SARB Committee

Minutes-January 5, 2017

  1. Meeting called to order at 9:04 by Jim Scribner
  1. Members present: Greg Felton, Suzanne Tefs,Jim Scribner, Eddye Baker, Zuheit Whitney, Bill Wathen, Victor Perry, Tana Aguiar, Raylene Robinson, Rick Beatty, Jeff Blade, and Neisha Furtado.
  1. Approve Minutes from 12/1/16 meeting; motion to approve by Victor Perry, second by Bill Wathen.
  1. SARB Procedures:
  1. Discussion about school putting notes in aeries program concerning information about contacting families.
  • Flow Chart
  • Sample Forms
  1. If school wants to add their name to the heading of these forms they may need to change the font in order for everything to fit on the page.
  2. If individual schools have their own letters the SARB Committee is not opposed to using them, as long as the proper process is followed.
  3. A SARB Document Checklist should be made into an excel format for individual school use.
  4. On the “REFERRAL TO SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REVIEW BOARD” form the following changes should be made:
  1. Remove “Reason for Referral” box
  2. Factors Affecting Attendance and/or Behavior section - remove AND/OR BEHAVIOR
  3. In the “Interventions Attempted” section – remove School Police Involvement and add Law Enforcement instead.
  1. Motion to approve sample forms with changes made done by Rick, second by Victor.
  1. DATA Collection:
  • Monthly Attendance Summary / Report
  • Tracking of Truancy Notification Letters
  • Presentation at Jan 30 Superintendent’s Meeting
  • Zuheit noted that when information is presented at the meeting to make sure that the need for this information is for the students.
  • A paper version of the report and letter information should be given to each superintendent.
  1. Presentation by Janelle Kelly, Employment & Training Supervisor, HHSA
  • School Attendance and Welfare Sanctions

a. New bill imposes that the County Welfare can no longer send school verification reports.

b. There could still be a penalty but only if certain qualifications were met.

  1. State SARB Video Conference
  • February 16, 2017
  • 9:30 to 3:30
  • GCOE Orland, Lemon Room

a. The above information was given to the committee; anyone is invited to attend.

  1. SARB member discussion, comments, questions

a. SARB should have a page on the County website.

b. Congratulations to Eddye for job acceptance.

  1. Meeting adjourned at 10:02 to closed session by Jim Scribner for SARB review Case #0020163.

Chairman adjourned to open session at 10:25.

IX.The chairman announced that the Board reviewed SARB case #0020163. In attendance was the student, the student’s family, the school district and the SARB Board. TheSARB Committee will review student’s attendance at the next meeting on February 2nd in Orland.

Meeting adjourned at 10:46.