March 15

Picadome Elementary

SBDM Meeting

March 15, 2007

The Picadome School Community is committed to all students becoming lifelong learners through academic success and responsible citizenship.

The meeting was called to order at 3:27.

Members present: Stacey Davis, Darla Simms, Ricki Rosenberg, Steve Stone, and Kathy Cleary   Members absent:  Bill McMakin, Jeff Mefford. Visitors:  Juaacklyn Cunningham

I.                    The meeting minutes from the February 15 SBDM meeting were reviewed and approved.

             After reviewing today’s meeting agenda, it was agreed that ESS would be

             added to the agenda.

II.                 Budget

                  A. SCIF

                              Ms Simms reviewed SCIF budget with council members. Council                                  discussed encumbered funds in Library/Furniture & Fixtures. Ms Ballard,                                Bookkeeper, is checking with IAKSS to determine the status of the bill for                        recent   purchase of televisions. This will be clarified at the next council                                    meeting.

B.     Activity Fund

            Council reviewed Activity Fund.

III.               Information Items

A.     Enrollment for fall: Ms Simms reported that 65 students have pre-enrolled for Kindergarten for the 07-08 school year. The cap will be 96. Additionally 11 students in other grade levels also pre-enrolled.

B.     Student Achievement

     Council reviewed the data and were reminded that the Fall PAS tested         previous grade level skills but the Winter PAS tested current grade level skills.

                     Learning Checks

Ms Simms reported that we are still not seeing the desired progress for our   low-SES students. There is still a large gap between low-SES and non-low students. We will continue to implement instructional strategies to close this gap.

C.     ESS

 Ms Cunningham reported that transportation continues to be a  problem for ESS. There is not enough money to pay for transportation.  We are having difficulty having students picked  up on time. One option is to have ESS once a week for 2 hours which would make it easier for parents to pick the children up after work.

Some students are working on both reading and math during ESS instruction. SuccessMaker is also being used during ESS. Ms Cunningham suggested that in the future we might choose one subject for each student to focus on in ESS (reading OR math). She noted that she and Mr. Cooper will be ordering some new materials

for ESS.

D.     SBDM training

 Ms Simms reminded council that all members must have training. Members who have not been trained this year will be given the link for online training.

IV.              Action Items

            A.              07-08 Staffing

                              Picadome was allocated 17 Primary (K-3) classroom teachers, and                               8 Intermediate (4-5) classroom teachers.

                              Picadome was allocated 3 special education teachers for next year.

 We were allocated 4.5 discretionary teacher positions for next  year. We currently have art, music, PE and science lab. Council agreed that we need to keep full time art, music, PE and science lab teachers for next year, which leaves a .5 position.  We now qualify for 3 secretary/clerical positions instead of 2.5. Ms Simms suggested that we might opt to have the third position  funded at .8 or .9 and then use the remainder to put toward purchase of an additional teacher position. Council agreed that the third position will be funded at a part time .8. In addition, council agreed to convert to cash the money for the 1.0 classified SAFE position. We have 11 instructional assistants for next year and 4 paraeducators for special education. Ms Simms recommended that we hire one instructional assistant for the Intermediate grades and a Primary reading/writing specialist. These decisions will be made at the next meeting. After lengthy discussion, council agreed to fund the following  positions: a .5 writing specialist and a .8 micro-computer specialist. Decisions regarding the remainder of the staffing budget will also be made at the next meeting.

B.     07-08 Budget

               Ms Simms reported that the allocation for 07-08 SCIF funds is $71,750.21. The professional development (PD) allocation is $8,018.73. Council discussed SCIF Budget for 07-08 and approved the budget—see  attached budget form.

V.                 Public Comment

                  None

VI.              Professional Development

                  No additional PD requests.

Suggested April agenda: Budget and School Improvement Plan.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:42.

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