ARVIN HIGH SCHOOL

SITE COUNCIL MINUTES

November 6, 2007

The following members attended the School Site Council Meeting:

Blanca Cavazos --Principal                                      Edgardo Gallardo—Student Rep                 Grisel Gallardo—Student Rep

Jason Hodgson – Assistant Principal                        Ed Chalk—Parent Rep                               Mayra Perez—Student Rep           

Lavonne Blessing–- Cert. Rep                                Griselda Chalk—Parent Rep                        Natalia Ornelas, Student Rep

Blaine Hawkins--Cert. Rep                                     Maricela Gallardo—Parent Rep                   

Elisa Kintz--Cert. Rep                                            Saul Lopez—Classified Rep                         Diane Bachtel - guest

Kimberly Lee--Cert Rep                                         Christy James—Classified Rep        

Jennifer Stevens--Cert. Rep                                 

The following members were absent:

Linda Morales, Cert. Rep                                       Theresa Porter, Cert. Rep                         Erin Rader, Cert. Rep

Dan Boley, Community Rep                                   Pilar Mabanta, Parent Rep                         Angel Munguia, Parent Rep

Kathy Gomez, Classified Rep                                             

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 5:10 p.m. by Blaine Hawkins.

Previous Minutes

Minutes for October 2 and October 25, 2007 were approved by Chairman Hawkins and 2^nd by Jennifer Stevens.  Mrs. Stevens pointed out that part of the sentence from the October 2^nd minutes were missing and it was noted to be corrected.

Addition to the minutes requested by Linda Morales were discussed and approved to be added to the October 25^th minutes. 

Unfinished Business

1. Progress on SPSA, plans to finish by 11/21 was discussed.  There will be a special meeting held November 13th in the Loft to complete SPSA.  
2. The group was asked who was interested in attending and Mr. Chalk said he would be attending as well as Saul Lopez, Eliza Kintz, Blaine Hawkins and Jason Hodgson.
3. Mrs. Kintz made a motion for Chairman Hawkins to sign the completed papers and Mrs. Gallardo second the motion.

Site Council Meeting continued…

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New Business

1. Mr. Hodgson mentioned that AHS has a great SSC group and that other high schools do not have the attendance at the meetings as we do.
2.  Mrs. Gallardo raised the question regarding the term of Chairman Hawkins.  Chairman Hawkins said that he will complete the term of Elisa Kintz who resigned at the October 2^nd meeting then a new chairperson will elected for the next school year.

Classroom Attendance

It was mentioned the importance of teacher taking attendance in class.  WAR reports can be corrected so that students’ absence/attendance can be corrected that maybe the substitute teacher may have missed.  Per contract, absence reports must be turned in by 4 p.m. each day.  Absences must be cleared within 72 hours or it turns into a cut on the students’ record.  If there is a problem the parent should contact the Dean of Retention.

Mr. Hodgson mentioned that attendance has been up the past 2 months.

Finals

Finals are given only on assigned dates, December 19^th, 20^th and 21^st.  If they have a valid reason for missing finals may be made up.  Students must meet with counselors to discuss absence.  Parents may be asked to sign a form regarding the absence.

A letter informing parents of dates and times for finals will be mail soon.

Alternative School Site Council Members

The student alternate will be made regular member.  Chairperson can select member/student to be on School Site council.  Chairperson Hawkins motioned Natalia Ornelas be made a regular member of the School Site Council and Erin Rader be the teacher alternative as she will not be able to make regular meetings due to schedule conflict.  Motion was second by Blanca.

Next meeting December 4^th

5:00 p.m. Bear Room

School Site Council Agenda

December 4^th, 2007 5:00pm

AHS Bear Room

A.     Call to Order:    ____ : ____ am/pm

B.   Previous Minutes:   Approved:______        Corrected:______

C.      Unfinished Business          

1.      Completion of 07-08 SPSA (5 min)

D.     New Business

1.      Plan of attack for 08-09 SPSA (50 min)

a.       Brainstorming Session

b.      Discussion

c.       Formation of Sub-Committees

d.      Creation of Timeline and Presentations

ARVIN HIGH SCHOOL

SITE COUNCIL MINUTES

October 25, 2007

Attendance

X Blanca Cavazos --Principal                                 X Dan Boley—Community Rep                            X Edgardo Guzman —Student Rep

X Jason Hodgson – Assistant Principal                 __Ed Chalk—Parent Rep                                       X Mayra Perez—Student Rep

X Lavonne Blessing–- Cert. Rep                            X Griselda Chalk—Parent Rep                              __Natalia Ornelas—Student Rep

X Blaine Hawkins—Cert. Rep                               X Maricela Gallardo—Parent Rep        

X Elisa Kintz—Cert. Rep                                      X Pilar Mabanta—Parent Rep                               X Diane Bachtel - Guest

X Kimberly Lee—Cert Rep                                   X Angel Munguia—Parent Rep

X Linda Morales—Cert. Rep                                 X Kathy Gomez—Classified Rep

__Theresa Porter—Cert. Rep                                 X Christy James—Classified Rep

X Erin Rader—Cert. Rep                                       X Saul Lopez—Classified Rep

X Jennifer Stevens—Cert. Rep                              __Grisel Gallardo—Student Rep

Call to Order

• The meeting was called to order at 4:35 at 2000 University Square, Room US 1, Bakersfield.  The meeting was continued after the School Site Council Training which was from 2 – 4:30 p.m. 

