Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes
09/28/2010 04:00PM
Recording Secretary: Mr. Guillermo Ramos
Location of meeting: Country Club Middle School Media Center
Was a quorum established? Yes
Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 09/20/2010
Attendance
Members Present:
Fernandez, Jose (Principal)
Conroy, Denise (Union Steward)
Belkin, Linda (Teacher)
Covone, Gina (Teacher)
Gil, Gustavo (Teacher)
Martin, Melissa (Teacher)
Ramos, Guillermo (Teacher)
Lobato, Rolando (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)
Mercado, Nidia (Educational Support Employee)
Pino, Marisol (Alternate Educational Support)
Cartwright, Judy (Parent)
Orta, Daniela (Parent)
Perez, Jesus (Parent)
Rizo, Alex (Parent)
Uz, Jose (Parent)
Uz, Miriam (Parent)
Cardeso, Cindy (Alternate Parent)
Uz, Carlos (Student)
Gonzalez, Adriana (Alternate Student)
Gonzalez, Diana (Business/Community Representative)
Rodriguez, Orlando (Business/Community Representative)
Members Absent (Excused):
Members Absent (Unexcused):
Others Present:
Topics Covered
EESAC Minutes – September 28, 2010 – Country Club Middle School
The second EESAC Meeting of the 2010-2011 school year commenced on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 4:00 pm by EESAC Chair Ms. Linda Belkin. Ms. Covone read the minutes from the last meeting and Ms. Martin made a motion to approve the minutes and they were approved by all. Regarding the review and approval of the School Improvement Plan, updates were given in the curricular areas of Reading, Mathematics, Science and Writing. In Mathematics, Mrs. Lebena mentioned that the changes involved the interpretation of vocabulary. In Writing, the ELL subgroup strategies remained the same. In Science, Mrs. Martin discussed that different strategies will be implemented to improve scientific thinking. In Reading, strategies detailed in the School Improvement Plan were amended and included more focus on words and phrases as that is the lowest benchmark for the school, implement more differentiated instruction, graphic organizers and address weaknesses in affixes, context clues, roots, bases, idioms and figurative language. After careful review of the School Improvement Plan by all the EESAC members, it was approved unanimously by all members. Ms. Covone then made a motion to end the meeting and Mr. Uz. Second the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 pm.