School Site Council Meeting 5/6/2014

The meeting was called to order at 3:20 and attendance taken. Present:

Mr. Becerra , Wendy Edgar G., Marie David N, Mrs. Fogg, Dr. President Bystrzycki. Stevenson, Student Parent Wagner, Teacher Student Teacher Principal Pam Mathis, Edith Teresa Kim Ballard, Mrs. Dorothy Aimee Site Rep Kortmeyer, Haga, Vice Pres. Tiznado, Covington, Downer, Parent Designee Parent, Parent Secretary ELL

Minutes were presented for review and accepted. No amendments were suggested.

First the council listened to the student report:

Students still don’t like lunches. Don’t like to wear lanyards- think it’s a hassle Bring the Beat- dance show is coming up, $5 with venom card. Students like the recent field trips. Excited about college life. COD, UCR.

Dr. Wagner’s Comments regarding ID Lanyards: He has talked to students about it before in large group and small group settings. ID’s are important for a variety of reasons. One is recognition. Students behave differently when identified. Students get away with more if they can’t be identified. Schools with an ID system have fewer behavior issues. Workman has caught our kids on their campus and the ID has helped to identify them etc… Another reason is safety. 850 students- 50% wear them, 50% stuff them in backpacks. WE still think it’s a good idea and will support it. A bonuis of ID’s is it helps with lunches. ASB is looking into identifying lanyards for their groups. baseball, colleges, etc... Make it more of a social norm.

Mr. Becerra’s response is that it could be worse- could be a uniform. He points out that ID’s could also help instill a unifying spirit.

Ms. Ballard commented that students wearing lanyards with ID’s helps when subbing a class.

Mrs. Fogg agrees that wearing an ID is just a part of life..

Principal’s Report: RMHS will have summer school- there are two teachers doing summer school. There will be a session of ten days two weeks after school is out and it will run from 8:30-12:30 with a half hour lunch and then 1-3. Students will be able to do one semester of a class, Math or English. About 80 kids will be able to participate. 40 English, 40 Math. The District is doing a professional development seminar using our buildings as well. College trips- AVID 9th went to UCR last week. General trip yesterday (no AVID or culinary kids) to COD. Culinary kids have also gone on different hospitality trips. They are going to the Ritz tonight where they will shadow chefs, waiters, and servers. AP Euro test 5/14, 20 kids taking the test.

Old Business: Question about healthy kids survey- no results for us yet. There will be another survey at the end of May. June 2 we expect to receive our CAHSEE results. New Business: The money in the plan does not account for any roll over that we get from this year. Some spending will start happening in July. When we come back in Aug, up to Oct, the plan can be revised with the new amts. These amts are based on projected population. With realized population, we will re-approve with concrete numbers through June 30th. Our old plan goes through June 30th of this year.

Review of the SPSA. We have updated some of the info such as 1200 students for next year. Pretty much, though, the plans are still the same as they have been for this year. Areas of analysis: CELDT< CST< Next year we will have CELDT and CAHSEE, but not CST. Juniors will have EAP and SBAC. We are looking at the possibility of having SAT prep classes offered for next year. . Mrs. Robinson has a quote for the cost of doing it without charging anyone. RMHS trained three people for PLUS and will be running a class next year.

Grad Rate Parent Part- both of these we will spend money on to support parent goals.

We have goals, why we are spending money there, and how much we are spending are on the long form. Short form shows the areas and how much. For next year the pots are increased in some areas.

Expectation for next year: 2 bilingual parapros- 3 hours apiece each day Could a French teacher go to CABE next time? Yes. Chrome books- we purchased 29, but they aren’t here yet. They are for EL students. We will have about 60 EL students in support classes next year.

May need to buy more APEX licenses next year. Teachers and counselors upped student motivation through fieldtrip numbers. Admin is sending more teachers back to AVID next year Also money is dedicated for AVID tutors. There is a need experienced tutors- younger tutors who are in college and we can pay would be ideal.

$4750 for SAT prep for 40 students, 5 sessions, 3 hrs each. Could we allocate rollover money for this? 5- 8K will be rolled over.

Are there any monies we have to spend now? We are still spending now, but it’s all staffing. We can’t buy anything now.

Bus for debate or other small groups? Vans? We have one now. The district bought it. We should get two. All high schools have a couple. Athletics will monopolize them. AD will have control of them. Site vans, not athletic vans, but athletic vans will be preference. The district pays for bus related stuff. District pays for all athletic stuff now.

Materials and training for parents? A parent center in the library will be developed. We will hire a career tech specialist. The money will support materials in the area, parent trainings on Synergy etc… Pam Mathis commented that students access it to explore careers and it will also be a parent center. Neither population needs the space 100% of the time, so it will be split. We are hiring this tech for next year.

Motion to approve: given and seconded all agree to approve the budget for next year.

Meeting is adjourned.