Facilitator Team Meeting:  Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 2:45

Members in Attendance:  S. Jacobson, MJ Hibbard, E. Barham, G. Anderson, TJ Gore, K. Eardley,

D. Perrigo, L. Kibbey, S. Posard, C. Rear, P. Nguyen, L. Anderson, A. Duncan, R. Martinez

1.        The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm; the May 2006 meeting minutes were read and approved as presented.

2.      The November meeting was moved to 15 November 2006 as the previous date conflicted with the Thanksgiving Holiday.

3.      WASC News—Lisa Anderson presented the new WASC focus groups with a few corrections:  Cassie Rear is a new parent and Steve Doucette is no longer on the facilitator team.  The training for WASC chairs is 1 November 2006.

4.      TeleParent Feedback—It seems that the system is performing well so far.  There has been a lot of good feedback from the parents and some of the minor kinks are being worked out.

5.      SIP Budget—The SIP Budget for the year was presented and approved with a few changes: 

·        A Computer Resources Assistant position will be added to our campus for $13,000 a year (this position will be filled as soon as possible this year.); this person would be on our campus 3.5 hours a day, 5 days a week to work on our computer systems.  In addition to this, the Computer Tech. position for the 2007-08 school year was eliminated as was the $4,000 budgeted for that position (we will retain the person hired for the position this year). 

·        Garth Anderson requested $1,500 for a year-long stock market simulation program through CSUF.  This would be utilized in the Econ classes each semester and students would work in groups of 3 in order to conserve the amount of funds needed.

·        Robert Harrell requested funding for a substitute for days while he is at German Camp because he needs to be recognized as an on-duty teacher with district insurance for the trip; the $120 request was approved.

·        Mary Jane Hibbard requested up to $1,100 to pay a guest speaker for the faculty in-service on 1 December 2006.  Clay Roberts spoke at the administrators’ conference this summer about children and their communities and has agreed to present for three schools so we can share the cost.  He will be presenting to our faculty as well as Bell’s for 2 ours in the afternoon of that release day.

·        The new ending balance for the budget with proposed items and changes is $30,595.

**Other items approved in the budget were substitutes for first and second semesters ($4,000 each semester), copier service contracts for the year ($11,000), a replacement camera for the photography class to replace one broken by a student ($300), and brushes for the art classes ($150).

** The Technology Committee recommendation for their budget of $5,625 was made and approved.  There was discussion and clarification made on the Philosophy E-book purchase for $1,200.  This item will be utilized by both English and Social Science, and will provide a research database for students for a one-time fee.  Other items approved in the budget were 10 printers for replacing old ones once they break ($1,600/$160 each), 3 video amplifiers for LCD projectors ($600/$200 each), Portable burner for Dan Ma ($200), Software discs to replace those we can not find ($1,000), laser printer cartridges for Special Ed. Department laser printers ($300), and an air compressor for the Industrial Arts Department ($725).

**The Block Grant was also discussed as the moneys allocated to our school are to be spent by the school site council.  We are expecting approximately $100,000 in January; the money will be spent by department, so departments should discuss their needs and make a request for funds to the facilitator team.

6.      AVID Funds—the previously approved $5,000 for AVID tutors was reallocated to buy curriculum for the program because the district provided funds for the tutors.

7.       Field Trips—It was inquired as to when it would be appropriate to ask for SIP funds for field trips again.  At this point, any submission in welcome, though any spending the school site council does MUST fit with the school site plan.  Another question about having students pay for field trips came up; this is only possible if it is not mandatory to pay to attend, it is not mandatory to attend at all, and the trip takes place outside of school hours.

·        Side Note:  We will be revisiting and revising the school site plan this fall.

8.      School Site Council Training—Training will take place at Ralston Intermediate and will touch on the statewide standards for a school site council.  There are three different days to the trainging; Sheila will put copies of the flier in our boxes.

9.      There was also a query as to whether the fact that we are in a new athletic league would require the use of SIP funds for transportation of athletes to sporting events.  The facilitator team already grants funds to the music department for band and choir transportation, but transportation for sports teams will come out of the transportation budget for the school.  The transportation budget is being revisited by Mike Miller and Mary Jane Hibbard to account for the extra funds needed for the longer distances this year.

10.   The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 pm.

Happy Halloween!

“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.”           

                                                William Shakespeare’s Macbeth