South Salem High School
South Salem High School
21st Century Site Council
Minutes for April 7th, 2003
The meeting was called to order by the Site Chair, Gena Dwyer, at 4:18pm.
Members Present: Clarissa Bay, Robyn MacKillop, Jordan Richmond, Bryan Sutherland, Greg Berry, Gena Dwyer, Grant Harmon, Deborah Riedler, JoyAnna Forsythe, Kris Olsen, Hannah Rowell, Dorothy Cope, Con Lynch, Ann Fujii, Chris Owens, and Jody Rowell
Members Not Present: Susan Suihkonen, Kara Kluver, Joseph Murray, Nicholas Liebrecht, Luis Cortez, and Jenny Fujii
I. Introductions and Announcements
II. Review of the Minutes
The minutes from the March 10th meeting were reviewed and accepted.
III. Grant Requests
A. Site Council Funds are currently at $2,652.14.
B. Title II Funds are currently at $2,026.44
C. The Council tentatively approved a grant request for a Discipline/Behavior Management Workshop for Brian Sund, Deborah Riedler, and Steve Osborn.
IV. Old Business
A. CSIP Goals – (Social Committee Update) Staff social activities offered to date:
September: Night Golf-canceled
October: Potato Topping Party
November:
December: Holiday Tea
January: Staff Breakfast
February:
March: Potluck for Conferences
April: Open
May: TBA
June: TBA
B. Schedule – board approval: This topic of discussion was tabled until Dr. Olsen hears further information regarding the schedule for the 2003-2004 school year.
C. Staff Development Day, April 25th: Nancy Taylor, Kay Edwards, and Greg Berry will be presenting a three-hour inservice on strategies for enhancing teaching in the block schedule on April 25th. The program will run about three hours and will allow for teachers to break into departmental groups.
D. Bicycle Rack: Tabled
E. By-laws – non-discrimination statement: A copy of the revised “By-Laws” was discussed. It was decided that the by-laws should be written in “district language”. Gena Dwyer will revise the copy and return it to the Council for review.
V. New Business
A. Curriculum Fair Update: Tony Vicknair reported that the Curriculum Fair was a tremendous success. Total costs came to around $2000. Part of our school goal this year was to market South and the fair was a step towards achieving this goal.
B. Judson Letter: Stephen Nelson, orchestra instructor at both Judson Middle School and Sprague High School, sent out a letter to 14 Judson students in the South feeder area and to parents at a Sprague Orchestra meeting. The letter’s contents were derogatory towards South and encouraged students to apply for in-district transfers in order to attend Sprague. LSAC, The Athletic Boosters, Music Boosters, and Dr. Olsen have all filed official complaints. The district is investigating the situation and Kris plans to draft a written response to send to Kathleen Hanneman, Kay Baker, and Joe Weiss. 12 out of the 14 students from Judson have already filed IDT’s because of their desire to continue on with orchestra. Kris stated that there were 7 incorrect statements in the letter and that he hopes that this will send a clear message to the Board that the policy regarding in-district transfers needs to be reexamined. Site Council decided to file a complaint which will be drafted and approved within the next few days.
C. Tuition Vouchers: 8 credit vouchers (1 voucher for 3 and 1 voucher for 5 credits) are available. Sam Ragaisis, Sheila McCartney, Kim Miller, and Robyn MacKillop all applied. It was decided by the council that Sam Ragaisis would receive the 5 credits for license requirements and that Sheila McCartney would receive three for her principal licensure internship.
D. Joseph Murray: Joe Murray has been absent for the past four meetings and was officially removed from the Council.
E. LSAC Vacancies: There are three available spots plus an alternative for the upcoming school year.
F. Out of District Travel for Professional Development funds: Gena Dwyer would like the out of district travel funds to be reinstated for next year. Dwyer said that many teachers desire the time and not the money. Kris reminded the Council that the sub costs are primarily the reason for why these funds were cut.
The meeting adjourned at 5:45.
The next meeting will be on April 28th, in the library, from 4:15 – 5:45.