School Advisory Council
The
regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Venice High School Advisory
Committee Meeting was called to order on September 13th, at
Review SAC Operational Guidelines
Members
will serve a minimum of two years. A
member may serve a maximum of three (3) consecutive terms. Parents will elect new parent members from a
ballot during the school’s 2nd semester Open House.
PMT Responsibilities
Leslie
Bachtel, Chairperson of PMT, presented a brief overview of the shared decision
making committee. Ms. Bachtel will
provide the monthly minutes and other pertinent information to the SAC
secretary for council review. Ms.
Bachtel stressed the importance of collaboration between SAC and PMT.
Literacy Effort/Initiative
Suzanne
Krill, Literacy Coach for VHS, outlined the goals for establishing a culture of
literacy development. Areas to be
addressed this year include: raising reading achievement, developing stronger
writing skills, and assisting students to become critical thinkers. These areas will be implemented through:
1. Remedial
Year long reading instruction for
Level 1 and some Level 2 sophomores.
Provide intensive reading courses for upperclassmen that
did not pass the FCAT.
2. Literacy Coach
Works one on one with instructional
staff to incorporate strategies.
Assists in staff development in all content areas to foster and build reading
strategies into the curriculum.
3. Literacy Council
All curriculum areas are working together to implement the
school’s literacy plan.
Encourage reading and writing to become successful in
life
Develop posters as a reading incentive initiative
Involve parents by providing strategies for reading
and discussion in the home.
School
Enrollment, New Programs
Bill Mowry announced the school population in 2,200
New programs include:
1. Smart Web
VHS is the only school in the county to pilot the new
student reporting system. It includes
attendance and a grade book system, providing parents with immediate access to
their child’s information. By the
spring, the system will be accessible to all families.
2. Read 180
A scholastic program that is an intensive reading
course for identified Level 1 and some Level 2 English II students. The independent program has strategies built
in, with books on tape, and student initiated book group discussions.
School
Website: The communication tool is
currently being redesigned to a more user friendly format. Efforts are underway to improve the
technology to increase student and parent access.
EQuIP Data
Candy
Millington briefly discussed bye 2004-2005 School Improvement Plan. This year, the Strategic Plan goals required
by the district are
Ron
DiPillo presented the school’s report card with the Florida A+ grading system.
2003 B grade 395
scored points
2004 B grade 402
scored points
An “A” grade needs 410 points
Reading 47% of students are at or above grade
level
Math 79% of students are at or above
grade level
Writing 87% of students are meeting state
standards in writing
The
report card for No Child Left Behind proved VHS satisfied 93% of a total of 30
criteria every school must meet.
Adequate
Yearly Progress
Reading 57% of students make a years worth of progress
Math 81% of students made a years
worth of progress
Strategies
to improve scores include:
1. Implement Read 180
2. All 9th grade students receive a year long
language arts class
3. Identified 10th grade students receive a
year long language arts class
4. Teachers Advisory Model
The
next meeting date has been changed to
Meeting
was adjourned at
Respectfuly
submitted
Lisa
Callaghan