Fruitland Park Elementary School
School Advisory Council
Minutes of Meeting
DATE: 9/14/2015 TIME: 3:47 p.m.
MEETING FACILITATOR / Tamara McCrayMEETING MINUTES BY / Ginger Godwin
ATTENDEES
(attach sign in sheet) / McCray, Godwin, Pancoast, Bordenkircher, Langley, Daley, Laios, Dicus, Bryant, Mathis, Savage, Gilbert, Menzinger, Dudley, Umble
AGENDA ITEMS
Call to Order
Approval of minutes from last meeting
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Introduction of Tammy Langley, Principal
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LCS’s SAC Training PowerPoint
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Election of SAC Officers
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Approval of the Parent Involvement Plan
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Approval of the School Improvement Plan / Mrs. McCray called the meeting to order at 3:47 p.m.
The May meeting minutes were distributed to each member. After providing time to review the minutes, several mistakes were found. In the section, “Convert Guidance Counselor Position”, the word, “second” was left out from the first sentence. It should be between the words “the” and “Guidance”. A motion to add the word “second” was made by Kirsten Daley and seconded by Heather Pancoast, the vote was unanimous. Also, in the attendees section, Janis Dicus should be Becky Dicus and Crystal Mathis should be added. A motion to change and add the names was made by Becky Dicus and seconded by Patty Bordenkircher, the vote was unanimous. A motion to accept the minutes with the previous mentioned modifications was made by Gregg Dudley and seconded by Crystal Mathis, the vote was unanimous.
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A letter was read by Tamera McCray, from a Lake County Superintendent. The letter focused on introducing Mrs. Langley as FPE’s new principal and shared information about her previous experience in the school system.
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A PowerPoint was played for the group. It went over what the SAC does and the purpose of the meetings. The PowerPoint also went over the Sunshine Law, elections, roles of officers, and bylaws. The slides were explained by Tamera McCray.
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Kirsten Daley motioned for Tamera McCray to hold her position as SAC Chair. Patty Bordenkircher seconded, the vote was unanimous in favor of Tamara McCray resuming her role as SAC Chair.
Tamara McCray motioned for Ginger Godwin to hold her position as SAC Secretary. Crystal Mathis seconded, the vote was unanimous in favor of Ginger Godwin resuming her role as SAC Secretary.
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The Parent Involvement Plan was passed out to each member. The only major change to the plan was that the mission statement was changed. The new mission statement places more emphasis on the importance of communication being key between parents, teachers and students. A few oversites were noted. Under the section “Building Capacity”, count 3, the date should be March 2016. Also, Open House and Stem need to be added with the timeline dates.
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The School Improvement Plan is a living document that is always being worked on, added to and changing as the needs of the students the school serves change. There are four School Improvement Goals for the 2015-16 school year. These goals are carefully defined, looked at from different views and mapped out with clear intent on how they can be put forth and monitored for progress. Goal #1: FPE school will increase student achievement when teachers, instructional coaches, and administration understand, plan, and implement standards based instruction with high expectations to the full intent of the standard. Goal 2: FPE School will establish and Maintain a bully free learning environment. Goal 3: FPE School will be a safe learning environment that promotes the well-being of the whole child. Goal 4: FPE School will increase student and teacher integration of technology in all subject areas. The goals were shared with the group and then mapped out with clear ideas on how to achieve each goal. The SAC had time to review each goal and points of the goal and had time to voice any thought, concern, or ideas. The SAC agreed that an explanation of the new standards and common core should take place on the STEM Family Night.
Meeting Adjourned / Tammy Langley motioned for the September SAC meeting to be adjourned. Kirsten Daley seconded, the vote was unanimous and the meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m.
Next Meeting, October 12, 2015