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7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School
Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for: 11/12/2020 05:00 PM
Please contact the school for a formatted hard copy of these minutes.
Recording Secretary: Aldene Longley-Proctor
Location of meeting: Zoom
Was a quorum established? Yes
Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 10/21/2020
Attendance:
Members Present:
Randy Milliken (Principal)
Dr. James Davis (UTD)
Joshua Montalvan (Teacher/Chair)
Veronica Martin (Teacher/Vice-Chair)
Aldene Longley-Proctor (Teacher/Secretary)
Stevenson Alcin (Teacher)
Walter Bernabe (Parent)
Michelle Currie Williams (MDC)
Rashi Stovall (Teacher)
Coach Van Hoven (Educational Support)
Briana Ash (Student)
Allizie Diaz (Student)
Christelle Joly (Student)
Widlyne Seide (Student)
Keiamber Verna (Student)
Aayana Williams (Student)
Members Absent (Excused):
No one had an excused absence.
Members Absent (Unexcused):
Macombe, Marlouse (Student)
Samedi, Louvia (Student)Others Present:
Trinity Blanc (Student Alt.)
Julie Philogene (Student Alt.)
Billy Ridore (Administrator)
Mariaceleste Balsano (Administrator)
Selena Volcy (Administrator)
Christian Williams (Trinity Church)
Keisha Smith (NMB Drama Sponsor)Topics Covered:
Agenda Items I-IV
Mrs. V. Martin (Vice-Chair): Quorum is established, and the meeting is called to order at 5:11 pm.
Mr. Montalvan (Chair) began the zoom meeting by asking student members to place their names in the chat for accuracy in the minutes. The chair then shared the agenda and minutes on screen from the previous meeting (October 7th, 2020), and asked members to review and approve.
Mrs. Martin motioned to accept the October 7th, 2020 EESAC Minutes, as is, and Mrs. A. Longley-Proctor seconded the motion.
Mr. Montalvan: The motion has passed to accept the minutes.
Mr. Montalvan made remarks regarding his tenure as EESAC chair, and what he would like to see accomplished this school year.
Mr. Alcin raised a concern of the status of EESAC once funds are exhausted.
Mr. Ridore provided further clarification regarding the steps/development of the SIP implementation process and Synergy interaction.
Dr. Davis further clarified the role of EESAC as an information system for all stakeholders, not for revision. Many parts go into the making of the SIP (i.e.,-parents/students/teachers survey’s etc.).
Funding Request: Ms. Smith was not available to present her funding request at this point in the meeting.
Mr. Montalvan motioned to change the number of voting members reflected in the Bylaws from 18 to 20.
Dr. Davis seconded the motion to change the number from 18 to 20, to add up to the correct number of participants or members of ESSAC.
Mr. Montalvan went on to discuss possibly making changes to student selection for ESSAC and the verbiage used to explain “who” will serve (i.e.-Presidents/Vice Presidents from ICC etc.). Also brought up was parental selection as well.
Dr. Davis and other members gave further clarification/explanations as to the how, and why the student selection process for ESSAC was derived at. As for parent selection, the EESAC committee welcomed those parents that were dedicated, and consistently showed up to the meetings. At this point in the meeting, clarification was also given for EESAC members that can no longer serve, and the process taken to replace them.
Mrs. Longley-Proctor made the motion that (Student Elections) we add student class/clubs in the description of the ICC members that make up EESAC members elected by their peers. Mrs. Martin seconded the motion and asked all in favor to signify by saying “I”.
Funding Request
Ms. K. Smith: Requested $436.00 on behalf of the Drama department to produce a virtual performance. The monies would assist with the purchasing of materials for the production.
Mrs. Martin: I would like to make a to motion that EESAC accepts Ms. Smith’s request for $436.00 for the Drama department. Mrs. Longley-Proctor seconded the motion.
Mr. Milliken: Requested $2,999.00 from EESAC on behalf of the students of NMB, for incentives.
Mrs. Martin: I would like to make a motion to accept Mr. Milliken’s request for $2999.00 for student incentives. Mr. Alcin seconded the motion.
Nomination/Election of EESAC Secretary
Mrs. Martin nominated Mrs. Longley-Proctor as secretary for EESAC. Mr. Montalvan moved to close the nomination on the said name, with Dr. Davis seconding the motion.
Administration
EESAC Budget - Beginning Balance $17,716.93
$ 436.00/ Drama Request
$ 2,999.00/ Mr. Milliken (Student Incentives)
$ 3,435.00 (Total Request Amounts to be deducted)
Remaining Balance $14,281.93
IMPACT Review – Mr. Milliken
The Impact Review went very well, in general it was very good. A more in dept report will be given at the next faculty meeting.
Glows and Grows:
Student Involvement and the willingness of students to what they’re asked to do
Teachers were working hard and on task
Making sure we use all the technology, and all the new engagement opportunities that we have for our students (mixed modalities, etc.)
Good job on the use of data to drive instruction (i.e., DI and grouping)
Title I – Ms. Balsano
Nov. 18 – Rescheduled Title I Meeting
Parent Family Engagement Plan – Approved, making minor adjustments
Three (3) Major Barriers to be addressed
• Language (Correspondence going out is in all three languages, and any other interpretations needed, etc.)
