Charles W. Flanagan High School

School Advisory Council Meeting

April 19, 2004

Minutes

Those present:

Beverly Gallagher, School Board Member & Parent

Joyce Szymanski, Teacher

Andrea Corneji, Student

Sue Lackore, Parent

Mitchell Baratz, Community Member & Parent

Sanjay Kohl, 12^th Grade Representative

Sheila LeBlanc, Teacher

Cory Adelstein, Reading Coach

Susan Royal, Parent

Lilian Carillo, Parent

Jeff Uchin, SAC

Chip Osborn, Administrator

Terri Oien, Parent

Jill Klosenberg, SAF Chair

Madina Ullah, Student

Adrian Ogle, SGA

Daniel Porris, 11^th Grade Representative

Amy Miller, 11^th Grade Representative

Christine Jorge, 10^th Grade Representative

Andres Parra, Student 9^th

The April 19^th meeting of the School Advisory Council for Flanagan High School was called to order at 4:00 PM by Mr. Chip Osborn, Assistant Principal.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Paul Adad, a JROTC member whose team placed 2^nd in the nation in athletics at a recent competition.

Norms were established at the first meeting and were reviewed by Jeff Uchin:

· Turn off all cell phones

· Begin and end promptly

· No side-bar conversations

· No one person dominates the floor

· Everyone tries to participate

· Name tags for recognition

· Police area when meeting is adjourned

Review of Minutes

Minutes from the March 8^th meeting were reviewed and accepted as written.

Future dates for SAC meetings:

May 10^th and June 1^st

Report from Bev Gallagher, School Board Member

· Rumor control – email or call her office to get information (Office phone 754-321-2002, Email B.Gallagher@Browardschools.com

· Block scheduling is safe for another year.

· Flanagan Graduation – only facility large enough to hold everyone is the Office Depot Center – must be scheduled around hockey games – having Graduation on Tuesday was the only day available.

· Legislation – Bill 745 passed which will take $8 million dollars from Broward County next year, $16 million the following year and $24 million the year after that. The School Board is filing an injunction against the state for not properly funding education.

· Pre-K has been buried due to lack of funding.

· School calendar – changing it has been talked about for many years (has nothing to due with FCAT testing) – they are trying to align more with college semesters. School will begin August 16^th in 2004 and August 8^th 2005.

Ms. Sheila LeBlanc – Carl Perkins Grant

Flanagan received about $90,000 for this year – should know by April 30^th if the grant is renewed for next year.

SAC Objectives for 2004-05

Will have drafts for all five objectives at the May meeting. Talked about adding a Science objective – could get funding from SAC for teacher workshops, worksheets & materials. SAC voted to add a Science objective to the plan for next year.

New Business

Next year’s officers:

Faculty / Parents – will put a slate together between now and June meeting

Students – will be elected in the fall

The meeting was adjourned at 5:17 PM