Date: April 8/ 2009

Participants

Elena Anthony, Tracey Campbell, Rebecca Solomon, Deborah Gayle, Ihuaku Ogbuagu, Darnella Davidson, Nadia Morales

Agenda

1. Finals: Activities and Schedule

2. Testing

3. Budget Process

4. Scheduling Process and Transmission of Info

5. Copier

Mrs. Anthony announced that the Budget Subcommittee meeting for SSC will be on Wed. April 15 @ 5:30.

Finals Schedule and Testing:

Mr. Garcia cut/pasted form last October’s schedule.

SBM agreed on the following:

A track – Regular Days

C-track:

Day 1 : Wednesday April 22^nd will be a regular day

Day 2 : Thursday April 23^rd will be a shortened day

Day 3: Friday April 24^th will be a shortened day

C-track teachers will be asked to escort their last period students to the gate on the last two days of testing.

Teachers will receive the final’s schedule in their boxes. Teachers will be reminded to look at this schedule through a PA announcement (tomorrow? or April 14^th?)). Also, department chairs will hand out schedules and remind teachers on the April 14 PD. Administrators will assist department chairs in doing this. Mrs. Anthony will let all administrators know of this plan during calendar mtg.

C-track teachers will be asked to post Final’s Schedules in their classrooms for students to see (maybe in bright colored paper).

During Final’s days (22^nd, 23^rd, and 24^th), no announcements should be made over the PA. Maybe Leadership students can go to A-Track homerooms to make any necessary announcements.

Final’s Activities:

We need Activities for Monday and Tuesday after final’s week.

Need to finalize with Barry from Champions. We also need a plan.

Mrs. Anthony will speak to Barry tomorrow. We need a plan by next Wednesday.

SBM suggested to have a movie during the morning and an afternoon activity (from Champions) for both days.

We need teacher volunteers to assist.

SBM will generate a sign-up list for teachers. Teachers can say what day and what activity they want to help in.

Teachers need to know about these plans/activities ahead of time.

The Master Plan has different dates for finals. Mrs, Anthony will bring update info to the calendar meeting on Friday.

 Budget

Ms. Solomon will send a reminder via email to SBM members to remind them of their assigned department budget research.

SBM members should have this info ready by next SBM meeting.

Scheduling Process and Transmission of Info

SBM agreed that Mrs. Anthony and Ms, Spivey are the designated individuals to transfer info from SBM to calendar meetings.

Copier

School needs 4 boxes of master rolls. Dr. Choe can use P-Card for 1654 budget to purchase these.

Miscellaneous

Grades Due Date

Master Calendar has grades due on the last day of C-track. SBM had decided that grades should be due on Tuesday April 28 instead. This is due to the fact that counselors need access to grades early enough to be able to schedule students for intersession. Verification forms will be due Wednesday the 29^th. Mrs. Anthony will notify administrators of this change during the calendar meeting. Also. Ms. Morales and Ms. Campbell(?) will work on a letter justifying this change to c-track teachers.

SBM Elections

Ms. Solomon will remind SBM members whose terms will be up this year to run again if interested.

1. 1st period tardy procedure: Deans and counselors promised to “push” students to class, rather than collect them into the cafeteria. It has been observed that students are not being pushed at all, rather there are a number of students who have been spotted ambling around for 20+ minutes rather than going directly to class.  This needs to be addressed.

2. After School Supervision: It appears to several members of this committee that there is a lack of supervision for students after school. If so, this could be a safety issue and needs to be addressed. We need to find out what is the protocol, who is responsible and what is in fact being done about this.

Next meeting: Today 3/4/09 in community room.

1. Discipline Committee: Discussion about the new referral form developed by RCT and disseminated by email raised many issues and questions. After a discussion of 45 minutes duration, it was determined that SBM supports the referral form because it makes available many more resources to promote positive behavior. SBM has purview over discipline, and suggests that RCT’s efforts will be supported more effectively if there is communication and coordination between the two bodies. Specifically, there are two members of SBM who are also on RCT. It is suggested that the discipline committee meet with RCT on alternate Mondays.

Motion: That matters of discipline and referral be submitted to SBM for approval, recommendation, endorsement. Addendum: An SBM representative will convey the message to RCT that more communication between the two bodies is desirable, since SBM has purview over discipline.  Passed unanimously.

2. Budget Survey: Budget closes April 1st. A survey will be developed and distributed to all departments to determine the adequacy of 2008-2009 allocations from 4170 moneys. The survey results will be used to begin drafting the 2o09-2010 budget.

