<p> Val Verde Unified School District VAL VERDE ACADEMY Moreno Valley, California 92551 School Site Council Meeting #7 March 15, 2016 2:15 P.M.</p><p>Val Verde Academy Conference Room 25100 Red Maple Lane Moreno Valley, CA 92551 MINUTES</p><p>SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Vanessa Karwan, Ed.D. Principal Refugio SantaCruz, Counselor Maria A. Ochoa, Secretary</p><p>OTHERS ATTENDING Veronica Cabral, Teacher</p><p>I GENERAL FUNCTIONS</p><p>I.1 Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 2:18 p.m.</p><p>II. ACTION ITEM  Approve last meeting Minutes Motion by Mrs. SantaCruz, second by Mrs. Cabral Final Resolution: Motion Carries Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Absent: 8 Abstentions: 0</p><p> Approve Agenda Motion by Mrs. SantaCruz, second by Mrs. Cabral Final Resolution: Motion Carries Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Absent: 8 Abstentions: 0</p><p> SPSA Updates for Approval Dr. Karwan reviewed and explain school goals and she also reviewed AVID expansion goals.</p><p>Motion by Mrs. Cabral, second by Mrs. SantaCruz Final Resolution: Motion Carries Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Absent: 8 Abstentions: 0</p><p> FAFSA Expenditures- Dr. Karwan explained FAFSA Expenditures. III. INFORMATION SESSION</p><p> GATE update-Mrs. SantaCruz mentioned that we are testing two students on March 23.</p><p> Math Intervention-We will focus on Daily First in Math Intervention during the regular day next year and are looking at building a schedule with Math Intervention daily.  STEM Elementary (garden, science resources, 2016-2017). M & O is helping us start the garden. We will buy seeds and the students will paint the garden boxes. We will have more hands on Writing/Science/Literacy/Math during the regular day.  PTO Updates-Mrs. Davis was out, but Dr. Karwan explains that students are practicing every Wednesday for our first Talent Show on April 27.  AVID Summer Institute 2016-We have registered all our teachers to the AVID Summer Institute 2016. </p><p>IV. PUBLIC SESSION</p><p> No Comments</p><p>V. NEXT MEETING</p><p>Next Meeting scheduled for April 19, 2016 at 2:15 p.m.</p><p>5.0 ADJOURNMENT</p><p>Motion by Dr. Karwan, second by Mrs. SantaCruz to adjourn the meeting at 2:51 p.m. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Ayes: 4 Noes: 0 Absent: 8 Abstentions: 0</p><p>Respectfully Submitted:</p><p>Vanessa Karwan, Ed.D. Principal</p>