Educational Excellence School Advisory Council

7541 North Miami Beach Senior High School

Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes for:    11/10/2022  02:45 PM

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Recording Secretary:    Alexander Burger (Teacher/Secretary)

Location of meeting:    North Miami Beach SHS 1247 NE 167th Street, NMB, FL 33167 Room 710

Was a quorum established?    Yes

Was the meeting advertised?    Yes,  11/01/2022

Attendance:

Members Present:

Milliken, Randy (Principal)
Fray, Beulah R (Alternate Principal)
Davis, James (Union Steward)
Burger, Alexander M (Teacher)

Leroy, Christel K (Teacher)
Martin, Veronica (Teacher)
Stovall, Rashi (Teacher)
Hepburn-Murray, Darien R (Alternate Teacher/Paraprofessional)

Capers, Ashlene-Em (Student)
Jonas, Shermaelle T (Student)
Pierre-Louis, Kellycha (Student)
Raudales, Gively (Student)
Sawyer, Andre (Student)
Currie-Williams, Michelle (Business/Community Representative)

Members Absent (Excused):

Gedeon, Ralph R (Teacher)

Members Absent (Unexcused):

Clerizier, Edma (Educational Support Employee)
Magny, Arielle (Alternate Educational Support)
Bernabe, Walter (Parent)
Moscova, Geanne (Parent)
Correa, Veronica (Alternate Parent)

Delinois, Jeany G (Student)
Francois, Briandith (Student)
Sadrac, Midrac M (Student)
Ermulda, Fortune (Alternate Student)

Others Present:

Nelson, Annabel (Student)
Ortila, Stephanie (Student)

Topics Covered:

Quorum at 2:45PM

Motion to Approve minutes by Ms. Martin and second by Mr. Burger

EESAC Budget - Remaining Balance $6983.88


Introductions
• Ms. Martin explains the purpose of the EESAC committee.
• Students and teachers make introductions.

Review and approval of previous minutes
• Members pointed out grammatical errors to the previous minutes

SIP review- Ms. Fray
• New action Steps added to the SIP for phase 3
o “We are now in phase three of our school improvement plans”
o “One person an administrative member will review student products and ensure that explicit feedback is targeted to standards being taught. “
• We are now in phase 3 of the action plan
• Ms. Stovall raises the question“ Are the bell ringers a best practice or is it an action step for the area of focus?”
o Ms. Fray explains that these action steps were added to the SIP based on
the instructional review from ETO
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Title 1- Ms. Fray
• PFEP was approved and working on parent engagement while keeping PTSA active and motivated.
• Ms. Martin endorses membership to the PTSA to the students in the room.


Review of budget and approval of funding requests - Ms. Martin
• $6983.88 is currently in the budget.
• Funding request- Ms. Obregon on behalf of Ms. Marin.
• Project Shine requests money to assist students with disabilities in developing vocational skills by performing vocational tasks in the school in a variety of ways.
o “She couldn’t make because something came up and she asked me to represent. She runs project shine which is part of our project that develops vocational skills for disabilities who are working on modified curriculum for students with cognitive disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other disabilities as well.”
o “What the program does is that they provide custodial services to alleviate the load the tasks for the school.”
o “They also had the Burlington Espresso Express with a Cuban coffee, espresso, and then they go around and they sell it to staff members.”
• Ms. Obregon and Ms. Martin express concerns about funds that were approved last year.
• Ms. Martin explains the situation to the board and students.
o Let me elaborate a little bit more. When she came to the EESAC meeting a year ago she was approved for funds and the next step was for her to order the items. It just so happened that many of the items that were on her list we had here in-house and were able to give her a variety of things that she could use. She needed to order some of the items and I think that were the miscommunication about where she wasn't sure if she had to order it or if Ms. Powel was ordering it. We went back and forth on this until the deadline came about and then the money wasn’t available.
o Ms. Martin open the floor for concerns or questions.
 Ms. Stovall- Teachers and other faculty may request throughout the year. $1000 is a bit much.
 Mr. Milliken agrees with Ms. Stovall.
 Questions about the brands of items being requested were discussed.
 Mr. Milliken wants to take the money from the custodial funds to cover items for Project Shine.
 Trash bags, disinfecting wipes, paper towels, and gloves would be covered.
 A set of 6 commercial squeeze grips would not be covered by S&D
o Ms. Martin brings up a concern about the number of supplies the school could provide and wants to make a motion to allocate $450 to purchase items for project shine.
o Ms. Stovall motions to allocate $250 to purchase items for general cleaning supplies for Project Fit.
 The motion was seconded by Mr. Milliken.
 A vote was approved by the board.


Reports and updates
• Students
o Sassy Sapphires held an interest meeting today and tryouts are next week.
o Kaya from Track and Field - New members have joined recently. Tryouts are next month. The track team is currently off-season but training for upcoming events.
o 11th grade Class Board President discussed fundraising for the class board by selling class shirts.
o 5000 role models - Mr. Maneous has just started and held an interest meeting.
 The previous sponsor resigned.
o Ashlene Capers GEMS- On November 16 GEMS will hold a Thanksgiving get-together.
o Stephanie Women of Tomorrow - Next Monday a meeting will be held about their career interests.
o Erica NHS - Held successful BBQ events and is planning a school clean-up event.
o Kellycha Pier-Louis Class 12th grade class board president- planning theme for SR breakfast. The class of 2023 is working on class shirt designs.
 Cake sales were are being held to fundraise for the senior events.
 Jan 12 last payment for SR breakfast.

PTSA- Ms. Fray
• No new information to report at this moment.
• Ms. Martin endorses the PTSA to students.

Community- No representative in attendance.

Faculty Staff - Nothing to report.

Administration- Mr. Milliken
• Homecoming was a success
o Daily themes and activities for homecoming week.
o About 50 people attended the Homecoming Tailgate event
o The homecoming dance was a blast for students and teachers.
• ACT testing last week started
o 80% of juniors tested and 95% of seniors tested.
• Data Conference is next Wednesday.
• Algebra topic tests: November 7-16.
• Mid-year assessments in January.
• Biology unit 3 December 5-18.
• Senior breakfast coming up.

UTD- Dr. Davis
• The referendum discussed in the last meeting was passed 65% to 35%.
• Solidifying teacher of the year. We will hold nominations soon during a faculty meeting.

Next meeting date
• The next meeting date will be held on December 13 at 2:45.

Adjournment.
• Motion to adjourn the meeting by Dr. Davis at 3:23 and approved by the board