2007-2008 meeting dates:
Sept. 12, Oct.10, Nov.7, Jan.9, Feb.13, Mar.12, April 9, May 7

The School Advisory Council/Shared Decision Making Team is a school based committee made up of Staff, Parent, Student and Community/Business representatives. The SAC/SDMT committee members meet monthly during the school year to develop, implement and evaluate the school's strategic plan for excellence. The School Improvement Plan, written by the SAC/SDMT committee on a yearly basis, outlines strategies to improve student performance by addressing 10 goal areas: Reading, Writing, Math, Science, the Arts, Technology, Career Preparation, Citizenship, Safe and Orderly Schools, and Family/Community involvement.

September 12, 2007

Welcome and Introductions
Election of New Officers:
Approved unanimously
Chair: Linda Knight
Vice Chair: Teri Sayre
Secretary: Melissa Tomasso
-5 Star Orientation Training for SAC/SDMT Members
-SAC/SDMT Roster Reviewed and Approved
-SAC/SDMT Meeting Dates:
Sept. 12, Oct.10, Nov.7, Jan.9, Feb.13, Mar.12, April 9, May 7
(Nov. 14th was changed to Nov. 7th and May 14th was changed to May 7th )
-10-Day Staffing/Budget Reviewed
-Review of EQuIP Data
-Development of School Improvement Plan for 2007-2008
Mission Statement
Vision Statement
Needs Assessment
School goals: (1) Teachers’ Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDP) will focus on our schoolwide goal of increased math achievement. (2) It was decided that this year it was too late to require that students complete a project, but all students will be strongly encouraged to participate in the Science Fair, especially those in the advanced work classes.
School-wide Professional Development (30 hours of ACTIVTechnology will be optional)
SPD Budget
Collaborative Planning Team/SPD
Approved unanimously
-SIP Dollars
Motion: A motion was made to have character lunches funded by SAC/SDMT dollars
Approved unanimously
Lakeview Leaders incentives
Meeting was adjourned at 5:28 p.m.
Next Meeting: October 10, 2007 @ 3:45 p.m. in the media center

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October 10, 2007

-9/12/07 SAC/SDMT Minutes Reviewed and Approved - Ms. Bower noted that Dan Barnes should be added as a member absent on 9/12/07 minutes. The new classified member, Jackie Mendolia, was welcomed at this meeting.
-Proposal to Amend 30-Hour ActivBoard Training: The district is offering a 6-hour ActivBoard "basics" class. The class was collapsed to 5-hours to stay within 30-hour blocks. Teachers have option for "module six" instead of "basic".
Approved.
-School Recognition Dollars: 20% to school needs. 80% to bonuses. On October 3-4 there was a secret ballot. Jackie Mendolia raised a concern that there are three tiers for the 80% break down. She noted that it is not fair to the classified personnel. They get the least amount from bonus breakdown. Janet Cole noted time constraints for trying to propose a new option. A motion was made to accept. 18 in favor, 1 opposed. Motion approved. SAC/SDMT and staff in agreement with proposed distribution of funds.
How to spend the 20% designated for school needs. It cannot be recurring and must assist with bonuses, educational equipment, materials, and/or temporary personnel to assist school in maintaining or improving school performance. Ideas: library books, basketball courts, shading for PE areas, fitness equipment, computers, more computer drops, wireless computers, shade over new portables, fitness videos for media center, computers for substitutes, classified position to help with input data and trained in EXCEL, slates for ActivBoard.
Ms. Bower suggested we table ideas due to time frame and add it to the agenda for next month.
Also for next month agenda is the discussion regarding 2007 district policy on attendance procedures.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.
Next Meeting: November 7, 2007 @ 3:45 p.m. in the media center

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November 7, 2007

-10/10/07 SAC/SDMT Minutes Reviewed and Approved.
-Discussion of Work Habits Policy: Ms. Bower informed us that some of the wording was no longer valid due to a new county policy initiated October 1, 2007. There is no longer a category for excused tardies and therefore the wording, "unless medical excuse is provided" is obsolete. Ms. Bower suggested that we eliminate those words from our policy. Ms. Bower further related that the new county policy states students will receive a (D) on their report cards for each early dismissal and wanted to know if that should be reflected in a student’s work habits grade. After some discussion the committee decided not to include this in our work habits policy.
-School Recognition Dollars: The committee narrowed the list to four items: computers for the classrooms, more computer drops, fitness course, and distribution of a small amount of total to each team. A motion was made to purchase 7 HP desktop computers. Some discussion ensued and the motion was modified to purchase up to 8 HP desktop computers. This total will be added to the 75 HP desktop computers we received through a technology grant. The motion passed. Another motion was made to allocate $500.00 for each of the 8 teams at Lakeview. This motion was passed, with 2 members opposed. The committee will continue to discuss remaining funds in January.
Teacher Requests: Tabled until a future meeting.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:15p.m.
Next meeting: January 9, 2008 @ 3:45 in the media center

