BROOKSIDE MDDLE SCHOOL

S.A.C. MINUTES

SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 at 2:15 P.M.

Members Present:

Deb Reese, Karen Rose, Carlos Cruz, Cory Williams, Mary Sue DeHart, Jeff Hradek, Detective Reggie Ross, Chris Reese, Nick Kohler, Mark Homrich, Mary Beth Devaney, Joe Bazenas

Guests Present:

Susan Maas-Lyon, Maureen DeCiantis, Deb Markley

Deb Reese, Chairperson, called the meeting to order with a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11. Deb Reese has agreed to be Chairperson again this year and Mary Sue DeHart will be Secretary again. Introductions were made of everyone present.

S.A.C. Meetings will be held the second Wednesday of every month from 2:15 p.m. until 3:15 p.m. The dates are as follows: October 9; November 13; December 11; January 8; February 12; March 12; April 9; and May 14. If any meeting needs to be canceled, all members will be notified in writing.

The County-wide PALS training is scheduled for September 19, 2002 at Brookside Middle School from 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. There will be five different workshops. If anyone on S.A.C. wants to attend the S.A.C. training, please do so. Students are also welcome.

Jeff Hradek went over the budget process with the committee. Brookside was awarded $138,042 in A+ dollars this year. Mr. Hradek and Team Leaders came up with a break down on how funds were to be allocated. Seven hundred dollars will be given to each team and $10,000 will go into Brookside’s capital budget for technology equipment. Other funds were divided up among staff who worked at Brookside last year. Nick Kohler made a motion to approve the A+ dollar allocations. Karen Rose seconded motion. All members voted and approved allocations by consensus.

Karen Rose reviewed EQUIP Data and School Improvement Plan. Safe and Orderly Schools, Goal 9, went down a little bit last year due to attendance. Procedures are in place this year to improve attendance. Brookside will be focusing in on five goals while maintaining two other goals this school year.

S.A.C. Lottery Dollar Requests:

M. DeCiantis was requesting $1,400 for job shadowing for her students this year and $750 for tutoring. Business Education students go to the elementary schools and tutor younger children. Jeff Hradek made a motion that we approve this allocation. Nick Kohler seconded motion. Consensus was reached.

Susan Maas-Lyon attended S.A.C. to request funds for a Family Literacy Night of Reading. Ms. Maas-Lyon plans to have an “Oprah” type book club. Grant approval would not occur until January therefore she is requesting funds from S.A.C. to get a jump start on “reading”. Child care will be made available so all families will have an opportunity to attend. The amount she is requesting is $700. Nick Kohler made a motion that we approve this. Cory Williams’ seconded motion. Consensus was reached.

Deb Markley attended S.A.C. to request $1,200 in funds for and Arts Attack Program. These are videos that students can work on projects while looking at the video which frees up teacher to move around the room. Ms. Markley also wanted to thank S.A.C. for the money used for the Elmo machine last year. It is working out wonderfully in the classroom. Cory Williams made a motion that we approve this. Mary Sue DeHart seconded motion. Consensus was reached.

Other Funds approved included:

Literacy Institute for Language Arts Teachers (4 total) $2,200.00; Answer America which is the phone answering system for Homework Hotline $1,380.00; Registration for six teachers to attend a Writing Conference in Tampa $330.00; Mote Registration for nine teachers to attend F.A.S.T. 2002: The Fine Art of Science $855.00.

Joe Bazenas reviewed the plans for Safe and Orderly Schools for Brookside. He plans to sit in on team meetings and put plan into effect. The Intervention Assistance Team (I.A.T.) has been developed to work on students’ behaviors, etc.

The Operational Guidelines were reviewed. One change was made under Membership Terms – Please add - Community members could be excluded from the one year recess per Principal appointment.

Equity booklets were distributed to all S.A.C. members..

Meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Debra Reese, Chairperson

Jeff Hradek, Principal