Educational Excellence
School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    11/14/2017  05:00 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Adam Pasternack

Location of meeting:    North Miami Beach Senior High School Room 710

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  10/30/2017

Attendance:

Members Present:

Milliken, Randy (Principal)
Ridore, Billy C (Alternate Principal)
Davis, James (Union Steward)
Boeva, Vania (Teacher)
Gant, Alicia (Teacher)
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Pasternack, Adam (Teacher)
Vetiac, Micheline (Teacher)
Simon-Gant, Amanda (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)
Grant, Ava (Parent)
Rivers, Chery (Alternate Parent)
Cazes, Angelys (Student)
McLean, Brozsche (Student)
Rodriguez, Chantell (Student)
Maxwell, Shantelle (Business/Community Representative)
Kelsey, Latonya (Parent)




Members Absent (Excused):

No one had an excused absence.

Members Absent (Unexcused):

Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Moss, Eric (Parent)
Wohl, Matt (Alternate Parent)
Antoine, Jalayne (Student)
Civil, Gabrielle (Student)
Flores, Jennifer (Student)
Majorine, Branchedor (Student)
Padilla, Diego (Student)

Others Present:

Hernandez, Jeniffer (Student)
Josiah, Belema (Student)
Antonin, Enrique (Teacher)
Roncallo, Deborah (Teacher)
Leon, Julio (Teacher)
Kelsey, Latonya (Parent)
Salomon, Rachelle (Parent)
Rivers, Erick (Student)
Balsano, M. Celeste (Teacher)
Anterior, Sabriana (Student)

Topics Covered:

E.E.S.A.C. Meeting – 11 / 14 / 2017

5:07 Ms. Gants calls meeting to order, Quorum is established.

Ms. Gant checks to make sure everyone has a copy of the by-laws, agenda, Robert’s Rules of Order cheat sheet as well as issues up for funding.

Ms. Gant moves that we approve the prior minutes, Ms. Simon-Gant seconds, no objections.

Ms. Gant asks for the E.E.S.A.C. budget, Mr. Milliken mentions it’s a tad over 7 grand. He says that he will pull it up and e-mail it out. He mentions without pulling the 2999 dollars the budget is low, so he will likely pull a lower amount so that the budget can still serve other needs of the school. He says that instead of the 2999, he will request 1000 dollars for incentives for children, tutoring, and various other things that help the school.

Dr. Davis says that will all Mr. Milliken does with the funds we should issue at least 1500, Mr. Milliken politely declines to go over 1000 so that the students and teachers and people in general can do more.

Ms. Gant moves that we go over the funding requests in the order that we received them, bringing up Ms. Balsano the Testing Chairperson for materials needed for testing throughout the year. She asks for 894 dollars, for pens, pencils, expo markers, color paper, earbuds, Haitian, French, Spanish to English dictionaries, and on an added addendum she removed color paper to add in privacy dividers. Ms. Gant mentions that we can’t deal with the addendum as there is a time limit that is given on changing proposals that was not meant. As such the original request of 822 is minus 75. Dr. Davis motions to accept the motion, Angelys seconds. Ms. Gant then asks all in favor, the majority people agree, Ms. Ava Grant opposes.

Ms. Martin motions that we hear all funding requests and then vote at the end after hearing all the motions, Mr. Pasternack seconds. All are in favor, none oppose.

Ms. Gant calls forth Ms. Roncallo passes out information and presents her proposal for an E.S.E. Welcome package. She asks for $409.98 for a HP Laser Printer and a 3 Year protection plan. Mr. Pasternack mentions that the E.S.E. department doesn’t just serve the 200 students, but also the teachers and the classes that those students are a part of. Dr. Davis inquiries about the ink and how it will be supplied if this proposal doesn’t have it, Ms. Roncallo mentions that she personally and out of pocket is the one who supplies ink for the E.S.E. department. Ms. Kelsey inquires about if the printer has other functions and or if it prints color, Ms. Roncallo mentions she just needs it to print, so it’s a plane HP color printer.

Ms. Gant introduces Ms. Boeva, she mentions that we are a S.T.E.A.M. school and we earned a bronze medal last year, and we are trying to move up the ranks this year. She asks for Ph sensors and Conductivity sensors, 7 of each, for a total of $924 dollars. Mr. Pasternack inquires about the program and whats different on the program versus what is being ordered, it is explained that the 7 temperature sensors and the 7 spark elements are different from the pH sensor and the conductivity sensor. Mrs. Simon-Grant helps to clarify the issue by explaining what the other and older sensors currently do. Ms. Grant asks if the science department can’t just pay for it. Ms. Boeva explains that the science department gets lab fee’s but those are for consumables and not for lab materials that will last throughout the year. Ms. Gant asks if 7 is the minimal amount to do the experiments, or if they couldn’t be broken up into smaller and or larger groups. Ms. Vetiac explains the way the grouping would work. Jennifer Hernandez (student) inquires what happens when a student breaks it, it's explained there is a 5 year plan. Ms. Kelsey asks about the price difference when she adds up the price versus what’s shown on the paper. Ms. Boeva thinks it might be shipping. Mrs. Grant asks if this is the only company that can make these materials. Angelys Cazes (student) asks if this is a proven benefit to students, that if this material is purchased we can be assured of positive results. Ms. Gant mentions that with us debating at the end instead of during we are going to move on to Mr. Leon and that any further questions can be asked during the debate process.

