Riverview High School

School Advisory Council Meeting

March 4, 2003

 

Present:  Ned Ashton, Pat Bliss, Tracy Brady, Chuck Evans, Abby Gerrity, Christine Glass, Lisa Hlohinec, Sue Hlohinec, Judy Lyon, Jason Mocherman, Becky Moyer, Linda Nook, Janice Piedra, Charmaine Pontlitz, Sam Sharff, and Russell White

 

Absent:  Mary Byrd, Demetrus Dawkins (excused), Paul Gallagher, Mary Gorman (excused), Clay Kearney (excused), Simon Kirby (excused), Shannon Lyons, Fred Spence, Dusty Twining, Katrina Ward, Peggy Wiggins (excused), and Laticia Williams (excused)

 

Guests:  John Gorman

 

Call Meeting to Order

Mr. Chuck Evans called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.

 

Review of Regular Meeting of February 4, 2003 Minutes

Members were asked to review the Minutes of the February 4, 2003 Meeting.  Mr. Russell White stated that the minutes should reflect the actual ideas being discussed; and that “outside consulting” was not intended.  The minutes were accepted with correction.

 

Renaissance Program Revision Recommendations

There were several ideas as to how the students should be awarded through the Renaissance Program and the following are some of the highlights of discussion:

      •Free tickets to movies and pizza

      •Renaissance Committee with more students, parents and faculty involvement

      •Exam Exemptions

      •Budget for rewards

      •”86” the tee shirts

      •Gala Committee becoming a “booster group” to help decide how the money is spent

 

Small Learning Communities

Ms. Linda Nook explained that while a decision was still being made on the second “house”, the first house would probably be a Creative/Performing Arts activity; and that a parent forum regarding Small Learning Communities had been scheduled for April 9th.

 

Ms. Nook addressed the rumor that part of RHS would be moving to SCTI.  She stated that in reality the two schools might change campuses due to space, but that the plan had not yet been completed.   There was also discussion regarding a new RHS being constructed out east on Clark Road.  Ms. Nook replied that the county had not purchased any land at this time; and that although there was available land to purchase, there were no definite plans for anything at this time.

 

Ms. Christine Glass felt that students needed to be compelled to participate in Small Learning Communities since there would only be a couple of “houses” next year.

 

Ms. Judy Lyon proposed that a class be implemented which students could take allowing them to explore careers and make decisions for choosing a Small Learning Community.

 

Ms. Nook replied that the 9th grade teams would be offering such a class next year.

 

Other Business

Ms. Nook proposed that the SAC committee meet once again before the next regular meeting to discuss next year’s school budget.

 

It was decided that the committee would meet on Tuesday, March 18th at 2:00 p.m.

 

Mr. Evans discussed the possibility of an 8th period being implemented into next year school’s schedule due to the block scheduled schools needing to extend their days.  He explained that the day would be 5 minutes longer, while classes were shorter, but that an extra period would be added to each day.  He also noted that the staffing costs would increase to approximately $400,000 - $500,000.

 

Ms. Nook stated that the benefit of adding a period would allow students to take more electives.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:01 p.m.

 

*The next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 18, 2003

 

Respectfully Submitted by Demetrus Dawkins