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| April 17, 2007 Minutes Site Council Meeting April 17, 2007 In
attendance: Craig Roen, Cleva Jobe,
Ashley Cannady, Bruce Finger Katie Parke-Reimer, Anneke Krall, Kari Brennan, Tasha Klepp, Lori Seastrand, Dawn
York, Kathy Bigelow, Jeremy Lish, Jeff Sambs, Ann Hobbie, Emmett Donnelly, Karen
Benson, Julie Printz, Rachel Huyek, Chris Church, Kris Hageman, Amy Domeier,
Jessica Pilhstrom Meeting
commenced at 5:20. The agenda and
minutes were approved. Principal Search: Dr. Jobe is retiring next fall requiring Groveland to conduct
a new principal search. Teresa
Rogers, Kate Wilcox Harris are the school district HR contacts. There are 7
current principal openings. The
application deadline is April 30th.
The process involves some prior screening by HR and then resumes are
sent to schools. The evenings
of May 16 and May 17 are set aside for site interviews. Selected applicants will be y the Superintendent
during the week of May 21st.
Last time we submitted our top three choices in no particular order. Email Jody and Craig if you’re interested in
being involved in the selection process. Principal’s Report Budget: We will be the site for Language Academy
Plus next year. Cleva wants our
enrollment projection to include the new 58 Academy Plus kids (Cleva thinks 38
is more likely). The budget is due May
5 along with the SCIP which is later than in other years. We may need to add a site council meeting
before the 5th – perhaps May 1 or 3. Each student will generate $2515 next year. Testing is
going on this week. Thanks to Paul
Nelson with all his help with the online testing this week. Marketing Committee: Has been meeting and identified some goals, tasks and
resources. We will be making a new DVD
and the marketing materials for preschools will also be updated. The committee will be working on content for
that. Groveland needs a new mission
statement. Alice Lightener has been
heading up this committee and is doing a great job and has great energy and new
ideas. The goals include updating and
refining website content, video streaming of the marketing DVD and photo
managing on the web. Parent and graphic
artist Tiffany Wortmann has offered to create a set of common images to be used
on the web and signage (and possibly on future spirit wear). We are doing a “meet and greet” at Coffee
Bene so Groveland parents can informally chat with prospective parents. The hope is that the structure that we
create can be carried forward. Mission Statement: There is a need to update the current statement. Staff brainstormed and narrowed it down to
four possible statements that were circulated by email to site council members
before this meeting. Words that were
mentioned: lifelong learning, stable,
educates, small/intimate community, whole child, safe, challenge, leaders of
tomorrow, global, confident, engaging, nurturing, diverse. Site
council voted to recommend this statement: GPE is a
small, nurturing community that challenges and supports every child. Jody will
bring this back to the staff. Celebrate Groveland: April 28th.
Staff received complimentary tickets but are asked to pay for their
guests. Vietnamese, Hmong and Chinese
Food will be served. There is a great need
for volunteers. We are still looking
for donations. Call Kris Hageman or
Chris Church. Silent auction booklet
will be sent home with students prior to the event. | ||||