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January 9, 2008

-11/07/07 SAC/SDMT Minutes Reviewed and Approved.
-Two people have resigned from SAC/SDMT and need to be replaced. They are from the "other citizens" category. If anyone knows of someone interested, please let Ms. Bower know.
-School Recognition Dollars: PTO will contribute funds from the Jog-A-Thon toward payment of the fitness course if SAC/SDMT contributes. Funds are also earmarked from business partnerships.
Funds already Spent for:
8 computers
Software licenses
Portion of funds to each of 8 teams
Portion still unencumbered
There was discussion regarding aborting the plan to fund the fitness trail. A motion was made and approved to use left over School Recognition dollars. Ms. Bower suggested using internal funds to supplement the rest needed to fund the course. Vote was unanimous – motion passed.
-Teacher Requests: Ms. Bower presented: Legislation is in effect next year for class size amendment. A discussion followed. Ms. Bower passed out a rough draft of the Academic Placement Form.
-Parent Information Day: It was asked if Parent Information Day would be held this year. Ideas that were discussed: spring open house, brochure only, or teacher presentations. Due to the lateness of the hour, Ms. Bower suggested the topic be addressed at the next meeting.
-Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

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February 13, 2008

-1/09/08 SAC/SDMT Minutes were reviewed and approved.
-Internal Funds: information regarding building rental funds was passed out to help the group better understand the funds that were discussed for the use of the fitness track. Child care funds were also reviewed.
-Grade Level Presentations: Linda Knight discussed the desire by parents to learn more about the grade levels. They will be held on April 30th for grades 1-5. The Kindergarten Orientation is set for April 29th. Ms. Usman talked about concerns that parents didn’t get what parents were looking for. Ms. Bower said parents are hungry for more than brochure/internet information, and we are proceeding with the presentations. Ms. Bower welcomes ideas for making the presentations better. We need to review our school’s/parents’ needs each year. Jackie Mendolia and Amy Nevins both brought up the disappointment of the presentations from the parents point of view. Melissa Tomasso and Teri Luthy gave the opposite view. They liked the presentations but need to tweak the information. Ms. Bower said our parents and students are our customers. Teri Luthy agreed and said new parents would welcome the presentations. Diane Wall said we just need to show actual spelling tests/words. Marian Behrman asked where we can get information from parents. Ms. Bower said parents on SAC/SDMT and PTO are giving ideas. Teachers should also think about ideas.
-Academic Placement Forms: Ms. Bower reviewed what ideas came from PTO – concerns and needs regarding the names of teachers on placement forms. The parents need to put three names, not just teacher B, teacher B, teacher B. Elyse Nutter suggested that forms not be accepted if parents didn’t follow the rules. It was also mentioned that Ms. Bower keep "a teacher that is not a good fit" on the form. Diane Wall agreed from the teacher’s point of view.
Fitness Course: Ms. Bower stated that the fitness course was approved to be located on the Oak Park side near the pavilion and basketball court.
-State of Learning: Ms. Bower discussed the purpose of SAC/SDMT as advisors to the principal. Ms. Bower and Mrs. Lundquist gave an ACTIVBoard presentation on fall/winter schoolwide data. Mrs. Yahraus and Mrs. Silver helped to field questions and explain data. In October we changed to SuccessMaker data. Children learn at their own pace in the lab. The information in 3-5 is for FCAT preparedness. Also discussed SRI (Lexile levels) and SCPT (pre-assessment tool) comparing students from fall to winter. These are helpful when determining if a student is struggling with a particular skill in both fall and winter. ORF (Oral Reading Fluency) assesses the ability to have automatic word recognition. Our scores are extremely strong. On the Mark is given three times a year for Kindergarten and 1st grade. These are all individual records. The Stanford 10 test, for both 1st and 2nd grades, is included in School Improvement Plan.
-Meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

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March, 2008

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April 21, 2008

2/13/08 SAC/SDMT Minutes:
-Corrections and Additions to Grade Level Presentations: Ms. Usman also said fifth grade team wasn’t in favor of presentations. Ms. Atkinson said fourth grade team felt presentations weren’t that helpful. Mrs. Fenton read a statement that her team did not want presentations, rather information to be given in a flyer. Second grade team felt presentations weren’t necessary (remove spelling statement). First grade thought just flyers and no presentations would work, but having attended PTO noted parents upset. Approved..
-Meeting Dates:
Next meeting date is May 7, 2008. We need eight dates to meet 5-Star criteria. So a final brief celebratory meeting will be scheduled for Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
-Staffing: Since Ms. Bower and Mrs. Lundquist prepared and presented this ACTIVBoard presentation for faculty, there have been some changes which are reflected in today’s ACTIVBoard presentation. District is treating elementary like middle and high as unit allocations without a pot of money. Able to keep media specialist. Shared 08-09 staff list. Projected 724 students for next year. Sharing ESE Liaison with Phillippi Shores. We get one counselor. We get to keep our data/literary coach. An extra 20 minutes per day was added to cafeteria monitors. We are losing 1 ESE aide. There will be 33 homeroom teachers plus 3 gifted units, 1 ESOL unit, and 1 ESE self-contained class. That’s a total of 38 homerooms. Speech/Language was allotted 1.5 units. We were allotted 1 ESE resource teacher. Science is on the wheel. We got one TBA unit to be added to the wheel. We are keeping the Pre-K and PE aides. We will be surplusing 2 teacher units. The ITC will be centralized at the Landings. Technical Support Aide will become Technical Support Professional and will be changed to a 12-month employee. Mrs. Booth will be resigning her .6 SLP position. The people that are currently .6 positions will become 1.0 units, and get absorbed into the school.
-Aides to be surplussed:
1 SSP-7 (aide)
1 SSP-3 (ESE aide)
-Projected Enrollment:
Students Teachers
K - 124 7
1- 107 6
2- (2/3 split) 120 6.5
3-(3/4 split) 110 6
4- 130 6
5- (4/5 split) 128 5.5
1 Self-Contained ESE

