Approval of Minutes

Minutes from the April 22 School Council Meeting were approved as submitted.

Parent/Community Comments

None

Old Business

Kurt Wieland responded for the 7^th Grade Team to the concern of parents for the Community Service/Cultural Events Project. The project was discussed and the team agreed to: 1) keep the school year as the timeline for completing the project; 2) uniformity in amount of community service required, all teachers will require 12 hours; 3) guidelines for the project will be handed out to students earlier, the second week of school; 4) teachers will continue to offer things that can be done at home; 5) one event per year of which a student is a participant will be allowed; 6) there will be opportunities within the school year to attend cultural events such as field trips; 7) many of the school events such as chorus and band concerts are free; 8) all teachers will continue to disallow sporting events; 9) babysitting will not be allowed as community service; 10) church-related activities will be allowed. There was discussion on the pros and cons of this program. Deed Chase offered help from the PTSA with anything they could do to support this project. Ron suggested more communication such as doing an autodial, having teachers discuss at Curriculum Night and putting information on the website would help.

New Business

Ron asked for discussion on the format of the School Council Minutes. There was no decision made.

The by-laws were reviewed and approved as follows:

Article V. Section 2 – delete last two sentences

Article V. Section 3 – delete everything after “remainder of that term”

Article VI. Section 2 – Add a new section “The Principal’s Secretary will serve as Council Secretary and will be a permanent Council member.

Article VI. Section 10 – delete “Council Secretary”

Article VI. – renumber the sections

Article VII. Section 6 – delete entire section

Article VII. Section 7 – renumber to Section 6

Article VIII. Section 6 – delete

Members for School Council 2004-05 were elected by written ballot. Chairperson will be Marianne Kersten. Parent Reps will be Liz Director, Hester Winn, Deed Chase, Margie Gerrity and Shari Koppel. Community Reps will be Cathy Jones/Ross Hoover. One Parent Rep and the District Liaison Rep positions remain unfilled.

It was agreed to keep the meeting days and times the same for next year. Meetings will be the fourth Thursday of each month from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. The Council Secretary will send welcome letters and the meetings dates to all members.

Team Reports

6^th Grade

None

7^th Grade

None

8^th Grade

The 8^th grade team is working on Promotion. They would like to get feedback from the community, parents, etc. on Spring Forum. E-mail any thoughts to Nancy Warnick.

Special Needs

None

Classified Staff

None

ASB Report

None

PTSA Report

PTSA Co-Presidents for next year will be Deed Chase and Patty Flynn.

District Liaison Report

None

Community Center

None

FYI – Ron Thiele

Thru June11 Spring Art Show

May 28 Spring Forum

May 28 AM Assembly

May 28 Student of the Month Celebration

June 1 Spring Forum

June 1 Orchestra Concert 7:30 p.m.

June 2 Spring Forum

June 3 Spring Forum

June 4 Spring Forum

June 4 PM Assembly

June 4 8^th Grade Cruise

June 8 Last After School Library

June 8 Last Activity Bus

June 8 Staff Meeting 2:15 p.m.

June 8 Band Concert 7:00 p.m.

Other

None

Next meeting will be September 23, 2004 at 2:15 p.m. in the Staff Lounge