School Advisory Council
Meeting
October 24, 2007
In attendance: Vera MClaugherty, Scott Kallins, Terry
Lipman, Robert Graham, Bill Race, Jim Young, Ken Cowles, Dan Kennedy, CSM Keith
Daly, Jann Vasiloff, Cadets Katherine Valdesuso, Jack O’Reilly, Brian Larson,
Guests Col. Cork, Prof. Robert Lechner
The meeting was called to
order by chairman, Rob Graham, at 7:40 a.m. Minutes from the September meeting were
approved as written.
Headmaster’s Report: Enrollment stands at 526. The
school has experienced one of its best and smoothest first quarters with credit
going to the outstanding staff. Tuesday
morning tours continue to yield students for next year, and we should be at capacity
by January. Last night’s choral performance
was stellar due to the students and director, Julie McHugh.
Mr. Kennedy introduced new
SAC member, Scott Kallins. Mr. Kallins
has been appointed to replace Mr. Pillot who resigned. Mr. Kallins is a lawyer in the community and
extremely active with the school through the lacrosse program.
Commandant’s Report: Col. Cork echoed Mr. Kennedy’s
comments on the success of the first quarter of this school year. He reported the school is in good financial
shape. He explained that he sets the
budget yearly at 10% over the budget from the previous year, and that has
served the school well. The audit is
finished and was well received with only a couple of minor changes. Plans for the new building are moving
forward; contractors will be selected in November; Wachovia is the lender;
ground breaking is set for May 2008 with occupancy August 2008. There will be 15 new classrooms including 3
science labs, a media center, and a new gymnasium which will have the
capability of the being used as classrooms when necessary as well as being used
as the lunch room. Renovation of the
existing structure will begin during the 1st semester of next
year. Administrative offices will be
moved to the current food service area.
Old Business: A ballot for parents to elect new members to
SAC was published in the October newsletter; return was poor. Ballot stated that more than one person could
be voted for, so Rob contacted those on the ballot to alert them to this SAC
meeting. He was unable to reach one
parent, and the other did not attend. He
will contact them again. Rob addressed
the bylaws and the necessity to review them; he also read from the State
guidelines regarding elections. He
stated that he would like to do more review and investigating, return with
information, and then proceed to have the committee review and possibly revise
our current bylaws. It was discussed
that the timing for the election of new members needs to be changed so that any
new members are seated in a timely fashion.
New Business: Jann Vasiloff went over the SAC training
that is done at the PALS training session in the fall using a shortened version
of the Power Point sent to her from the district (see attached). All members were given the handout. Mr. Graham was to have attended the session
for SMA, but due to illness was unable to.
SMA held its Open House that evening so a sending a substitute was not
possible.
Jann reminded everyone of the
upcoming Drill Meet, Veterans’ Day and Military Ball. Mr. Kennedy said that there would be two Pearl
Harbor veterans honored at our Veterans’ Day celebration as well as Dr. Norris
participating in our festivities. Mrs.
Vasiloff announced her resignation from the SAC; Mr. Kennedy will appoint
another classified employee as a replacement; Mr. Graham thanked Mrs. Vasiloff
for her service.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45
a.m.; next meeting was moved to November 28th, 7:30 a.m., due to the
Thanksgiving break.
Respectfully submitted,
Jann Vasiloff, Recording
Secretary