Connecting Waters Charter School

12420 Bentley Street

Waterford, CA 95386

    

Parent Council Meeting

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

 

ADOPTED MINUTES

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 6:38 pm, at the Moon School Cafeteria, 319 N. Reinway Ave., Waterford, CA. by Ron Mayo, Council President.

 

2. Pledge of Allegiance

 

3. Approval of Agenda

Angela Yee motioned to approve the agenda and add the addendum, to vote in another council member, in order to fill the vacant council position. It was seconded by Denise Lindvall. There was a unanimous vote to approve the agenda and the addendum.

 

4. Roll Call

The parent council members present were, Lisa Avila, Mary Ayala, Sharyle Bloudoff, Michelle Brooks, Darin Buttram, Caroline Elness, Heather Gilchrist, Laura Harker, Kathy Jaworski, Bonnie Johansson, Blake LeBaron, Denise Lindvall, Ron Mayo, Ronda Melendez, Joannie Netzler, Melanie Oneth, Holly Sink, Cynthia Soine, Eva Stice, Tina Troglione, Toni Wirkkala, and Angela Yee.

Absent parent council members were Kathy Bowman, April Cavanaugh, Kim Lewis, Laura Ortega, Deborah Partin, Sakinah Sabri and Michelle Sicari.

 

5. Election of Officers / Committee Members

1.  Bonnie Johanson was elected for Council Treasurer, moveed by Caroline Elness and seconded by Mary Ayala.  This member will be responsible to do fundraiser reports for the Parent Council meetings and come to the Waterford office and prepare deposits. 

 

Holly Sink was asked to fill the vacant council position. She previously completed a term that was unable to be fulfilled by another member.  This was moveed by Ronda Melendez and seconded by Caroline Elness.

 

6. Consent Calendar

Approval of Minutes

1. Unapproved Minutes of the May 8, 2007 meeting were reviewed and approved. Joannie Netzler motioned to approve the May 8, 2007 minutes. It was seconded by Mary Ayala. There was a unanimous vote to approve the May 8, 2007 minutes.

 

7. Hearing of the Public

No Public Present


 

8. Information Items

A. Assessment Report

The Assessment Report was reviewed. Mrs. Nelson explained the API and STAR Testing results.  It is also in September’s newsletter.  CWCS improved by 46 points; the API score is mainly determined by the Math, English and 10th grade CASHEE scores.  Connecting Waters Charter School total API score is 671.

 

B. Attendance Report

The Attendance Report was reviewed; count is 1719 as of September 6, 2007.

 

C. Cash Flow Report

The Cash Flow Report was reviewed.

 

D. Curriculum Report

The Curriculum Report was reviewed.  Sharyle Bloudoff and Ronda Melendez were both concerned about how returned materials were to be handled at the Learning Centers.  Mrs. Nelson explained that if materials are received from ES they are returned to the ES.  The parents are concerned that the materials that are returned to the ES are not being utilized.  Mrs. Nelson explained that the ESes check out the materials to other students. All materials checked out from the learning center should be returned to learning center. 

 

E. Department Goals

The Department Goals Report was reviewed.

 

F. ES Support Report

The ES Support Report was reviewed

 

G. ESLRS Report /Action Plan

The ESLRS Report/Action Plan report was reviewed. The specialist for math is Debbie Kutz and the English specialist is Terry Souza.

 

H. Graduation Report

The Graduation Report was reviewed.

 

I. Group Educational Activities Report

The GEA Report was reviewed. Denise Lindvall has been helpful and involved with setting up great GEA’s.

 

J. Guidance Department Report

The Guidance Department Report was reviewed.

 

K. Learning Center Report

The Learning Center Report was reviewed. 

 

L. Literacy Specialist Report

The Literacy Specialist Report was reviewed.

 

M. Math Specialist Report

The Math Specialist Report was reviewed.

 

N. Parent Support Report

The Parent Support Report was reviewed. 


 

O. Special Education Report

The Special Education Report was reviewed.  Sharyle Bloudoff asked questions on the severity of Special Education students accepted in our school.

 

P. Treasurers Report

The Treasurers’ Report was reviewed

 

Q. Vendor Report

The Vendor Report was reviewed.  Blake LeBaron and Caroline Elness asked for a list of dropped vendors.  Mrs. Nelson explained how to add a vendor.  Sharyle Bloudoff brought up the idea of asking vendors to pay for advertising through our online newsletter.  Heather Gilchrist brought up the idea of a vendor catalog for parents.

 

9. Director’s Report

The Directors Report was reviewed by Mrs. Nelson

 

10. Action Items

A. Move to approve the Connecting Waters online vendor and course list. Each course is aligned to the California state standards and written by a qualified person.

Mrs. Nelson commented on the list of online vendors.  Blake LeBaron moveed to approve Connecting Waters online vendor and course list. It was seconded by Mary Ayala, there was a unanimous vote to approve the Connecting Waters’ online vendor and course list.

 

11. Discussion Items

 

A. Parent Council Committees

The sign up list was passed around and the updated list will be sent to the PC Committee Members

 

B. Yearbook

We will need a parent volunteer for the yearbook committee.

 

12. Council Comments

Sharyle Bloudoff stated that we need tutor guidelines for students when tutoring occurs in the home.

 

13. Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 pm. A motion to adjourn made by Sharyle Bloudoff and seconded by Ronda Melendez.  There was a unanimous vote to adjourn.

 

The next Parent Council Meeting: Our regularly scheduled meeting is December 4, 2007.