Venice Elementary
School Advisory Committee
Minutes of meeting
December 12, 2002
Members
Present:
Amy Baker Bev
Berstling Kristen Dougherty Debi Hammett
Angela
Holleran Marie Naple Colleen Pazderski Jackie
Ramsay
Jason Katz Brenda
Symons Jill
Woodward Theresa Baus
We welcomed
Mrs. Baus, our new principal, to her
first SAC meeting.
FCAT Incentives:
Marie Naple reported that in the past we spent over $600.00 for
incentives for the fourth and fifth grade students taking FCAT. It was felt that spending that large amount
of money wasn’t necessary. From the
brochure used in the past, there were two pencils that seemed appropriate and
would be a significant reduction in expense (with approximately 200 students @
$0.54 the expense would be $108.00). One had a star on the end and said “FCAT SuperStar” and the other
had a soccer ball on the end with “Kick FCAT”.
Students polled preferred the soccer pencil. There are also t-shirts left from last year with soccer balls on
them that could be used for teachers.
After some discussion, it was decided to investigate other options. Angela Holleran and Brenda Symons agreed to
look into other vendors for FCAT incentives and report at our January meeting.
SDMT Report:
Bev Berstling reported that the Primary Teachers are of the opinion that
there are too many choices for their students for lunch. This causes the cafeteria lines to become
clogged and slow. Although the lunch
options are not under the control of the school administration, Mrs. Baus has
agreed to meet with cafeteria personnel to see what can be worked out.
Bev also
reported that the teachers have decided on the supplements for this year.
Supplements are extra pay for teachers or staff for extra duties, for
example: SAC Chair, Newspaper, etc. This year there are 13 extra jobs. SDMT decided that these would get $500.00
extra with the exception of Technical Education (Mr. Caudle) and the Academic
Awards Coordinator (Mrs. Shultz) who would get $250.00.
A+ Money:
Bev Berstling reported that the teachers have learned that they cannot
use the A+ money for field trips as they thought. There is a specific way in which the paperwork must be
completed. This is attached to the
minutes from that meeting.
Grandparents Day:
Marie Naple reported that all the invitations are ready to be mailed we
are just waiting for the purchase of postage.
The printing was $70.59 and the postage will be $111.00. There are 300 invitations going out. Last year we had little note pads and
pencils that were given out. SAC agreed
to again purchase the pads through the County printing office and the pencils
through the school store supplier. The
dates are January 23rd for k-2 and 5 of the ESE classes and January
24 for 3-5 and the other 3 ESE classes.
Our music teacher is working on the musical program for this special
day. Bev Berstling asked that we make
sure that the grandparents attending are aware of the garage sale being held
the next day to benefit the Art, Music and PE departments.
Permanent Name Badges:
Tabled until the January meeting as Jan Molin was unable to attend
today.
Indian Run T-shirt design:
SAC members chose the winners for the design contest. There will be two designs combined to make
the 2003 shirt. The winners were Bailey
Molin and Alex Bracken.
Five Star Notebooks:
If anyone has any questions about their section, please see Amy Baker.
Venice Elementary Rumor Mill:
Concern was expressed about the rumors that seem to be running rampant
about the closing of Venice Elementary.
Mrs. Baus told us that she really didn’t know anything but would speak
with John Zordich or invite him to our January meeting to address the
issue. The new class reduction law
could cause some major changes for surrounding schools that could affect Venice
Elementary. It was felt that the
community has a right to know what the future of this school is.
Our next meeting is January 9, 2003,
8:00 a.m. in the media center
Everyone have a safe and peaceful
holiday! See you in the New Year!
Submitted
by:
Debi
Hammett