12-2009_Minutes

=DRAFT:= = = **__El Cajon Valley School Site Council__** Minutes: December 9, 2009

Meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m.

James Mitchell, Matt Kershaw, Lori Clark, Nathaniel Payumo, Paul Dautremont, Vanessa Sliwa, Yuki Ochi, Marie Ochi, Teri Sprecco, Natalie Vasquez, Marlene Ames, Bassemah Darwish, Mirna Fatho, Morena Mekho James Mitchell asks for concern of agenda, which were approved. …Darwish asks if the minutes could have their sections, which were approved. Sprecco asks if the minutes could read that SPSA budgets are to be approved, which were agreed. Natalie asks if the minutes included the motion approval of the electronic e-mailing to the staff. Clark asks to correct the last minutes and change the “Lori Clarks” that were to actually be “Teri Sprecco”. Clark then agrees to correct the minutes. Mitchell plans to post an ECVH School Site Council wiki online soon, to which nobody opposed.
 * Members in attendance:**
 * Agenda Approval:**
 * Minutes Approval:**

Sprecco questions about Article VI, Section 5 Continued how we would vote electronically to which Mitchell stated that he has made changes to the actual bylaws and the shows the corrected version. After review of the corrected version, Darwish asks if the bylaws still need to include the fact of public displaying the minutes and Darwish replies that it is necessary to add the fact that the minutes and agendas being displayed publicly should be added to the bylaws. Discussion is held.
 * New Business:**
 * Changes to Bylaws discussed at last meeting:**

Sprecco lead the council into a group activity to which she would help review the document of the Single Plan for Student Achievement. Team Awesome won. She continues to determine the characteristics of the plan and how the council will help to ensure it.
 * Review of Single Plan for Student Achievement:**

Although, his presence was not here, his topic will be tabled for next month. Sprecco explains how the parental links the website are very troublesome, to which some agreed. This discussion will be tabled for next month’s discussion.
 * Resources for Parents – Education campaign:**

Vasquez questions how funding is distributed. Sprecco discuss the funding process and how each group is able to request funding and how the process will be taken into account. Dautremont requests that we should inform the character who requested the funding and issue a specific way to address the requestor. Darwish asks if we can limit the specific amounts groups can request from the school site council, to which Sprecco agrees. Mitchell questions if the group has to be inside the plan, and then request to acquire funding. The question is whether to provide funding in a certain process. Sprecco decides to draft a procedure for requests of funding from the school site council. Mitchell conveys the topic of replacing a certificated staff member, a parent, and under special-circumstances, a student. Replacing a staff member will be based on submission of request, and parent voting will occur through solicitation. The student will be tried to attend the next meetings in the future.
 * Items from Members:**

Darwish motions for the approval in the last minutes, and Vasquez seconds. Motion approved. Darwish motions for approval of the bylaws including the amendment of public displaying the minutes and agendas by electronic means, to which will be added to the bylaws, and Vasquez seconded, and motion is approved. Clark motions for solicitation of staff as certificated staff, seconded by Darwish until December 18, 2009. Clark also motions for solicitation for a parent replacement.
 * Minute motions:**


 * Meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.**

Nathaniel Payumo SSC Secretary
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