SHARED DECISION MAKING
SCHOOL
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Joint Meeting
Minutes
Present: S. Largo, C. Hall, T. Allen, V. Barker, P. Rice, C.
Percival, P. Johnston, C. DeVeau, D. Delaney, P. LaRocque, K. Tomkins, L.
Medevic, C. Moran, C. Trinchetto, J. Koda, B. Baranowski, L. Robins, L. Ruiz,
D. Stewart, L. Grimes, S. Jankovsky, L. Oettinger, K. Vest, S. Shea, M.
Cantillo, P. Dean, C. Braun, S. White, T. Schwimmer, K. Gobalasingham, A.
Tahiri, R. Baez, B. Robins, K. Shea, C. McLaren
AGENDA ITEM:
Budget projections
Action/Recommendations:
Mr. Largo shared information given to
principals regarding the budget. While
some of the county’s projections are not panning out, it seems there will not
be much adverse impact on individual schools this school year. Next year may be a very different story as
the county continues to lose students.
This year PV lost $35,000.00 as a result of not meeting projections; two
aide positions and a secretary were cut to soften the blow. There will be some tough decisions to be made
for the 2008-2009 school year as it appears very likely our school allocation
will decrease.
AGENDA ITEM:
School Recognition Funds – this year’s award
Action/Recommendations:
Two hand-outs were disseminated regarding
PV’s award of $217,498.00. One is
attached. The decision made earlier this
year was that cafeteria workers and janitorial staff would not be eligible to
participate in the vote but would be included in any bonus. Five options were presented for consideration. In addition to the four options on the
handout, a suggestion was made to divide the funds to reflect the vote with
one-third of the available funds being returned to the school and two-thirds
divided for bonuses. After some
discussion, consensus was reached to go with option two – share based upon
contract status. That is, full-time
staff receive a full share; part-time staff receive a share based upon their
contract status and duty day.
AGENDA ITEM:
School Recognition Funds – considerations for 2008-2009
Action/Recommendations:
Mr. Largo and others voiced some
concerns about this year’s decision making process. Some felt that not all ramifications were
considered such as loss of some high school courses, smaller teacher
allocations and a decrease in ancillary services. Some specific suggestions for consideration
next year include offering more than two choices, possibly as many as five with
rank-order voting; and keeping the voter pool as established this year. It was recommended that no decisions be made
prior to seeing the full implications of this year’s action (as reflected in
next year’s budget). Final
recommendations for next year’s voting parameters will be made after we receive
the budget for 2008-09.