• “Chairman Hawkins welcomed everyone and then gave the floor to our principal, Blanca Cavazos and Assistant Principal Hodgson who led the discussion of 2007-08 SSP is in process currently, and should have ideally been finished by last June 2007.  This was an overview of the whole document which has large sections on our student populations and test score statistics.  The large group broke up into four groups to discuss separate parts of the document and report back to the whole group.  Parent had raised a question about student involvement.  Our student representatives were elected by the Student Body.

Previous Minutes

• Minutes were not available from the October 2^nd meeting.  They will be typed and posted on the Internet as soon as possible.
• Minutes will be available within 2-3 working days of meetings and will have the date and time of next meeting and location.
• Minutes will be available on the Arvin High Web site.

Unfinished Business

• There was no unfinished business to discuss at this time.

School Improvement Plan

• Jason Hodgson mentioned that the school has until November 21^st to turn in the School Improvement Plan to the State.
• Friday, November 2^nd from 8 -12 p.m. there will be a special workshop held in the Bear Room on to discuss the School Improvement Plan.  This is not a mandatory meeting,

School Site Council Minutes

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School Goals

• The goals for 2006-07 were passed out.
• Next years plans should be started in December 07 and by May 2008 the plans should be set.

Question Asked

• A question was asked by parent Maricela Gallardo:  How are students (born in the US, attended K-8 schools) placed in ELD classes? 

Ms. Cavazos replied that the students are tested in elementary schools and AHS get a report from the schools.  They are re-tested during the summer.  Arrangements are made for students to come to the high school certain testing dates transportation is provided for students to come taken back home.  This is done before school starts so that students are not taken out of their classes during the regular school year.

Meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Next meeting November 6, 2007

Bear Room, 5 p.m.

ARVIN HIGH SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL MINUTES                             

October 2, 2007

Attendance

X Blanca Cavazos --Principal                                 X Dan Boley—Community Rep                            X Edgardo Guzman—Student Rep

__Jason Hodgson – Assistant Principal                 X Ed Chalk—Parent Rep                                       X Mayra Perez—Student Rep

X_Lavonne Blessing–- Cert. Rep                           X Griselda Chalk—Parent Rep                              __Natalia Ornelas—Student Rep

X Blaine Hawkins--Cert. Rep                                                __Maricela Gallardo—Parent Rep                        

X Elisa Kintz--Cert. Rep                                        X Pilar Mabanta—Parent Rep                               X Cindy Brakeman - Guest

X Kimberly Lee--Cert Rep                                     X Angel Munguia—Parent Rep                             X Michael West - Guest

__Linda Morales--Cert. Rep                                  X Kathy Gomez—Classified Rep

__Theresa Porter--Cert. Rep                                  X Christy James—Classified Rep

__Erin Rader--Cert. Rep                                         X Saul Lopez—Classified Rep

X Jennifer Stevens--Cert. Rep                                __Grisel Gallardo—Student Rep

Call to Order

·        The meeting was called to order at 5:08 p.m.

New Business

·        Welcome and introductions were made by everyone at the meeting.

Election of new members:

·        Elisa Kintz discussed a new Chair person. She mentioned that she’s enjoyed being chairperson but it was time to hand it over to someone else.  She will still be involved with the School Site Council as a Certified Representative.

·        Lavonne Blessing nominated Blaine Hawkins as Chairperson. Ed chalk seconds the motion.  Mr. Hawkins accepted the position of Chairperson.

·         Blaine Hawkins proceeded to take over the meeting as the new chairperson. 

·        Lavonne Blessing nominated Christy James as secretary.  Blanca Cavazos seconds the motion.

·        Christy James nominated Lavonne Blessing as parliamentarian and it was approved by all.

Robert Rules of Order

            Chair recognized Lavonne Blessing who will discuss the Robert Rules Board at our next regular meeting.

Plan Future Meeting Dates

·        Elisa Kintz motioned that meetings be held on the first Tuesdays of the month.  Lavonne Blessing seconds the motion. 

School Site Council Training

·        There will be training on October 25^th at the Kern County Superintendent of Schools training office at 2000 University Square, Bakersfield.

·        Those wanting to attend signed up so that the list can be given to Hilda Rivero so reservations and payment can be made.

·        Jennifer Stevens will attend a special meeting in Pasadena on Thursday, October 4^th.

·        There will be a special meeting after the training on Thursday, October 25^th. 

·        Cynthia Brakeman mentioned the importance of attending the meeting and training for each member of the council.

Data and Goals

·        Blanca Cavazos discussed the School Improvement Plan.  School goals, the application process for the QEIA (Quality Educational Instruction Act) grant.  Mentioned that migrant students can only be tutored by migrant tutors.  More information to be discussed at future meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.

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