<p>I M A G I N E S C H O O L L A K E W O O D R A N C H C A M P U S “An Innovative Learning Community Where Every Child is Inspired to Succeed” Stephen Sajewski, School Leader</p><p>1 0 5 3 5 P o r t a l C r o s s i n g | B r a d e n t o n , F l o r i d a 3 4 2 1 1 | ( T ) 9 4 1 . 7 5 0 . 0 9 0 0</p><p>School Advisory Council Meeting Imagine School at Lakewood Ranch Minutes for March 1st, 2012 Meeting</p><p>I.) Meeting Call to Order-Meeting was called to order at 5:33</p><p>II.) Welcome </p><p>III.) Review of Minutes from January 5th, 2012 meeting –Minutes were reviewed</p><p>IV.) New Business</p><p> a. Restructuring of SAC of ISLWR-School Leader shared the need for ISLWR to move to a </p><p> stronger configuration of the SAC. The School Leader felt that the SAC needs to have appointed</p><p> officers with voting members consisting of parents, teachers, staff members, and local business </p><p> and community members.</p><p> b. General Information on SAC-School Leader-School Leader passed out information to those in</p><p> attendance on the general make-up and purpose of the SAC at any school. This information will </p><p> be shared again at the September meeting of the 2012-2013 school year.</p><p> c. Introduction of Draft Bylaws- School Leader left these documents in the office. Item was </p><p> tabled for April meeting. School Leader will bring documents to the next meeting.</p><p> d. Election of Officials-For the remainder of the school year, Interim Officials were elected. Mrs. </p><p>Fiorella Vega was elected as Interim Chairperson. Mrs. Becerra was elected as the Interim Vice-</p><p>Chairperson. In her absence, School Leader, Steve Sajewski suggested that Mrs. Jennifer </p><p>Venditti continue her role as secretary for the remainder of this school year.</p><p> e. Suggested Timeline-School Leader shared the timeline for new configuration of SAC. </p><p>V.) School Leader Report</p><p> a. Review of ISLWR SIP/Assessment Update (Academic Achievement)-Steve Sajewski had </p><p> reviewed with parents that the school was in the midst of FCAT preparation and the on-going I M A G I N E S C H O O L L A K E W O O D R A N C H C A M P U S “An Innovative Learning Community Where Every Child is Inspired to Succeed” Stephen Sajewski, School Leader</p><p>1 0 5 3 5 P o r t a l C r o s s i n g | B r a d e n t o n , F l o r i d a 3 4 2 1 1 | ( T ) 9 4 1 . 7 5 0 . 0 9 0 0 assessments were showing that our reading instruction was on target and we were behind in </p><p> mathematics (this was expected).</p><p> b. Florida Writes-ISLWR had successfully administered Florida Writes for the 2012 school year.</p><p> c. FCAT 2.0 and New School Grading System-The state of Florida will be moving to new cut </p><p> scores on the FCAT 2.0. Basically, this means our students will need to score higher this year to </p><p> maintain our grade. In addition, the state has devised a new school grading formula in which </p><p>ESE students will be counted in our proficiency portions of the grade. Right now, we have </p><p> approximately 135 students that are in our ESE program (about 25% of our school population). </p><p>Using last year’s score, the School Leader shared that we would be graded as a C for this school </p><p> year.</p><p> d. Legislative Update-HB903 and SB1852 were debated long and hard in both the Florida House </p><p> and Senate respectively. In the end, both bills died and our efforts to secure equitable funding </p><p> fell short. However, we do feel that we have set the table for an even stronger push in 2013. </p><p>VI.) Parent Concerns or Celebrations-Questions were asked about our Middle School program for </p><p>2012-2013 school year. School Leader stated that more information will be forthcoming.</p><p>VII.) Next Meeting-Tentatively Scheduled for Thursday, April 5th, 2012 (no school on 6th) or April </p><p>12th, 2012-Meeting was eventually moved to Tuesday, April 10th, 2012</p><p>VIII.) Adjournment-Meeting was adjourned at 6:35PM. I M A G I N E S C H O O L L A K E W O O D R A N C H C A M P U S “An Innovative Learning Community Where Every Child is Inspired to Succeed” Stephen Sajewski, School Leader</p><p>1 0 5 3 5 P o r t a l C r o s s i n g | B r a d e n t o n , F l o r i d a 3 4 2 1 1 | ( T ) 9 4 1 . 7 5 0 . 0 9 0 0 ISLWR School Improvement Goals</p><p>Reading 2010-2011 Results 79% of students reading at or above grade level 62% of students making a year’s worth of progress in reading 59% of struggling students making a year’s worth of progress in reading</p><p>2011-2012 Goals 83% of students reading at or above grade level 65% of students making a year’s worth of progress in reading 65% of struggling students making a year’s worth of progress in reading</p><p>Math 2010-2011 67% of students at or above grade level in math 53% of students making a year’s worth of progress in math 56% of struggling students making a year’s worth of progress in math</p><p>2011-2012 Goals 75% of students at or above grade level in math 60% of students making a year’s worth of progress in math 60% of struggling students making a year’s worth of progress in math</p><p>Writing 2010-2011 Results 100% of our students scored at Level 3 or higher. 78% of our students scored at Level 4 or higher. 2011-2012 Goals 100% of our students will score at Level 3 or higher. 85% of our students will score at level 4 or higher.</p><p>Science 2010-2011 Results 53% of students at or above grade level in Science.</p><p>2011-2012 Goals 60% of students at or above grade level in Sciene. I M A G I N E S C H O O L L A K E W O O D R A N C H C A M P U S “An Innovative Learning Community Where Every Child is Inspired to Succeed” Stephen Sajewski, School Leader</p><p>1 0 5 3 5 P o r t a l C r o s s i n g | B r a d e n t o n , F l o r i d a 3 4 2 1 1 | ( T ) 9 4 1 . 7 5 0 . 0 9 0 0</p>