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    The LeConte Elementary School Governance Council meeting covered several topics: - The playground update indicated that new equipment has increased play options for students and a representative from PlayWorks will visit the school next year. - A survey of parents found that safety, communication with teachers, and discipline were areas of concern, while teachers, principal, and sense of community were favored. Most respondents did not support consolidating the dual language program. - The district budget may include cuts of $3-6 million and reducing class sizes at middle and high schools. The council committed to funding a PlayWorks program to address recess issues. - The site plan goals include improving support for underperforming students and positive behavior. Continuing

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    The LeConte Elementary School Governance Council meeting covered several topics: - The playground update indicated that new equipment has increased play options for students and a representative from PlayWorks will visit the school next year. - A survey of parents found that safety, communication with teachers, and discipline were areas of concern, while teachers, principal, and sense of community were favored. Most respondents did not support consolidating the dual language program. - The district budget may include cuts of $3-6 million and reducing class sizes at middle and high schools. The council committed to funding a PlayWorks program to address recess issues. - The site plan goals include improving support for underperforming students and positive behavior. Continuing

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    LeConteElementary SchoolGovernanceCouncil

    MeetingMinutes
    Date: Time: Location: Present: Wednesday,March7,2012 6:308:00pm LeConteLibrary Teachers/SchoolStaff:CherylWilson(Principal),YusefAuletta,CharityDaMarto,Casey Bull Parents:AugustFern,DeniseMontgomery,SallyGrant,KevinJude,MinervaTirado, ChrisMartin,FrancieMaguire,GuillermoClaveria,AngelicaGonzalez

    1. Introductions 2. ReviewofFebruaryminutes a. IntegrateDenisescommentsintotheminutes,redistributeandvoteonFridaymorning, 8:10amoutsidetheschooloffice,sothatCheryl&Augustcansign 3. Playgroundupdate(Denise) a. Kneedropworking b. Gameoftheweekhasstarted c. Equipmentfortheyardhasincreasedbutcouldcontinuetoimprove d. PlayWorksvisitedtwoweeksago i. WeareslatedforaPlayWorksrepresentativeatLeContenextyear e. Cafeteriastaffreplacementwillhappensoon f. Kindergartenlunch i. ParentfromMs.Deibelsclassiscoordinatingadditionalparentvolunteers ii. Kidsarenowseatedamongmoretables/morespreadout iii. Booksavailabletokids,oncetheyfinisheating 4. Survey(Kevin/Sally) a. Demographics i. 204210responses ii. Closelymatchedethniccompositionofschool,withtheexceptionof 1. 22%Latino/Hispanicresponses 2. 4849%free/reducedlunchresponses(57%schoolwide) 3. TWIoverrepresentedinresponses iii. Winner3rdgrade,5thinsecondplace b. Specificquestionsgroupreviewedoverallresults/responses i. Yearoveryearimprovementseenin:Safety,Communicationwithteachers& principal,basedon7specificquestions ii. TWIconsolidationquestionsmostresponsesindicateLeContefamiliesdonot supportorareundecided.Ifconsolidationdoeshappen,mostTWIfamiliesfavor LeConteasthesite. iii. Poorestperformingareaschildscomfortlevel,discipline,cleanliness,teacher coordinationandadequaterepresentationofspecificcultures

    c. SurveyCommentsoverallthemesandrelatedactionitemswillbesharedschoolwide i. Discipline/Safety/Bullying 1. PlayWorksisintheprocessofbeingimplemented. ii. Notenoughtimeatlunch 1. Shouldwecrosstabbygradelevel? 2. Cardsystemchanged 3. Servingchangescoming iii. Dirtybathrooms 1. Parentvolunteersnowhelping,anyoneiswelcometojoin 2. Cherylwillaskcustodiantocheckthematlunchtime iv. RequestsforDifferentiatedInstructionmorechallenge/supportforkidsthatneed it 1. Wehavetutors 2. Contactyourteacherdirectlyorprincipal,ifunresponsive v. Favoritethings 1. Teachers/principal/staff 2. Senseofcommunity 5. DistrictBudgetUpdate(Chris) a. Districtproposed:howFTEforclasssizereductionisdeterminedforHighSchooland MiddleSchooldownby6atHSand3atMiddle i. Halfthegroupdisagreedbecauseitisdifficulttorecalculatesizeandaskeddistrict toreconsidertheiroptions b. MoveUlysses/ResponsetoIntervention(RTI)supportfromMiddleSchooltoprogram budget c. ConductingsearchfornewSuperintendent,BSEPmanager&assistantBSEPmanager d. $36millionofcutstofill e. IfthreeStatetaxmeasuresfail,thendistrictplanstousepartofthereservetofill$3million 6. SitePlanBudgetUpdate(Cheryl) a. $1,000forlaptopforMs.Katz i. Districtwillpurchasedesktop,butnotlaptop,basedonguidelines ii. LaptopwouldbeownedbyLeConte iii. VoteYes:11|No:0|Abstain:0 b. $28,000forPlayworksmemorandumofunderstanding(MOU) i. DiscussionCherylwantstogettheMOUtoPlayWorkspromptly,butweneedto discussthisitemfurtherinconjunctionwiththeoverallbudget,sinceitisabigitem forLeConte.Also,needtodiscusswithPTAandotherfundingsources. 1. Surveysshowconsistentproblemsduringrecess,overpast7yrs 2. PlayWorkswouldberesponsibleforallrecessesandsomeafterschool ii. SGCiscommittedtofundingPlayWorksandthegoalistodeterminehowtofundit 7. SitePlan(Cheryl) a. Equitygoalse.g.meetingneedsofunderperformingkids,positivebehaviorsupport b. AcademicAchievementgoals i. Charityproposeduseofafterschoolfundingtohelpunderservedkids(e.g.Rosa Parksmodel:1sthourforacademics,2ndhourforPTAenrichmentclassesusing

    someteachers,paraprofessionals,writingprograms,training/collaborationwith teachers).Morestructuredonwhatisexpectedinafterschool. c. ParentFocusgoals d. Districtgoals March21stSGCmeetingwilldedicatealotoftimetothe2012/13SitePlan.Pleasereviewthe draftCherylsentoutinFebruary(newformat). 8. GATE(August) a. DistrictgoalistoeliminateGATEdesignation i. Nolongertestingforituntil5thgrade ii. Nofundingforit iii. Basedonotherschoolsparentcomments,LeConteoffersalotforourstudents,e.g. MysteriousLeConteSociety b. SGCwouldlikeLeContetocontinuetohaveourownprogramtoserveGATEandothers i. Examplesofactivitiesthatwouldsupportitandarealreadyimplemented:ReadA Thon,ArtContest,OratoricalContest 9. TWIConsolidation(Cheryl) a. Forlocation/site:Committeevoted11forLeConte|5forRosaParks b. March20thmeetingtodiscussrecommendationsifconsolidationdoes/notmoveforward 10. Topicsfornextmeeting a. PresentationbyourfarmersFarmerBen&FarmerJessie b. SitePlan 11. NextMeeting:ThenextmeetingisscheduledforWednesday,March21st,6:30pm,intheLeConte Library. a. AprilmeetingApril11thduetoSpringBreak 12. Adjournedat8:20pm

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