The SAC/Management Team met on Tuesday, September 22, 2004 at 4:00pm.

People in attendance were:

Jan Komara, Phyllis Frederic, Susan Lomas, Terri Chivington, Kathleen Powers, Janice Summersgill, Lea Kitchener, Colleen Byrne and Anna Mulligan. Introductions were made for the members attending.

#1

School Improvement Plan draft given out to each person attending this meeting. The Vision and Mission Statement for Oak Park School was reviewed. We are making great progress in terms of expectations of students. We want our kids to do the very best they can and we must develop our own plan for the students involved in Alternate Assessment. Jan Komara reviewed the statistics on the SIP and Oak Park did better than what was expected as the FAAR helped our scores. She reviewed the ethnicity and grades of our students. Oak Park has 5 LEP eligible students. She also reviewed the graduation rate. Team leaders are going to work with their teams on the reading, writing and math strategies being used this year and present them at the next SAC/Management Team Meeting. Science, Art and Technology were also reviewed. Career Preparation is an important issue with dropout prevention and post graduate instruction with SCTI. Citizenship and Family and Community Involvement were also reviewed. Susan Lomas wants more parent involvement with SAC and questioned how we could generate more parent support. The majority of parents of EH students are not a responsive group, even with IEP attendance; parents of more physically handicapped students are exhausted. The Professional Development Plan will have a sub-committee of Team Leaders working on it. There will be four more days of Professional Development for certified staff only – not provided for classified staff. We need a flexible, ongoing plan to do this. It’s an opportunity to improve what you know to improve teacher knowledge and to improve student achievement. Can have plans that don’t have a product.

#2

Mrs. Komara advised the SAC/Management Team that we will help PTSO with the Golf Tournament, their fundraiser again this year. Golf course ideas were the Meadows and Sarasota Golf Course.

#3

The Open House/Literacy Night is November 30, 2004. Susan Lomas recommended parent involvement for this event. Mrs. Komara stated that we have great volunteers and that Oak Park won three PALS awards.

#4

Dance Dates: October 29, 2004 from 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Homecoming: Fall Festival October 29, 2004

February Dance: February 11, 2005 at 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Prom: May 6, 2005 at 7:00 – 10:00 pm

Sarasota High School Girls doing community service for the dances – can we schedule them again?

#5

SAC Calendar for the 2004-2005 school year. The meeting dates are the second Tuesday of every month. We rescheduled this SAC/Management Team meeting to the third due to the Hurricanes and Oak Park being a Hurricane shelter. All agreed on the second Tuesday of every month at 4:00 pm.

#6

Jan asked if there was any other business.

We will review the SAC/Management Team by-laws, the Golf Tournament and the School Improvement Plan at the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 5:20 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Anna Mulligan

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