-AWC:
First – 1
Second – 2
Third – 2
Fourth – 1 + .5
Fifth – 1 + .5
-6-Day Rotation: Art, Music, PE, Science, TBA
Ms. Usman made a motion for technology to be on the wheel. Mrs. Hayden seconded the motion. Open for discussion.
K = unanimous for technology
1 = unanimous for technology
2 = unanimous for technology
3 = unanimous for technology
4 = unanimous for technology
5 = unanimous for technology. And technology is part of our curriculum.
ESE = unanimous for technology (Mrs. Behrman voted by proxy.)
Specials = technology/math
Classified = foreign language or life skills
Language on computer.
PTO Mrs. Sayre – Students seem bored with technology, strongly prefer language. Mrs. Nevins wants foreign language. Mr. Nelson is thinking outside of the box wanting tech instruction to be challenging. A foreign language club after school was suggested by Mrs. Hlohinec. Mrs. Tomasso wants tech teacher to take it above and beyond not just an FCAT opportunity – high expectations. Mrs. McDuffie supported teachers. Mr. Gibbs said technology was fine. Mr. Duke said technology is important. Deputy Berkery voted for technology via proxy. Ms. Bower offered to have SAC/SDMT meet again once PTO polled its constituents. Mrs. Sayre mentioned that even if PTO would call a special meeting, the majority vote still is overwhelming for technology. Vote for technology on the wheel. 18 in favor, 3 opposed. Motion passed. Technology will continue to be imbedded in the classroom.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.

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May 7, 2008

-4/21/08 SAC/SDMT Minutes: The minutes were reviewed. Teri Sayre mentioned that it was actually Terry Luthy that said "students seem bored with technology, strongly prefer foreign language" and not her. Mrs. Nevins actually wanted both foreign language and technology. Approved.
-Technology: Debbie Arlandson, guest. Mrs. Arlandson came to discuss what she plans to do with technology next year. She is excited about her new position and feels the opportunities are endless. She and Ms. Bower are taking the comments made at last month’s meeting and expanding on them. Mrs. Arlandson created a website that will be up and running soon to help students and parents become more familiar with what technology will be accomplishing next year in K-5. The district’s detailed K-5 curriculum is the foundation. Ideas she is working on, but not limited to, include building e-mail pen pals from other counties, students learning about other cultures through online research, power point presentations, digital photography and video as well as infusing specific grade sensitive curriculum. Derek Nelson suggested that a class/workshop be offered in the fall to parents to help bridge the technology gap. This could walk parents through what students are learning at school.
-The next and final meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2008. Please bring your SAC/SDMT notebooks to be turned into Tami Bradley, in the front office. Please submit names if you would like to serve on the SAC/SDMT board in 08-09.
-Campus Update: Ms. Bower was very excited to announce plans to renovate Lakeview. The cafetorium will begin construction in the fall of 2009 to be located where the current Pre-K, K and 1st grade playground is. Occupancy date is scheduled for the fall of 2010. The administrative building is also scheduled to start construction at the same time as the cafetorium in the fall of 2009. Building 100 (current administration and cafeteria) will begin construction to classrooms in the fall of 2010 with an occupancy of fall 2011. It was noted that the wooden portables where first grade and fifth grade are located will be either demolished or relocated this summer. The surface of the walkways on the HVAC portables will receive a hydrosylica abrasion to dull it and take the glare out. The fencing around the campus has been put on hold due to upcoming construction and should be in place at the completion of construction. There will covered walkways to the new administration building and cafetorium. As we are all ambassadors, we should let others know that the money going toward the school improvements comes from the capital improvement/building fund and does not come from referendum money used for teachers/staff salaries/instructional materials.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:31 p.m.

May 14, 2008

5/07/08 SAC/SDMT Minutes: The minutes were reviewed and approved.
Linda Knight welcomed everyone. She asked everyone to turn in their notebooks. Linda asked for anyone that was interested in participating on SAC/SDMT again to please sign up (Gibbs, Luthy, Tomasso, Branton, Sayre and McDuffie have previously said they will continue.)
Everyone enjoyed refreshments as an end of the year celebration.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m.

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