Connecting
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,
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
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.
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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.
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
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.