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Information on School Site
Councils
Meetings are held on the first
Tuesday of the month at 3:00pm in the school library unless otherwise noted.
Notice
of School Council Meeting And Agenda
NOTICE
OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant
to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John
E. White School Council and to the general public that the John E. White
School Council will hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday May
3rd 2011 in Portable C-14 at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review and Approve Minutes
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Site Council business
IV.
Request for funds Kelly discuss and vote
V.
Call to the audience
VI.
Future Items
Dated this 29 day of April, 2011 John E.
White School Council By Maria. Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Library, Tuesday, May 3, 2011
3:17 p.m. – 3:45 p.m
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Maribel Serrano, Parent/Secretary
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Craig Barker, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
Josie Molina, Certified Staff
Also in attendance is Assistant Principal, Lydia Gonzales. Cris Lugo
will facilitate.
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:17 p.m.
II.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Maria Holman and Denise Stallard.
III.
MINUTES: Motion to approve April 5, 2011 minutes was made by Jamila and
seconded by Craig. Passed by unanimous voice vote.
IV.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE: A. Ms. Lugo reports that she has been named the
official Principal of White Elementary and says that she is very happy to be
chosen. B. Aims testing in completely finished with 100% of students
tested. C. Our Emergency Evacuation Drill to Manzanita Park was a success.
It took 1 hour to fully complete drill with 100% of students making it back
to school. BPTC provided lollypops for the entire school. Ms. Lugo is
thinking of making this a yearly springtime event. D. A new attendance
clerk has been hired and has already started working. E. Spirit week has
been off to a great week with today being crazy hair day. F. The Gate open
house for new comers was held on Thursday April 28th and went
well. If 2nd grade has more than 20 students enrolled that will
make it possible for it to be an independent class. G. It has been
confirmed that the new school will be a K-6 when it opens this fall. H.
Kinders will have their, “Kinder Awards Ceremony”, on Tuesday, May 24th
at 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Fifth grade promotion will be on Wednesday,
May 25th at 8:15 a.m. in the courtyard.
V.
REQUEST FOR FUNDS: Kelly is requesting funds to pay for the admission
cost to the zoo for all 1st graders. It is $1 for each student
for a total of $126. Parents and Teachers will pay for themselves and
parent will provide the transportation.
VI.
DISCUSSION: A. Josie wants to know if we will be having summer
school. Ms. Lugo just found out that we would only be providing summer
school for about 70 ELL students. 4 teachers will need to be hired for
this. The program will run 4 days a week for 4 weeks starting June 6. B.
Mr. Mark is still working on getting an after school Mariachi program
started.
VII.
MOTIONS: Motion to approve funds to pay admission costs for all 1st
graders to the zoo was made by Jamila and seconded by Josie. Passed by
unanimous voice vote.
VIII. FUTURE
ITEMS: New members and positions.
IX. Meeting
adjourned at 3:45 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano,
Site Council Secretary.
ALL REGULAR MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Notice of School Council Meeting And
Agenda
NOTICE
OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant
to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John
E. White School Council and to the general public that the John E. White
School Council will hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday April
5th 2011 in Portable C-14 at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review and Approve Minutes
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Request for funds (Ms. Watson) discuss and vote
IV.
Look at test data
V.
Review the balance of the tax credits
VI.
Call to the audience
VII.
Future Items
Dated
this 4 day of April, 2011 John E.
White School Council By Maria. Holman
JOHN E.
WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Monday, April 5, 2011, Portable C-14
3:12 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
MEMBERS
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/ Facilitator
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Craig Barker, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent
Josie Molina, Certified Staff
Also in attendance are Lydia Gonzalez, Asst.
Principal and Nancy Defeo, 3rd grade Gate teacher. Not in
attendance is Denise Stallard.
I.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:12 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve March 1, 2011 minutes was made by Maria and seconded by
Jamila. Motioned passed by unanimous voice vote.
III.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE: A.
The budget update for 2011-2012 shows that we will have $214,000. That
will allow for us to keep our, much needed, Reading Specialist position.
Since we are budgeted for 23 teachers but actually only need 22 we will be
able to allocate $14,000 from that surplus to support a fine arts program
which may allow for us to do a 12 week OMA program. Ms. Lugo was also able
to order all reading books, which include math, with money left over from
this year’s budget. That will save lots of time from having to copy lessons
and will also give our printers a rest. Money for any tutoring will
probably have to come out of the Loss of Planning budget. B.
After attending the Job Fair, Ms. Lugo was able to pick up 3 out of 4
teachers needed to fill positions in K, 1st, 2nd and 5th.
C. We will need to find a person to fill the full time attendance
clerk position which is temporarily being filled by one of our monitors,
Rosemary. D. Ms. Birchak is moving to 3rd grade.
Ms. Tasha will be taking over ELL for Ms. Doe who is retiring so Mrs.
Pataconi will be partnering up with Mr. Mark to do the Dual Language
exchange program. Mrs. Faulkner will partner up with Mrs. Ornelas to
continue the Dual Language exchange program in 1st grade.
IV.
REQUEST FOR FUNDS: All 3rd grade teachers are planning a fieldtrip to
Kartchner Caverns on May 20th. Mrs. Defeo is requesting that we help pay
for the charter bus ($646) and admission fees (55
students @ $10.96
ea.) which totals $1,248.80. They will use $400 of their own tax credit
donations and are requesting $848.80. Parents and teachers will pay for
themselves. Ms. Lugo will look into using Tax Credit donations for
admission costs for the students.
V.
TEST DATA:
Benchmark test results are showing that there is a glitch in instruction.
By reviewing classes with high scores and comparing them to classes with
lower scores the conclusion was that the classes with the higher scores
spent more time on reviewing material learned and practicing how to take the
test. It is very important that we teach the students and the parents to
take these tests serious and making sure they understand how these scores
impact our school.
VI.
DISCUSSION:
A. Need to recruit new Site Council members. Maria, Jamila and Maribel
have served their term and are stepping down. Josie, Craig and Kelly will
stay on. B. A suggestion was given for meetings to be held on a different
day than Parent Teacher Club meetings to make it easier on members who
attend both. C. A question came up as to why Ms. Birchack was moving to 3rd
grade and Ms. Lugo explained that teachers were given a chance to pick what
grade they would like to teach next fall, from the openings available, and 3rd
grade was one of her choices.
VII.
ACTION ITEMS:
Motion to approve funds for 3rd grade field trip to Kartchner
Caverns was made by Jamila and seconded by Maria. Motion passed by
unanimous voice vote.
VIII.
FUTURE ITEMS:
A. New members. B. Focus for 2011-2012 school year.
IX.
MEETING ADJOURNED: Meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Maribel
Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
MOST MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday March 1st 2011 in portable C-14 at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Budget
Discussion
IV.
