Minutes for SAC/SAF Meeting
Date: Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Commenced Time: 2:38PM
Adjourned Time: 3:14PM
Welcome:
SAC Chair – Mrs. LaPaglia welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Minutes:May 21st, 2014 – approved
Our mission is to increase achievement for ALL students through effective instruction.
Announcements: Title 1 meeting will be on Thursday 10/2 @ 7 - 8:30 PM, Dillard High School
SMART Initiative: Principal Perezdiscussed General Obligation Bond which would provide Broward County Public Schools with $800 million dollars to invest in critical needs across the district. This will appear as a General Obligation Bond referendum. It will not state ‘SMART’ which is the Broward county portion of the initiative. SMART is an acronym for Safety, Music & Art, Athletics, Renovations and Technology.
RES (Ramblewood Elementary School) would receive $3,262,000 from the bond broken down below. Additional Information can be found at the Broward Schools website: ‘browardschools.com’
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning$1,492,000
- Fire Alarm and Sprinkler Systems$ 702,000
- Building Envelope$ 490,000
- Technology$ 302,000
- Media Center$ 170,000
- School Prioritization$ 100,000
- Athletics$ 6,000
FCAT: Assistant Principal Thornberry reviewed the FCATA scores listed below. Additional topics discussed: Science has been a 5th grade burden and needs to be distributed to younger grades. Science was also decompartmentalized due to the Common Core curriculum.
Year / Grade / Reading / Math / Writing / Science / Learning Gains Reading / Learning Gains Math / Lowest 25% Reading / Lowest 25% Math13/14 / B / 63 / 60 / 54 / 54 / 74 / 66 / 65 / 59
12/13 / C / 59 / 59 / 64 / 58 / 61 / 60 / 59 / 58
11/12 / B / 62 / 63 / 95 / 52 / 65 / 58 / 55 / 56
10/11 / B / 80 / 82 / 88 / 63 / 65 / 65 / 48 / 69
09/10 / B / 79 / 83 / 95 / 46 / 64 / 63 / 54 / 49
08/09 / A / 79 / 86 / 94 / 49 / 68 / 74 / 55 / 73
07/08 / A / 79 / 86 / 95 / 57 / 68 / 71 / 66 / 65
SIP: Mission Statement: Our mission is to increase achievement for ALL students through effective instruction. Assistant Principal Thornberry reviewed the SIP (School Improvement Plan). Discussed were the classification changes of schools by socio-economic status ‘Bands’. RES has been assigned to ‘Band 5’. As a part of the SIP RES will identify 3 schools in ‘Band 5’ which are more highly ranked and review success that could be implemented here at RES. Additionally, RES is to review a past ‘BEST Practice’ and expand on it to further improve our rating in the Band. More information can be found at the Broward School’s site: ‘browardschools.com’
Band Data:
Points Earned / Rank within SES Band / Points to Next School in SES Band / Points to Bridge Half the Gap to the Top of SES Band / Points to Reach Top of SES Band495 / 110 of 244 / 2 / 97 / 193
Budget Data:
Initiative / Resource / Funding Source / AmountSES Band Data / Reading and Math Instructional Materials (Leveled Literacy Intervention) / Title 1 / $4,470.00
SES Band Data / FCAT Camps for Reading/Math (Push-in/Pull-out) / SAC Funds / $4,575.00
By-laws: Mrs. LaPaglia reviewed the SAC By-laws with all attendees. Motion to approve was made, seconded and subsequently approved.
SAC Adjourned at 3:14PM
SAF Meeting (Not Held)
Next SAC/SAF meeting is scheduled for 10/22 @ 8:10 AM.