Mr. Leon is requesting a visual presenter, an Elmo MX-1 Visual Presenter for the Robotics club, and to help with our STEAM classes. He is requesting $405 dollars for the projector. Mr. Pasternack asks if it’s the same one that Mr. Roe has, and Ms. Gant points out that any math, science or technology classes can use the technology in their classroom.
Angelys (student) and Sabriana (student) had to leave the meeting at 5:50pm to go to senior parent night.

Mr. Antonini requests materials to fix the laptops that he was given so that they will run ingenuity better, he requests 15 Ram kits, 10 new batteries, 1 replacement toner cartridge, and then shipping as well. The total of his requests comes in the form of $537.68. He explains the ink cartridge is to print individual reports for data chats. Mr. Milliken inquires about a correlation between khan academy and scores, Mr. Antonini explains that he uses ingenuity program. Mr. Antonini explains that the SAT and khan academy are kind of married together now, he further mentions that minority children tend to do better on the ACT then the SAT. This would help all of the students that have currently passed the math requirement of the E.O.C. and 90% of our children have passed the E.O.C., so a good number of students would be helped.

Mr. Milliken must also attend Senior Parent Night so mentions that the budget is $7403 dollars. With $1000 dollars going for incentives that leaves $6403 dollars for the E.E.S.A.C., and since Ms. Balsano has also been approved leaving us $5656 for further spending.

Ms. Gant points out that since Mr. Milliken is leaving, Mr. Ridore will step in for his place and can vote on his behalf.

Ms. Gant introduces the S.T.E.A.M. proposal for the entire S.T.E.A.M. academy. One of the things we needed last year was getting more involvement from parents and the community, so she proposes a STEAM Family night, to get all of the birds with one stone. The science department, technology department, engineering department, arts department and mathematics department will all be teaming up and have various things to make the night a success. All of our awards look good on paper, but we would like more for our students and for our school, rather than stop where we are Ms. Gant wants us to move forward with Ms. Martin asks about whether or not food for the night will be paid for in the budget, as food items can’t be purchased from the E.E.S.A.C. budget.

Ms. Maxwell inquires if the date is movable, as if it is movable then Miami .D.C. could pay for all of it, including food.

Ms. Marin couldn’t be here so Ms. Roncallo speaks on her behalf, asking for $199.80 for headphones for students in a standalone classes. Mr. Pasternack inquires if she can’t use the headphones that have been approved to be used for the testing department. The enormous number of students testing makes the idea less applicable.

Ms. Gant moves to close the proposals as presented and to move into the funding requests.

Mrs. Martin’s motions to accept the Printer for Ms. Roncallo, and Mr. Pasternack seconded. No opposition, all in favor. $409.98 cents for a Laser Printer is approved.

Ms. Vetiac motions that Ms. Boeva gets the money for the science department. The total is $896 dollars, as the original total was shown to have an error. Including shipping the total is $924, and that’s the new and final total. Chantele Rodriguez(student) asks if she can’t get 5 instead of 7 so that it costs $650 instead of $924. Ms. Kelsey inquiries about the AP scores and if there is any data correlating the results. Ms. Simon-Gants clarifies that it’s not just for AP but for almost all fields of science. Jennifer asks when the lab materials would be able to be used. Ms. Boeva says that as soon as the order is placed it will occur right away. Ms. Simon-Gant moves to close the motion, Mrs. Grant seconds.

Ms. Simon-Gant motions, and Ms. Salomon seconds to move the total to 5 of each bringing the total to, $668. Most agree, Ms. Rivers singularly opposes. Ms. Boeva is awarded the $668.

Ms. Martin motions that we purchase the visual presentation machine for Mr. Leon and the STEAM department. Ms. Grant asks if this machine is needed. Mr. Leon explains that the machine can be used for various things, and that we are enrolled in a higher level of competition then last year. He also mentions that it can be used for most of the STEAM departments. Ms. Grant asks if Title 1 can’t pay for it. Mr. Ridore explains the limitations of Title 1 funding and all that it provides, he mentions that budget gets set at the beginning of the year. Most agree, Ms. Grant is the singular opposition. Mr. Leon is awarded the $405 dollars.

We move to Mr. Antonini’s project, and Ms. Maxwell asks why they can’t use the school labs, Mr. Antonini mentions that the school labs are shut down for testing for almost the entire year. Ms. River’s motions that we approve Mr. Antonini’s request, Mr. Pasternack seconds. We move to vote. All approve, nobody opposes. Mr. Antonini is awarded the $537.68 for ACT SAT preparation.

Ms. Gant motions that we take out the $300 dollars from her proposal, in the technology department. Bringing the new total to $634.25. Ms. Martin mentions that any purchase of food items can’t be approved of from the E.E.S.A.C. Ms. Martin also asks why the drama department needs two printer cartridges for 1 night. Drama responds that it will be doing musical water kit’s.

