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13 April 2009

Site Council Minutes

J. Jones, C. Farrell, S. Fields, B. Babcock, C. Cass, M. Sodomka, M. Mauritz, C. Garcia, P. McMillan, A. Atkinson, B. Montgomery. I. Moses, K. Tao, J. Purtell, A. Schilling, Catherine Fredrick, Jerry Foley- class of ’55, Tony Ruiz – class of ‘68

Introduction of members present

Approval to start mtg. Craig Cass

Second: C. Farrell

Motion to approved minutes: C Farrell and B. Babcock second

Open Forum:

Tony and Jerry co-chairs the Humboldt H Club – 270 people coming to the dinner tomorrow night and recognize the baseball team that went to state. 

Developed a scholarship

Working on raising funds – golf tourney Aug. 2^nd – raising $ for the athletic teams at Humboldt

Here today to talk about the cutback of the Athletic Dept.

Ruiz said that we have more sports than Harding in comparison.

They are concerned that Humboldt is going to a half time athletic director.  Ruiz has officiated for years here at Humboldt.  Ruiz is here to express his opinion that a half –time athletic director won’t cut it at Humboldt.

Jerry spoke: Humboldt and Arlington are both getting their athletic director positions cut.

2005-2006 numbers were up but participation in sports was less.   Currently the participation in sports is up – possibly due to good leadership?

Mike: We are seeking $ from other sources to fund a full time athletic director position. 

Question: is this a citywide cut?

Mike: $40,000 is needed to fund a full time position.  It is district funding.

Schilling:  suggested to go to the school board

Question: When is the date for the final decision of the position of the athletic director.

Answer, Mike S: The 19^th of May is that last day for the decision of athletic director

Bev Babcock: received textiles that are organic have been received to incorporate into a new class for next year for the Environmental School

Schilling:  PTO will be providing deserts and snacks for the teachers between the end of the school day and conferences.

Moses: SCIP – A lot of the SCIP will not change.  Curriculum pieces haven’t been worked out yet.  Take 15 minutes and go over the SCIP as a group.

Q: Have the demographics stayed the same?

A: Yes.

Free and reduced lunch families have been a little less willing to fill out the form because of their undocumented status. So, numbers have been going down.  Not just projected numbers but currently.

2-3 comments per page – go page by page was suggested by V. Atkinson.

Page 1: Community Partnerships include the relationship with Hamline also include the environmental partnerships – Catherine would know

Administrator notes: 6 year plan – drop we are really not using it and stick with Naviance – take “6 year plan” out and put in Naviance

Naviance is a program the guidance office is using – it tracks the number of kids that are

B Montgomery – put an explanation of Naviance in the plan for those of us who don’t know it. 

V. Atkinson: The first time you use an acronym it should be spelled out and then can be used from there.

B. Babcock: page 1 include clothing, textile in with the courses that are FACS courses (family and consumer science)

Page 2: more outcomes that include the 7^th and 8^th grades?

B. Montgomery – just include Humboldt Complex

A. Atkinson – include “through” Naviance instead of “by”

Page 3: Environment for learning paragraph it refers to academy and we no longer have academy.  Delete advisory curriculum – we no longer have that. Staff and professional development paragraph do we want to include that we are working towards an AVID demonstration site – meaning that AVID is throughout the bldg and those would support the environmental program.  A: We are not there yet – or have not been designated as an official demonstration site yet. 

Page 4: Take out the “6 year plan” – strategy 3

Talks about the Sr. High again – can we put in Jr. High

Moses: We need to come up with a name yet. It can’t be called Humboldt Jr or Humboldt Sr. High under NCLB

It used to be called Humboldt Secondary Complex – this could be a placeholder.

Page 4: Curriculum content (P. MacMillan) hole being current with the times and technology.  It is not talking about technology just with a part-time technology coach.  There should be more technology rigor.  It should be put more with the school opportunities back on the 1^st page.

Are we talking about more technology or philosophy?

More stuff related to technology?  How is technology being integrated into all departments? 

We will be adding a part-time technology coach in addition to our full time tech person (Michael Schulze).

