Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes

Recording Secretary: Constance Gilbert

Location of meeting: Media Center

Was a quorum established? Yes

Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 08/19/2019

Attendance

Topics Covered

Call to Order
The EESAC meeting was called to order at 8:14 a.m. by Ms. Odessa Europe, EESAC Chair.

In Attendance: Mrs. Tammy S. Edouard, Ms. Odessa Europe, Dr. Angela Gayden, Ms. Constance Gilbert, Dr. Ruby Jenkins, Ms. Marilyn Morning, Ms. Sharon Pottinger, Ms. Nuris Binett
Dr. Tarika Quinn, Ms. Mildreca Robinson, and Ms. Jennifer Raynor.

Welcome/Introductions
Ms. Europe welcomed attendees.

EESAC Elections
Nominations from the floor were accepted for EESAC Chairperson and Secretary as follows:
Ms. Europe, Chairperson and Ms. Gilbert, Secretary. Both were re-elected unanimously.

Minutes
The May 22, 2019 minutes were accepted with noted changes.

New Business

Revise Bylaws
Attendees reviewed and discussed the “old” and New Bylaws. A motion was made by Ms. Constance Gilbert to accept updated Bylaws for the 2019-2020 school year.
Motion passed unanimously.

Review of Composition Waiver

Ms. Europe reminded attendees of the Composition Waiver Request approved at the May 22, 2019 meeting. The composition of voting member is as follows: Teacher from 5 to 4, Parent from 4 to 3, and business community representatives from 4 to 5. The rationale for the change in the composition is that Business Community Representatives attend meetings more frequently than parents and we would be able to meet our quorum and get community support and input.

Year in Review (Commendable Rating)

Ms. Europe reviewed the following: Math=92% Learning Gains, Reading= 53% Learning Gains,
U.S. History= 38% earned Level 3 or higher, Biology=10% earned Level 3. We earned 73% points for a school commendable rating.

Mrs. Edouard stated the Reading and Math (Algebra and Geometry) counted for our school rating. Mrs. Edouard commended everyone for a team effort with our school rating of Commendable.

Dr. Jenkins shared and suggested we implement a connection chain. Each time a student repeated what she learned from another class that also being replicated in another class, a link would be added to the chain with the teacher’s name. A prize is given to the teacher with the most links in the chain. Dr. Jenkins will share in more details this concept with Mrs. Edouard.



SIP Review
Mrs. Edouard informed members that the SIP is in progress as of this meeting. Our school was selected to host the SIP reviews for other schools. The two (2) major items we worked on during SYNERGY were Culture and the Social Emotional learning.

Primary Focus:
ELL strategies in place to increase the language acquisition and comprehension
Mindfulness to increase faculty and staff productivity

Secondary:
Effective curriculum and resource utilization
Leadership visibility and access ability

Sustained:
On-gong progress monitoring
Attendance Incentives

Our school 2019-2020 theme: Anchored in Excellence: Academics, Attendance and Attitude

Mrs. Edouard informed members our incentive plan worked really well last year. We received letters from Mr. Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Schools for having the most improvement in attendance during the third and fourth nine weeks in Alternative Education.

Title I Funds

Mrs. Edouard explained to the EESAC committee the Title I fund. She discussed for the 2019 – 2020 school year DMW COPE Center was allocated $ 2338.00 The breakdown for these funds are for Parent Family Engagement 1% - $164, for supplies - $1,829, and Title I Field trips $345. Next, she explained that EESAC and parent involvement is an on ongoing plan and throughout the EESAC and parent scheduled meetings we will discuss how DMW COPE Center will meet this year’s criteria drafted for 2019 – 2020 PFEP. In addition, she informed the committee that the next review of the PFEP will be held during the October 30th EESAC meeting and everyone input is needed.

EESAC Funds

There were four items discussed regarding the available EESAC funds but no formal proposal was presented at this time:

1. Ms. Europe stated she will request to utilize the funding for a USA Test Prep software, which can be used for all subjects, ACT and SAT. Ms. Europe is to follow-up on cost associated with this software.