• Assisting Parents with Technology (Zoom Meetings, etc.)
• Communication with Parents
In the process of hiring a CIS person that will be able to homes, and assist parents as well
Organizing workshops throughout the day for parents
Parents can login to our school website to view the PFEP. It is available in three different languages.
Surveys will going out to parents.
Review of SIP/Implementation Steps – Mr. Ridore (Quarter II)-For the sake of time, Mr. Ridore went the key implementation steps of the SIP
Attendance Initiative (Grade Level Competition)
City Year Involvement (Calling students homes that are marked absent, etc.)
Skip Report
Inclusion of security, police department, cafeteria staff, etc.) in the weekly meetings
Discussion of pure data in next EESAC meeting
Evidence of SIP implementation steps need to be evident in instruction
Mr. Montalvan made the motion to approve the SIP with the Quarter II implementation steps. Motion seconded by Mr. Bernabe.
Reports and Updates
Students
Widlyne Seide reported that the SGA will be hosting a “Virtual Spirit Week” Nov. 16-20
Key Club looking for ways to do “Virtual Community Service”(Especially the Sr’s)
PTSA and Parents
Ms Balsano is the process of looking for a PTSA president (Suggested Mr. Bernabe)
Mr. Bernabe suggested waiting until the New Year to proceed with PTSA
Students and teachers are asked to send names to Ms. Balsano of interested PTSA parents
Community
Dr. Currie (MDC) announced that Spring Registration is open, with discounted rates off each course
Weekly meeting with Upward Bound Students
Working on scholarship searches
Saturday Virtual session starting Nov. 21, 2020
Mr. Williams (Peace Makers Plan B Program from Trinity Church)-Life coach program for teens to assist and educate on birth control, dealing with abusive relationships, etc.)
Looking forward virtual meetings soon.
Faculty and Staff
Ms. Smith -the Drama Club is looking for cast and crew members for their upcoming production of “Scenes from a Quarantine”. Anyone interested can email Ms. Smith at NMBDrama@gmail.com
Mrs. Longley-Proctor, Mr. Alcin, and Ms. Smith publicly expressed gratitude to Ms. Balsano for all that she does to help and assist teachers.
Mrs. Longley-Proctor-preparing Jr.’s and Sr.’s for upcoming ACT/SAT Testing. Students are in need of headphones for R180. Also thanked Mr. Ridore
Ms. Balsano-expressed her gratitude for the kind remarks.
Administration- Mr. Milliken
Discussed his Data Com meeting with the Superintendent/Cabinet, and the Impact Review
Shared data from the Data Com dashboard in reference to student attendance
NMB outperformed the tiered with students with 4 or more absences (NMB-25%, ETO-44%, District-23%)
Below is more data shared in the meeting:
MATH TOPIC ASSESSMENTS
ASSESSMENT TIERED SCHOOLS NMB
ALGEBRA 1 43% 39%
GEOMETRY 39% 28%
EOC ASSESSMENTS
ASSESSMENT TIERED SCHOOLS NMB
US HISTORY 60% 66%
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS IN READING
DISTRICT TIERED SCHOOLS NMB
67% 47% 67%
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS IN MATH (ALGEBRA 1)
DISTRICT TIERED SCHOOLS NMB
86% 79% 85%
COVID is real, and we must continue to proactive in what we do to stay safe. Continue social distance, wearing mask, and washing our hands consistently. We’ve had to quarantine students and teachers at NMB. If teachers, students, or staff feel sick they should stay. If a student test positive for COVID, that students entire schedule has to quarantine for 14 days. Same for teachers, and staff members testing positive, they must also quarantine for 14 days.
The custodial staff is sanitizing rooms with hospital grade solutions provided by the district for continued safety.
Mr. Bernabe wanted clarification on keeping students’ home to do virtual learning. Mr. Milliken informed him of completing the proper paperwork for this process, and the length of time it would take.
Dr. Davis expressed the concern of some teachers seeing physical students involved in the various auxiliaries, sports, and clubs, etc. coming into the building afterschool. Mr. Milliken stated that the students have to go through health screening process in order to participate.
Mr. Milliken also addressed concerns about inclement weather conditions and assured that any activities taking place would be stopped. Students would be encouraged to vacate the building but would not be released in bad weather.
UTD – Dr. Davis
Expressed his thanks and gratitude to Mr. Milliken for speaking up during the Impact Review and dismissing many items that were brought up. He spoke on things that we need to adhere to as a staff and went on from there.
Dr. Davis also thanked Ms. Stovall for standing is his stead during his time away. She upheld the Union concerns and did a phenomenal job.
There are no Union updates at this time. There is an upcoming Union Steward meeting, and I will give updates at the next faculty meeting.
Next EESAC meeting will be December 9th @ 3PM.
Mrs. Martin made the motion to adjourn the meeting, with Mr. Alcin and others seconding.
Meeting adjourned at 7:00PM.
Submitted by
A. Longley-Proctor, Secretary