Saturday, March 1, 2008

SBM Meeting Minutes Feb 25, 2008

Agenda:
1. WASC and PDs
2. Superintendent Brewer's Plan and PDs
3. Suspension Data
4. District Progressive Discipline Policy Training
5. Recycling

1. WASC and PDs: Schedule presented and approved, will be added to online calendar

2. Superintendent Brewer's Plan and PDsSingle Site Plan is available online via LAHS website
http://www.lahigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=42156&type=d&rn=7424485

Online "needs assessment" will be available. All LAHS staff will be notified by email. It is due by March 10. This is a survey that asks us what we are doing, what we are not doing.

We have been assigned Mr. Schiller (outside contractor who lives in Virginia to MGT of Florida) to help us write our Single School Plan. He is a data expert.

We will publicize to staff and on Parent night translated into Spanish (Mr. Austin) and Korean (Dr. Choe) the need for input and participation to write our Plan.

Topics to focus on : Standards-based instruction, Discipline Plan, Professional Development

3. In House Suspension Data: 6-8 students per day

4. District Progressive Discipline Policy Training -- March 7th, attendees will be
Avari, Mitra
Espinoza, Nicenia
Garcia, Carlos
Litvinoff, Marianne
Morales, Nadia
UTLA or proxy
Wallace, Tracy
White, Violetta

5. Recycling: SLC Lead teachers to coordinate student service workers Thursday afternoons to help roll the blue bins out through the parking lot to the curb for early Friday morning pickup.
SLC's may ask for a blue bin of their own.

AGENDA MARCH 10
Ms Alton Leadership
CST Publicize Schedule
LAHS Beautification Plan
Brewer Plan

SBM Meeting Minutes January 28

Present: Pineda, Lee, Harada, Rabinowitz, Spivey, Solomon, Jimenez, Dacaret, Knepper, Conley, Griffin, Anthony, Valadez

Agenda
Copy Machines
ISIS for disciplinary reporting
Discipline Committee Report/Code of Conduct
PD Calendar Adjustment

1. Copy Machine: Relocation to either College Gateways or HERO office till Library or 150 is ready

2. ISIS for Disciplinary Reporting: Not possible so suggestion that SLCs use Google Groups which IS NOT blocked >To be mentioned at Lead Teacher Meeting

3. Discipline Committee:
Code of Conduct: Flier to include language “gang related activity”
Intervention Referral Sheet: Dress code violation should be under both counselor and dean; please research fiscal impact of doing pressure sensitive 3 layer copies
In House Suspension:
PROBLEMS >> Ms Spivey invites us all to attend Wednesdays
teachers not getting requests for work
feedback to teachers about students who are in and when is not happening
repeaters—need another strategy

4. Extended HR for 9th grade 20 minutes for presentations on SLCs Thursday Feb 21st Approved unanimously
Short meeting needed Feb 4 to discuss WASC and PD schedule changes

Small Meeting February 4, 2008: Dacarat, Harada, Solomon, Simmons, Conley, Rabinowitz, Moore
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO PD SCHEDULE:
Mock visitation will occur 11th or 13th of March, therefore ð
March 4th Department PD – 20 minutes devoted to preparing for Mock visitation (what to do)
April 1st SLC PD – 20 minutes devoted to preparing for WASC Visitation (what to say)
April 18th Regular PD (Why has this been designated to start at 12:34 and how is it for A, B and C tracks?
April 21, 22, 23 – instead of WASC, it should be changed to finals for C track 1:38 dismissal

Agenda for 2/11/08
Next Year’s PD Schedule (a.m.)
Solutions to lunch hour littering?
Students and classified on SBM
Vacancy on A track and Classified Vacancy