Nathan Hale Senate Minutes 11/13/2007

 

 

Meeting came to order at 3:20; Majority in attendance.

 

I.                    I.                    Approval of Minutes

a.       a.       Motion called for approval of minutes as written; motion carried and minutes were approved.

 

II.                 II.                 Principal’s Report

a.       a.       Homework Help Center has been staffed. It will be in the LRC. Monday and Wednesday concentrates on reading and writing. Tuesday and Thursday will focus on Math.  Money has been approved to staff for science. There will announcements and fliers will be posted.  There was a request for fliers to be put in teacher’s boxes.  HHC will begin after the Thanksgiving Holiday.

b.      b.      Not part of this report but added by World Language Dept: there will be Spanish tutoring offered by Spanish teachers after school for 30 minutes. This will begin after the holiday.

c.       c.       The principal has been working with the Nathan Hale Foundation fundraising for the Annual Campaign.  The focus is on fulfilling our needs based on our choices of how we run our school in terms of personalization, collaboration and differentiation, etc.; looking at the outdated library collection, and technology. It is important that we honor our values as a community when asking for support.

 

III.               III.               Old Business

a.       a.       Stipends and money from over-enrollment

                                                                                       i.                                                                     i.      Student Funding Allocation Adjustment information was distributed. The stipend for the student store staff member is no longer requested. The responsibilities of the nurse were discussed. As of now, the nurse is full time based on student need.  Unless the student is absent the nurse must be on site. We remain considering stipends for CFG coaches and the webmaster. There is a new consideration of stipend for Leadership Class.

1.      1.      Motion to table conversation until we hear new business. Motion was carried.

b.      b.      Proposal to add 5 minutes to lunch schedule – removed

c.       c.       French Proposal – tabled

 

IV.              IV.              New Business

a.       a.       Urgent Budgeting Issues:  Counseling Office reports that we have a significant number of students with holes in schedules second semester.  They suggest adding .2 each of drama, ceramics, and science to add electives to the master schedule.  In addition, we have teachers who are overloaded.  These teachers are entitled to extra pay and possible relief. Core classes are filled. We need to consider small class size.  The master schedule needs to be looked at intentionally. Our plan must be clear and definitive involving our constituents.

 

4:15 Motion was made, and carried to extend the meeting ten minutes.

 

                                                                                       i.                                                                     i.      A Budget subcommittee was commissioned to meet to discuss the possibilities in more detail, get feedback from constituents and report back in an emergency Senate Meeting in one week, 11/27.

 

4:25 Meeting adjourned 4:25