Ms. Martin would like to be on record that all of these things are wonderful and are great, but once we start funding these sorts of things then every department can start requesting special events that are only one time deals. Ms. Gant mentions that she disagrees that STEAM is in the SIP, Ms. Martin mentions that the SIP doesn’t specify that something needs to be done at a cost. Ms. Gant mentions that the committee would like to ask EESAC as EESAC funds things related to the SIP. Ms. Gant mentions that Target will not be the vendor, Office Depot will be, but Ms. Martin mentions that might not be the current office supply company. Dr. Davis asks when steam night is, and it’s a tentative December 5th, but the night might shift depending on variables.
Dr. Davis motions that we table the current item until more information is able to be found. Dr. Davis withdraws his motion when Ms. Gant explains the time tables in detail. Mr. Pasternack asks if we have enough people not involved in the issue to vote on the issue.

Ms. Salomen leaves to go attend the senior parent night at 6:30pm.
Ms. Gant mentions the original price was $934.25, but the new total without the food stuffs and the ink, is $429.45. Mr. Pasternack moves to accept the $429.45, Dr. Davis seconds. All vote for, none oppose. Ms. Gant is awarded the $429.45.

Ms. Gant asks if anyone wants to motion for Ms. Marin’s request, nobody does. Ms. Kelsey asks if she has a read 180 class which requires a microphone to be useable. Ms. Roncollo attempts to contact Ms. Marin for clarification. Mr. Ridore mentions providing support to the kids who need it the most is sometimes a challenge, and there is a part of the test which requires these components to be used. Mr. Pasternack motions that we accept the motion, Brozshe seconds. Ms. Rivers and Ms. Grant oppose, but all others vote in favor, $199.80 for headphones is awarded to Ms. Marin.

Ms. Gant moves to reports and updates. Brozsche mentions that for the teachers who teach seniors should pay for cap and gown, Chantelle mentions that homecoming was good and the pep rally was also good.
PSAT and Parents, Ms. Martin mentions that they are selling food to help the PSAT budget, parents mention nothing.

Community Partner – Children’s holiday will be December 9th and she will be be dropping off flyers with Dr. Challenger, she also mentions that students can get community service hours through helping, and that the Band always participates.

Faculty and Staff – Ms. Grant (Parent) asks what support our school gives to the elementary kids. She mentions the special need schools need help with tutors and special needs support. Dr. Davis mentions that the National Honors Society has made its first trip over to J.F.K. to do tutoring, and his club the Key Club is also going to Elementary schools to help with tutoring. Ms. Gant mentions about getting more clubs involved in the tutoring and helping programs.

Administration – Mr. Ridore thanks everyone for their time in coming here for an afterhours 2-hour meeting. Mr. Ridore asks about turkeys that have been given out in previous years, Ms. Martin mentions that it won’t be this year. Mr. Ridore mentions the SIP is a live document and the changes that is occurs. He explains data com, where the Principal goes to discuss the school’s data and find ways to make improvements and see where we are, versus where we want to be, and what can be done to what to help everyone out. Thanksgiving break is coming next week, starting on Wednesday for the kids and Thursday for the teachers. The action plan, is the plan on how we are going to address the deficiencies in the school, when we visit classrooms what they see to be the problem and how we can go around fixing it. The current actionable goal is differentiated instruction for language arts and math, for science its instructional planning. Testing, the midyear assessment is coming up in December, we started in September and we won’t finish until the end of May. Articulation is when the councilor goes into the classroom to begin to plan the schedule for next year, articulation is about to begin so that we can get a jump on things. On Friday we will have an honor roll breakfast for the students who are doing well and should be awarded for such.
Ms. Grant asks what tests begin in December, Mr. Ridore mentions the midyear assessment and what the purpose of such an assessment is.

Faculty and Staff – revisited – Ms. Gant mentions that in February we will be taking 49 students on a college tour. It’s not free, but it is very good and helpful for the kids. ($470) Mr. Pasternack mentions that the AP curriculum review will be this Saturday and that about 50 students will be going with several chaperones to the review, and some of the teachers will be serving as chaperones, and some of the teachers will actually be teaching the review. Ms. Grant asks what services are being offered for students as far as Saturday school in general. Mr. Ridore mentions that historically we serve the children better with pull out and push in instruction, but we do also offer Saturday school services.

Ms. Gant moves that we adjourn the meeting, Ms. Rivers seconds 7:01.
Dr. Davis mentions that the U.T.D. Steward has not spoken, and all meetings require the Steward to speak. Dr. Davis mentions that he will be meeting with the testing chair to make sure that all the teachers get their contractually obligated planning period. He mentions that the vote to pass the contract has passed in a 2 to 1 and that the differences and benefits in pay will be reflected in the December pay checks.
Ms. Gant Moves to adjourn the meeting, Dr. Davis seconds. 7:03pm

Mr. Pasternack moves the next meeting be on Thursday December 14th, no objections, everyone agrees. December 14th at 3:30 will be the next meeting.
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