APPROVED
SCHOOL COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY,
September 4, 2012
CALL TO ORDER – 5:02pm
Present:
Rudyard Alcocer
Cheryl Anderson
Veronica Barnes
Kristi Cross
Angela Dunbar
Lynn Kerr
Joli Mauldin
Gretchen McCandless
Dan McGuire
Denise Robinson
Absent: Greta Massetti
INSPIRATION
– Gretchen McCandless
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES – The minutes of the August meeting were unanimously approved.
UPDATE FROM THE PTA PRESIDENT:
Jennifer Hatfield:
First Curriculum Night was well attended and ran smoothly. Second Curriculum Night will occur on
Thursday, 9/6/12. Book Fair was
successful.
EVANSDALE
FOUNDATION: Rachel Van Valkenburg
Eagle Trek - The PTA and the Foundation
joint fundraiser kicked off today.
Information packets to go out in Friday (9/7/12) Couriers.
Part time EIP teacher is now Full time
using Foundation funding
Town Hall Meeting will be held Tuesday
(9/11/12)
PRINCIPAL: Dan McGuire
Presented
Demographic information on Evansdale; made change to Economically Disadvantaged
number
Looking for
new custodian
Waiting to
hear from County if a new Kindergarten Teacher can be hired
Band is
being offered to 4th & 5th graders on Friday during
specials
Morning
tutorial starting for K – 5 at 7am will be offered twice a week from 7am – 745
Motion Made To Suspend
the Rules of Order to allow for Council to interact with guest speaker
Guest Speaker Dale
Bowen, Co-Founder of Evansdale Magnet gave brief history of the magnet
program. To summarize his report: In the early 1990’s, Evansdale’s student
population was very low. There were
approximately 280 children and 60-70 of that number came from other school
districts. Other changes were occurring
in Dekalb County as well such as transitioning to middle schools and Minority
to Majority. Mr. Bowen and a few others
wanted to protect Evansdale from closing.
Many neighborhood schools had been already closed due to low student
population. After researching a couple
different models, they presented a unique plan to the county. Evansdale would add one class per grade level
per year offering a Math/Science program to students outside of the
district. Creating this program allowed
Evansdale to be moved to the “top of the list” when it came to new textbooks
and technology were disbursed. French
was chosen as the language to offer as it would set the school apart from
Kittredge which offered German and be similar to the model established at
Snapfinger. PTA funds matched the
county funds in order to provide the same resources and opportunities to
children attending Evansdale but not in the Magnet program. County funds supported the enrichment within
the Magnet classes. Every effort was
made to decrease disparity between Magnet and Non-magnet classes.
Motion Made To Return
To Rules of Order
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
a.
Update head lice information – Angela Dunbar
presented a flyer regarding head lice. A
motion was made and seconded to disseminate in the Couriers in English and
Spanish and also send home upon outbreak within a classroom.
NEW BUSINESS:
a.
Proposal for Improved School Council
Communication Plan Document was presented.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the document as amended. (2
days as opposed to 20 days for typing of unapproved minutes)
b.
Proposal for Strategy for Review of Magnet
and Implementation of Changes Document was presented. A motion was made and seconded to approve as
stands.
c.
Dr. McGuire presented 2012-2013 School Goals
Document. This will be a good
communication tool by showing improvement and reaching attainable goals. He will present it to the BLT and CSIP (not
sure if I have this acronym correct?)
Agenda items for next
time: A) Unfinished Business: School Goals
B) New Business 1: Action Plan: School Improvement Plan; 2: Discussion on Magnet
Next
meeting is October 2.
Adjourned
6:15 pm
Respectfully
submitted,
Joli
Mauldin
Secretary
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