Open Forum:

• Homecoming week very successful – seniors won.


• Dr. Common has announced that she will be moving to the district office and there was an expectation expressed that some sort of search committee would be formed to research the next principal, just as Linda was selected.

Minutes:
Minutes from the meeting of October 22, 2007 were approved.   

Agenda Items:
The Agenda was approved with slight order modifications.

Art Department Request for Grant 6761

State gave money (one time) to each district for Visual & Performing Arts and Physical Education, along with a list of acceptable items to purchase.  Includes money for PAC, Music, Film Critique, Ceramics and Fine Art.  Physical Education will make their request(s) later. 

Motion to approve the expenditure for VPA (without seeing PE request) approved unanimously.

Task Force Goals & Objectives

Homeroom / Advisory:  approved
Same Page (Consistent Practices):  return to task force with SDMC suggestions and have them rewrite them as goals.
Aprendamos Ingles:  approve with slight revision
The Great Divide (Achievement Gap):  approved
Emergency Act Plan (Doom & Gloom):  approved
The Write Stuff (Literacy):  add consider and review current school-wide writing assessment(s) and recommend adapting or creating something new; #1 evaluate which student writing skills to evaluate at each grade level.  Approved as revised.
GATE:  need more time to develop more specific goals after next task force meeting.  Approved
7th period / Schedule:  add “within state instructional minutes guidelines” to #3.  Approved.
Greenies & Gardeners:  approved.[for all WASC-associated Task Forces, they will be asked to respond to WASC questions]

Administration Responses to Issue / Concern Forms

Returning Violent Offenders:  Sequoia now has an alternative class for returning offenders who are evaluated for their readiness to return to comprehensive high school.  Motion to accept response to Violent Offenders Issue / Concern, passed.
           
Freshmen Truancy:  district has hired attendance specialists to pursue truant students, especially 9th graders.  Motion to accept response to Freshmen Truancy Issue / Concern, passed.

Staff Development Objectives

Some time to embrace and live the WASC update; there are some teachers who have recommended other activities; and there are department-related activities.

An ad hoc was suggested to look at what we might do.  Lisa, Leslie, Linda, Gay, Diane, Arlene, Michael.  They are also charged with communicating with the staff about what is being done / might be done / who is doing what.

WASC Update

Most of report will have been written by January ’08 staff development days (for the February ’08 visit), so WASC time on those days will be geared toward next steps.

SSC Funding Proposals:

Money has to follow our goals and would support the greatest number of students.

Add back to funding requests $500 for library reading program.
Motion to approve $3500 for support for the SST, second, approved unanimously.
Motion to move Staff Development funds to MAA money account. 
Motion to approve #4, 5, 6, 9, 11 & $9500 for #13 (all remaining requests), second, approved unanimously.

Dress Code Issue / Concern:

This is placed with SDMC, how should we proceed?
Wendy will email a copy of  the dress code and SDMC members should check with their constituents about how to proceed.   Feedback from Leadership / BOSA would be helpful.

Next Meeting:

1. Report from staff development ad hoc
2. Dress code homework
3. WASC
4. Principal selection statement by SDMC (?)
5. Task Force reports
6. Issue / Concern updates

Process Member – Dana Ayers
Food –  Dana Ayers & Lisa Pomi

Next meeting:  Monday, November 26, 2007

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