School Governance Council Meeting
December 4, 2012
In attendance:
Heather Rose (Teacher).
Lori Hickey (Parent).
Estela Camacho (Parent).
Andrea Birch-Mohan (Parent).
John Sincerbeaux (Teacher).
Stefan Carretero (Teacher).
Minnie Dineen-Herzog (Parent).
John J. Arizzi (Parent).
Ricardo Gonzalez Llera (Parent).
Ed Wachowski (SRS – Principal).
Absentees:
Marc Poliquin (Teacher)
Sue Mills, (Teacher).
Lisa Collinge (Parent).
John Cherry (Community)
Public Attendees: None present.
1. Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 18:40 hrs.
2. Approval of Minutes from October 2, 2012 meeting:
Upon motion duly made by Mrs. Hickey and seconded by Mr. Sincerbeaux, the council
unanimously approved the minutes from October 2, 2012.
3. Public Comment:
None
4. Principal’s Report:
Mr. Ed Wachowski presented information to the council on different subjects:
o Discussed the results from the Parent Teacher Conferences. These were very well
attended with parent attendance percentages ranging from 80% to 100%.
o Report cards are being sent out next week.
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o Several professional development sessions are planned in the areas of literacy,
reading and math. A description of these activities is found in the school’s draft
improvement plan.
o A professional development session in Common Core Standards for Math (Dr.
Mead) is scheduled for next Tuesday December 11, 2012.
o The Stadley Rough School grade level data teams have been meeting to look at
student progress. The charge of the data teams is to guide the staff members of the
school through the process of making data-driven decisions to improve student
performance. Next session of the grade level data teams is scheduled for next
Tuesday December 11, 2012.
o The 2nd Grade Concert has been rescheduled for this coming Thursday December
6th at 7:00PM.
o The KC (Kindness and Compassion) Clubs for SRS elementary students is a way
to have students involved in fun, practical activities that keep students engaged in
sustaining culture of kindness. SRS started its activities involving 3rd, 4th, and 5th
grade students. The SRS KC Club recently presented to students information on
four different charities that the Club could help and support. The intention was to
have students decide, by way of voting, on only two of those four charities that
were presented. The voting was held and the voting results identified DAWS as
one of the charities that students selected for the Kindness and Compassion Club.
o As part of the planning work that is being done to expand the SRS teaching areas,
a meeting with the school district architects is planned for Tuesday December 11,
2012. The school expansion (which at this stage consists on three new
classrooms) is expected to be concluded by the 2014 school year. SRS is
preparing to offer full day kindergarten starting in the 2014-15 school year.
5. Review of Draft School Improvement Plan:
Mr. Ed Wachowski presented information on the draft SRS School Improvement Plan.
The purpose of the school improvement plan is to improve the quality of teaching and
learning in the school by providing a framework for analyzing problems, identifying
underlying causes, and addressing instructional issues at the school. The draft plan was
partially reviewed (The parent engagement section was left pending) and the following
recommendations made:
o School Mission Statement needs to define what the “Core Values” it refers
to. According to Mr. Wachowski, this will be defined in the context of the
Positive Behavior System that is currently being used at the school.
o School Mission Statement needs to promote “individual excellence” rather
than just “excellence” as the main goal.
o The Mission Statement needs to also differentiate and include top
performing students and not focus only on increasing low student
performance. Maintain and improve the performance of those top
performers should also be included.
o Mission Statement needs to incorporate engaging parents and community
representatives.
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o The “achievement gap” language will be revised.
o The School Data Team section needs to include parents as well.
o The School Level Student Achievement Goals section needs to include
activities to improve performance in the areas of Science, Technology and
Engineering. Mr. Sincerbeaux will work to include activities in these areas.
o Mr Ed Wachowski will review the option to include “Boys Rock” as an
activity for students in grades 3 – 5 (similar to the Girls R.U.L.E.
program) which is now included in the plan.
6. Discussion of School Compact:
After appropriate discussion the council decided to include the School Compact as a part
of the Stadley Rough School Parent Engagement Plan.
Upon motion duly made by Mrs. Hickey and seconded by Mrs. Birch-Mohan, the council
unanimously approved the creation of the following subcommittees:
a. Parent Engagement subcommittee to be chaired by Estela Camacho and
integrated by:
o John J. Arizzi (Parent),
o Sue Mills (Teacher),
o Heather Rose (Teacher),
o Andrea Birch-Mohan (Parent), and
o Ricardo Gonzalez Llera (Parent).
b. School Compact subcommittee to be chaired by Mr. John Sincerbeaux and
integrated by:
o Lori Hickey (Parent),
o Stefan Carretero (Teacher),
o Minnie Dineen-Herzog (Parent),
o Marc Poliquin (Teacher), and
o Lisa Collinge (Parent).
Subcommittees will meet to advance work on these two areas prior to the next
SGC meeting which is scheduled for January 8, 2013. Next SGC meeting will
include a working session on the development of the Parent Engagement Plan and
School Compact.
7. Discussion of Proposed Amendment to Bylaws:
Discussion on the proposed amendment to the SGC bylaws was tabled.
8. Discussion of Community Member:
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Several proposals were discussed. The members of the SGC will identify potential
community members and present them as alternatives in the next meeting scheduled for
January 8, 2013.
9. Set 2013 Meeting Schedule:
After motion duly made by Mrs. Rose and seconded by Mrs. Lori Hickey, the following
dates in 2013 have been established for SGC meetings:
January 8,
February 5,
March 5,
April 2,
May 7,
June 4,
July (No Meeting)
August (No Meeting)
September 3,
October 1,
November 12,
December 3.
All meetings are scheduled to start at 18:30 hrs.
10. Set Agenda for Next Meeting:
Stadley Roough School SGC Meeting Agenda for January 8, 2013 at 18:30 hrs:
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Call to Order.
Approval of Minutes from Meeting of December 4, 2012.
Public Comment – 15 min.
Principal’s Report.
Subcommittee working sessions and presentation of advances and
results
6. Discussion on Proposed Amendment to SGC Bylaws.
7. Discussion on Community Members.
8. Set Agenda for Next Meeting (February 5, 2013).
After motion duly made by Mrs. Andrea Birch-Mohan and seconded by Mrs. Heather
Rose the SGC decided to end the meeting at 20:30 hrs.
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