MINUTES
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MEETING
May 5, 2004
- Call to order—5:08 pm
- Flag Salute
- A quorum was confirmed.
- Members in attendance were: Parents— Frank Moreno, Aurora Villon, Nellie Aguilar Students—Brandon Longoria
and Stephanie Mendez Classified Staff— Certificated Staff—James
Halley, Dawn Hughey, Manuel Cruz, Paulina Vega,
Marla Diaz Administration—Felicity Swerdlow ELAC—
- Members who sent regrets: Parents—Ron Beilke,
Dora Cabrera, Anthony Soltero, Roy Arroyo, ELAC--Emelda Hernandez,
Fernando Camarena Students—Veronica Arroyo and Maribel De Anda Classified
Staff—Vivian Martinez Certificated Staff— Carol Stella Administration—Charles Collings
- Visitors in attendance: Sue Schatz,
Alma Carr, Leticia Fonseca
- Minutes were approved
- Student Reports—
a. Prom was on May 1 and was well-attended
b. ASB elections were held
Brandon Longoria who has been
class president for the last three years won ASB President
c. Sacramento
trip went well
d. Cinco de
Mayo Carnival went extremely well—4 groups sold out
- DAC—nothing to report—no meeting
- Special Ed.—not represented
- Title 1—Nothing to report
- GATE—
- Began articulation process between
TEAM classes
- Received AP Challenge grant
- This Friday is the first AP European
History test
- AP Statistics was taken today
- 2 ½ times the number of students
are taking the AP tests as ever have before
- Administration
a. STAR
Testing begins May 11th
i. Staff
has been working with students to get them to take it seriously
ii. Every
1st period teacher received a roster of their students that contained
the scores for each student from 2002 and 2003
iii. Teachers
have volunteered to mentor students whose scores have dropped significantly
in the last year to give them guidance and make them feel connected outside
of their teachers. We ask them to bring their scores back up to where they
were or even to surpass those scores
iv. School
is providing lunch to students who have shown the 10% most growth from the
2002 test to the 2003 test
- Parent Project—
a. Parents’
Project grant was awarded
b. Aurora Villon was
commended for her presentation to the committee
- Sue Schatz—
- Regional director of After School Programs
- Program teaches classes that are disguised as other things (e.g., woodworking
class that teaches math)
- 21st Century Community Learning Center’s grant
i. some
components are aligned with NCLB Act
ii. money
ranges from $100,000 to $250,000 a year for 5 years
- suggests we do surveys with parents, students, teachers, and community
members
- School Site Council formally supports the school’s application for
the grant
- Tomorrow night is Parent Conference Night
- Scholarship Fundraising
- Someone from the council needs to talk to Julie Ellis about how to
set up a fundraiser through the Activities office (and Carolyn Martens?)
- Frank Moreno will donate $500
- A parent fund may need to be set up
- Scholarship Dessert is next month
- Project Fair is June 3rd
- Public Comment—
- There are traffic problems during the drop-off and pick-up times at
the school, and police officers and deans are standing around talking
while the students are in danger
- Drugs are intense on campus
- Student stayed home on an unofficial Senior Ditch Day; attendance did
not call parent for a month to verify the student’s absence
- Agenda—
- The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 2nd
- Meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m.