Taft High School
School Site Council Minutes
March 8, 2005
Members Present:
Klastorin
Pease
Stuart
Israel
K. Schreiber Thomas
Mutz Gibbons
Gillingham
M. Ahoobim S. Meged J. Schreiber
Members Absent:
Jayme Zahovi
Castro
Mishkin
Sean Satey
Jensen
Zaghi
Guests: Greg Pease, Tina Besimanto, Students
Meeting Officers:
Agenda:
Facilitator: Tom Pease
Chairperson: Tom Pease
Recorder: Susan Israel
Timer: Heidi Stuart
Secretary: Larry Mutz
PTSA/Booster Report
Student Leadership
Principal’s Report
Honesty Policy
Leadership Team Report
Digital High School
Tonight’s meeting began at 5:39pm.
Approval of Minutes for February 22, 2004 Minutes were approved with the following correction: under
Principal’s Report, should be “break out groups” instead of “bread out groups”. Also, Eileen Klastorin should be
Elaine Klastorin.
Digital High School Report: Tonight we were shown the new Taft web site and the many uses and resources
available for parents, students and staff. We asked if teachers could place their e-mail addresses on the new system.
Sharon Thomas said she would check with UTLA and the contract to see is this would be possible. It is hoped that
staff will be trained to use this new tool. On another matter, we are currently interviewing for a tech position to
service classroom computers and printers and keep our new system up and running. Finally, we have purchased and
are waiting for mice and keyboard replacements.
(Pease)
Student Government: Michelle Aboobim, Student Body President, reports that the recent visits to homerooms by
our Deans, counsellors and A.P's have been well received by students. These visits are to emphasize the importance
of the upcoming STAR testing. Awards are being given to students for their achievement on tests last year.
It looks like we will soon actually be getting new tables in the lunch area and benches in the Senior quad.
Upcoming activities include: We are planning to hold the Club Rush this Friday during lunch in the Senior Quad.
We have scheduled a Powder Puff football game on March 17 in the evening, at 6pm on the football field. March
18 we will hold an extended lunch for grade level activities. On March 29 we will hold a Karoke Night, 6 to 8 pm in
the Annex. On April 1 we will hold our day long UCLA Blood Drive in Taft Hall. We are planning a Rock Concert
featuring Taft student bands on April 8, from 7 to 9pm. On April 13 we are planning to hold a 4.0 GPA awards
program. On April 15 we are participating in a Student Council Mixer with other schools in our area. From April 18
through 29 we will again conduct our Penny Wars. All donations will go to help cure Cystic Fibrosis. Finally, we
are looking into starting an Athlete of the Month award program.
(Ahoobim)
PTSA/Booster: For our big school wide fundraiser, we are planning to hold a combination Pancake Breakfast and
Flea Market on Saturday, May 7th. We are currently organizing committees to assist in areas of need. We have met
with school clubs and sponsors. Vendors from the community are being encouraged to participate. We will charge
a flat $100 per vendor booth and each school club will pay $20 for a booth. We are looking for student volunteers to
assist with the set up and tear down as well as help in assisting the vendors. We are asking all parents of Taft to
Send us their updated and current e-mail addresses and confirm that they wish to continue to receive our newsletters.
(K. Schreiber)
Principal’s Report: We have studied possible locations for the new lunch tables and benches (see above, Student
Government) to be located in the upper lunch area and in the Senior Quad. The Key Club is continuing in their
plans to develop a walk way behind the E Building. We are excited about adding to our Small Learning Community
an expanded Fashion Program for next school year. Ms Capinha-Viadero, currently teaching fashion design will lead
the effort to expand our present Fashion Design ROP class into additional fashion classes which may include
designing clothing pattern s and actually creating the clothing. On another matter, we have added an additional 3hour campus aid in the afternoons to help with campus supervision. We all wish the best for our ACA Deca team
and Dr Berchin as they seek the State title later this week. GO TAFT!
(Thomas)
Safety: We have just selected Mr Simpkin as chairman of our committee. We have been meeting to review our
school’s safety plan. We will have more to report on in the near future.
(Klastorin)
Leadership Team Report: We have established the final exam schedule for June as follows:
Monday
6/20
Minimum Day
Finals period 1 & 2.
Tuesday
6/21
Minimum Day Finals period 3 & 4
Wednesday
6/22
Shortened Day Final period 5
Thursday
6/23
Shortened Day Final period 6
Friday
6/24
Full Day
Monday
6/27
Full Day
The SSC received the proposed Honesty Policy that has been in committee for some time. There were some
concerns raised regarding a clearer definition of accumulated violations and the required consequences. Also,
should the teacher instructed to make the parent contact when a cheating violation arises? The staff has looked at
this new policy at two recent faculty meetings. It is scheduled to be voted on by the staff this Friday (3/11). If
approved it will be presented to SSC for approval at our March 29th meeting.
(Pease)
Meeting Adjourned, 6:58 pm
Next Meeting Date will be March 829 at 5:30pm. in the Principal’s Conference Room.
Future SSC Meetings Calendar Dates: March 29, April 12 and 26, May 10 and 24, June 7.
Agenda Items for future consideration:
Attendance Committee Report
Leadership Team
Student Government
Parent’s Report
Honesty Policy- Re-examined
Student -Parent-Teacher Grievance Resolution Policy
Safety Committee’s Report
DUPLO duplicating machines
Digital High School
Certification of SSC Officer Election
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