Educational Excellence School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    11/20/2008  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,  11/20/2008

Attendance:

Members Present:

FONTANA, RAYMOND L (Principal)
Milliken, Randy A (Alternate Principal)
Tisdahl, Douglas (Union Steward)
Gottfried, Mark (Teacher)
MARTIN, VERONICA (Teacher)
Poitier, Corey (Teacher)
Julie Pratt (Teacher)
Toussaint, Ashley (Teacher)
Montesino, Marina (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)
Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Rountree, Michael (Alternate Educational Support)
Kienzle, Carmen (Parent)
Kienzle, Stephanie (Parent)
Lazarre, Geraldine (Parent)
Taylor, Janielle (Student)
Yee, Sandra (Student)
STAUFFER, PATTI (Business/Community Representative)

Members Absent (Excused):

Harrigan, Joyce (Parent)
Parker, Alexis (Parent)
Perrin, Carol (Alternate Parent)
Cyprien, Christina (Student)
Wright, Jana (Student)
Ward, Reann (Alternate Student)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

Adalys Perez (Assistant Principal)

Topics Covered:

I. Welcome, Introductions and Assignment of Timekeeper at 3:10 p.m.

II. Approval of October Meeting Minutes
• correct spelling in names
• P. Stauffer motioned.
• R. Fontana seconded.
• Motion approved.

III. Old Business

a. EESAC financial statement/ report - budget of $13,000 expected but expenditure of funds requires multiple approvals. District review of the use of EESAC funds for the Robotics Club from October 2008 meeting was initially denied until it was explained that it was utilizing EESAC funds. Expenditure of any EESAC funds will be continguent upon actual allocation of those funds by district into the EESAC account. The Robotics Club still has a NASA Grant application awaiting a decision in the amount of $5,000. If that is awarded, those funds must be used for purchase of the robot kit which would then leave EESAC funds available for other parts and additional competition costs.

d. School Improvement Plan has a new signature page (R. Milliken) which was distributed for signature by appropriate parties. Considerations for parental involvement in next year's SIP will be addressed by the February EESAC meeting.

• Motion to approve signature page. (P. Stauffer)
• Seconded. (D. Tisdahl)
• Motioned approved.

e. Florida School Recognition Funds- Funds have been dispersed and amounts will show up in next paychecks. (R. Fontana) An electronic vote by the EESAC was taken on 10/21/08 and votes were 12 yes/ 0 no/ 7 dnp. P. Stauffer read the rollcall of the votes for the record.

R Fontana (Y); E Clerizier (Y); V Martin (Y); M Montesino (Y); C Poitier (Y); D Tisdahl (Y); A Toussaint (Y); S Kienzle (Y); C Kienzle (no response); G Lazarre (no response); A Parker (Y); P Stauffer (Y); C Cyprien (no response); J Taylor (Y); J Wright (no response); S Yee (Y); J Pratt (no response); J Harrigan (no response).

f. Alumni Project Update- A website used to make donations was mentioned (V. Martin). An Alumni Committee chaired by V. Martin and including G. Lazarre will continue to work on ideas. Receipt of tax deductible donations via PayPal are also possibilities. Students will be given the challenge of designing the web as another creative avenue to get the page up and running.

IV. New Business

a. No funding requests.

b. Attendance Boundary Meeting will be held from 7-9 p.m. at the Lawrence K-8 center in North Miami.

V. Reports and Updates

a. Students- Students were “happy about the Busch Gardens trip” (D. Taylor). The students also expressed their concerns about the long line for Thanksgiving lunch served by the cafeteria. This demonstrates the logistical difficulties of serving the student population base when a vast majority of the students select to eat in the cafeteria.

b. PTA and Parent- There were no concerns.

c. Faculty and Staff- There were no concerns. The Health and Stress Relief workshop was a success (M. Montesino). V Martin reminded people about the availability of the clothes closet and encouraged donations.

d. Administration

• Title I money has been budgeted and is being used to fill areas where district budget cuts have hit.

• Mr. Fontana doubled the amount of cafeteria meals served by requiring all athletes to eat two meals a day through the cafeteria.

• NMB is still looking for more funding for transportation of students for sports and other school activities.

• SSR for next school year has survived.

• 75% is the goal in order to guarantee maximum Title I allocation for next year. We are currently at 68%. Last year we were granted $250,000 as result of our efforts.

VI. EESAC Meeting Schedule

a. P. Stauffer voiced her concern about accommodating parents. Motion was made to continue meeting the third Thursday of each month.

• A. Toussaint motioned.
• P. Stauffer seconded.
• Motion approved.

Happy Holidays to everyone! Next meeting set for Thursday January 15 @ 3:30 p.m.

VII. Adjournment at 4:30 p.m.
• P. Stauffer motioned.
• V. Martin seconded.
• Motion approved.