MINUTES
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING
September 15, 2004
i. Brenda Rangel is 11th grade dean
ii. Priscilla Linares is AP of Curriculum
iii. Chuck Collings is AP of Guidance
iv. Ron Westin is 11th grade dean
i. Primary reason for these changes is the extraordinarily large number of students on campus this year
i. Official API score comes at the end of October
h. New Business—As a result of the last Bond election, ER will receive $2.8 million. We will not have that kind of money again. ER would like and needs:
1. a bare bones gym. Consensus from the Council is needed. (Monetary numbers are not currently available because approval from the Council must be gained before talking to the architects. The gym would be located along Loch Alene. It would be 1 full basketball court long and 3 courts side-by-side wide. The back of the gym would be the wrestler’s room. The mats would be stored in the ceiling so that the room could also be used for the yell leaders, dancers, etc. There will be a girls’ and a boys’ restroom and one janitors’ closet.
2. replace existing fencing with wrought iron in order to dress up the campus and make it look less institutionalized
3. Put hardware on every door and add I more handicapped restroom to comply with the Americans wth Disabilities Act
i. Responses:
ii. Ron Beilke expressed additional concern about the current congestion and danger along the west access road—suggested widening it and putting in gates
iii. Frank Moreno agreed that it was terrifying trying to get through there during high volume times. Added that the maintenance cost of wrought iron fencing tends to be high. Inquired about perhaps getting a safety/homeland security grant.
iv. Aurora Villon expressed concern about whether there were enough classrooms on campus—we learned that there are only 2 teachers who must travel from classroom to classroom, and that while we lost 8 portables, we built 7 new classrooms
i. API—schools must show 5% gain per year; ERHS had to grow by 9 points with a score of 630—preliminary figures show that this growth has been made
ii. AYP—No Child Left Behind demands that schools meet 4 criteria
1. Participation Rate overall of 95%
a. In math, we had 99%
b. In ELA, we had 98%
2. Proficiency Math 9.6% ELA 11.2%
ER 28.8% 33.7%
3. Minimum API score of 560 or a growth of 1 point
ER API 630 Growth 9 points
4. Graduation Rate 82.9%
ER 93.4%
iii. Counselors and deans worked very hard to account for every student who passed through ER because any student not accounted for must be labeled dropout. Only 9 students last year went unaccounted for.
i. Improve the quality of classroom instruction
ii. Maintain high expectations of all students
a. Tuesday, 9/7 was the 10th-12th grade assemblies
b. Friday, 9/10 was the Welcome Back assembly
c. Monday, 9/13 was Freshman Orientation
d. Friday, 9/17 will be a minimum day because of Back-to-School Night on Thursday, 9/16