. Jones, C. Farrell, S. Fields, B. Babcock, C. Cass, T. Williams, M. Sodomka, M. Mauritz, C. Garcia, J. Laconic, A. Atkinson, B. Montgomery. I. Moses, K. Tao, J. Purtell, A. Schilling,

Approval of minutes:

Jennifer Purtell

Second: Joe Laconic

Open Forum: Catherine Farrell- Inquiring about involuntary transfers of teachers

Mike Sodomka responded: Shrinking down to 800 students next year.  A number of staff did not fit the match for the facilities and the program.  Team of district administrators and principals made this decision.  About 20 some teachers received letters.  They will be placed in other bldgs. in the district.  Didn’t do any bumping. 

Tim Williams responded:  District usually tries to stay away from bumping.  Labor agreement issues.

J. Purtell – Question surrounding if the administration: The person who made these decisions around staff removal, will they be gone come June?

M. Sodomka – Can’t see into the future- does not know

J. Jones: Have students gone to the board about certain teachers?

M. Sodomka: No, not that we know of.

C. Farrell: Is moral pretty low because of this?

S. Sodomka: Yes.  Used the analogy that it is like a divorce.

V. Atkinson Test of EAE 9-12 will be in the auditorium for this test this week.  Not held accountable for this test.  Blood Drive sign up starting this week.

A. Schilling: Best Buy $1500 to get digital cameras – students need to go on-line to vote

Principal’s Report: M. Sodomka & T. Williams

Devon state wrestling champion

Girls BB team won sectional – play this week at Mounds Park Academy

Food Drive for the month of March

March 12 Charity – if students get free lunch or reduced lunch they can get a suit or a prom dress – 400 dresses are coming- students need to make an apt.

March 18 – press affair.  Honorary diploma to Richard Phil.  Fired the 1^st shots during WWII towards a Japanese ship in Pearl Harbor.

This Friday – State DHH dance here

Staff is going through a hard time with the recent changes that will occur in the fall.  Sodomka said that staff needs to continue to work hard with the students.

Reducing Spec Ed from 28% to 24%

Jr. High from 31% to 24 %

There will be students that will be leaving the bldg because there

This will be effective in the Fall 09.

Next fall will just being using the pool and the gym on the Jr. High. 

C. Cass ELL – still waiting for budgets.  No news for next year.

A. Atkinson – trying to clean up data problems with flags on ELL students.

800 projected enrollment 7-12 for 2009-2010

Trying to have similar programs at all the HS – equalize Spec Ed.

Total pop for both Jr. and Sr. is 920

7^th and 8^th grade 250 coming in

9-12, 550 coming in

850 is the cap for HS 7-12 for 2009-2010

Highest mobility rate out of all the HS in SP

Did not meet our projection by 600 students this year in the district.  1300 in two years is projected.

This school year: Title I money: getting more smart boards into the Sr. High.  Professional Dev. is going to be focused on things that teachers can use anywhere in the district – not Humboldt specific. There are SmartBoards that are in the Jr. High that are already mounted.  It cost $5000 each to mount these.  Sr. High teachers would like these.  Joe Laconic thinks that we can get these over here.  B. Babcock wants to utilize FACS books that are in the Jr. High.  Nancy Stachel said that teachers can go to the Jr. High (once it is closed at the end of the year) and use what they need for next year e.g. books etc… Interested in what is going to happen to the Jr. High Auditorium – spent a lot of money refurbishing it.  T. Williams said it has a great sound system, beautiful murals, etc.. thought is that the “new” school should be able to use this for productions etc…

Budget: declined by 1.2 million for next year – not a huge decline in comparison because of reduction in students.  Down 25 million as a district.  Have not heard about the stimulus package. 

HHS:

Facility Condition Index (FCI) is 15.96

68 million for replacement costs of the building (HS)

10.8 million for repairs

Overall we are considered a healthy bldg.

Jr. high bldg condition is in the 20’s.  The justification for closing the bldg is sheer numbers. 

Site deficiencies – most other schools have the same deficiencies.

Site reports are available on-line under large scale change links.

