Site Council Meeting Minutes                            

September 28, 2007

 Those present: Kevin Purnell, William Ellsworth, Lorine VanCorbach, Gaylene Ellsworth, Shayne Kimball, Julene Bowns, Jada Ishida, Jennifer Nielsen, Joan Gordon.

1. Reviewed Continued Improvement Plan Goals:

   1. Goal 1: Improve English/ Lang. Arts “met” status in the high school by 8% points; from 34.04% to 42.04% We met this goal as the class of 06-07 met at 61.06%

   2. Goal 2: To improve English/ Lang. Arts “met” status of the subgroup “Hispanic Origin” by 10.7% points from 14.3% to 25%. We were close on this goal we had 22.22% meet.

   3. Goal 3: To improve math “met “ status of the subgroup “Hispanic Origin” by 10.7% points from 14.3% to 25%.We met this goal and then some by achieving 42.86% meeting the state benchmarks.

   4. Goal 4:To improve math “met” status in the high school from 37.13% to 49%. We met this goal, 74.39% met the state benchmarks!!!!!!WOW!

2. Analyze new data:

After reviewing results of the TESA tests as well as the writing tests it was decided by the council to keep the original 4 goals and shoot for another 4% increase by the year 2009. We would also like to include a writing goal.

3. Other Ideas:

   1. In-service for using the writing scoring rubric for those teachers who have not scored papers for the state.

   2. Purchase new dictionaries.

   3. Adding a MS Grammar class (already implemented)

   4. Work on writing across the curriculum

   5. Teachers observe in classrooms for “best practice” strategies for “Step Up to Writing”.

   6. Start a “Debate” team.

4. Site Council Recommendation

a. Although it would not be a goal for the CIP, the site council would like to adopt the motto “RESPECT” school wide.

 Safety Committee:

1.      Safety Issues:

a.      Adopt protocol for fire drills

b.      Review protocol for lock-down procedures.