Nathan Hale Senate
Minutes for the November 14, 2006 Meeting
Nathan Hale Senate
Minutes for November 14, 2006
Location: Teacher’s Lunchroom
I. Approval of minutes (the following are amendments to the minutes of October 24)
A. ESIS
B. Motion to accept the new policy- passed
C. Friendly amendment was accepted
D. Leave off reference to last bullet
E. Changing of “fore” to “for”
. Amended and accepted
II. Old business
A. Decision making matrix
1. need to review every spring
2.motion- accept decision making matrix
3. two lines- school budget, asb budget
a. “D” moved to new asb budget
4. Approve (final say), recommend, decide
5. Movement for ASB to have a budget line
a. seconded
b. passed
B.
Academic honesty
1.Send out to staff to be shared with students, and all senate
C. Attendance Policy
1. What is wrong with the old one?
2. Only count IT as one? Don’t count it as double- only one absence
3. Attendance contracts
a. Attendance increased after this policy
b. ESIS new attendance system- adding something- more accurate, frequent?
4. parents reported by amount of absences- numbers not worse than years ago?
5. starting later affects sports and excused absences- losing participation points
a. does not count in the 10 absences to appeal
b. need to be well understood and applied by parents
6. separate attendance policy from other things
7. Vote on something next meeting?
8. Can ESIS report when there are 5, 10 absences
9. 90% dropped to 80%
10. Teachers have to report attendance twice
a. Computer program should do its job
b. Do not have time to notify students and parent
c. School is supposed to schedule conferences after 2 unexcused full day absences
11. Propose shooting for making a recommendation by the end of the meeting, bring it to departments and vote next meeting
12. Change “Everyday” to “Every Day”
13. How to notify students and parents after a certain amount of absences
14. Problems with auto-dialer and attendance office
a. Parents can only change unexcused absences to excused
b. Only one attendance secretary monitors attendance system and takes calls from parents, talks to teachers about field trips, etc.
c. Too many reports about attendance
15. Teacher initiates referral to administration and then student can sign contract
16. System does not tell teachers until a couple days later if absence is excused or not
17. Customize contracts for certain students – 1 student, 1 contract
18. Too many appeals
19. ESIS uploads attendance to the source
20. proposal 2 will be sent out to send to constituants
Movement to extend 10 minutes
1. Passed