SAC Minutes
In Attendance:
Irene Shagam—ESE
Camille Barnett— Public/Human Services
Tina Frobel—Guidance/Clerical/Parent
Peggy Evans—BTU/Writing Coach
Kathleen L. Cappy—Faculty
Sue LaCkore—Parent
Monica Bakerman—Parent
Jessica Bianco—10th grade rep.
Suzanne Bianco—Parent rep.
Eric Feldman—11th grade rep.
Lori Spence—Parent
Henry A. Rose—Parent
Jill Klosenberg—SAF Chair
Chip Osborn—Administration
Sharon Shaulis—Administration
Carol Sheppard—Teacher/SAC Chair
Elijah Williams—Parent(Junior)/District ESE
Jeff Uchin—SAC
Joyce Hawkins—Teacher/Mathematics Coach
Janice Gibson- Teacher/SAC Secretary
Beth Williams- Parent/District ESE
The Meeting Was Called To Order at
Norms decided: Directed by Jeff Uchin
Cell phones off
Start and end on time
No side bars
Food and drink provided
Respect each others opinions- no one dominates the floor
Police your area when you leave
Carol Sheppard
-There has been a change of the SAC meetings dates
Henry Rose
-Originally we met on the 2nd Monday of the month. District asked us to change the dates so they can move things along quicker in district.
-Meetings will be 4th week of month to make communication better.
Meeting dates= 4th Mon. of every month. The following specific dates need to be changed on the agenda:
24th Oct
21st Jan
27th March
-Make motion with by laws? (No discussion. Motion passes.)
Carol
I will now ask Dr. Shaulis to discuss last year’s school grade.
Dr. Shaulis
-Scores were terrific last year. We are not a D school.
-Triple dosing of reading
-Teaming 9th grade
-Pleased to report results on report card.
-Level 3 and up students increased to 44% from 38%
-We moved forward, but are trying to move the 50th percentile
-We are trying to get kids to use FCAT Explorer
-Math up, and writing to all scores went up.
-Learning gains up – 50% of students made entire year’s gain
-The percentage of lowest 25% read gains in reading went up from 40-53%
-We were 1 point away from a “B” and are trying to get the grade changed. We asked about disputing it, but now it would only be if they made a mistake—they didn’t make one on calculations. We are trying to move to an “A” school this year.
-We had the highest reading gains in the county. Other schools in the county are asking
us what we did.
-Teachers really were the ones that moved the grade and worked with students.
-Tried to take middle level kids and pushed them- we found that it worked well without
extra help. Kids who didn’t get attention started to fall back.
-Used AMSCO books in Social Studies and Science. Make sure kids are looking at more difficult material.
-The Science score moved from 290-303. We were the top Science score in the district.
-We don’t want to rest. We added the Academy structure.
-Small schools work and structured environment works.
-We aligned administration, counselors, and teacher leaders by Academy. It helps in the FCAT by focusing on students in their specific Academy to reach every student.
-We looked at the demographics and academics of students and finding out how to count them correctly. If we keep the records right, we increase the student’s self-esteem and increase the FCAT score.
Carol Sheppard
-Next item: presentation of Flanagan academics. Camille Barnett is the Academy Leader of Public and Human services.
Camille Barnett
Re Academies - The reception is responsive and strong. We have attainable and definite goals.
-The main goal is to make the student feel like he belongs. If you let them identify with something, they are bound to be connected with something.
-Problems solved in tracking them.
-The pathway is on schedule.
-Trying to get school involved makes the connection even closer. We hope to make a stronger hold on the student/parent connection
-We will be having an Academic Fair
-Students say they can connect and see it as positive.
Chip Osborn
-Look at SIP. We added a goal to SIP, the high school reform (Goal #5).
-Final copy is due in September.
-Looking for feedback from the Area Office
-We need to thank Mr. Uchin for Parent call out.
-9th grade students on a team “focus academy”.
-10th grade students are on a team “focus academy”
-We thought we’d have a homeroom plan, but it didn’t pass.
-Low 30% of students assigned a mentor
-All Flanagan students were assigned an Administrator and Guidance Counselor by Academy
Sharon Shaulis
-Can we include parent/student/teacher survey as a goal? (Annual customer survey)
-Targeting areas in survey to improve and leaving it up to professional development leaders
Chip Osborn
-We had to adjust our objective up because we did so well in scores last year.
-Reset our goal by 2% on Objective 4 from 53% to 55%.
-We adjusted science up also, to 305 on objective #5.
-Action steps are essentially the same.
-Waiting for input from South Area Office and then we will be able to show you a final draft.
Jill Klosenberg
- SAF’s 1st meeting is September 1st
Sharon Shaulis
-The Superintendent asked all schools to have an alliance partner facilitating a leadership team and accepted by them. I would like to have Ray Williams on the SAC voting board.
Henry Rose
-The by laws say the Principal can add members to SAC.
Sharon Shaulis
-Terri Williams is doing a terrific job with PTSA.
Terri Williams
-We have a list of meetings, but some have changed. I appreciate the support I’ve received. I also appreciate the new room.
Sharon Shaulis
-I would like Ray Williams to be endorsed as a member of SAC. (He was accepted.)
Carol Sheppard
-New business?
Osborn
-Smooth school opening. Everything is falling into place.
-The whole process of a better grade in the school is financially rewarded. We don’t have a lot of details, but SAC will play key role in how money is distributed.
-Meetings may grow because SAC tells them what to vote on.
-Our baseball team became State Champions
-ROTC #2 in nation
-Mayor’s cup is coming up August 26th (Friday)
-On August 23rd , a week
from tomorrow we have Open House at
-Guidance parent info program on August 29th
Meeting adjourned.