BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

S.A.C. Minutes

April 7, 2004

2:15 p.m.

 

Members Present

Deb Markley, Karen Rose, Joe Bazenas, Steve Bloom, Tracy Witzer, Traci Douberly, Debra Reese, Dawn Carey.

 

Guest Present

Donna Fazel

 

In Karen Chester’s absence, Debra Reese called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.

 

The minutes from the March 11, 2004 meeting were reviewed.  Joe Bazenas motioned to accept the minutes and Tracy Witzer seconded the motion.  Consensus was reached.

 

Steve Bloom gave us an update on Alex Cornell, who has been ill and is recovering. 

 

SIP Proposals:

 

Teachers To Speakers of Other Languages (TSOL)

Donna Fazel requested $649.74 (registration, hotel, food) to attend a TSOL Conference on April 29, 30 and May 1, 2004 in Tampa.  By attending the conference, Donna feels that she would keep current on the latest strategies for ESOL since she is the only ESOL teacher at Brookside.  Current thinking is that ESOL students should be distributed evenly throughout the teams, and Donna would like to gather specific information about this change.  Brookside will pay for the sub from school discretionary funds.  Dawn Carey motioned to approve $449.74 for the conference and Joe Bazenas seconded the motion.  Consensus was reached.

 

Review 2004/2005 Budget

Karen Rose presented the 2004/2005 budget proposal.  Tracy Witzer motioned to accept the budget and Steve Bloom seconded the motion.  Consensus was reached.

 

Other Business

Deb Markley spoke about Arts Day and noted that it was a huge success.  Deb polled her students and they overwhelmingly said that Arts Day was not long enough.  Deb saw this as a positive and felt there was a good balance between hands-on and demonstrations with the artists and students.  

 

PALS Volunteer Breakfast

Debra Reese reminded everyone that the PALS breakfast is April 22nd at Michael’s On East.

 

5Star Book Due

Tracy Witzer reported that all 5 Star Books are due in May.

 

Web Rummage Sale

The Web will hold a rummage sale to benefit the Landscape Beautification Project On April 17th at Brookside.  Donations are currently being accepted.

 

There were no further questions or concerns and the meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m.

 

Karen Chester, Chairperson                                         Karen Rose, Principal