02-2010_Minutes

Minutes: February 10, 2010
 * __El Cajon Valley School Site Council__**

Meeting was called to order at 6:20 p.m.

Marlene Ames, Bassemah Darwish, Paul Dautremont, Matt Kershaw, James Mitchell, Cleophis Harris, Marysue Nydam, Vanessa Sliwa,, Natalie Vasquez, Yuki Ochi, Marie Ochi, Chris Saunders, Teri Sprecco, Sheilah Sedore, Nathaniel Payumo
 * Members in attendance:**

Agenda is approved
 * Agenda Approval:**

Changes are made, and Vasquez motions for approval with Yuki Ochi seconds, with no opposition.
 * Minutes Approval:**

a. EL Math: The Council recommends for the EL Math to complete and provide more specific details about the report before they submit another one. b. Family Resource Center: Vasquez asks if the report needs to include the dollar amounts, to which Sprecco responds that the dollar amounts will be included in later reports. Vasquez and Sliwa question why Arabic dialect translation is not provided for, and Sprecco answers saying that because there is not a 15% threshold of Arabic speaking students, it is not required for Arabic translation. The requests for the FRC are to maintain the three positions: FRC coordinator, Case Manager, and Clerical support. Saunders requests that we provide a relay to help provide translation support, and Sprecco states it would be better to contact the center and then give the suggestion, and respond to the feedback given by the center. Ames explains the process on how the staff provides services to those who do not speak a language fluent enough or understood well enough to the person providing assistance, then that person is then referred to a translator. c. Special Education: The Special Education requests to have a specific math teacher to continue working with the math curriculum for the special education program, as well as a specific teacher to continue the literacy program to meet students’ needs. The Special Education program also requests to have the continuation of the “pull-out” literacy program as well as start a “pull-out” numeracy program. They request to be funded a computer based literacy program called “Read Naturally”, and they wanted to move a teacher paid through a grant to be moved to the Special Education payroll. Then it would allow the Special Education department to rehire and Instructional Aide to help balance the amount of teachers and aides. They finally wish to have a laptop cart with 15-20 laptops for the credit retrieval class.
 * Read and Evaluate Department & Program Reports:**

Darwish questions about the forwarding of the minutes for the meetings and then she is answered by Mitchell that the minutes will be sent to Lori Clark who will then forward it to the rest of the staff.
 * Items from Members (Discussion Only):**

Yuki Ochi: Ochi presents the organization Key Leader, a leadership retreat for one weekend for a leadership workshop. Rather than focusing on would-be seniors, Key Leader increases its range from middle-schoolers to high-schoolers. The event would take place near Julian around October. The event is taught by a key facilitator, and the link to the website is Keyleader.org.


 * Minute Motions:**


 * Meeting adjourned at 7:50 p.m. **