Educational Excellence
School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    05/18/2012  03:00 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Frank Casals

Location of meeting:    Media Center

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  05/11/2012

Attendance:

Members Present:

Casals, Frank (Teacher/Chair)
Billy Ridore (Assistant Principal/PTSA Liason )
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Krantz, Sharon (Counselor)
Robara, Kimberly (Student Representative)
Joseph, Vanessa (Student Representative)
Joseph, Tania (Student Representative)
Desiree Harvey (student representative)
Roundtree, Michael (Teacher)
Burdick, Heather (U)
Grant, Kheema (Student Representative)

Members Absent (Excused):

Fontana, Raymond (Principal)
Pierre, Amadine (Student Representative)
Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support)
Clark, Jennifer (Teacher Alternate)
Milliken, Randy (Assistant Principal)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

No one had an unexcused absence.

Others Present:

No one else was present.

Topics Covered:

Minutes from previous meetings reviewed
Motion to approve made by Ms. Burdick seconded by Ms. Martin
Unanimously approved
Approval of By-Laws-Review
Motion presented by Ms. Martin Second by Burdick
Unanimously approved.

Final SIP Review

Members were informed that our Administration and departments are following procedure according to State Guidelines in as each department has met; to make final recommendations for the SIP.

Mr. Casals Presented a motion to accept these recommendations seconded by Ms. Martin
Unanimously approved


New Proposal/ Requests

Mr. Casals presented a request on behalf of Ms. Le in the amount of $600.00 to complete a class set of e-instruction interactive MOBI clickers for her class as she currently as an incomplete set. These clickers aid in increasing interaction between students and teacher provide real time feedback of students’ performance during class time.

Kimberly Rabara presented a motion to allocate the funds Ms. Martin seconded; Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved.

Mr. Casals presents another request on behalf of Ms, Le in the amount of $200.00 to purchase a Banner For our IPREP recruitment. Ms. Krantz raised the question as to whether those funds were previously allocated. Mr. Casals mentioned that he believed that they were not as there may have been a previous question of locating a Dade County Schools approved vendor at the time the request was originally introduced.

Contingent upon using an approved vendor, Ms Burdick presented a motion to allocate the funds Ms. Martin seconded; Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved.

Mr. Casals presented a proposal on behalf of Ms. Abate who was not present for 3010.68 for copies of the “Hunger Games” trilogy and books for our level 1’s and 2’s in intensive Reading, in order to “motivate” and “enrich” instruction so that key concepts may be enhanced.

Tania Joseph presented a motion to allocate the funds Kimberly Tania Joseph Seconded; Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved.

Mr. Casals presented another proposal on behalf of Ms. Abate for $2500.00 for a moving lab Kindles for the English Department. Mr. Casals mentioned on behalf of Ms Abate that the future purchase of books via Kindles will be more cost efficient.

Ms. Martin presented a motion to allocate the funds Ms. Burdick seconded: Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved.


Major Rountree presented a request in the amount of $600.00 for competition slacks for the school JROTC team. Currently the team only has the jackets when they participate in competitions. Although they have some funds they do not have sufficient funds to provide all team members with complete uniforms.

Vanessa Joseph presented a motion to allocate the funds Desiree Harvey seconded; Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against Major Rountree claims conflict of interest and refrains from voting
Unanimously approved.

Ms. Burdick presented a request for her English department in the amount of $449.00 for an interactive e-instruction MOBI tablet to use in conjunction with her projector as Smart Boards are a very expensive and this would allow her more mobility throughout the classroom as she incorporates technology into her class.

Ms. Martin presented a motion to allocate the funds Major Rountree seconded: Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved.


Mr. Casals presents a request in the amount of $600.00 for 10 Licenses for presentation software (Cantasia) for the math department to provide technology based lectures and presentations to students. $299.00 would be for the initial License, and the remaining $299.00 would be for 10 more licences to be used by the Math and other departments. This software allows teacher to make interactive step by step presentations while students listen along to their teachers’ voice. Mr. Casals mentions that the price may be lower due to educational discounts that the software company provides.

Mr. Ridore presents the motion to allocate the funds Ms. Martin seconded; Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved

Ms. Martins presents a request that any funds leftover be allocated for the ESE department to use for Arts and Crafts.

Kimberly Rabara presents the motion to allocate the funds Ms. Burdick Seconded: Mr. Casals calls for an open vote of all in favor.

10 votes for; 0 votes against
Unanimously approved

Reports
Students-NONE
PTSA-NONE
Faculty and Staff-NONE
Administration-NONE

Meeting adjourned at 4:15