Wording change “in addition to a full time tech person we are adding a part- time tech coach”.

Page 5: nothing

Meeting one more time this month – April 27^th – vote and approve of the SCIP

Can be emailed to the whole group before the 27^th to review.

Could do approval of the SCIP via email.

There is a vote to do it by email – approved and seconded.

WE are canceling the mtg for April 27^th.

May 11^th at 6:00 Joseph’s

Catherine Fredrick – one of the 5 teachers that are on the re-structuring team

Update:  Sent out surveys to students and questions to returning staff – these have been guiding the direction for the team for planning for next year.  They have also developed a student group to help develop plans for next year.  It has been fun working with this student group. 

They have taken trips to a variety of schools that use the environmental model.  They went to the Zoo School in Apple Valley who has a good model

John Iverson – went to Florida to visit a school over spring break – Cat com classes – use computers, learn Microsoft Office programs.  They do student produced videos and integrate technology.  They school didn’t have a lunch – they had a 10-minute snack and then were released earlier.  The teachers were then able to meet daily at the end of the day. 

High School for environmental Studies in Manhattan. 1500 students, diverse population 9-12, urban school – listed in the top 100 schools with an environmental focus.  Rooftop garden – flat roof – simple for us to implement.  Small green house – desk that turn into seats for classroom teaching on the roof. 8 period day – really a 10 period a day.  They offer extra- curricular after the 10 period day. 

Common Ground – New Haven, CT.  High free and reduced lunch – pull from the city.  Next to a state park and have land – different campus than us.  Have livestock and people in the kitchen producing the food.  Social Studies and Science classes working together.

Capital improvements and professional development – looking at murals – gardens – rain gardens – science and social studies departments working on rain gardens.  Aquariums in the entrance area

Professional development team looking at dates to put faculty through some training.  Hamline River training.  U of M agriculture training. 

Themes:

Quarter 1: The River

Quarter 2: Energy and Transportation

3: Biomes

4: Agriculture and Gardens

Next Steps: Continue working on the cap stone events.  Developing partnerships.

Principal’s Report: M. Sodomka

Girls BB had lost the sectional against Roosevelt. Roosevelt went on to the champion

Former Humboldt student received an honorary diploma.  Good publicity on the veteran receiving the diploma.

Blood Drive: Very successful 57 pints

West Side Youth of the Year – West Side Boys and Girls Club – Sahmad Nakumbe: involves a $2500 scholarship

Prom: April 25^th Hamm Bldg. 

MCA Tests: April 14 and April 15

Seniors need to be at school by 10:45- no tests for them

Joe Flores: student who is the first student to get a job with the Bricklayers and Allied Carpenters Association – featured on KARE 11- graduated of Humboldt

Budget:

Positions without names – list

Adding a Karen Interpreter so that we will attract Karen students

Guidance tech – would be funded through the gen fund

Spec ed secretary increase by .25

.5 tech integration coach

.5 curriculum integration math coach

Social studies and science 6-61/2 teachers

English/Reading teachers

2 Assistant principals for next year

2 art

1choir/band person

.5 teacher to be an AG teacher – business side of agriculture (Perkins funded)

81/2 math teacher

2 health/pe

$175,000 for supplies and materials

Expecting stimulus package $

Title I should be increasing by 1/3 ($200,000)

Special Ed received $11 million

Stimulus package $ only can be used to make new positions

Next Year: National demonstration site  for AVID

Prof. Dev Day last Friday: Teachers read a story on assessment – common assessments for students

Nancy Stachel mtg tomorrow – looking at capital improvements – aquariums for the front entrance.

Materials shed 16 X 24

for next year– gardening tools

Wireless Internet added to all the floors

Lights that are energy efficient and timers

Codes for rooftops gardens

Budgeted for 850 students 841 currently enrolled

65 7^th

127 8^th

145 9^th

171 10^th

176 11^th

157 12^th

400 6^th graders that have not chosen schools

400 8^th “                                                      “

Adjourn: C. Cass; C. Garcia second

 

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