SAC Meeting Minutes

DATE: 8/30/07 TIME: 4:30 p.m. PLACE: Fruitville Conference Room

1. Members Present: Bonnie Adams, Annie Avrutis, Jose Diaz, Sue Harris, Laura Kingsley, Cindy Newell, DeeDee Rice, Herb Waters.

Welcome – Annie Avrutis: Everyone discussed what they hoped to bring to the table and accomplish this year.

School Recognition – Laura Kingsley: This is based on 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grade performance. We received an A+ rating, made Adequate Yearly Progress at the Federal level, and received the Kaleidescope Award for making the biggest gains in Sarasota County elementary schools.

Class Size – Laura Kingsley: There will be a District meeting on Thursday regarding class size numbers. We will probably be hiring another teacher. Our numbers in kindergarten and second grade are high, and there is one extra student in each 5^th grade class. The class sizes are 18 in kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd grade, and 22 for 4^th and 5^th. It’s been an overall average so far, but next year it will be per class. Multi-age classes will come into play because of this. We now have advanced work classes and a 4/5 split class. There will be K/1, 2/3 and 4/5 classes next year. We will most likely have another teacher, and the management team will be meeting next Thursday to talk about how to handle that additional position. We held one teaching position back for this year because our numbers were low this summer, up until the Wednesday before school started. We have been getting more children enrolled every day. Another ESE teacher is a possibility so we can have smaller numbers in the Varying Exceptionalities classes. Because of the autism program numbers, our class size average from kindergarten to 3^rd grade is 14.

PR for School – Annie Avrutis, Bonnie Adams: Frutiville is listed with a very high number for incidents of crime and violence in the “Sarasota Magazine’s Homebuyer” real estate magazine. It’s felt that this is probably because of 911 calls from the school for health reasons.

6. Bylaws – Laura Kingsley: The committee reviewed the Operational Guidelines.

SIP Review – Laura Kingsley: Copies of the School Improvement Plan for 2007-2008 were distributed for review and discussion. Dr. Kingsley will bring the EQuIP Data Source to the next meeting. The 150 minutes a week of PE has cut into the school day. Copies will be distributed to SAC members of Fruitville’s specific strategies, and all members are asked to review those for the next meeting on September 20^th. SAC members can make recommendations also and submit them to SDMT. They will have made their recommendations by the 20th, and it is due to the district by the 28^th.

The equity handbook was reviewed.

Confirm Dates/Times – Annie Avrutis: Everyone agreed to the 3:30 meeting timeframe.

Future Agenda Items:

Elect chair and secretary

Adopt new bylaws

Review Budget

Fieldtrip to Media

Additional Item:

A number of 6^th grade parents have reported that their children who have graduated from Fruitville are expected to write in cursive now that they are in middle school, and they don’t know how.

Contact numbers and e-mail addresses for SAC members:

Annie Avrutis: avrutis.ann@verizon.net

Cell: 504-3744

Home: 378-0083

Laura Kingsley: Laura_Kingsley@sarasota.k12.fl.us

Cell: 408-3791

Home: 377-7277

Bonnie Adams: adamsb2424@aol.com

Cell: 232-8880

Home: 322-8222

Susan Harris: suzyharris521@msn.com

Cell: 350-6255