Call to
the audience
V.
Request
for Funds (Kelly Faulkner) discuss and vote
VI.
Future
items
Dated this 27th day of February 2011 By
Maria.
Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Portable C-14 Tuesday, March 1, 2011
3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris
Lugo, Principal
Maria
Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Maribel
Serrano, Parent/Secretary
Kelly
Faulkner, Teacher
Craig
Barker, Teacher
Jamila
Miqbel, Parent
Denise
Stallard, Parent
Josie
Molina, Certified Staff
Also in attendance is Assistant
Principal, Lydia Gonzales.
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
II.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Josie Molina.
III.
MINUTES: Motion to approve February 8, 2011 minutes was made by
Kelly and seconded by Maria. Passed by unanimous voice vote.
IV.
REQUEST FOR FUNDS: Mrs. Faulkner is requesting funds to bring the
FIN FOUNDATION back to our school. It is a one-hour hands on exhibit for
each grade level about Marine Biology and ocean conservation. They would be
here on April 26-27. They can use the MPR room and can do a multimedia
presentation if needed. They ask for donations and Mrs. Faulkner is
requesting $500, which is what we donated last year.
V.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE: A. Ms. Lugo reminds us that the interviews for
our Principal are next Wednesday. B. She reports that the Rodeo BBQ was a
success and would like to thank the organizers and volunteers. We had about
30 volunteers and 100 plus parents joining their kids for lunch and fun.
C. TUSD will have full day kindergarten in all elementary schools this
fall. D. We will have 2 teachers retiring at the end of this semester.
E. All teachers should have their classroom assignment by April 1st.
F. About 6 or 7 teachers are being paid a stipend to do after school
tutoring for our targeted students. G. Mrs. Orantez is coaching track and
the team has their first track meet on Friday, March 4th at our
school. H. Mr. Mark is looking into bringing an after school music
program to our school. Cris says that anyone can come and start an after
school program. I. She would like to restructure the Dual Language program
to make sure the students are ready to continue in the program for 4th
and 5th grade.
VI.
BUDGET: Cris says that the new K-5 school opening this fall has
affected our fall budget. Budgeted amount is $219,706.00. We currently
have about $30,000 left on budget. $12,000 of it was used to purchase
workbooks for classrooms so that teachers don’t have to do so much copying.
Some of it will be used for classroom supplies, desks and for updating the
wireless system. The Reading Specialists position will be on hold but we
will keep the Librarian position that will have to pick up some of that
responsibility. Top priority will be given to getting Reading Specialists
position back when funds are available. Since two teachers are retiring
there will be an opportunity for teachers to move around to fill empty spots
were needed. There will be 23 teaching positions available. Kinder-3,
First-5, Second-4, Third-3, Fourth-3 and Fifth-4.
VII.
MOTIONS: Motion to approve $500 for FIN FOUNDATION was made by
Maribel and seconded by Jamila. Passed by unanimous voice vote.
VIII.
FUTURE ITEMS: Testing results and tax credit balance.
IX.
Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes respectfully
submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday February 1st, 2011 in Portable M at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review
and Approve Minutes
II.
Principal update
III.
Discuss
and vote on questions for principal interview
IV.
Call to
audience
V.
Future
Items
Dated this
28th day of January 2011 John E. White School Council By
Maria.
Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library Monday, February 1st, 2011
3:07 p.m. – 4:07 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
(absent) Filling in Lydia
Maria Holman,
Teacher/Facilitator
Maribel Serrano,
Parent/Secretary (absent)
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Craig Barker, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
(absent)
Josie Molina, Certified
Staff
Also in attendance:
Stefanie Litwiller,Teri Menendez and Pat Ojeda
I.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve January 11, 2011 minutes was made by Maria and seconded by
Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 6-6.
III.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE:
a. Lydia sat in for Cris. She shared that Cris would like to stay at
our school
IV.
CANDIDATE QUESTIONS:
A) Stefanie spoke about the principal hiring process. Maria asked if she
had a set of questions to start us off. Stefanie said she could send us a
generic set of questions to review. Stefanie mentioned that we could give
her input to form questions. She informed us that the committee is also
allowed to assess or request a presentation from the candidates. Maria
shared the feedback from the school. The response from the staff was in
regards to gate, dual language, Ell’s, Budget, behavior plan and Title I.
Kelly added keeping the integrity of the Title one plan. Jamila said that
she would like a question about welcoming parents and bridging the gap
between teachers and parents. Teri mentioned that a question on how the
candidate planned to work in a school with all of the administrator changes
in the past couple of years would be good. Stefanie mentioned that if we
planned to request a writing assessment or a presentation then we need to
let her know by February 18th. A tentative interview date was
penciled in for Wednesday March 9th at 1:30. B) Maria inquired
about the committee make up and if we could begin by using the site council
as a base. Stefanie said yes so long as the committee reflected the ethnic
makeup of our school. Teri added that we also needed to make sure we
included at least one blue collar and one white collar employee. Maria
mentioned that the site council was composed of elected representatives for
the teachers and parents, so that would be a great base to begin with.
That perhaps we just needed representation from someone who worked with
resource students. Marcelo and Ms. Doe were mentioned as possible additions
to the committee.
V.
Craig felt that it was a good idea to request a presentation. Kelly
and Lydia agreed. Maria will let Stefanie know.
VI.
FUTURE ITEMS: Fin foundation Request for funds by Ms. Faulkner
VII.
Meeting adjourned at 4:07 by chair
Submitted by Maria Holman.
NOTICE OF
MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday February 8th, 2011 in Portable C-14 at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review
and Approve Minutes
II.
Look
over and discuss questions sent by Stefanie
III.
Discuss
and vote on committee
Dated this 7
day of February 2011 John E. White School By
Maria.
Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Portable C-14 Tuesday, February 8, 2011
3:04 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Maribel Serrano, Parent/Secretary
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Craig Barker, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
Josie Molina, Certified Staff
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called special meeting to order at 3:04 p.m.
II.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Cris Lugo, Jamila Miqbel and Denise Stallard.
III.
MINUTES: Motion to approve February 1, 2011 minutes was made by Kelly
and seconded by Craig. Motion passed by final vote of 6-6.
IV.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: Maria passed out a printout of generic questions
sent by Stephanie from H.R. We are asked to review questions and pick
any that we would like to be incorporated into the Principal
interviews. Six questions were picked. Maria will forward our choices
to Stephanie.
V.
DISCUSS AND VOTE: A. Lydia Gonzales, Asst. Principal, will be sitting
in for Cris during hiring process. B. Maria reminded us that it is
our responsibility to share any discussions or decision made outside our
meetings with other members of the White Elementary community. She says
that everyone’s opinion is valuable. C. Maria asked if we would like
candidates to do a presentation at interview. Mr. Barker says they
should and everyone agrees. Lydia says the presentation should last
about 20 minutes and that media can be provided for them if needed. D.
