Educational Excellence
School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    05/13/2008  03:15 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Ashley Toussaint

Location of meeting:    Media Center

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  05/13/2008

Attendance:

Members Present:

FONTANA, RAYMOND L (Principal)
Tisdahl, Douglas (Union Steward)
Gottfried, Mark (Teacher)
MARTIN, VERONICA (Teacher)
Pratt, Julie (Teacher)
Montesino, Marina (Alternate Teacher)
Clerizier, Edma (Paraprofessional)
HARRIS, TREVOR (Teacher)
Hart, Yvonne (Parent)
MERCADO, JOYCE (Parent)
Pierre, Faradia (Student)
Taylor, Janielle (Student)
STAUFFER, PATTI (Business/Community Representative)
Harris, Trevor (Teacher)









Members Absent (Excused):

Milliken, Randy A (Alternate Principal)
Toussaint, Ashley (Teacher)
Rountree, Michael (Alternate Educational Support)
Laier, Robert (Parent)
Parker, Alexis (Parent)
Rahmings, Claudette (Parent)
Perrin, Carol (Alternate Parent)
Cyprien, Christina (Student)
Mumtaz, Shezan (Student)
Ward, Reann (Alternate Student)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

No one else was present.

Topics Covered:

I. Old Business
1. The minutes of the April EESAC meeting will be approved at the next scheduled meeting.
2. Mr. Fontana announces that the Title One funding had been approved. North Miami Beach Senior came in at 68.2%, awarding us $335,345.00 dollars. He plans to use the money to hire two hourly personnel to work in the parent resource room. In addition to their regular responsibilities they would be able to contact parents, make house calls, and sign up as many applicants as possible to the clinic and the free or reduce lunch program. We need to raise the bar for next year to 75% enrollment.
3. After the emergency funding request for Robotics our final EESAC statement ended at a zero balance.

II. New Business
1. SACS Accreditation was approved.
2. School Improvement Plan was signed. Ms. Stauffer expresses her concern over the P.E. classes having to teach the life skills objective. She asked that the curriculum be appropriately integrated. .
• Mr. Tisdahl motioned to approve the SIP.
• Ms. Martin seconded
• Motion was passed

3. Ms. Stauffer discussed the need to contact members on emergencies issues where voting could be conducted via e-mail. This method would be limited and used at the discretion of the Chairperson and the Principle. Discussion ensued related to the passing of such actions without benefit of a meeting. M. Gottfried expressed concern that this could present opportunity for items to pass without having a majority vote of the entire voting membership. It was agreed that any email vote would require a minimum "super majority" vote to pass, i.e. 50% plus one.

The CONSENSUS DECISION MAKING of the by-laws will now read: The primary method of decision making shall be by consensus during meetings. In cases of emergencies and at the discretion of the principal and the EESAC Chair, no meeting need be held by the Council to take action required or permitted to be taken provided a super majority of the voting members (50% plus one) shall individually or collectively consent in writing or via e-mail to such action and the final result of such action is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Council.


• Ms. Stauffer made a motion to approve the changes to the By-laws.
• Mr. Tisdahl seconded
• Motion was passed

4. Parent Reports: Ms. Hart announced that the PTSA will be holding their teacher appreciation luncheon on Friday 16th in the Media Center. She will be sharing with faculty Dr. Karp’s Adapt A Teacher Program.
5. Faculty & Staff Report: Mr. Gottfried discussed the need to revisit the current method of excused absences, grade over-ride and the student’s attendance appeal for seniors. Mr. Fontana will call a meeting with Johan Padron, Jessica Saloway and other faculty members to improve the current methods.
6. A request to have more lock out dates at the begging of the new school year was made, along with a request to improve the stamping of ID for OJT students that leave the building for work details.
7. Mr. Fontana briefly discussed budget cuts. Thus one of the many cuts affecting us was FCAT monies reduced from $80,000.00 to $40,000.00. On a good note, SSR monies are in the bank.