SSCS School Council Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Link to recording: audio
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CALL TO ORDER
President, Cyndi Rachel, called the meeting to order at 6:15 pm.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INTRODUCTIONS/WELCOME/ROLL CALL
Corporate Officers present: Dr. Jason Jones, CAO, Cyndi Rachel, School Council
President and Director of Education Support Services, Brenda Christensen, School
Council Secretary, and Arlie Capps, Legal Counsel for IEM and SSCS. Eleven School
Council members were present; Marcy Cambridge, Katie DeVore, Kristy Hollingshead,
Emily James, Nancy Mackenroth, Jennifer Pendley, Robert Pierce, Jean Ping, Allison
Plumb, Rebecca Rodriguez, and Shandi Virnoche.
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC
Members of the public may be heard on any item. A person addressing the Council will be
limited to 3 minutes, unless the Site Administrator grants a longer period of time. Comments by
members of the public on an item on the agenda will only be allowed during consideration of the
item by the Council.
The School Council agreed to limit the total time of the Hearing of the Public to a maximum of ½
hour.
No one addressed the Council at that time.
During the reports, the following members arrived: Janine Campos, Anne Marie Robbins, and
Patrick Salo.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
Maria Carr reported on in-home services through Special Education. She clarified that
school employees providing Special Ed services were able to meet in home if they felt
comfortable in doing so, but non-public agency sub-contractors were not able to meet in
home.
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ASSESSMENT
Melissa Valdez presented a follow-up report on iReady. Nancy requested information on
how state testing participation affects funding. Arlie stated that he was currently trying to
clarify that with CDE. Melissa added that the Assessment Department was looking into
incentives for testing rather than impunities for not testing. Additionally, a maximum of
one truancy would be issued for not participating in the entire state testing rather than
one truancy for each day missed.
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SUB-COMMITTEE SELECTION
The following table reflects the sub-committee(s) each attending member signed up for:
Marcie Cambridge
Group Educational Activities (GEA)
Janine Campos
Standing Hearing Committee (SHC)
Katie DeVore
GEA
Kristy Hollingshead
GEA, Park Day, Graduation
Emily James
Undecided
Nancy Mackenroth
GEA
Jennifer Pendley
Undecided
Robert Pierce
Undecided
Jean Ping
WASC
Allison Plumb
Graduation
Anne Marie Robbins N/A
Rebecca Rodriguez
Park Day and SHC
Patrick Salo
Undecided
Shandi Virnoche
WASC
Cyndi announced break from 7:07 to 7:17.
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IEM REPORT
Jason Jones presented teleconference options with a live demo. He then announced
the hiring of Maya Myers as the new Director of Teacher Support Services for IEM.
Regarding alternative solutions to iReady and truancy policies, he emphasized the
importance of finding ways to be positive and incentivize was rather than being
punitive. Jason stated the renewal of our charter would be presented during Marcum’s
board meeting next month. Patrick Salo urged Jason to announce the charter renewal
process to the parents and requested digital version to be made available to distribute to
the entire School Council. Jason closed with a report on the budget cash flow and
outflow. Nancy inquired about our current reserve, and what a normal reserve
percentage was, and how we’d make up the difference after spending down. Jason
agreed to research and report back.
During the reports, the following members left the meeting: Marcy Cambridge, Emily
James, and Jennifer Pendley.
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ACTION ITEMS
Approval of the September 18, 2014 Minutes
Shandi Virnoche moved to approve the September 18, 2014 minutes.
Anne Marie Robbins seconded the motion.
Approval of the September 18, 2014 meeting minutes unanimously passed by 11 votes to none
with 0 abstentions.
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FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS
Teleconference update
Truancy Policy regarding the use of virtual meetings for ES illnesses
HR report on annual evaluations and disciplinary actions for ESs
Vendor Relations regarding custodian of records, reporting of incidents, vendor process,
and conflict of interest for vendors being on the board.
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ADJOURN
Shandi Virnoche moved to adjourn the meeting.
Janine Campos seconded the motion.
Motion to adjourn the meeting unanimously passed by 11 votes to none with 0
abstentions.
Meeting was officially adjourned at 8:42 pm.