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Campus Family Engagement Team o Chris Claflin, School Director; Stephanie Gounder, Assistant School Director o Haskel Harvey, Middle School Dean of Students; Oscar Romano, High School Dean of Students o Alicia Thomas, MS Student Support Counselor; Anna Tepedino, HS Student Support Counselor
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BOFA exists to serve and support the academic and cultural priorities of the school by engaging families to support existing and new opportunities for the YES Prep Brays Oaks community.
March 11 8 th Social Studies STAAR Benchmark
Saturday, March 28 AP English Literature and AP Spanish Language Benchmarks
Week of March 30 AP US History and AP World History Benchmark
March 30
March 31
7 th Writing STAAR Day 1, 8 th Math STAAR, English I EOC
7 th Writing STAAR Day 2, 8 th Reading STAAR
April 1
April 6 - 10
US History, Algebra I EOC Benchmark, English II EOC
TELPAS Reading in Computer Lab for LEP students (April 6 – 6 th grade,
April 7 th – 7 th grade, April 8 – HS, April 9 th – 8 th grade, April 10 th – makeups)
Wednesday, April
15
AP Spanish Literature Benchmark
April 21
April 22
6 th and 7 th Math STAAR
8 th Social Studies STAAR
6 th and 7 th Reading STAAR
8 th Science STAAR

 Introductions and Shout-Outs: o * Reviewed testing schedule through April (Benchmarks, STAAR) o Shout outs: Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Sanchez for Mardi Gras Hoedown, BOFA for Black History Program, BOFA and YES Prep for providing assistance to Boyle family
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BOFA Meetings for the year [First Thursdays of the month typically]; 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM in the Library o March 12 o April 2 – need to reschedule
*Cancel April 2 nd and tentatively schedule additional May meeting, depending on presence of an end-of-year May event o April 30
Topics for Discussion Today
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Takeaways from the House Meeting we held earlier this semester at Ms. Horton-Olmos’s house. o Communication with the school was a key issue that seemed to resonate.
 *communication has been suffering between staff and parents, partially due to families’ lack of internet connection to receive updates
 *parents upset (misinformation and perceived lack of concern for students)
 *Family Notes in NSNO (notes received during lunch not passed along to parent)
 *Spanish-speaking parents feel unable to effectively communicate w/ teachers
 *Positive experience: teachers effectively returning called between 24-48 hours
 *Grade level notes not received via email
 *need for more parent involvement to facilitate spreading or information
 *uniform concerns- need for stricter reinforcement of dress code
 *Robocall to inform parents of BOFA meetings?
 Communication Club to have responsible students in charge of spreading messages o Scheduling the next House meeting
 *Mrs. Sanchez’s on April 23 at 6:30 pm o After this we will develop teams to address the most pressing issue.
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Upcoming events to end the year strong o Can we host an EOY event, like a carnival or block party to end the year off?
 *May 28 Fundraiser/event
 *needs more advertising in advance, parent invitations, etc.
 *selling tickets 1 week in advance
 5-8 pm (w/ promotion ceremony)
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Updates on House Bill 5 and how that impacts your child’s path to graduation o YES already meets the requirements that were outlined to change o Schools may offer different graduation plans
 *discussed new AP courses available next year
 See handout
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*Most schools require endorsements—only students on modified curriculum, special needs, etc. will be permitted to graduate with 22 credits (Vs 26)

o Current 8 th and 9 th graders will have personal graduation plans next year and every class after that.
 Multi-disciplinary plan
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*students choose between endorsements offered to create personal graduation plan; this is able to change year to year o Current 10 th and 11 th graders have the opportunity of opting in to a plan
 *graduation related= option for class rings and letterman jackets for varsity athletes
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Questions on the leadership transition for next year o Ms. Gounder to be school director of Brays Oaks starting in July 2015
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Volunteer Opportunities o Morning supervision
 *parent help from those already at the school in the morning? o After school help with supervision of students o Copy room support
 *more parents to run copies for teachers, etc (another reason to strengthen communication)
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Ideas for next year o Pre-buying school supplies
 Bags for students to pre-order at the beginning of the year
 There are suppliers who do it
 Brenda will ask around for people who do this
 *Order form instead of staff collecting money from students
 *Stagger pickup by grade level
 *student help to distribute ordered supplies?
 *include shirts for incoming 6 th graders?
 *follow up with Parker, follow up w/ Mrs. Sanchez with information
 *create donations to collect old uniform items for students to use? o Thoughts? Connections?
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Next Meeting: