SAC MEETING MINUTES

Thursday, Sept 16, 2004

1. The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. and the need for an additional meeting in September to review the School Improvement Plan was discussed. It was decided that all members present were available to attend on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, at 8:00 a.m.

2. Ms. Daniels led a discussion and distributed the State guidelines for the use of funds from the Florida School Recognition Program. The use of the recognition award is determined jointly by the school’s staff and the school advisory council. The funds can be distributed in the following ways:

1. Nonrecurring bonuses to the faculty and staff.
2. Nonrecurring expenditures for educational equipment or materials to assist in maintaining and improving student performance; or
3. Temporary personnel for the school to assist in maintaining and improving student performance.

The Shared Decision Making Team (SDMT) voted to equally divide the funds between all staff members who worked at Cranberry during the 2003-2004 school year. Nick Trolli brought up the possibility of using a portion of the funds to support the CAST Program (A tutorial program held after school supported through a grant). Ms Daniels said the grant was sufficient to meet the needs of the program. It was also discussed to possibly use some of the funds for a covered area at the playground. The Booster Club is targeting their fund raising efforts towards this purchase and they felt it was important to have a goal to work towards. Mr. Costanza asked if we could take a vote to see how the majority of the members felt about the use of the funds. A vote was taken and all members felt the money should be equally divided between all the staff members.

3. Ms. Daniels gave a slide presentation review of the FCAT Report.

4. Ms. Daniels briefly reviewed the School Improvement Plan to be worked

on at the next meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 a.m.

Respectfully submitted

Margaret Roberson, Secretary