Educational Excellence
School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    02/19/Year  02:45 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Ashley Toussaint

Location of meeting:    Media Center

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  02/19/2008

Attendance:

Members Present:

Michael Roundtree, Faradia Pierre, Janielle Taylor, Mark Gottfried, Juile Zilliner-Pratt, Joyce Mercado, Edma Clerizier, Ashley Toussaint, Ray Fontana, Patti Stauffer, Randy Milliken.



Members Absent (Excused):

No one had an excused absence.

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

Veroinca Martin,Marina Montesino,D’Yolanda Pineda,Marla Ross,Deborah M. Blodinger, Michael Nesmith, Christina Cyprien

Topics Covered:

Correction of Previous Minutes- $2999 was approved for the Saturday Academy and $600 was approved for Test Day Snacks. A request for $8200 for food, snacks, drinks, field day and rewards was an error.

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes- the minutes from the previous meeting were approved (January 10, 2008).

Old Business

SACS Accreditation Update- Mike Nesmith shared the Advanced Standards Assessment Report with the committee and asked the committee to look over the report and give feedback.

New Business

Financial Statement- $15,789 is current balance as of February 19, 2008.

Funding Requests

Laundry Program proposal was tabled until next month, pending review by appropriate curriculum personnel.

• ESOL Washington DC Event in the request for $2050 was not approved
• FCAT Testing Day Snacks request for $2800 for the day was approved.
• FCAT Student Incentive Proposal request for $2000 was approved.

Parent Reports/Updates- there were none.
Faculty & Staff Reports
• Robotics Club robot is complete and being sent to competition.
Administration Reports/Updates
• North Miami Beach main building will be closed for the summer. The 700 and the portables will be used to operate this summer.
• According to Mr. Fontana North Miami Beach Sr. is the leading high school in student attendance.
• Title I money and approval is pending.
Student Reports/Updates/Concerns
• There is a shortage of food during lunch.
• The increase in lunch prices.
Mr. Fontana agreed to look into both of these issues prior to the next meeting.

Next Meeting
• Thursday, March 20, 2008 in the Media Center at 2:45pm