S.A.C./SDMT Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2008
Called
to Order 3:50pm: Jaime Kisner
Ms
Smagghe motioned to approve minutes
SIP Committee Reports
SOS - currently focusing on:
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bullying help
students & teachers BFF@TBES
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dismissal
procedures
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parent pickup
design for 08-09
Renaissance - Goals:
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To increase
student participation
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Increase
consistency participation guidelines
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Make renaissance
24/7 atmosphere on campus
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Upcoming:
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2nd
Qtr Celebration (CLUE)
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Walk-a-thon
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3rd Quarter
Renaissance theme “Spring Training”
Literacy
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County getting
new reading series approval
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Every 6 yrs a new
reading series is adopted
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This year it is District-wide!
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All children will
have same reading series from advanced to remedial
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Surplus going reading series back
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Assessments K
& 1st , requirements for DOE and help monitor it
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Reading Counts
incentives-
T-Shirts, Dog tags, Water
Bottles, Wall of fame
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High Schoool
Musical Sock hop
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Great success!! 71 students invited!
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Spirit Night -
Books-a-million
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1st
& 3rd targeted
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Volunteers being
contacted
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Library Club-lots
of involvement-TBA
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Adopt a shelf
Program-skills, alpha, care for the library
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Sunshine Great
Readers Program
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Grant from
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Classroom Crates
w/45 books each for each classroom
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Curriculum Room-Organization
of materials on-going process
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Grant workshops
for Teachers
TECH Committee
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3 labs on campus;
awaiting 2 more labs(District Approval Required)
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2 Successmaker
& 1 FCAT Explorer
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180 new computers
received
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SM program to be
available in each classroom 2-5
SCIENCE
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February planning
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Science Fair
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Over 500
attendees
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21 Students
moving on to Sarasota Cty Science Fair!!
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Earth Day being
planned for spring(?) ideas welcome
Grade Level “Adopt – a - Campus
cleaning, etc.
STAFF
DEVELOPMENT
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Active Technology
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5 - 6 Modules
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ActivBoard, etc
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KAGAN-Cooperative
Learning Structures
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Win-Win
Discipline
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Ongoing Writing
training-on going K-4
DRESS CODE
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Guidelines 07-08 went
very well
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Meeting to review
guidelines
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Zoomerang survey
to all staff regarding effects and suggestions re: uniforms
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Considering
uniform trade-in procedures
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5th
grade uniforms next year?
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Fridays T-shirt
& jeans…Difference in Behaviors???
SCHOLARSHIP
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5 years old
started by Jim C.
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2-$500
scholarships to NPHS student that attended Toledo Blade for 3+ years
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Silent Auction in
February, Donations will be accepted, re-gift, etc. held on
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Professional Day
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Quilt-Raffle
**Lots going on behind the scenes focusing
on increasing learning and student achievement***
Boundary Advisory Committee
Update
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Committee
involving parents & staff from impacted schools
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Regarding: new Elementary School I
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Behind the
scenes:
Mapping out new growth now & future
i.e. 2 new developments on Price to feed
into Toledo Blade district
Neighborhood planning
Equitable enrollment
Economic Balance of students
New school-needs 750-800 to open
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Road map
boundaries
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Price &
Atwater location of future elementary school
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Recommendation in
February or March to SCSB
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5th
Elementary School in
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Projected to
lower numbers to 600-700 at TB
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All is forecasted
based on economy
Protected
Budget/Staffing Report
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Budget to be
received from County @ TB March 26 - if it is three week turn around, April
meeting should be rescheduled so that we can review and present budget
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SAC/SDMT Budget
review meetings:
Wednesday, APRIL 9 - 3:50 pm media
center
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2nd
budget meeting
Tuesday,April 15? @ 3:50 pm
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250 (?) 4th
to 5th – slated to attend
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Imagine Charter
school slated to open in August of 2008 located across from Lakeside Plantation.
Planning on opening with 400 students K-6
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Mr. Renouf has a
meeting with district staff to continue discussions on above topics to
determine potential impact on TBES
A+ School Project Money $10,000
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Recommendations
will be researched and rank ordered by teams according to preference
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Updated DVDs in
media- Jennifer Runck
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Activotes*-Vietta
Smagghe
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Math related
projects, games, literature, software- Sandy Coward
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Reading Counts
Books - Lori Rodriguez
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Tune Into Reading-Kathleen
Rayson
*Activotes - are Interactive
hand-held devices that work with Activ board.
Kids love it, great pre-assessment tool. 1st
thru 5th great benefit. ¾ of staff need them!
Next Meeting: FEB 21
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Next meeting:
Work Session, Interactive and fun, Dissect Parent Handbook of TB.
Needs to be reviewed and revised if
necessary every year!
Looking at Design,
layout, format & content
Ms Hunter motioned to adjourn at 4:58pm
Ms Rayson seconded the motion
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