How much staff can we anticipate for next year with 800 students?  Class size are under 22.  Staff will look like it does currently in the HS a little less than 74 teachers because of reduction in Spec Ed.

T. Williams:

20% FCI (Facility Condition Index)

Moral in the Jr. High- is a little better than the Sr. High- they have been going through it longer.  There is more of a “move forward” attitude.  PLC attended a conference – finding things that they can use professionally.  Teachers have been attending trainings at Hamline.  Hamline has been changing curriculum to fit what the teachers need now.  F

Formative assessment etc… Putting together an Environmental fair for the elementary students.

Testing: Trying to come up with a formative assessment that we can project how the students are going to do on tests.  Did a second assessment found a gain 54% in reading 34% in math improved.  Plato assessment was purchased – it is an on-line assessment tool – went from the Gates and the Holt to the Plato but needed to finish the Gates and the Holt.  Now, have done 3 sets of the Gates and the Holt – went up.  Taken 1^st round of Plato assessment.  Committed to taking the data in reading and math and really looking at it to see why they didn’t improve, where they did improve etc… Going into the MCAs with a better knowledge of where the Jr. High students are.  Tim thinks that their numbers are going to go up for MCA scores.

Jr. High wrestlers were co-city champions and will be recognized at the board mtg on the 17^th.  Coach Johnson is doing a good job.

Conferences last week – numbers were down- 26%. Larger portion of attendees are the 7yh grade parents.  55107 kids is a much larger number of the population than it used to be.  50% attendance in the fall- was the best turn out.

Closing ceremony for the Jr. High- for moral and because everyone is going to be in a different place – figuring out what they will do- they voted and came up with a design for a garden and a tree.  This may be difficult because of design and it may be hard because of red tape from the city.  Planning committee is looking at how to do a facelift.  They have plans about a garden.  If a garden doesn’t happen, stepping stones was a second runner up.  Stepping stones could be put somewhere around the Sr. High. C. Garcia stated that community members might want their input in some kind of closing ceremony for the Jr. High bldg.  Many community members had graduated from the “old” bldg – the Jr. High being the Sr. High in the past.

5. New/Other Business:

Environmental Learning Route – Preliminary Design for Humboldt Landscape – Sodmoka wants them to talk to the district and not us.  Council had design from the Center for Changing Landscapes at the U of M.  Humboldt cannot do anything until we get approval from the district.  The plans still take parking spots that we said that they could not do.  Council had re-submitted the plans back to the Center for changes- not to take parking spots and the plans came back with parking spots still taken.  T. Williams questioned if the Center has the funding.  They had come and presented but did not have any funding sources. 

                                                I.              Moses: Handed out the description or the SCIP to the Council.  Developing the plans for the school – things are changing.  Challenge is how does the environmental/career/college prep play into the curriculum?  School outcome language might want to be changed.  Outcomes 2 and 3?  How do we want to include AVID into our new theme focus.  Moses would like to stick with 4 outcomes.  Strategies: 4.  This is rough draft.  More info in April from the Steering Committee.  Site Council member list might have to be changed.  Steering Committee is made up of Jr. and Sr. High staff to reconstruct the school and they will have input before the SCIP can be finished.  Atkinson’s suggestion: keep the correct number of people that are within our bylaws – we can get the names we need to have instead of re-inventing the wheel.  Move people around – put people in alternate positions.  Becky: Status of the alternates – voting?  Important to have voting members from the Jr. High – Val: Alternates pick up when the regular members cannot.  7-12 structure may get more parents from the Jr. High.  Site Council may have to revist our make-up for next year.  This year, Val said that the Site Council can work on this so that Israel can get the SCIP done.  Board and community would decide the new name of the school for 2009-2010.  Becky:  When is the SCIP due?  Israel: May 9^th.  Site Council needs to approve the SCIP by May 1^st.  Steering Committee is commissioned to work until June.  Steering Committee is made up of: Jennifer Madden, Matt Osborne, J. Prohaska, J. Iverson, C. Fredrick,  - meeting at the consultant’s office dwntn Mpls.  Only 2 teachers are there full time and the rest are part time.  Nancy Statchel is going to be there working with the Steering Committee th