Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Walter C. Young Middle School

School Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting Minutes

  1. Welcome. Meeting called to order at 4:04pm by Wendy Stull-Milordis. A quorum was met.
  1. Roll Call – Timothy Arwine, Caroline Barta, Marques Brown, Lanette Devitt, Madelyn Doval, Joel Jean-Jules, Danielle Jones, Charles King, Errica Maddox, Ximena Menendez, Harold Osborn, Dory Spector, Wendy Stull-Milordis, and Milisa Villanueva. Guests included Kathy Dicker, Grisel Berrios, Susan Kinkaid, Lorry Bruce Greenberg, and Marcela Mansur.
  1. Approval of February and March minutes –Mrs. Stull-Milordis asked all in attendance to look over both the February and March minutes due to a lack of quorum for the March meeting to approve February. A motion was made to approve the February minutes with Mr. Brown motioning first, Ms. Villanueva motioning second, and Ms. Spector providing a third motion to approve the February minutes. The February minutes were approved by all in attendance. A motion was made to approve the March minutes which was approved by Ms. Jones and Ms. Spector, and seconded by Ms. Villanueva. All in attendance agreed to approve the March minutes.
  1. School-wide Positive Behavior Plan Update – Mr. Greenberg presented the Behavior Plan to those in attendance. All staff was invited to review and vote on the Behavior Plan on March 23, 2018. Last year, Walter C. Young scored a 90% when the Behavior Plan was reviewed by the District. Mr. Greenberg thanked Mr. King, Ms. Jones, Ms. Menendez and all others who were on the Behavior Team, who assisted in going over the scores from the District. Mr. Greenberg went over all of the critical elements of the SPBP, including the active team, the faculty & stakeholder commitments, school-wide expectations, and location-based rules. School-wide expectations will include lesson plans focusing on the B.E.S.T. expectation (Be Cooperative, Exercise Respect, Show Self-Control, and Time Management Awareness). A new critical element is #5, a reward and recognition program. Mr. Greenberg assured the committee that the rewards and recognition program will be implemented more next school year. Staff will also be trained in CHAMPS during pre-planning weeks. According to critical element #7, 75% of referrals come from classrooms. Critical element #9 is also new to the SPBP. The SAC meeting held on April 10, 2018 is the date that all staff was asked to come to an open forum and have their suggestions and concerns heard. Mr. Greenberg opened the floor for any concerns, to which there were none by those in attendance. 66.6% of the staff must agree to the behavior plan by the end of the day on Friday, per Mr. Greenberg and Ms. Doval.
  1. Saturday School – Students have been tardy to class, per Mr. Greenberg. Teachers and the administration have noticed it as well. Walter C. Young would like to implement Saturday school from 7:30am to 9:30am. Mr. Greenberg requested a total of $1,125 maximum for five weeks of Saturday school. This equates to $225 for three staff to come in per week and sit with the students. Ms. Kinkaid stated that the different periods have been making tracks to stay on task. Mr. Osborn gave an update on the current balances of the Accountability Funds($2381.50) and A+ Recognition Funds($9,115.00). The funds for Saturday school would come out of the A+ Recognition Funds. Mrs. Stull-Milordis made a motion to approve the Saturdayschool funding for $1,125 from the A+ Recognition Funds. Mrs. Villanueva made a motion first, which was seconded by Mrs. Maddox, Mr. Jean-Jules and Mr. Arwine. All in attendance were in favor.
  1. Marine Science Club Field Trip Funding Request –Ms. Dicker presented the Shark Tagging Video to those in attendance. Ms. Dicker teaches earth science for sixth grade and has a Marine Conservation masters. The proposed trip is in conjunction with NOVA Southeastern University. Ms. Dicker played a video that shows the experience of what the students will get on the trip. Other schools come on the trip as well. These schools include Flanagan High, New River, South Broward,and Monarch. The trip is to take place on May 24th,departing from Walter C. Young at 6:30am. Students and staff will arrive back to Walter C. Young’s campus at 6:30pm. Additionally, the trip has a maximum capacity of 25 students and 5 chaperones, which will include Ms. Spector, andMs. Doval. The total, per student, averages out to $107.36, which includes a portion going to the $2,000 bill for the bus rental. Ms. Dicker asked the SAC committee for $1,200 from the A+ Recognition Funds. A motion was made by Ms. Spector and seconded by Ms. Villanueva to provide Ms. Dicker with $1,200 from the A+ Recognition Funds for the Marine Science Club Field Trip. Ms. Jones requested that we pay for the total boat expense of $2,000. Ms. Villanueva asked if WCY would get more money next year. Mr. Osborn stated that funds are replenished at $5 per student next school year. A motion was then made to provide Ms. Dicker with $2,000 from the A+ Recognition Funds to completely pay for the bus rental for the trip. Mr. King was first, with a seconded motion made by Ms. Jones, and a third by Ms. Menendez. All in attendance were in favor. Ms. Mansur asked if it included lunch. Ms. Dicker replied that the package comes with a snack that includes crackers and/or chips and a drink but the kids are required to bring a packed lunch as well.
  1. Principal’s Update– Mr. Osborn stated that Walter C. Young has 52% of its students on free or reduced lunch. Title I is federal grant money that comes to the state and then to the schools. Walter C. Young has been awarded as a Title I school which will provide the school with additional funding. The funding is totaled at around $270,000 to be used for three or four new positions (math coach, and additional positions in other core areas like reading). The funds will also be appropriated towards parent involvement, such as parent information night, literacy night, math night, science night and civics night. Teachers will be able to get a stipend of $25 per hour for those nights they choose to come to and work. The Title I funds will be able to also provide food for parent nights, as well as student agendas, extended learning opportunities, professional development, and substitutes to cover staff trainings. Ms. Barta asked if any of the money will be used for ESE. Mr. Osborn indicated that the funds cannot be used to fund any ESE programs per Title I protocol and guidelines. Ms. Barta also questioned whether ESE was adequately funded at the moment, to which Mr. Osborn replied they are. Mr. King asked if a computer lab would be worked on. Mr. Osborn said that they would only be able to utilize the Title I funds to pay people to work the computer lab, should there be one ever created.

Mr. Osborn alerted those in attendance about a recent High Impact Teacher email that he recently received. The teachers listed were proven to have an impact on student learning growth that is among the most positive in the entire state of Florida, using last school years data. The teachers listed as High Impact were Joel Jean-Jules, Milisa Villanueva, Katie Nichols/Peterson, Randy Larson, Yvonne Smith, Denise Culpepper, Kim Jaggernauth, and Katherine Brown.

Extended Learning Opportunities – Morning camps are still underway, per Mr. Osborn. April 11 is the last math morning camp. Science and civics morning camps are forthcoming.

  1. Last Meeting Date for 2017-2018

May 8

  1. For the Good of the Group– Ms. Doval will email an AdvanceED survey stakeholder survey to the parents. The survey will consist of 30 questions, more or less, about the safety of the school, administration, etc. Ms. Doval requested that all parents take the survey upon its receipt.

A motion was made by Mrs. Stull-Milordis, which was supported by Mr. Jean-Jules and seconded by Ms. Villanueva to end the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 5:04pm.