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| May 1, 2007 minutes Site Council Meeting May 1, 2007 In
attendance: Craig Roen, Julie Printz,
Jody Murphy, Allison Bittner, Sue King, Lori Seastrand, Jeremy Lish, Lisa
Keitel, Anneke Krall, Valerie O’Keefe, Kris Hageman, Deb Van Neste, Alice
Lightner Johnson, Cleva Jobe, Heather Sundberg, Jeff Sambs, Katie Parke-, Reimer,
Karen Benson, Jessica Pilhstrom, Kari Brenan, Cindy Dawson, Dawn York, Linda
Eggert, Tracy Van Natta, Todd O’Bert Meeting
commenced at 5:17 Budget Report:
Budget projection shows $42,902 less for next year. Our enrollment projection is 402 students. The Language Academy Plus has been approved
for next year and there is a projection of around 54 students possible in that program (more likely 35 students that
will come with this). If we had 437
students we’d make up for the shortfall.
We will
take the ½ day Kindergarten and make it a full day. Parents will still have an option to do only half day Kindergarten
because all of the curriculum covering the standards will be done from
9:10-11:55. They will eliminate the
noontime bus. The half-time kids will
be spread out through all three classes and go home at 11:55. Most of the LA+ kids will be in the
intermediate grades. Cleva has
requested one full time staff addition.
We may come up short for supplies next year requiring money from Friends
or donations from parents. SCIP: The
SCIP is due on May 4. The information
and plans are driven by MCA scores which aren’t given back to us until the end
of August. We have until November 1st
to adjust the SCIP based on the scores we receive. The SCIP was first presented to Site Council on May 1. Site Council was not given an advance copy
to review and comment upon. It was
moved to submit the SCIP by Friday, May 4, which is the deadline set by the
District, with proviso that it has not been approved by Site Council and Site
Council will table the discussion until the fall. Motion was seconded and passed. It was noted
that no parents participated in the preparation of the SCIP. It was also noted that the SCIP committee
has always in the past included parents and that in the future parent
participation ought to be required.
Cleva said that she had invited parents to participate but no one
responded to that invitation. Cleva
requested that everyone read the SCIP after the meeting and give feedback
later. Principal Search: Dr. Jobe is retiring next fall requiring Groveland to
conduct a new principal search. We
should limit the interview committee to 10.
Craig has suggested we go to 12 (seven staff, five parents). There was discussion and disagreement about
this. Craig tabled the discussion. Staff
participating: 7 possible staff members
and 2 alternates – including representatives from primary, secondary,
Kindergarten, specialists, special ed (Jody will speak on their behalf) and Sue
King Parents: Valerie O’Keefe, Jessica Pilhstrom, Katie
Parke, Anneke Krall, Emmett Donnelly Kenyatta
Carter (HR), Joe Munnich (community relations) joined us as co-facilitators of
this process. They will be here with
each meeting involving this process. They serve
as resources and to ensure a fair and legal process. They don’t actually make any decisions about the principal
selection. Process:
Qualifications: must be current SPPS tenured Principal or
Leadership Institute Fellow or Master’s
Degree and Prinicpal outside of SPPS district. HR screens
for minimum qualifications.
Superintendent also then screens those using further criteria. HR checks references and receives letters of
recommendations but these are not shared with committee. Key
attributes desired in the new principal were established by the group, which
are intended to guide the interview committee in its consideration of
candidates. Also, a series of interview
questions were formulated. Craig and
Jody will write them up and distribute them to the group by email before the
May 8 Site Council meeting. | ||||