Tuttle Elementary School

SAC Minutes

September 19, 2002

The September SAC meeting was held on September 19, 2002 in the administrative conference room at 4:00 p.m. Attendance was checked and attached.

Mrs. Dubin discussed the upcoming formation of an Hispanic Parent Involvement Group. Mrs. Gray is working on forming an Hispanic Parent Leadership Council. SAC will be searching for an interested parent from this group to be a SAC representative.

Mrs. Dubin distributed and went over the Strategic Plan for Excellence Calendar and Presentation Calendar 2002-2006. A copy of the Campaign for Excellence Strategic Plan III was given each person.

Tuttle School’s Strategic Plan for Excellence Report Form A & B were discussed with a positive result to the school goals. The SAC Operational Guidelines will be reviewed with discussion set for the next meeting.

Mrs. Dubin presented the Tuttle staff decision regarding the distribution of the Florida School Recognition Program school award, i.e., the monies would be used entirely for staff bonuses with an equal division of the monies for all staff employed at Tuttle for a full year for the 2001-2002 school year. A motion was made by Anne Murphey to accept this decision, seconded by Shelia Atkins, and unanimously carried. Mrs. Murphey and Mrs. Atkins expressed how this decision could only help solidify the Tuttle community.

Ms. Welsh’s proposal for SAC monies to purchase a recorder for each student in 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th grades was presented. After discussion, Ms. Nugent motioned that the monies be allocated. Mrs. Kennelly seconded, and the motion was unanimously carried.

Mrs. Frailing presented a Character Ed assembly called Primary Focus which uses college-aged students performing with audience participation, singing and dancing. The assemblies would cost $500 for two, and a date of October 16^th was reserved. The group will be performing at Englewood Elementary and Laurel/Nokomis Schools also. The last group of students entering the cafeteria will need to have bag lunches, and the cafeteria will need to be cleared and set up for the first show at 12:30 –1:20 and the second show from 1:30 – 2:20. A motion was made by Mrs. Ralich for monies to be used to pay for the assemblies. Ms. Rodriguez seconded, and the motion carried unanimously.

Mrs. Murphey brought up that the physical education staff is looking into getting some sort of fans and awning for the covered area and would like to request that SAC keep them in mind for some future funding.

Ms. Nugent also brought up the landscaping issue for the school. PTO has allocated funds from last year, but nothing has been done yet. Mrs. Ralich suggested that the Beautification Committee procure some estimates and expert opinions from landscapers to be brought before SAC for additional funding. All landscaping ideas will be sent to the School Board Construction Department for approval.

Ms. O’Brien presented “thank you’s” to Mr. Osborne from some classes for the donation of school supplies from Publix. These “thank you’s” will be displayed at Publix. The SAC also thanked Publix for their generous donations of school supplies.

Mrs. Zieminski read the meeting dates for the remainder of the year as follows: October 24, November 21, December 19, January 23, February 27, March 20, April 24, and May 22.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Michele Ralich

Secretary