Work Session

            Mrs. Johnson shared the job description for the reading teacher position.  This is a revision of the Reading Specialist job description Mrs. Linton had presented to SBDM when this was a full time position rather than a half time position.  Council members would like this to be reviewed by Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Isaacs then brought back to SBDM. 

            The Science teacher job description was discussed.  Council fills this should include instruction in the Core Content and discussed in grade levels to decide what is taught in the classroom and what is taught in by the science lab teachers.  This should be done at the beginning of the school year-perhaps on the August 15 professional development day while staff is working on aligning the social studies curriculum, the three science lab teachers could work on the science curriculum.  Council feels it is imperative that both classroom teachers and science lab teachers have an understanding of who is to teach what in the science curriculum so that the entire curriculum is covered.

    Items to be considered for the agenda of the July 24 SBDM meeting:

·         Budget

·         Schedule for special area classes

·         Hiring and Consultation Policy

·         Dates and timeline for grading periods of both intermediate and primary students

·         Reporting progress for the third/fourth grade classes

  The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

    Respectfully submitted,

  Darla Simms