Interviews are tentatively set for Wednesday, March 9th in
portable C-14. Time for interviews still need to be set. E. Maria
listed all those who will be on interview panel. List will be submitted
to Stephanie for final approval. Maria feels that the Site Council
members are the best choice for the panel because they were all voted on
by their piers to make such decisions. Craig felt that maybe two more
teachers would be beneficial but after discussing it everyone agrees
that it would be better to keep the panel to the minimum required.
PANEL MEMBERS:
Lydia Gonzales
Maria Holman
Craig Barker
Kelly Faulkner
Jamila Miqbel
Denise Stallard
Josie Molina
Isabel Doe
Marcelo Cruz,
Maribel Serrano
Gilbert
Dominguez will be an alternate.
VI. MOTION:
Motion to approve interview panel was made by Kelly and seconded by Lydia.
Motion passed by final vote of 6-6.
VII. Meeting
adjourned at 3:45 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes
respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary. |
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E. WHITE
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday January 11th , 2011 in Portable M at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review
and Approve Minutes
II.
Principal update
III.
Discuss
Sub committees for Auditing our school
IV.
Call to
audience
V.
Future
Items
Dated
this 10th day of January 2011 John E. White School Council by
Maria.
Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library Monday, January 11, 2011
3:06 p.m. – 4:33 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman,
Teacher/Facilitator
Maribel Serrano,
Parent/Secretary
Kelly Faulkner,
Teacher
Craig Barker,
Teacher
Jamila Miqbel,
Parent
Denise Stallard,
Parent
Josie Molina,
Certified Staff
I.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:06 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve December 6, 2010 minutes was made by Cris and seconded by
Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 8-8.
III.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE:
a. We welcome our new Community Rep., Lupita Vega and our new Site
Council member, Josie Molina. b. Cris was happy with all of the
December performances especially the band/orchestra ones. She says that the
parents were happy despite the fact that some had to attend more than one
that week. The partnership with the Chicago Music Store has been a positive
one. c. End of the quarter benchmarks: The test will show us what
kids are expected to learn and what we should be looking at to help them
succeed. d. Principal position will be posted soon. Maria is to
talk to Stephanie, from H.R., to start the process for forming the interview
committee and questions. Grijalva and other schools are also looking for a
Principal. Cris also mentioned that our school is not projected to lose any
students in the new school year. e. Cris received a copy of the
budget balance that shows that we still have about $55,000. Unfortunately,
we need more than that to hire another Teacher. That money was reserved for
positions that were not filled until second semester, library funds not used
and from adjusting hours. Some T.A. positions are partially paid from
other sources like the Language Acquisitions Department. Some of the money
will be used to buy copy paper to help teachers with copying needs. Since
we have copyrights, we will be copying workbook pages instead of ordering
more workbooks. One copier will be designated for copy requests and two
monitors will be doing the copying on their down time. Anyone who prefers
to use the other copy machines will have to provide their own paper. An
order has been put in for maintenance on the copiers for current issues.
f. Mrs. Orantez will be paid a stipend to coach track after school.
g. Lupita is coordinating parenting classes as well as English and
computer lessons for parents.
IV.
SUB. COMMITTEES:
a. Cris and Lydia presented the 3rd-5th grade
Galileo Bench Mark results for reading and math. Cris explained that the
students were tested on areas that they may or may not be familiar with but
that the results will reveal what is needed to get them ready for the AIMS
test given in April. b. Teachers were asked to target about 5
students that are approaching and focus on getting them to exceeding. About
30, 4th and 5th grade students that are struggling
have been invited to attend the Success Maker after school tutoring
program. c. Despite missing 1st quarter evaluations, our
2nd quarter shows our students moving forward compared to the
rest of the district. Cris says our students are hungry to learn and as we
continue to become a more united school, we will be able to help them
exceed. d. Marisa Leon explained the DIBELS results given to k-3rd
graders as well as 4th and 5th graders that haven’t
passed AIMS. Marissa and Miss. Slaw, our Reading Specialists, were able to
test every child resulting in very important data to pinpoint specific areas
where students are struggling. e. Today’s kinder will need to be at
3rd grade reading level by 3rd grade or will be held
back. f. Kelly says that all of these tests results make it easier
to come up with specific lessons for specific student needs. Jamila would
like parents to have this information to be able to collaborate with the
teacher to help their child succeed. g. In order to determine where
our budget needs to be spent, the staff needs to answer the Guiding
Questions For Examining Standards forms to reveal our weakest areas to
focus on.
V.
CALL TO AUDIENCE:
Marissa Leon is here to go over DIBELS and Lydia Gonzales is here to go over
Galileo Benchmark results.
VI.
ADJOURNED: Meeting adjourned at 4:33 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes respectfully
submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library Tuesday,
November 2, 2010
3:10 p.m.– 4:03 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cristina Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Craig Barker, Teacher
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve October 12, 2010 minutes was made by Cris and seconded by
Kelly. Motion passed by final vote of 7-0.
III.
SITE COUNCIL BUSINESS: 1.
Need to amend minutes from August
17, 2010. Section 2-date approved in minutes should say, May 11,
2010 instead of April 6, 2010. 2. School Council Assurance document
needs to be signed by all members and a list of School Council Members for
2010-2011 needs to be updated.
IV.
PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE:
1. 1nd quarter has ended. 2. Cris reports that
Movie Night on 10/22/10 was a big success. Almost had to turn people away
because of over crowdedness. 3. The 3rd grade Greek
Olympics was great. Cris is concerned that our Halloween parade doesn’t
give out the appropriate message to our kids and would like it to be more
geared towards academics. She likes what Drachman Elementary does by asking
the kids to dress up like a favorite character in a book. This would be a
great alternative without loosing our tradition. Cris says that she was
overwhelmed with the amount of candy on campus and would like to have an
alternative way of celebrating. . Jamila says that at Miller Elementary,
they only allow two parties a school year making the focus on academics more
important. Cris says that that is the message we should be giving our
students and parents here at White. 4. Cris reports that a final candidate
for Assistant Principal will be sent to the School Board and as soon as they
give their 2 weeks notice they should be ready to start. She also reports
that the packets for our Community Ed. Worker are ready to arrive. We will
need to form an interview panel and set a date for interviews. We are also
looking for a 5th grade teacher and a TA that will double as a
Computer Lab Tech. and a Bilingual Assistant. 5. Cris informed us that two
teachers have volunteered to coach our track team.
V.
BUDGET REVIEW:
Just a reminder that the Title One Plan was worked on by the Title One Team
who came up with the best way to allocate our Title One Funds. The funds
can only be used for the specific plan it was intended for. If any changes
need to be made to use the money on something different then an adjustment
needs to be drawn up for that specific purpose. Site Council members will
receive a copy of plan from Cris to be better informed.
VI.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
ITEMS: 1. Everyone welcomes our
new member, Denise Stallard. 2. Jamila would like for tax credit
money to be used to pay Ecology Club teachers, Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Defeo, a
stipend for their time. Cris explained that in order for them to get the
grants for the Turtle Habitat, the teachers involved have to donate a
certain amount of hours to the project. Cris will find out when they have
reached their limit of hours donated to meet the grants needs and maybe then
we can discuss getting them a stipend if needed. 3. Cris informed
us that there will be a dedication ceremony for the turtle habitat on Math,
Science Salsa Night and since we can’t give our teachers a stipend at this
time she suggests that the Bulldog Parent Teacher Group think of something
to honor them with that evening. Everyone agrees that that would be our
best option to do something for all the hard work they have put in. 4.
We would like to give recognition to Mrs. Schubert and her first grade class
for organizing the can food drive. Everyone feels that together with the
Parent Teacher Group we can find a way to give recognition to staff members
who step up and take initiative.
VII.
ACTION ITEMS:
Motion to amend the August 17, 2010
minutes was made by Kelly and second by Jamila. Motion passed by final vote
of 7-0.
VIII.
Meeting was adjourned by chair at 4:03 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL
COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Monday December 6th , 2010 in Portable M at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review
and Approve Minutes
II.
Site
council Business
III.
Principal update
IV.
Review
updated 301 goals
V.
Call to
audience
VI.
Future
Items
Dated
this 3rd day of December 2010 John E. White School Council
By
Maria. Holman |
JOHN
E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library Monday, December 6, 2010
3:11 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Cris
Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/ Facilitator
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Craig Barker, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Denise Stallard, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:11 p.m.
II.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Denise Stallard.
III.
MINUTES: Motion to approve November 2, 2010 minutes was made by
Maria and seconded by Craig. Motioned passed by final vote of 6-7.
IV.
SITE COUNCIL BUSINESS: A. Cris passed out our new
portfolios where we are to keep all of our Site Council information.
Included in the portfolio are our roles/responsibilities, by-laws and
school wide plan. B. We need to have a clear
understanding of our role as Site Council. Cris feels that we should
break up into committees and consider ourselves as part of the Shared
Leadership Team that looks at our School Wide Plan, our mission and
vision statements to make sure that we are meeting our goals. We need
to make sure we are achieving our goals if anyone from the State were to
come and see if we our using our Title One resources correctly. C.
We need to find a Community Rep. for our Site Council that will
contribute to the wellbeing of our students. Possibly look to our local
businesses.
V.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE: A. Welcome to our new Assistant
Principal, Lydia Gonzales. We have also hired a new Community Rep., a
new 5th grade teacher and a new T.A. for our computer
lab/Dual Language program that will be starting in January. B.
2nd quarter is closing up with a very busy last two weeks
containing many evening events. C. Parents from the 1st/2nd
grade Gate combo class will be having a meeting tonight with Gate
program leaders to discuss issues that have many parents concerned.
D. Now that we have a Computer Assistant, we will be able to
have the lab available from 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Using Success Maker,
students who need it will get invited to use the lab. E.
After finishing her one on one with all the teachers, Cris was pleased
to find how competent they all are. Our focus now should be to make our
Dual Language and Gate programs into models for other schools. F.
We need to know what skills our students need to have before moving on
to the next grade that would let everyone know that they are White
Elementary students. With the help of our Community Rep. Cris hopes to
develop workshops that will help parents understand the curriculum so
they can be able to help their child reach their goals. G.
Cris reports that there will be a possible K-8 school opening in August
2011, just a few blocks away on Mission and Irvington and feels that we
will need to compete with them to keep our students.
VI.
REVIEW UPDATED 301 GOALS: Cris asked us to sign approval of 301
goals and has submitted them. They were approved prior to our meeting.
VII.
CALL TO AUDIENCE: Assistant Principal, Lydia Gonzales is here to
sit in on our discussion. Josefina Molina and Rosemary Muniz are two
candidates that are thinking of filling our Classified Staff member
position and are here to sit in on our discussion as well.
VIII.
FUTURE ITEMS: Auditing of School Wide Plan.
IX.
MEETING ADJOURNED: Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m. by Chair.
Minutes respectfully submitted by
Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Thursday February 4, 2010 in the Library at 2:45 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Call to the audience
IV.
Request for Funds for Fin Foundation
V.
Future items
Dated this 2nd
day of February, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
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JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library, February 4, 2010
3:50 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Dr. Aaliyah Samuel, Principal
Angelica Orantez, Teacher, Facilitator
Maria Holman, Teacher
Nancy Defeo, Teacher
Maria Acker, Community Rep.
Sherri Epling, Parent
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent, Secretary
Members Absent: Maria Holman and Maria Acker
I. CALLED
TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:50 p.m.
II.
MINUTES: Approval of December 3, 2009 minutes. The minutes were approved
by unanimous voice.
III. CALL TO
AUDIENCE: Mrs. Faulkner, 2nd grade teacher, was here to solicit
funds for a school wide presentation on ocean life by the Fin Foundation.
It would be a 2-day presentation for a total of 6 hours with lots of hands
on demonstrations. They take monetary donations for their services so she
is requesting that we use tax credit monies to pay for them. For more info
on them go to: thefinfoundation.org
IV. PRINCIPALS
UPDATE: Title One-Staff has voted “yes” on school wide Title One status.
We have enough free or reduced lunch students to go ahead with application.
This will be a 4-month application process. Still need the vote of Site
Council and Parents to proceed. This will allow the schools budget to merge
with the Title One budget for school wide use. This could mean smaller
class sizes, new technology and maybe summer school. We will know by July
if we have been approved. Need to have an accurate plan in place for
distributing funds.
V.
DISCUSSIONS: A. We asked Mrs. Faulkner if she feels that the Fin Foundation
presentation is comparable to the live theater performances that we have had
here at school that charge $500. She says they are and that they dedicate
more hours therefore they deserve a fair donation. B. We also discussed a
grant application that Lowe’s is providing schools. We would have to apply
right away to meet the deadline of February 15, 2010. We discussed the many
areas of the school that would benefit from this grant. Shade structures,
the marquee, kinder playground, etc…
VI. ACTIONS:
A. It was moved by Nancy and seconded by Jamila that we go full Title One.
Motions passed by final vote of 6-0. B. It was moved by Sherri and
seconded by Nancy that we give $500 to the Fin Foundation to do a
presentation for our school. Motion passed by final vote of 6-0.
VII. FUTURE
ITEMS: March-Presentation of the budget process for next year.
VIII. MEETING
ADJOURNED: Meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m. by chair.
Respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC
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NOTICE
OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. §
38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John E. White School
Council and to the general public that the John E. White School Council will
hold a meeting open to the public on Thursday March 4th, 2010 in the Library
at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Call to the audience
IV.
Tax Credit Information
V.
Future items
Dated this 2nd day of March,
2010 John E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
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Notice of School Council Meeting
and Agenda
Pursuant to A.R.S. §
38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John E. White School
Council and to the general public that the John E. White School Council will
hold a meeting open to the public on Thursday March 11th, 2010 in room 26 at
3:00 pm.
Agenda:
i.
Minutes of meeting
ii.
Principal’s update
iii.
Call to the audience
iv.
Tax Credit Information
v.
Future items
Dated this 8th day of March,
2010 John E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
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JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Room 26-Thursday, March 11, 2010
3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Dr. Aaliyah Samuel, Principal
Angelica Orantez, Teacher, Facilitator
Maria Holman, Teacher
Nancy Defeo, Teacher
Maria Acker, Community Rep.
Sherri Epling, Parent
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent, Secretary
Members Absent: Nancy DeFeo
I.
CALLED TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:20 p.m.
II.
MINUTES: Approval of February 4, 2010 minutes. The minutes were
approved by unanimous voice.
III. PRINCIPAL’S
UPDATE: A. Title One: Parental approval is still needed to go forward
with the application for Title One. A form went home with students to get
parents to vote and to inform parents of meeting to discuss this issue.
Mrs. Ramirez will be present at the BPTC meeting on 3/16/10 to make her
presentation and to collect votes. She will also be at the schools movie
night on 3/26/10 to do the same. Dr Samuel will reward students with ice
cream for returning forms. Currently we have carry over funds from Title
One of about $71,000. These funds will be used to purchase computers,
Promethean boards and also fund summer school for K-5. Students that are
falling bellow will have priority. B. Grant from Lowe’s: Dr.
Samuel would like to thank Nancy Defeo and Margaret Watson on their hard
work on the Lowe’s grant application. We were awarded $100,000 for school
improvement projects. C. Buffalo Wild Wing family night for White
made $337 that will go in the principles discretionary funds. Possible
family night again on 3/31/10. D. Because of Title One we will be
able to keep full day kindergarten. E. Looks like school Councilor
and Librarian might be cut.
IV. CALL TO
AUDIENCE: There was no call to audience
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Tax Credit: Gloria completed
a spreadsheet showing tax credit donations made to classrooms and gave a
copy to the teachers that had any. B. Jamila wanted to know
what percentage of parents needed to respond with a vote for Title One. Dr.
Samuel responded by saying that we just have to show that we did inform
parents and collect as many responses as we can. Deadline for voting is
3/26/10.It was suggested that we inform parents about opportunities like the
Lowe’s grant so that they can take advantage of opportunities that are
available through their employers. C. I informed the group that
there would be a mariachi festival at Cholla High School on 3/27/10 that is
opened to the public. Asked if I can hang flyers up at White. Dr. Samuel
said it would be fine. D. Future events at our school are movie
night on 3/26/10 and our May fiesta on 5/7/10.
VI.
ACTIONS: No actions at this time.
VII.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m. by chair.
Respectfully submitted, by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday April 6th, 2010 in the library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Call to
the audience
IV.
Tax
Credit Request for Live Theatre Workshop
V.
Future
items
Dated this 2nd
day of April, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
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Dr. Aaliyah Samuel, Principal
Angelica Orantez, Teacher, Facilitator
Maria Holman, Teacher
Nancy Defeo, Teacher
Maria Acker, Community Rep.
Sherri Epling, Parent
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent, Secretary
Members Absent: Maria Acker and Sherri
Epling.
I.
CALLED TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Approval of March 11, 2010 minutes. The minutes were approved by unanimous
voice vote.
III.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE:
A. Budget Cuts: All teaching staff should have received an
email informing them about the $200,000 budget allocations. B.
Budget Vote: Final budget vote for next year will be done this coming
Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Final vote will not reflect Title One budget due
to the fact that we do not have exact amount that will be received. Will
need to be approved by Site Council before submitting to district. Final
budget is due by June 30, 2010. C. Teacher Assignments:
Teachers received their assignment for next year on Wednesday, March 31.
Much enfaces was made to keep our current staff on campus by relocating some
to different positions. Teachers with tempt contracts will not be able to
stay. Math and Reading Specialist positions are being cut. D.
There will be two vacancies available for next year. Positions available
are for 4th grade Dual Language and for a Librarian that will be
supplied through Title One. E. Computer Update: Due to extra
costs involved we will only be able to get 35 computers for computer lab
instead of the 50 previously projected using left over Title One funds.
Classroom computers are on hold for now until funds are available. F.
Mayor Bob Walkup is due to come visit our school on April 23, 2010. Ideas
are being accepted on how to make his visit memorable. Some suggestions
have already been considered like having Student Council members usher the
visitors, having Dual Language students sing a song in spanish and having a
presentation made by the ecology club. G. Volunteer
Breakfast: Date for breakfast is set for Friday, April 16 2010 from 8:00
a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Volunteers where invited depending on the number of hours
they were able to volunteer with a minimum of 25 hrs.
IV.
CALL TO AUDIENCE:
There was no call to audience.
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
ITEMS: A. Tax
Credit Request for Live Theater Workshop: Caroline Hollis would like us to
discuss the possibility of using tax credit donations to pay for a Live
Theater Workshop that would be scheduled for May. The whole school would
benefit from it so it does qualify. Need to make sure all paperwork is
turned in to office so that we can submit request if passed. B.
Grant Updates: Lowes Grant will be issued soon and will need preliminary
bids made. Mrs. Defeo would prefer not to go through district to get
venders. Has found that using their vendors has been ridiculously expensive
in the past. Will need to set up a meeting with Lowe’s Southside Store
Manager to discuss grant. Physkars and EEF grants did not go through.
McDonalds grant for Odyssey of the Mind is still pending. Jamila suggested
we look into the Pepsi grants. C. We still need to know the
exact amount of Tax Credit money we are working with and need to know who is
to keep track of that. Teachers who had a balance available should have
received their balance from Gloria the Office Manager. Tax Credit donations
and Civic Funds do continue to roll over. D. Dr. Samuel
mentioned that we might be in the red after this year by about $600 due to
expenses for custodial supplies. We are supposed to allocate about $739 per
student to cover all expenses so we have to pay close attention when
allocating next years budget to include enough custodial and teacher
supplies. E. Our school capacity is about 741 students. Right now we are
giving siblings of GATE students priority to enroll and will hold off on
open enrollment. If needed we will have to use the portables to house
overflow of students and will have to look district wide for teachers with
low class size to fill in the gap.
VI.
ACTION ITEMS:
It was moved by Dr. Samuel and seconded by Jamila that we fund the Live
Theater Workshop using tax credit donations. Motion passed by final vote of
6-0.
VII.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m. by chair.
Respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano,
Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 in the library at 3:30 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Call to
the audience
IV.
Title 1
V.
Future
items
Dated this 4th
day of May, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
Dr. Aaliyah Samuel, Principal
Jane Klipp, Principal Support
Angelica Orantez, Teacher, Facilitator
Maria Holman, Teacher
Nancy Defeo, Teacher
Maria Acker, Community Rep.
Sherri Epling, Parent
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent, Secretary
Members Absent: Dr. Aaliyah Samuel,
Angelica Orantez and Sherri Epling.
I.
CALLED TO ORDER:
Acting Chair, Maribel Serrano, called meeting to order at 3:56 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Approval of April 6, 2010 minutes. The minutes were approved by unanimous
voice vote.
III.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE:
A. Jane Klipp will be acting Principal for the rest of current school
year. B. Title One: Jane and Assistant Principal, Miguel
Ortega, will be attending a Title One Meeting on Wednesday, May 12. Mr.
Ortega is also to lead a Title One workshop with staff so they can explain
the strands they will be using and so that everyone has a very well thought
out plan for the 2010-2011 school year. C. 4th grade
Dual Language position did not have any responses, will need to adjust staff
to fill that position. D. Mayor Walkup visited our school on April
27, 2010. He enjoyed his visit so much that he stayed an extra 45 min. He
was able to visit all but one classroom, enjoyed listening to kinder
students singing, was impressed with the turtle habitat, felt honored with
the very creative portrait made my Mrs. Holman’s class and was very pleased
with how well all students behaved. E. The new Librarian has been
chosen and has already been at the school to get acquainted with the school
and staff.
IV.
CALL TO AUDIENCE: A.
Assistant Principal, Miguel
Ortega was present to assist Jane in answering any questions. B.
Robbie Ramirez was to present Title I update but there is a glitch that
needs to be worked out.
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
ITEMS: A. We
discussed losing first grade GATE position because of low enrollment and how
it is to be combined with the second grade GATE class. We asked why low
enrollment in the past did not end up in combined classrooms. Mr. Ortega
explained that current budget cuts most likely pushed the program to make
this decision. B. We also feel that it’s a great loss to
loose the Math and Reading Specialist positions. We asked if these
positions are required to be in place in a Title One school and Mr. Ortega
says they are not. C. Grant Update: Lowes Grant still needs to go
through school board approval. Bids are currently being taken to be ready
to get started when grant is approved. D. Jane informed us
that all teachers should have their assignments for next school year. Nancy
wanted to know the deadline for teachers to commit to their assignments and
Jane says that everyone should have already confirmed whether or not they
accept their assignments. Mr. Ortega says that, in the past, he has had
teachers decide to retire on the fist day of school so changes are always
expected therefore teachers should always look at their assignments as being
tentative because of such situations and also in lieu of number of enrolled
students. E. Tax Credit: 1. Jane confirmed, by
email, that we have a balance of $14,224 in total Tax Credit donations.
$6,850 has been designated to specific teachers and $7,374 is un-designated.
2. We still need to know who is to keep track of non-designated Tax
Credit money. Office Manager has kept track of funds but Site Council needs
updated reports of balance in order to develop a plan on how to designate
the funds in a way that will benefit our students and school. 3.
Teachers who had a balance available should have received their balance from
Gloria the Office Manager. Nancy Defeo did not receive a report and is
certain that she should have a balance from such donations. 4.
Tax Credit donations and Civic Funds do continue to roll over year after
year. 5. We definitely need to create a program to get more
parents informed about the benefits of tax credit. F.
Members Term in Site Council:
Members should serve at least two years. Facilitator and secretary need to
serve at least one year in their position. Maribel Serrano, Sherrie Epling,
Maria Acker, Angelica Orantez and Nancy Defeo have already served their
term. Need to decide who is going to continue and vote in new members where
needed.
VI.
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA:
Tax credit guidelines for School Site Councils, Revision of Site Council
Bylaws and appointing new members.
VII.
ACTION ITEMS:
No action items at this time.
VIII.
Meeting was adjourned
at 4:24 p.m. by acting chair.
Respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano,
Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. §
38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John E. White School
Council and to the general public that the John E. White School Council will
hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 in the
library at 3:30 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Principal’s update
II.
Budget Discussion (ie. Teacher supplies, teachers, assistant
principal)
III.
Budget Decisions
IV.
Future items
Dated this 6th day of August, 2010 John
E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E. WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. §
38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the John E. White School
Council and to the general public that the John E. White School Council will
hold a meeting open to the public on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 in the
library at 3:30 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Principal’s update
II.
Budget Discussion (ie. Teacher supplies, teachers, assistant
principal)
III.
Budget Decisions-Discuss/Voting
IV.
Future items
Dated this 16th day of August, 2010 John
E. White School Council
By Angelica Orantez
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
School Library, Tuesday,
August 17, 2010
3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris
Lugo, Principal
Angelica Orantez, Teacher, Facilitator
Maria
Holman, Teacher
Nancy
Defeo, Teacher
Frank
Espinoza, community Rep.
Jamila
Miqbel, Parent
Sherri
Epling, Parent
Maribel
Serrano, Parent, Secretary
Members
Absent: Sherri Epling.
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:40 p.m.
II.
MINUTES: Approval of May 11, 2010 minutes. The minutes were
approved by unanimous voice vote.
III.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE: A. We all welcomed our Interim
Principal, Cris Lugo. She comes to us from Valencia Middle School where she
was an Assistant Principal. She wants to thank the teachers for being so
helpful during this transition. B. Cris reports that we had
a successful start to the new school year. The only issue encountered was
parent pick up. She would like to get the parents attention to this issue
right away to avoid any serious problems. One obvious problem is the use of
cell phones keeping people from focusing on the students and rules. One
solution might be looking into using it as a one-way street during that
time. Might need to get school safety involved. C. Jamila
asked why we have such a separation of parent pick up areas one being for
kinder and one for intermediate. It was explained that kinder needs a
separate area for parents to walk up and personally pick their kids, just
for safety reasons. D. Cris is going to have teacher’s do
four professional development workshops once a month and will meet with team
leaders once a week. E. Our goal is to become a performing
plus school. F. Cris would like to have Saturday computer
workshops for students and workshops for parents in the evenings.
IV.
CALL TO AUDIENCE: No call to audience at this time.
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Angelica had a copy
of teacher’s wish list that were emailed to her. The consensus is that we
need better technology. B. So far we have 700 students. We
have 22 official teachers and Cris added 1 more for any overflow. The
district is supposed to provide a teacher for every 29 students. C.
We must wait 10 days from the start of the new school year to see where we
will be for the year but so far it looks like we might have to add a second
Dual Language position in 4th grade due to high enrollment. Angelica says
that this position would be provided from the district. On the other hand
we are loosing enrollment in ELD classes due to students high proficiency.
Angelica says that one option is to do a 4th and 5th
grade combo. D. With the addition of one more teacher
assistant, we have met our T.A. consensus. E. Angelica says
that some teachers are concerned about kids who will not do well in Dual
Language classes but Cris says that if we are going to offer a Dual Language
program than we need to stick to its curriculum. F. Cris
presented the “2010-2011 School wide Final Budget Allocation” sheet. Many
adjustments had to be made to accommodate our schools needs. 1. We will be
allocating funds for an assistant Principal position, a full time attendance
clerk, a full time Librarian and a Community Rep. 2. Priorities will be:
a. Assistant Principal, b. Technology, and c. Office supplies. 3.
Cris says that it would be best to include items like classroom materials
needed to support curriculum in the School Wide Plan. 4. Any money left
from final budget allocations will go toward technology for the classrooms.
Nancy feels that laptops would be the best option. We all agree and have
also added computer monitors and document readers to the list of items to be
purchased G. We discussed that we would like to keep the
meetings on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 3 p.m. to accommodate
schedules. H. 1. Angelica will send and email to the staff
letting them know that there are positions opened on Site Council for a
facilitator, a primary and an intermediate teacher. 2. Maribel will let
Parents know that there is a position opened for a parent. 3. Cris will
use the faculty meetings to ask staff for any items to discuss at Site
Council meetings.
VI.
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: Signing in new members.
VII.
ACTION ITEMS: It was moved by Jamila and seconded by Nancy that we
approve the final budget with the option to adjust as needed. Motion passed
by final vote of 6-0.
VIII.
Meeting adjourned at 5 p.m. by chair and by unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted by Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday September 7, 2010 in the Library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Call to
the audience
IV.
Future
items
Dated this 3rd
day of September, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Maria Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Amended Site Council Minutes
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
School Library, 3:10 p.m. – 3:59 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher, Facilitator
Craig Barker, Teacher
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Members Absent: Frank Espinoza and Maribel Serrano
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
II.
MINUTES: Approval of September 23, 2010 minutes. The minutes were approved
by Jamila and Craig second them.
III.
PRINCIPLES UPDATE: A. Cris sent a parent newsletter to
parents about PBIS. B. Cris reports that 10 parents showed
up to the “cafecito”. They discussed parent conferences. C.
Cris shared that we are currently at 728 students. The district will send
us 2 teachers one for 4th and another for 5th. The
new teachers will be taken from the RIF list. D. Cris
discussed the budget. We are currently paying for 2 aides. Cris discussed
the possibility of hiring the crossing guard as lunch detention monitor.
Cris pointed out that we need to make sure we have enough money for next
year’s math workbooks. Kelly mentioned that some grades also need reading
workbooks. Jamila asked for a ballpark figure on math workbooks for next
year. Jamila said that there would be an upcoming PTO meeting and that they
were going to discuss their mission for fundraising. Math workbooks could
be a fundraising motive. PTO can possibly adopt something at our school
like the library or math books. E. Cris also
brought up the discussion about the outdated monitors. They are not
compatible with the new CPU’s. The colors and images do not show well on
the old monitors.
F.
Cris also mentioned that she will discuss scores with the teachers in a
future P.D.
IV.
CALL TO AUDIENCE:
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION ITEMS: A. Jamila asks for clarification
of the fingerprinting fees. Cris said that the stipulation is the schools
should pay for volunteers fingerprinting. B. Jamila offered her husband as
a volunteer at the school. He can assist in the computer lab or head up the
school website. B. Maria asked about the
tax money. Last year we did not get a clear report on the tax money. Cris
will look into this she thinks that the tax money can only be used if it is
designated to a specific club. There was a discussion about how tax money
was spent in the past, field trips, visitors etc. C. Jamila
mentioned how the PTO moneys have been used in the past to pay for field
trips. She mentioned that PTO monies could possibly help pay for students
who do not have enough money to pay for field trips.
VI.
ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: Committee for assistant principal
VII.
Meeting adjourned at 3:59 p.m. by chair and by unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted by Maria Holman, Site Council Facilitator
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF
MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Thursday September 23, 2010 in the Library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Assistant Principal Committee
IV.
Call to
the audience
V.
Request
for Funds for a school play (Bill Mark)
VI.
Future
items
Dated this
18th day of September, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Maria. Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Tuesday, September 23, 2010
School Library, 3:05 p.m.–
4:42 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris
Lugo, Principal
Maria
Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Craig
Barker, Teacher
Kelly
Faulkner, Teacher
Jamila
Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent
Frank
Espinoza, Community Rep.
Members Absent: Craig Barker and Frank Espinoza
I.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve September 7, 2010 minutes was made by Jamila and seconded
by Kelly. Motion passed by final vote of 5-0.
III.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE:
1. Tax Credit Money. Our school wide balance is $13,000. $3,200 of that
is designated to specific teachers leaving us with a $10,000 undesignated
total. Cris reminded us that tax credit money couldn’t be used for
classroom supplies. 2. Cris mentioned that if we were to provide one of
the OMA programs at our school they would cost us from $15,000 to $21,000.
If we use undesignated tax credit money, we would have to solicit the rest
of the money from our Parent Teacher Club.
IV.
CALL TO AUDIENCE:
1. Kindergarten Teacher, Bill Mark, was here to solicit money for a special
program that would target the Kindergarten and 5th grade Dual
Language classes. The program called “Story Sharing” promotes
the Language Arts/Performing Arts Curriculum. They will work with
individual classes to write a story and professional bilingual actors will
perform the kids writing. The program cost is $1200 and it will run for one
quarter with the group meeting with the kids about 9 times before developing
a performance for the whole school to see. Mr. Mark hopes they can do a bit
to promote tax credit donations.
V.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
COMMITTEE: 1. The Assistant
Principals primary job at our school will be to assist the Principal with
academic and behavior issues associated with our student body as well as
being a support system for the staff. They will also have to promote school
spirit help ensure the safety of the students and assist with programs like
Student Council. 2. Stefanie from H.R. was here to discuss hiring process.
Some key skills we would like our new Assistant Principal to have is someone
who is looking to grow with the school, is approachable, a good listener,
tech savvy, a positive roll model who interacts well with kids, someone who
can implement programs for kids and other initiatives. We will have a
panel of 9 people that will need to be as diverse as possible. We will have
4 parents, 4 teachers and one classified employee. The principal may be
present but will not be allowed to participate. Principal will be involved
in final interview with Maggie Shafer and Teri Melendez. Interviews will be
held at White on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 with final interviews on
Monday the 4th of October. We decided to go with a 20-minute
live interview giving them a final 5 minutes to add any info they would like
us to know. H.R. will write up all questions for us and we will not be
allowed to ask any follow up questions. After all interviews are over we
will be allowed to discuss and give feedback
VI.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION
ITEMS: 1. Cris and Robbie
Ramirez discussed how we could make our school more parents friendly and
they came up with a bookmark program that will contain school information.
The bookmarks will be available in the front office for anyone to take. We
will also refer to our school visitors as guests as well. 2. Jamila wants
to know when we will have a permanent Community Rep. and Cris says that we
should have someone in place after October 8th. 3. A major
concern that came up is the lack of reading workbooks for some of the
grades. Teachers have had to make copies from the few workbooks we do have
to complete their lessons causing them to have to use extra paper. Maria
feels our issues with leadership transitions caused the orders to never be
followed up on. We also need to insure that we have enough math workbooks
ordered for next fall. These orders are suppose to come out of our own
budget so we need to insure that we allocate enough to cover that order.
Maria tabled this issue pending further investigation.
VII.
ACTION ITEMS:
Motion to approve Hiring committee for Assistant Principle position was made
by Kelly and seconded by Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 5-0.
VIII.
Meeting was adjourned by chair at 4:42 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Maribel
Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday October 5, 2010 in the Library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Principal’s update
III.
Assistant Principal Committee
IV.
Call to
the audience
V.
Discuss
workbooks
VI.
Discuss
music books (Tax Money) discuss/ vote
VII.
Future
items
Dated this 4th
day of October, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Maria. Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
School Library 3:05 p.m.– 4:20 p.m.
MEMBERS:
Cris
Lugo, Principal
Maria
Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Craig
Barker, Teacher
Kelly
Faulkner, Teacher
Jamila
Miqbel, Parent
Maribel
Serrano, Parent
Frank
Espinoza, Community Rep.
Members Absent: Frank
Espinoza
I.
CALL TO ORDER: Chair called meeting to order at 3:05 p.m.
II.
MINUTES: Motion to approve September 23, 2010 minutes was made by Maria
and seconded by Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 6-0.
III.
PRINCIPALS UPDATE: 1. Mr. Joseph Molina was hired as our new 4th
grade teacher. We are in the process of acquiring a 5th grade
teacher as well. Mr. Olea will continue subbing until that position is
filled and will be getting assistance from Miss. Slaw and Miss. Leon to make
sure students are not falling behind.
IV. CALL TO
AUDIENCE: Maggie Shafer, Assistant Superintendant of Elementary
Schools. Teachers: Rene Garcia, Bill Mark and Angelica Orantez.
V.
DISCUSSION/INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. Assistant Principal Committee.
Maggie Shafer was here to discuss outcome of Assistant Principle interviews
done on October 4th. They feel that we need to do a second round of
interview questions in order for us to be certain of our choice. One
candidate dropped out leaving us with an option of submitting someone from
original group of candidates or reposting the job, but still leaving it open
to those who already interviewed. We chose to repost the job. The job will
be open for another week and a half. There will be screening interviews
done by Maggie Shaffer and Teri Melendez and then the interviews by our
interview panel. 2. Workbook Discussion. Cris reports
some of the pricing for reading workbooks. They range from $9.45-$15 each.
She reports that we do not have enough left in the budget to purchase for
both semesters. Teachers feel that since we are in the middle of the first
semester it is better to concentrate on second. Meanwhile they will use
resources available to provide those lessons to students. Cris says that
all the extra copying is taking its toll on our copying machines. With some
adjustments to the budget there should be enough to cover second semester.
There is about Teachers will meet to vote on whether or not to order reading
workbooks for second semester. 3. Music Books Discussion.
Band class will need 45 music books each costing $7 for a total of $315. We
need to vote on whether or not to use Tax Credit Money to cover that
expense.
VI.
ACTION ITEMS: Motion to approve the purchase of music books for
band was made by Jamila and seconded by Maria. Motion passed by final vote
of 6-0
VII.
FUTURE ITEMS: Special meeting will be held on October 12th
at 3p.m. to vote on interview panel for Assistant Principal interviews.
VIII. Meeting
was adjourned by chair at 4:20 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by
Maribel Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Special Meeting
NOTICE OF
MEETING OF THE
JOHN E.
WHITE SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given
to the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public
that the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public
on Tuesday October 12, 2010 in the Library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Minutes
of meeting
II.
Assistant Principal Committee discuss and vote
Dated
this 11th day of October, 2010 John E. White School Council
By Maria. Holman
JOHN E. WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Site Council Minutes
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
School Library 3:07 pm – 3:42
pm
MEMBERS:
Cris Lugo, Principal
Maria Holman, Teacher/Facilitator
Craig Barker, Teacher
Kelly Faulkner, Teacher
Jamila Miqbel, Parent
Maribel Serrano, Parent
I.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair called meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.
II.
MINUTES:
Motion to approve October 5, 2010 minutes was made by Kelly and seconded by
Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 6-0.
III.
CALL TO AUDIENCE:
Stephanie from Human Resource was here to discuss Assistant Principal
Committee.
IV.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL COMMITTEE
DISCUSSION: 1. Stephanie led us in coming up with a few new questions
for second round of interviews. Keeping in mind that some of the applicants are
returning from first round of interviews, we need to ask for more specific
answers. 2. We need to keep in mind that we are looking for someone who:
a.
Is a future leader.
b.
Knows PBIS steps, how to implement them and has a way of getting everyone
to buy into it.
c.
Would be able to deal with limited English parents.
d.
Would be able to support staff with cognitive coaching.
Maybe
find out their teaching philosophy by asking them who their favorite teacher
is. 3. Tentative date for interview screenings with Maggie Shafer and Teri
Melendez is Friday, October 22, 2010.
V.
ACTION ITEMS:
Motion to use the same Hiring committee for Assistant Principle position was
made by Cris and seconded by Jamila. Motion passed by final vote of 6-0.
VI.
Meeting was adjourned by chair at 3:42 p.m.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Maribel
Serrano, Site Council Secretary.
ALL MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OF
MEETING OF THE
JOHN E. WHITE
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to
the members of the John E. White School Council and to the general public that
the John E. White School Council will hold a meeting open to the public on
Tuesday November 2, 2010 in the Library at 3:00 pm.
Agenda:
I.
Review and
Approve Minutes
II.
Site council
Business, Amend Minutes for August 17, School council Assurance document and
updated list of members
III.
Principal
update
IV.
Review
budget
V.
Proposal for
clubs by Jamila Discuss
VI.
Call to
audience
VII.
Future Items
Dated this 1st
day of November 2010
John E. White School Council
By Maria. Holman
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