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Picadome
Elementary
SBDM Council Minutes
Special Called Meeting
August 25, 2003
3:15-5:15
The meeting was called to order at 3:24 by Darla Simms, council chair. Members present were: teachers-Kathy Cleary, Tammy Johnson and Bill McMakin; parent- Steve Stone. Jeff Mefford, the other parent, was absent.
Miss Simms asked council to rearrange the order of the agenda since the Day 4 staffing issue would require the most time. Council agreed.
I.
Approval of minutes from the August 20 Meeting
The minutes of the August 20 meeting were read and approved with changes.
IV. Budget-Purchases for library
The three new teachers do not have overhead projectors. Mrs. Sims, the media specialist requested that council purchase these. Council agreed by consensus to purchase the 3 projectors with money from the furniture/fixtures section of SCIF (School Council Instructional Funds) or the Activity fund.
III. Schedule
Council reviewed the prioritizing of scheduling needs. These were: 1) Team teaching common planning; 2) Every teacher has equitable daily planning; 3) special area schedule supports special education collaboration schedule; 4) 4th & 5th grades would not have Monday or Friday specials in their assessed areas, if possible, unless we can do a 5 day rotation; and 5) any teacher having more planning should be assigned additional duty to support the following needs: literacy, Practical Living/health; drama and dance, in that order. Council agreed that once the new schedule was made, assignment of additional staff time will be at the discretion of the principal following these guidelines.
II. Day 4 Staffing
Due to increased enrollment, Picadome is receiving 3 teachers (one in special education,) 1.5 assistants, and a .5 secretary/clerical aide from the district. Miss Simms said that council could convert the .5 office position to increase the 1.5 primary assistants to 2.0, but that additional help is needed in the office. Council agreed to leave this position as is and told Miss Simms to hire this person. There is a freeze on hiring in the other positions due to the need to place people from other schools where staff was cut after Day 4 adjustments.
While getting the additional teachers will alleviate the overcrowding in classes, we have a problem with space. Miss Simms gave council a list of options to address placement of the new classes. After some discussion, Miss Simms took council members on a walk through the building to see the rooms involved. Council agreed there was no easy solution, but, after lengthy discussion and considering all options, generated a plan. They proposed to move the class currently in room 200 to room 206, freeing room 200 for a new kindergarten class. The speech pathologist in room 206 would be given her choice of several rooms in the administration suite. Room 208 would receive additional second grade students to relieve overcrowding in an existing second grade classroom. This would take the teacher in 208 to 24 students, changing her from Smaller Class Size status and making it necessary to add an additional SCS teacher to complete the team. This person would share room 209 and have a K-1 class. This would accommodate the additional kindergarten students who need placing as well as relieving some overcrowding in an existing 1st grade.
Miss Simms will check with Mona Baker, director of the Early Start program, since the class to be moved from room 200 is an Early Start unit. Then the remaining moves can take place.
Meeting adjourned at 6:15 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Becky Boling
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