Oakland Park Elementary

School Advisory Council Meeting

September 22, 2015 @ 7:30 a.m.

Opportunity Promotes Excellence

Minutes from SAC Meeting, September 22, 2015

1. Welcome- Lynnel Joseph

2. SAC Bylaws and Membership - Lynnel Joseph

3. SIP - Cynthia Woods

•a. Introduction of School Improvement Plan

•Goals - Math, etc.

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4. Principal’s Report - Cynthia Woods

a. SMART Initiatives - Can find on the Broward County’s

Website

Will Receive Tech in March

Will receive a new fridge (for the cafeteria) in

November

See more on website

b. Evacuation Drill

After November will have an evacuation drill- Bomb Threat

c. Upcoming Events

Had the most attendance from parents at the last “Volunteer Tee.”

Headstart families- Free trip to see Sesame Street Live

The bus will come to the school and pick up families at the school

d. OPE Updates

1. Dual Language program in Kindergarten - Ms.

Burgos and Ms. Rhodes

2. Human Life and Sexuality- More information than

the past, more scripted, teachers going to a

training and will train other teachers on their return

Changes to the program- e.g. boys and girls will be

in the same room for the training

  1. Interims go home on Thursday - Parents encouraged to schedule conferences with teachers
  2. Four temporary cafeteria employees are needed to assist with lunch - apply on the Broward County website
  3. Mentioned all newly hired faculty members
  4. Ms. Gilligan is in charge of the Student Council, which bridges staff and students together
  5. This year is Broward 100, Broward schools have been in service for 100 years
  6. In search of a parent to represent Staff Committee (meets once a month; go to outside meetings, voice concerns and return with new information to the SAC meeting)
  7. In search of a parent to be an IZONE representative - will go to the zone meeting to discuss “boundaries” (zone schools for children)
  8. Pat Mora - the author visited the dual language classes and distributed books to students
  9. Follow OPE on Twitter (garciaprincipal) or on Instagram (garcia_eagles)
  10. Book Fair will be on October 12-16 - In search

of parent volunteers

  1. Next Wednesday is Dolphins Training at OPE
  2. Students will participate in a one hour duration

of sports.

  1. Parents can volunteer, need to be at the school

at 8:30.

  1. Quorum per staff - more than 51% of parents at the meeting.
  2. 8 Parents voted in SAC to become members
  3. If parents have activities that would like to see done in the school - fill out a form and bring it to the next meeting
  4. Title One Report - Dawn McMahon
  5. Federally funded program - can assist with staff, offers parents and teachers training, funds staff developments,
  6. This is a thinking map school - trains minds of a different way of thinking and categorizing information - there is a total of 8 maps altogether
  7. In search of a Title I Liaison - parents can attend training sessions as a representation of the school (will provide free babysitting)
  8. School Needs

Science - Boot Camp Program for fifth Graders - Nominated, Second, and Approved

  1. LLI Language Acquisition Program - Used with younger kids who are struggling readers, already has 1 kit and need 2 more - Nominated, Second, and Approved

6. Adjournment - Lynnel Joseph