Educational Excellence School Advisory Council

6009 Mater Academy East Middle

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    04/20/2011  06:35 PM

Please contact the school for a formatted hard copy of these minutes.

Recording Secretary:    Ada Garcia

Location of meeting:    Room 220

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  04/15/2011

Attendance:

Members Present:

Tamargo, Alex (Principal)
Breto, Reinaldo (Teacher)
Frawley, Jeff (Teacher)
Garcia, Ada (Teacher)
Perez, Susana (Teacher)
Greenberg, Irv (Alternate Educational Support)
Barriel, Jackie (Parent)
Figuerroa, Lydia (Parent)
Navarrete, Norma (Parent)
Perez, Rene (Parent)
Rodgers, Valerie (Parent)
Worthy, Bobby (Alternate Student)
Barriel, Evelin (Business/Community Representative)
Perez, Marta (Business/Community Representative)
Vichot, Omar (Business/Community Representative)
Roca, Antonio (Board of Directors (Charter))

Members Absent (Excused):

No one had an excused absence.

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

No one else was present.

Topics Covered:

Approval of Last Meeting Minutes

Review of EOY SIP Question Worksheets for each department (goal)
Accomplishments
Recommendations
Completed Staff and EESAC Verification Document

Testing schedules
FCAT complete
EOC exams
AP Exams
Final Exams
Reviews for all of the above

Funding capacity district meeting for amend contract Wednesday
House middle school in another facility
So many programs with limited space
Separate sites for the separate schools

Next year enrollment
High 400
Middle 300

Grant funds have come in
Prometheam boards
Mobile labs
77,000 worth of books (E-books)
Color nook

Graduation Manuel Artime at 7:00pm on June 6
First graduate to attend ivy league - U Penn – Christian Tojil

Change in teachers and new hires for 2011-2012
Baca
Mendez
Valdez
Lorezana
Arrospide

Accreditation
Corporate accreditation Texas
District wide meetings in the different departments
Administrative meetings for district wide decisions such as textbooks, and curriculum
SACS
Review and comparison of data
We Are at the site visit by QAR team
QAR quality assurance review

SACS Visit Schedule
May 2 - District stakeholders meeting
May 3- School site visit
May 4 - Team deliberations review of all documents and approval of district

Hierarchy
FLDOE
MDCPS
Mater Academy, Inc.
Management Principal

All are K - 12 programs / campuses

Comparison of data
All Mater schools with State and neighboring districts
Review of questions for parents
What a makes your school system different from traditional school?
Vision and mission of Mater?
Able to provide input to school district?
Why send your child to this school?
How does governing board support your school?
Are you able to attend board meetings?
What's the best thing about your school system?
How does system communicate student progress?
How are you involved in developing the system's vision?

7:45 to 8:30am for stakeholders meeting

Budget cuts
In anticipation take in an extra 50 students
Current enrollment at 650 to 700

EESAC membership for next year
Faculty involvement
Students
Parents

FHSAA Accreditation visit- approval

Meeting adjourned 7:40pm