School Advisory Council
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Educational Excellence School Advisory Council |
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7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School
Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for: 01/11/2017 03:30 PM
Please contact the school for a formatted hard copy of these minutes.
Recording Secretary: Adam Pasternack
Location of meeting: NMB, Room 710
Was a quorum established? Yes
Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 12/20/2016
Attendance:
Members Present:
Milliken, Randy (Principal)
Ridore, Billy C (Alternate Principal)
Davis, James (Union Steward)
Boeva, Vania (Teacher)
Luzardo, Rei (Teacher)
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Pasternack, Adam (Teacher)
Vetiac, Micheline (Teacher)
Gant, Alicia (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)
Harris, Lianne (Alternate Parent)
Small, Claudette (Alternate Parent)
Cazes, Angelyz (Student)
Chouieki, Ali (Student)
Khan, Zohaib (Student)
Pierre-Louis, Trisha (Student)
Rendel, Laetitah (Student)
Rivers, Erick (Student)
Wohl, Matthew (Business/Community Representative)
Members Absent (Excused):
Simon, Monique (Parent)
Members Absent (Unexcused):
Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Serrano, Peter (Alternate Educational Support)
Levins, Jean (Parent)
Francois, Shamise (Student)
Vega, Ashley (Student)
Calvaire, Ritchel (Alternate Student)Others Present:
Dayana Briceus (Student)
Guerothlyn Saint-Jean (Student)Topics Covered:
Mr. Luzardo calls the meeting to order, reminds committee to sign the sign in sheet.
Mr. Luzardo asks for committee to review the minutes, explains that we had our meeting rescheduled so that we could have a vote for something that needs to be submitted tomorrow.
Mr. Luzardo asks if there are any questions or comments on the minutes. Erik mentions that a Ms. and Mr. Norona are mentioned. Asks for further questions or comments, nobody comments. Erik motions to approve the minutes and Zohaib seconds, no objections.
Mr. Luzardo moves forward to agenda item C, the item which pushed this meeting forward. Invites Mr. Ridore to speak on the S.I. P.
Mr. Ridore mentions a couple of things, and typos need to be corrected, Ms. Lindsay was in the S.I.P. but as we lost our trust councelor, she had to be removed, the E.E.S.A.C. first date was changed, mentions typos again, we also changed number of students, absences, number of at risk students, number of students with C, D, and or F’s, had to remove Microsoft and Target as resources, he also added title 3 resources for after school tutoring, we removed R.T.I. leadership (Response to Intervention), we have clarified the use of the literacy team
Dr. Davis mentions that clarification might be too loose a term, as the document has been heavily modified. Mentions differences that appear on the first SIP and how they are represented on the other, pointing out its not simply a shift in vernacular but a modification and asks that we represent it as such, instead of simply saying that we have corrected and clarified.
Dr. Davis mentions on page 18 there were some clerical mistakes that they had discussed and have not been corrected, Mr. Ridore mentions that the formatting of the S.I.P. requires it as such and won’t allow them to fix the formatting.
Mr. Luzardo asks for any further discussion on the S.I.P.
Mr. Milliken motions to approve the S.I.P., Erik seconds. No objections.
Mr. Luzardo moves the meeting forward and asks Mr. Milliken to speak on school recognition funding.
Mr. Milliken explains to the students and people present what school recognition funding is, how the plans work, and how they can and will be distributed through a vote that is up to the faculty. The faculty vote is for Instructional / Non Instructional personnel would receive $918.26, and that part time (hourly) would receive 400 dollars. Mr Milliken asks if we need to hold a vote, Mr. Luzardo mentions we simply needed to discuss it, nobody has any questions or concerns, so we move on.
Mr. Luzardo mentions the only funding requests today is 1 request from himself, and has himself introduce the request.
Mr. Luzardo is asking for print heads to replace the large printer print heads that everyone at the school has access to. He explains what the print heads are and what they are used for, and he needs 6 of them for a grand total of $441.14. Mr. Milliken and Ms. Gant mention how much printing outside of the school costs. Angie motions to approve, Zohaib seconds, and there are no objections.
Student Reports:
Juniors are having a class trip to Bush Gardens, and they created a requirements sheet, with higher standards, for 100 Juniors.
Community Reports:
Mr. Wohl mentions he will be hosting N.M.B. in about 36 hours, he mentions the digital design pathway, April 4th 5th and 6th will be their digital design conference, with a professional review from people within the professional design community. He asks if we can also collaborate on a future endeavor for this year, Mr. Luzardo mentions we have ordered Cinema 4d. Mr. Wohl mentions they have a professor who is currently being trained to be the official Cinema 4d trainer of the southeast regions.
Mr. Milliken mentions that with all the testing we are going to have camps for different areas, and sometimes a fresh set of eyes and a new voice in lecture is enough for a kid to get it, so asks if a professor from Miami Dade might be able to show up at one of the camps and help. Not just for regular children but to service the upper level kids as well, the AP Students are taking college level courses, so to speak, to College Professors who teach the courses would be a boon upon the student.
Ms. Boeva mentions certain science teachers over at the College.
Mr. Wohl mentions there is a festival / competition for film and television coming up on memorial day weekend.
Mr. Pasternack asks about dual enrollment courses, where one of his students was trying to take speech over the summer at F.I.U. and was told that if the student has taken 12 or more classes they also have to have passed the math pert, if they are under they don’t need the pert.
Faculty and Staff:
Ms. Gant mentions N.M.B. will be taking 44 students to Washington D.C. on a 5 day trip, going to the White House, the treasury and a ton of impressive and historical sites.
Mr. Milliken mentions our basketball team came in 3rd and the only game they lost was against the winner. Our Band is going to be a part of an upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. parade. He mentions the percent of retake passers. The success of senior breakfast. Winter sports are in full swing, and Spring sports are starting up. We have a lot of testing coming up, but we also have a lot of active clubs and sports. Let’s sprint to spring break. We had an instructional review today and we did a fabulous job, the I.R. was very honest. We have an excellent group of kids and teachers.
Mr. Pasternack mentions that Speech and Debate will be taking place in an upcoming tournament on the 14th.
Ms. Gant mentions that all club photos will be on January 20th.
U.T.D.
Dr. Davis mentions that the I.R. was very open and honest. A teacher requested that the Union was asked to have a representative from the Union in her room, and a Union representative was there for the first walk through, was dismissed after the walk through occurred.
Ms. Gant mentions that after the first observation, Ms. Gant asked if the teacher still needed her after the observational group had left, at which point the teacher said, “No” and she left.
Dr. Davis mentions he could not be present as the Main Steward because he was himself being observed during the periods, Ms. Gant as the second Union Steward was happy to show up per the request of the member.
Mr. Luzardo mentions the current balance is $12,322.21
He recommends our next meeting be our late meeting so parents who are not able to attend the meeting can attend.
Next meeting will be February 27th at 5 P.M.