Open Forum:

• Karen Petersen talked about the Tour de Woodside, Foundation fundraiser that will be taking place on Sunday, September 23 rd .   There will be a 32, 55, and 100 mile course.              
• Diane gave a huge thanks to all the parents and staff that helped to make the arena check-in a big success.   97% of students were registered with the check-in and in the next two days.   As of now, we have 1946 students and it is growing.
• Linda reminded everyone that Thursday, September 20 th is Back to School Nite.   The periods will be 1-7 with ten minutes in each.            
• Megan   informed the Council of the Theme for the year – “Power in Your Hands” a year for student empowerment.

Binder Setup:
Wendy walked us all through a complete binder set up, tab by tab.   Explanations of each and information on some of the things that we will be getting during the next few meetings.   of ‘Meeting ground rules' were also reviewed.  
At this time we reviewed the meeting schedule for the year and   unanimously approved that all meetings would be from 4 – 6 p.m.

Agenda Items:
Approval of minutes from the May 29, 2007 meeting and approval of the Agenda. The process for approving the agenda and placement of Issue Concern forms was explained.    At this time the two current Issue Concerns were mentioned and their placement with the Department Chairs.

Parent Survey for WASC:  
Lisa reviewed the survey and mentioned that it would be disseminated at Back to School nite.   It is hoped that there will be a large parent response.   The survey had been shortened, but at the same time keeping questions in all topic areas,in order that the parents could complete it in a short period of time.   There was a discussion on how best to categorize ethnicity and can / should more than one be marked.   The issue of a question on PI (intervention) was discussed.   Staff and students will be taking their surveys at a later date.

SSC / SDMC:
Again, a further overview of the joint process of the two bodies.   It was explained that each constituency decides their membership.    Five certificated persons are needed. The groups met to determine those people that will serve on SSC.

SSC members only took part in the voting process  It was moved and seconded to approve the Chapter 5 – Categoricals. APPROVED unanimously by SSC members    9/10/07

Task Forces:
The proposals for Task Forces that had been submitted were reviewed.   There was ample discussion on each.   The following were submitted and the outcome:

It was decided to form an ad hoc to discuss the Task Forces and how they will fit in with WASC.   Ascertain what additional areas we will need to look at and form additional task forces.   It is important to look at our CANS in making these decisions.

Next Meeting
The agenda for the next meeting was discussed -   Task Forces and a discussion of API / AYP results.

Food:   Gay Buckland-Murray and the Fishers

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