Northview High School—School Governance Council Meeting
Minutes—August 8th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting, no public comment
Members Present:
Terry Lemons, Jason Weinberger, Jacqueline Royal-Bryant, Ashley Ulrich, Hyejoo Jeong, Susan
Auerbach, Brian Downey, Vicki Templet, Paul Brannon (principal—non-voting), Seung Su Kim (student
council rep—non-voting)
Guests Present:
Susan Walker (SGC facilitator)
Missing Members:
Grant Hickey
The following items were on the agenda:
3:00 – 3:02 pm- Call to Order
3:02 – 3:05 pm-- Approve Agenda
3:05 – 3:10 pm- Approve Minutes from June 26th meeting
3:10 – 3:20 pm- Principal’s Report
3:20 – 3:30 pm- Review Environmental Scan/Survey
3:30 – 3:50 pm- Strategic Plan
3:50 – 4:00 pm- Announcements and Adjournment; Meeting Dates for 2013-14
Meeting Notes:
The meeting was called to order by Susan Auerbach at 3:15 pm.
Royal-Bryant moved to approve agenda, Jeong seconded. Voice vote to approve was unanimous.
Downey moved to approve February minutes; Weinberger seconded. Voice vote to approve was
unanimous.
Principal’s Report:
Current enrollment is around 1895 students. We could hit over 1900 students by the first day. Hiring for
open positions was discussed, in addition to student achievements and athletic partnership changes.
Review Environmental Scan/Survey
Members will create brief summaries of key responses from the surveys and will be sent to Auerbach,
who will compile them and email to the council by Tuesday.
Strategic Plan Discussion
Downey discussed the Leadership Meeting from earlier in the week, where department chairs and
administrators did some detailed data analysis using the Atlas protocol with the staff survey results from
spring 2013. Weinberger spoke to the process’s effectiveness. Brannon reviewed the end-of-year test data
regarding AP and EOCT testing. He also discussed the points addressed at a county meeting that led to
some potential focus areas and objectives we can consider, including issues related to class rank, student
stress, school pride, student support, counselor connections with students, and cultural diversity. Based
on analysis of the parent, student, and staff surveys at Northview in spring 2013, the three key outcomes
for the strategic initiatives considered for the proposal are:
1. Increase healthy connections for students
2. Increase students’ leadership and communication skills
3. Increase students’ college and career readiness
These outcomes are tied to several issues and initiatives, including: hiring a specialist to work specifically
with testing; create a registrar position (already done for the 2013-2014 year) to deal with enrollment,
withdrawal, and other different issues; have a liason teach English classes to parents; eliminating class
rank; adding a yoga course; hiring a nutritionist to work with students; partering with a hospital (already
done for 2013-2014—Emory Johns Creek Hospital).
A rough draft of the plan is due in the next few weeks, so we are moving into a busier phase of the
process.
Lemons asked if we could solicit data from colleges our students attend to have an image of what is
accepted for enrollment and the typical achievements of students. Brannon explained that Auburn and
UGA are the only 2 schools that provide any sort of that feedback. Templet agreed that college
enrollment and preparation are significant factors in student stress at Northview. Brannon discussed the
new partnership with Emory Johns Creek that uses the RFF process to create a Health Sciences course of
study at Northview, potentially taught by Emory Hospital physicians and involving student internships, as
well as possible College English options.
Post-AP and virtual course options, academic electives, flexible scheduling, career tech courses, Ap
course enrollment, and other academic possibilities were discussed. College and Career Readiness
(CCRPI—the CCR Performance Index) and the need for student preparation was also discussed.
The council spoke in detail about the needs and opportunities for students to receive training in leadership
and communication.
The council will review the proposal for the Strategic Plan, after the drafting is complete, by next Tuesday
and offer feedback in order to meet the deadline for submission.
Other Announcements
Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 12th at 4:00 pm.
Other meeting dates for the year are: October 31st, Nov 21st, Dec 19th, Jan 23rd, Feb 27th, March 27th, Apr
24th, May 22nd.
Graduation is May 23rd at 8 pm.
Downey made a motion to adjourn the meeting; Templet seconded. A voice vote to approve was
unanimous. Meeting adjourned at 4:35 pm.