Educational Excellence School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    02/25/2016  03:30 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Shirley Brown-Rose

Location of meeting:    NMB, Room 710

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  01/21/2016

Attendance:

Members Present:

Milliken, Randy (Principal)
Ridore, Billy C (Alternate Principal)
Burdick, Heather (Union Steward)
Brown-Rose, Shirley (Teacher)
Luzardo, Rei (Teacher)
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Pasternack, Adam (Teacher)
Harris, Lianne (Alternate Parent)
Kelsey, LaTonya (Alternate Parent)
Rivers, Cherry (Alternate Parent)
Chouieki, Ali (Student)
Petiti-Bois, Diane (Student)
Rendel, Laetitah (Student)
Rocker, Ruth (Student)
Rolle, Raven (Student)
Whitley, Kayla (Student)
Tulloch, Tamia (Alternate Student)

Members Absent (Excused):

Apollon, Chedeline (Student)
McDaniel, Kenyasha (Business/Community Representative)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

Sardinas, Carlos (Teacher)
Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Chong, Natallia (Parent)
Printemps, Scheila (Parent)
Paul, Kerete (Student)
Watler, Amber (Alternate Student)

Others Present:

No one else was present.

Topics Covered:

New Business

A. Review and Approval of Prior Minutes
Correction of minutes: Mrs. Burdick was not opposed to the funding request for Mr. Milliken’s $2,999.00 request as noted in the January Minutes.
B. School Improvement Plan (SIP), mid-year review—Dr. Volcy
Dr. Volcy reviewed the mid-year School Improvement Plan with no correction to the plan.
C. Florida School Recognition Program—Mr. Milliken
Mr. Milliken shared the vote and the process for the School Recognition Program,
1. A committee, made up of representatives from EESAC and stakeholder groups, established procedures for the decision-making process on the distribution of funds from the Florida School Recognition Program.
2. Copies of the distribution process were posted and provided to staff.
3. School stakeholders were afforded the opportunity to submit a proposal.
4. The use of the funds conforms to F.S. Statute 1008.36 and final decisions were presented at an open meeting.
5. Vote was conducted on submitted proposal and approved by two thirds of the stakeholders at the February Faculty Meeting.

D. Funding Requests:
• Luzardo/Gant—Cameras for AP Photography/yearbook classes
By consensus the Funding Request for Cameras for Mr. Luzardo/Gant was approved to purchase a classroom set of twelve (12) Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800 Digital Cameras for usage in the AP Studio Art Class Total $1,197.28

Ms. Gorvetzian funding request for PROJECT S.H.I.N.E: Students Helping to Improve the NMB Environment was approved for $1,000.00

Old Business
Ms Montesino’s cleaning machine previously approved, but not written into minutes.
Due to the fact that the approval of Ms. Montestino’s funding request was left off of the minutes in September, By consensus the members of the EESAC Approved the Funding Request for the cleaning machine on February 25, 2016.


Reports & Updates

Students
Students spoke about upcoming events, such as thew senior panoramic photo, and senior picnic



Faculty & Staff
Testing starts on Tuesday, March 1st for the 9th grade students (Writing) we want to have 100% of the students tested, Grade level sponsors and classroom teachers are providing incentives for students that are tested on the test day.
All Funding Request should be sent to Ms. Veronica Martin at least 5 days prior to the ESSAC Meeting. Funding is available

Administration
SSRI & Block Scheduling Presentation and Voting was conducted February 23, at the Faculty Meeting and was passed by the faculty.…

UTD
No UTD business was discussed

Next Meeting Date/Time March 16, 2016 in Room 710