3. New Business–Stair-Step Wheelchairs: In light of recent earthquake drills, and due to the fact that we now have 3 students who are wheelchair users, Ms. Spivey and Mr. Jenssen recommend that we purchase 2 stair step wheelchairs to be able to quickly evacuate wheelchair users from the third or second floor. Dr. Choe tells us that SBM has purvue over fund 1654, and this is the fund she wants to pay for the chairs from.

Motion: that SBM be informed about any and all funds in our purview, and we request a report on how the 1654 fund that we didn’t know about was spent.  Passed unanimously.

Motion: That we postpone the decision on the wheelchairs till we get a report on the 1654 funds, and until we find out the negotiated price.

4. College and Career Fair is proposed by the college counselors, to be held Thursday March 12th. An extended lunch schedule is requested so students can meet representatives from 2 and 4-year colleges. Each period would be 59 minutes; extended lunch will take place from 10:59 – 11:59.

Motion to approve this schedule passed unanimously.

Respectfully submitted, 7:25pm 2/11/09

AGENDA

School Safety Plan
1st Period Tardy Policy
Decision-Making Procedure for Between Meeting Urgencies
Proposal to Change SBM Meeting day to Wednesday
Copy Machines

1. Copy Machines:
Mr. Jenssen reports that funds are unfrozen, contract which expired on Dec 8 can be renewed. Title I tested the machines and determined they need service. Jenssen will follow up with Rocio as to contract and servicing.

2. 1st Period Tardy Policy:
(Mr. Jenssen distributes PBS Period 1 and 4 Tardy Policy
Ms. Solomon distributes 1st and 6th Period Tardy Policy proposal
Mr. Dacarat distributes proposed teacher survey on 1st Period Tardy Policy)

Majority opinion is that the survey is slanted and excludes any new options. Tabled till later time. Ms. Molina agrees to develop further.

All are agreed that present and prior policies have not significantly decreased tardy rate. (Holding in Cafeteria, calling parents, etc) Mr. Jenssen’s prior experience has shown that without significant progressive discipline, even judges are reluctant and unable to enforce fines.

So a shift to something new — Positive Behavior Support (PBS)–a collaborative effort by RCT, Counselors and Deans. Plans for rolling out to A,B, and C track include period by period faculty meeting (Tues 12/16/08 is the first).

Discussion raises questions about implementation, dealing with non-cooperative teachers.
–Molina suggests PBS begins with teachers
–Gaston suggests “Floor Captains” and communication as a way to bring teachers into cooperation
–Pineda suggests individual SLC policies that are enforced within –(phone home, detention, or other)
–Griffin is concerned that PBS means we are neglecting teaching students accountability

Basic outline (which is an integration of Solomon’s and Jenssen’s proposals) :

* Counselors, administrators, Deans and Romans sweep students into class 1st period.
* Teachers stand at their door and welcome students
* A form is designed for teachers to record tardies for each period.
* Teachers reward students for promptness, preparedness etc.
* Teachers start their class on time.
* It is on us to orchestrate a culture change that will make LAHS a place that students want to be

Motion by Ms. Altin to endorse the efforts of Mr. Jenssen, RCT and Counselors to roll out PBS. Passed with one non-voting dissenter, Ms. Spencer-Griffin remains concerned about the issue of accountability.

NEXT STEPS – Mr. Jenssen requested that if SBM members are available and interested to discuss the LA Safe School Plan (which we didn’t get to at the meeting), please attend a special discussion on Monday, Dec 22nd, after school.

All are agreed that present and prior policies have not significantly decreased tardy rate. (Holding in Cafeteria, calling parents, etc) Mr. Jenssen’s prior experience has shown that without significant progressive discipline, even judges are reluctant and unable to enforce fines.

Mr. Jenssen introduces Positive Behavior Support (PBS)–a collaborative effort by RCT, Counselors and Deans. Implementation plans include period by period faculty meeting (Tues 12/16/08 is the first).

Discussion raises questions about implementation, dealing with non-cooperative teachers.
–Molina suggests PBS begins with teachers
–Gaston suggests “Floor Captains” and communication as a way to bring teachers into cooperation
–Pineda suggests individual SLC policies that are enforced within –(phone home, detention, or other)
–Griffin is concerned that PBS means we are neglecting teaching students accountability

Proposal (integration of Solomon’s and Jenssen’s proposals):

* Counselors, administrators, Deans and Romans sweep students into class 1st period.
* Teachers stand at their door and welcome students
* A form is designed for teachers to record tardies for each period.
* Teachers reward students for promptness, preparedness etc.
* Teachers set example by starting class on time.
* Implementation by the team includes gathering input from students (Town Hall, other), parents (through parent center and other), teachers
* It is on us to orchestrate a culture change that will make LAHS a place that students want to be

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