Riverview High School
School Advisory Council Meeting
September 25, 2003
Present: Pat Bliss Abby Gerrity Jason Mocherman Dusty Twining
Tracy Brady Lisa Hlohinec Kate Mocherman Katrina Ward
Mary Byrd Sue Hlohinec Linda Nook Russell White
Ali Dvoskin Bonnie Kuhla Janice Piedra Jorge Echeverri
Chuck Evans Judy Lyon Charmaine Pontlitz
Judi Ex Bob Marvin Mark Seul
Excused: Jim Popielinski Sam Sharff David Turner
Guests: Becky Moyer Michael Harvey Lisa Krouse Bonnie Sullivan
The meeting was called to order at 2:02 p.m. by Chuck Evans.
The minutes were approved as written.
Chuck Evans introduced Mr. Jorge Echeverri to SAC as the new ESOL representative.
Linda stated the Senior Board is requesting that the 2004 commencement ceremony be held in the RamBowl. When Linda inquired the reason for this change from the seniors, their answer was because they wanted their last memory of high school to be at the high school. Mr. Massolio, Administrator for Senior Board, informed Linda they will be surveying all seniors for input on their preference and would also like input from SAC. Last year, letters were written to the editor because people weren’t happy with the graduation ceremony at Robarts.
Pros for RamBowl Cons for RamBowl
Ø Senior’s Choice Weather (Rain dates 5/23-6:00 or 5/24-7:00pm)
Ø Improvements to Rambowl Parking; can be shuttled from SCTI
Ø Save money paid to Robarts and Lack of Decorum – sporting event behavior
use for sound system Heat, dehydration concerns
Ø No limit on tickets (seats 11,000)
Ø Parking a problem at Robarts
September 25, 2003
Riverview High School
School Advisory Council – Meeting Minutes
Page 2 of 3
Graduation – 2004 (continued)
Discussion took place regarding time; it was suggested to change the time from 3:00 in the afternoon, to
9:00 a.m., not only for the heat problem but also for the rational that students and guests would not have enough time to “excessively” celebrate. The only way for Riverview to get the 9 a.m. time slot, would be to trade with Booker High School because of school board members attending the ceremonies. Linda will check with Booker High School and request they change times with us. If all goes well this year, the RamBowl may continue as tradition.
Mr. White requested clarification on today’s meeting. He was under the impression that this meeting’s discussion was to be specific to A+ money. It was explained by Chuck Evans that due to mandatory deadlines, this meeting is to discuss the Strategic Plan for Excellence that has a deadline of October 3, and the A+ money will be discussed at the October 9 and possibly the October 23 meetings which will meet the November 1, 2003 deadline.
Mr. White also requested to receive meeting notices and agenda items earlier than 72 hours prior to the meeting in case changes need to be made or items added. It was decided that Bonnie Sullivan would try to get this information out on the Friday prior to the meetings.
Linda explained the Mission is why we exist, and the Vision is what we hope to become. The current mission does not cover why we exist. Somewhere in our vision it needs to state “state of the art facility”. The future should look different than our past; Linda researched a series of vision/missions, and obtained several examples from many sources. Each table was asked to collaborate and come up with one mission or vision and at the end of a 15-minute time period, would read what they had prepared. All four-mission statements were different, and the group thought each one was very good. All four-vision statements were very similar and unanimously incorporated the state of the art facility phrase.
After discussion, an opinion was reached on the preferred statements. Mr. White proposed that Linda choose from the statements provided, and Linda proposed taking the statements to the Curriculum Coordinator’s meeting on Tuesday, September 30th, to request a final decision. There was some discussion on the usage of the wording “global citizenship”. It was agreed to change the wording to “global understanding”.
Becky distributed the Strategic Plan for Excellence Needs Assessment, and Adequate Yearly Progress, and Goals/Strategies report. She explained the needs assessment report required pulling several people together to gather the required information. The report is still a draft and she requested comments and input from members of SAC. She went on to explain how the percentages for next year’s expectation were calculated. Take the percentage of the goal, subtract the current percent, and divide by five because of the 5-year plan.
Becky reviewed each goal area individually and whether the strategy was Maintained, Deleted or Added. In order to improve, the percentages must increase from what was previously reported for all subgroup populations. Renaissance Learning Center has been added this year for tutoring. Science, art and career prep, have all new strategies because these goals were not included last year.
September 25, 2003
School Advisory Council – Meeting Minutes
Page 3 of 3
Riverview High School Strategic Plan for Excellence (continued)
Linda announced that Riverview is in the process of issuing photo ID’s to every staff member and student. We now have our own machine to do this. Eventually, students and staff will be able to use these for lunches, library books, etc. SCTI now requires them, and within the next year or so, it is hopeful that this project will be complete. This strategy will be added to the safe and orderly goal.
It was requested if there are any changes or corrections, please send them to Becky by Monday, September 30, 2003.
Charmaine Pontlintz requested and was granted time by Chuck to talk a little about the next SAC meeting and the Agenda for that meeting. Her hope is that everyone will attend the meeting with an open mind, conduct themselves in a civilized manner, and keep in mind that the ultimate goal is the success of our students. She sincerely hopes that this meeting will be unlike last years when things became a little heated. She went on to recognize everybody’s efforts in reaching the A status, including the people who volunteer.
Linda then announced that Carlene Judge, a professional facilitator with no vested interest, has agreed to facilitate at the meeting. Linda and Chuck will be meeting with her prior to the SAC meeting regarding this matter.
Chuck reiterated the importance of SAC coming to a consensus. He stated that there could be disappointed people, including administrators, secretaries, cafeteria staff, maintenance staff and other employees if they will not be receiving A+ money.
Lottery Dollars
Chuck apologized, for delaying the requests for lottery dollars, and expressed his hope that everybody understands about the deadlines SAC is under at this time.
Judy Lyon informed SAC that her conference is October 16, she is a presenter as well as continuing her education and it is imperative that she attends, even if she has to pay for it herself. She indicated that if SAC will be declining her request, she would like to be informed so that she could look elsewhere for the money. Chuck shared that to his knowledge, SAC has never turned down a request.
Linda stated she would like to see the process become more streamlined, because if requests aren’t handled in a timely manner, people come to her and she has to get the money from the general fund, which shouldn’t be used for these purposes. The timeline seems to be impossible to allocate the money in a timely manner.
It was suggested that Judy present her request. The reason for attending the conference, she is teaching two courses she has not taught before, and there are a lot of classes and presentations at this conference. She is also teaching multi-color and printing at the conference. She originally requested for $575.00 but thought she would now only need $475.00. It was approved and agreed to an amount not to exceed $575.00.
The meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted: Bonnie Sullivan