Meeting opened at 3:15 PM

Majority was in attendance

1) 1) Approval of Minutes

a) a) Minutes Amended - Section 2. c. Principal will send a survey to staff to determine preference for morning or afternoon Staff Meetings.

b) b) Motion was called for approval of minutes; motion carried and minutes were approved.

2) 2) Principal’s Report

a) a) Master Schedule – We need to track our data. It is necessary to know what is working and what we would like to change especially in 11^th and 12^th grade. Gather as much real information as possible. It is possible that our budget (with the adjustment from Oct. 1) will allow us to possibly make adjustments second semester. One suggestion is to add teachers to balance the schedule. Also, is it feasible to block the 11^th and 12^th grade next year? We have done a lot of work in the lower house and we need to look at the upper house similarly.

i) i) Data gathering could be class size, examining benefits of blocking with our eye towards our core goals.

3) 3) Old Business

a) a) Report from the Professional Development (PD)Committee

i) i) The Professional Development Calendar for late start upper and lower house teams/departments/inter-disciplinary teams, CFGs and staff meetings was presented. The principal will send this to staff electronically.

ii) ii) CFGs and professional development opportunities for the building should be voted on annually.

iii) iii) Discussion ensued regarding attendance at CFGs. There is some concern regarding the integrity of CFG in circumstances where individuals only participate during contract time. An emphasis was placed on the fidelity of CFGs as the format for or community to improve our practice. The principal owned the responsibility to hold staff accountable for PD.

iv) iv) The Professional Development subcommittee will evaluate CFGs and other opportunities for PD. The staff will determine the plan for next year in the spring.

b) b) CFG

i) i) Discussion ensued regarding participation of all staff at CFGs. Contracts obligate staff to have professional development. Those who choose to have alternate PD should work directly with the principal.

ii) ii) A friendly amendment was accepted to change the language of the CFG calendar to read, “All staff members are invited to be in a CFG.”

iii) iii) A motion was called and seconded to accept the CFG calendar. The motion carried.

c) c) Progress Reports and Quarter Grades

i) i) The cost for printing/envelopes/time for processing approximately 1400-1500 pieces of mail is about $768.00. Total cost for the mailings would be around $2500.00.

ii) ii) A friendly amendment was accepted to add 5 week progress reports given to Mentorship teachers.

iii) iii) Interviews with students and parents indicated that the majority wished to have a hard copy of grades. Many teachers did not know that quarter grades were not mailed. It was pointed out that the use of so much paper was not tree friendly; families should be able to use the Source to access grades and be reminded through auto-dialer. There are issues with many families not using the Source for many reasons (e.g. access, language barriers, skill.)

[Motion was called/passed to extend the meeting ten minutes]

iv) iv) A motion was called and seconded to accept the proposal as amended. The motion carried.

4) 4) New Business [motion was made to extend the meeting five minutes / seconded and carried.]

a) a) Consideration of funding a full time nurse. If the nurse position is only funded .7 FTE do we want to fund the additional .3? Discussion determined that we do not have enough information at this time to have the conversation on the table. Determination of expenditures for funds which may come to the building need to be prioritized when facts are available.

b) b) The following will be on the table next meeting:

i) i) Daily schedule – 30 minute lunch

ii) ii) Reading period

iii) iii) Stipend for CFG coaches

5) 5) The meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM