Cunningham Creek Elementary/SAC Minutes for May 9, 2011

Members in Attendance:

Administration: / Teachers: / Parents:
Allen Anderson / Neva Chatfield – K
Barbara Smith – 1 / Darlene DeSena
Marlene Patterson – 2
District: / Bridget Jeffers – 3 / NeryDiDeo – PTO
Kristin Bozeman- absent / Sherry Galbraith –4 & Pace / Jennifer Hamilton
Kasey Baker – 5th / Robert Block
SAC Co-chairs: / Deb Stubee – ESE / Kim Zalkan
Bridget Jeffers / Julian Barnes - staff / Carol Higleyvia phone
Sherry Galbraith / Jodi McLeod - Resource / Anne Lister
Carmen McKinstry
Business Partner: / Lena Ford
Kathy Gilmore - absent / Bridget Turner
Lauri Frost absent

TheMay 9, 2011 SAC meeting was called to order at 3:40p.m.

Approval of Minutes:

The following amendments were made to the minutes for the April 11, 2011 meeting:

  • November 8, 2010 – attendance change – Kasey Baker& Jodi McLeod were present at the meeting. Mrs. Dideo motioned to approve and Mrs. Smith seconded motion. All approved.
  • January 10, 2011 – attendance change – Jodi McLeod was present at meeting.
  • March 14, 2011 – Laurie Frost was in attendance at that meeting. Janet Noack’s resignation occurred AFTER her attendance at that meeting. Mrs. Zalkan motioned to approve and Mr. Block seconded motion. All approved.

Approval of the minutes for April 11, 2011opened by Bridget Jeffers. Deb Stubee motioned to approve minutes. Mrs. DeSenaseconded the approval of the minutes. Minutes were approved.

New SAC Member

Mr. Barnes, was introduced as the new non-instructional staff member to the SAC team.

Budget Report:

  • Remaining budget, $1054.20.
  • Requested items for purchase:
  1. iPad for each teacher (this idea was removed from list)
  2. ESE materials- adaptive school tools materials (323.76)
  3. An archway for the reading garden
  4. SSYRA books for media center
  5. Professional books to be distributed to each teacher for PLCs next year.

Mr. Anderson suggested a priority list was ESE materials, SSYRA books, and the professional books for teachers.

Mrs. Baker motioned that we use the money first to fund the ESE request, then the teacher professional books, and finally the SSYRA books. Mrs. Ford seconded the motion. All approved the motion.

Principal’s Report

  • Evacuation drill still needs to be conducted. This will occur very soon.
  • The Slime Event will take place on June 3rd. Mr. Anderson will be “slimed” to celebrate the students’ reading. UP to 4 more staff members will also be “slimed.”
  • May 20th is the ESE Arts Extraveganda
  • The annual school Spring Fling is this Friday.
  • FCAT Writes – CCE was one of 6 schools to get 100% of students at Level 3 or above. 93% of students scored a level 4 or above!

From the District FOCUS meeting

We will need to hire at least 36 new teachers next year. We will be funded for 11. We have lost the IDEA and Title 1 funding. We will be focused on “maintaining” rather than improving. Parents are invited to join Project Care and FIT - two advocacy groups for education. Bev Slough would like parents to write letters to Tallahassee. Funding per student will drop $540 next year, which will be covered through the teachers now paying 3% toward their pension funds.

Membership/Leadership for 2011/2012

Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Block, Mrs. McKinstry, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. DeSena, and Mrs. Zalkan will return next year. We will need at least 4 – 5 more parent members for next year’s SAC team.

Mrs. Jeffers nominated Mrs. Galbraith as co-chair for next year. Mrs. Galbraith nominated Mrs. Zalkan as the other co-chair. Mrs. DiDeo made the motion that these two become our SAC chairs for the coming year. Mrs. DeSena seconded the motion. All approved.

Calendar for 2011/2012

Meetings will be held on the second Thursday of each month. The proposed dates are September 8, October 13, November 10 the (SAC Walk-Through); December 8th January 12; February 9, March 8; April 12; May 10.

Mrs. DeSena made a motion to approve this schedule; Mrs. Ford seconded this motion. The motion was approved.

Parent Nights Discussion:

  • Whole Child Development Night ~ our learnings:

Despite a long, well -developed program, only 4 parents attended. There were speakers about the Eight Habits, Cyber-bullying & Smart phones,RTI information, and the middle school and high school progression plan. We will promote this heavily next year to get attendance for this wonderful event.

  • Math Night will be May 17th. Flyers have gone out – with an RSVP slip. There will be interactive activities for the children, teachers from all grade-levels, 6th grade teachers from the middle school, and Michelle Wiles, the district math curriculum

School Recognition Funds

It was discovered that we did not have the quorum necessary to approve the School Recognition funding formula for next year. Kim Zalkan made a motion that we approve the plan discussed in the April meeting. Mrs. McKinstry seconded that motion. The motion was approved.

SAC Online Survey:

Mrs. Jeffries will email the web link to the survey so that members can complete this survey.

5:00 p.m. – Motion to adjourn byLena Ford. Motion seconded by Mrs. DeSena seconded. Meeting adjourned.