SBDM Council Minutes

September 17, 2003

3:15-5:15

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 by Darla Simms, council chair at 3:28 PM. Members present were: teachers- Tammy Johnson, Bill McMakin, and Kathy Cleary; parent- Steve Stone.  Jeff Mefford, parent member,  was absent. Others present were: Pam Sims, Debbie Bodkin, Melody Bourne, Brenda Smith and Erin Thomas.

  I.                    Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the August 25 and August 28 Special Called Meetings  were read and approved with changes.

             Miss Simms asked council to change the order of the agenda to allow two teachers to address the council.

II            Budget

There was no budget printout due to a problem with the MUNIS program statewide.

Debbie Bodkin addressed council concerning the science budget (see attached) The $1.30 per student, which equals

$715, was approved by consensus. She presented a “wish list” (see attached) which was also approved  by consensus.

  III.             Information Items           

             A.     ESS Day time Program Proposal:  Brenda Smith explained that in order to use ESS money during the school day, we must apply for a “day waiver.”  The day program must be in conjunction with either an after school or summer ESS program. Mrs. Smith asked if council would agree for her to draft a proposal for a day waiver. This was approved by consensus.

            B.     Plan for revising the Primary Progress Report:  It was decided that primary teachers could begin doing this in grade level meetings along with curriculum mapping. Continuous progress and authentic assessment should be considered when designing the progress report.      

 

             C.     Configuration of Primary Classrooms: Miss Simms presented configuration of primary classrooms based on Day 4 staffing adjustments and enrollment at each level. Council approved by consensus.

                       

            D.     Update on use of space for new kindergarten classes-Miss Simms reported to council the classroom moves that were made due to increased enrollment and Day 4 staffing changes.  All decisions were made based on the number of students involved and support for implementing instructional programs.  

          

  IV.               Action Items

            A.     Hiring and Consultation: Consultation occurred for the filling of the custodial vacancies.  Mary Hammonds has been hired as a full time custodian and Cathy Hart has been hired as the .5 custodian. Consultation occurred for the filling of the Kindergarten vacancies. Laura Albrecht and Allyssa Hall have been hired as kindergarten teachers. Consultation occurred for the filling of the special education assistant vacancy. Michelle Vicini is the new special education assistant. The interview committee is still interviewing for the special education teacher. The clerical/secretary position is still vacant. Picadome received 1.5         additional assistants. The 1.0 is an Early Start assistant: Latonya Russell was placed at Picadome by the district as an involuntary transfer due to Day 4 staff reductions at other schools. The other is a .5 primary assistant:  Angela Hitch was placed by the district and is shared with James Lane Allen.

        B.     Special Area Schedule

Pam Sims addressed council concerning the library time on the special area schedule.  Council reflected on the reason the 55 minute schedule was approved initially. The reason we approved a 55 minute schedule was to accommodate the Smaller Class Size teams whose students were divided to attend special classes. (Documented in June 26 minutes) Miss Simms presented a written anonymous proposal from an individual on staff concerning this issue. A compromise was suggested. It was recommended that Library time be moved back to 40 minutes for all except the Smaller Class Size teams.

       C.     Professional Leave Requests: Requests were approved for Beth Isaacs,Desiree Church, Ricki Rosenberg and Beth Wells.

 

        D.     Committee Assignments- Miss Simms was given approval to assign staff members to committees.

 

        E.      Committee By-Laws- Since Picadome needs committee by-laws, Miss Simms suggested that a committee be formed to write these. She suggested the Curriculum Specialists serve on this committee.

V.                 Work Session

SBDM Council By-Laws will be placed on October 15 agenda.

The meeting adjourned at 5:44 PM.  

 

      Respectfully submitted,

 Becky Boling

ESS will also be place on next month’s agenda.