Campus Advisory Council
Martin Middle School
December Minutes
School Name: Martin Middle School
Date: December 14, 2015
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
Location: Martin Middle School Library
Attendance: Jocelyn Barrera, Monica De La Garza, Rosi Rodriguez, Nikki Scofield, Quentin
Thomas, Joe Trevino, Jeremy Guillory, Amanda Argujio, Brittany Showels, Alison ThomassonBramley, Hermelinda Zamaripa, Jennifer Karydas, Debbie Lockhart, Carolina Mueller
Notes
Agenda Items
Welcome
Principal Selection Process
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Review Agenda
Training video – Open Meetings, Visitor
Guidelines, and Citizens Communications:
English and Spanish
Training summary: English and Spanish
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Jan. 14th- Faculty Meeting where staff will create a principal
profile
Jan. 14th- Community Meeting where community will create a
principal profile
Jan. 25th- CAC will meet about the process
Jan. 26th- Faculty Meeting to review and update progress
CAC meetings are open to public
Sub committee meetings can be closed
We must post agendas
Community members may attend if they follow the visitor
guidelines
Citizens Communication/ Visitor
Carolina Mueller from the Sustainable Food Center shared about a
project she is working on with the Martin National Junior Honor
Society. NJHS is planning a vegetable garden.
 CAC and any teachers or community members are invited to a
free gardening class at SFC. Flyers were distributed.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes were approved
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Campus Advisory Council
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December Minutes
Presentation
o Innovation Academy
 Butterfly Garden
Ms. Scofield present on the Butterfly Garden Build day
 Shared photos
 Explained the students’ design process
 Garden was funded by $5,000 Wildlife Federation
Grant
 AISD science service center and Keep Austin
Beautiful leant tools
 Parents, teacher mentors, and volunteers from UT,
A&M, Link Austin, NJHS
 Another work day in late March
 EcoRise is going to work with students to build a rain
water collection system
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December Minutes
Data Available for Review:
o Martin Middle School Dashboard/
Data Review
 Attendance
 Discipline
 Math
 English
 Science
 Social Studies
 Course Failure Rates
Attendance Data:
 8th grade high number of absences is a district-wide trend
 There is a big discrepancy between the number of absences in
each grade level.
 We are providing an attendance recovery program for students
to make up absences and get class credit after school. This
helps the students, but does not credit the school for the
absences.
 We need to start thinking ahead about how to get students here
on inclement weather days.
 Ideas: survey during advisory as to why students are absent,
flyer encouraging parents to send students to school and
sharing resources for housing, clothing, etc., contact specific
students who have missed more than 5 days (Mr. Machuca does
this) before gathering data on all students
Discipline Data:
 There has been a spike in fights. We have implemented new
dismissal procedures to avoid this.
 We are looking at proactive approaches- may partner with
Camacho Center to implement a leadership program’
 We have a licensed therapist on campus working with students.
 We will be doing hour long SEL lessons in the Spring to be
implemented via Restorative Justice circles
 Discussion on substance abuse and how to make parents aware
Math & ELA
 Single teachers were failing many students and bringing these
numbers up. This has been dealt with.
Science
Social Studies
Students failing more than 2 classes
 We anticipate this to decrease in the Spring as UIL and sports
pick up.
Adjourn
NEXT MEETING: January 25th