McIntosh Middle School School Advisory Council Minutes September 8, 2006
In Mary Gorman’s absence, Mr. Hagemann facilitated the meeting.
The following Agenda Items were discussed:
1. Members were asked to complete an information sheet and return it to Donna Maguire as soon as possible. Lauren Orr requested that Assistant Principals be added to the membership of SAC. Adding staff members to SAC requires a larger number of non-staff members on SAC, since 51% of the SAC membership is required to be non-staff. Donna Maguire will check on any other issues that would hinder adding Assistant Principals to the roster.
2. The Operational Guidelines were dispersed. Without questions, these will continue to be the guidelines used this year.
3. Mr. Hagemann gave an overview of the School Improvement Plan process. Jan Gilpin reviewed the Needs Assessment, Goals, Activities, and Professional Development Plans included in the plan. The plan reflects the achievement gap in the performance among subgroups at McIntosh, strategies to address those gaps, and professional development to help implement those strategies. The SIP next goes to SDMT for approval.
4. Mr. Rosenbaum requested that staff be alerted to the funds available through SAC so they may have time to plan for activities requiring funds. After discussion it was agreed that this notification would wait until next month, when SAC will know if the School Improvement Plan has been approved by the district, and, consequently, exactly what funds are available. It was noted that SAC already has a system in place for funding requests and that process would be used again this year.
Mr. Hageman noted that A+ money has been awarded to the school. SDMT will need to survey staff on how those funds are to be spent. The survey results will be reported to SAC.
5. The following topics were tabled due to time constraints: PTO transition, CWT, and Referendum dollars.
6. Other business: Mr. Rosenbaum asked what the enrollment figures were for this school year. Mr. Hagemann reported approximately 1,100. At the five-day count, McIntosh was down 40 students, requiring funds to be returned to the district. Mr. Hagemann also noted that those funds were available because the school had kept a small reserve for that purpose.
Note: In a subsequent conversation at the management level, a determination was made to allow MMS Pupil Support Services (non-classroom Instructional Contract Personnel) to focus on Goal 5 and 6 of the SIP.
Goal 5 and 6 reflect the Middle School Quality Initiative, Florida Secondary School Redesign Act, and Whole Child/Strong School Project. A revision to the draft document for presentation at SDMT exists as a result of this addendum. The Draft document proceeds to the MMS Shared Decision Team, and will be presented for consideration with the Executive Director of Middle Schools on September 15th.
Meeting adjourned at 9:10
Respectfully submitted,
Jan Gilpin