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Date and Time: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 | 4:30 pm Minuteman High School | Training Room, 2N11 Meeting Minutes for School Council Meeting 1.Ernie Houle, Principal - Present2.DeAnne Dupont, Parent - Present3.Mary Polito, Parent -Absent 4.Dottie Vacca, Parent-Present 5.Charles Valera, Guest6.Eileen Roddy, Teacher - Absent 7.Anthony Wilbur, Teacher-Present 8.Michaela Ganimian, Student, Absent9.Kaleena Gulledge, Student, Absent 10.Tristin O’Connor, Student, Present 11.Donna Heisler, Recorder 12. Agenda: Action/Who/When: Subject: By Ernie Houle at 4:38 PM. Meeting called to order DeAnne made a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting, Dottie Vacca Approval of May 14, 2013 seconded the motion. Motion passed with Tristin O’Connor and Mary Polito abstaining. Minutes Subject: New BusinessAction/Who/When: Introductions and Meeting Members introduced themselves and their role on the School Council. Mr. Houle asked the Norms/Review Role of School Council their thoughts on maintaining the makeup of the School Council: three parents; Council | Ernie Houle three teachers; three students; a representative from business and industry; and one or two alumni. Discussion: Charles Valera questioned whether it might be more difficult to achieve a quorum with an expanded School Council membership. Dottie Vacca and Mary Polito agreed that it might be difficult for the Business/Alumni members to make a 4:30pm meeting. Mr. Houle stated that we moved to a 4:30 pm timeslot to help accommodate the student representatives that would be able to take the late bus home. Mr. Houle suggested that we try this membership and timeslot that we can make adjustments if need be. DeAnne made a motion to approve and Anthony Wilbur seconded it. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Houle reviewed the role of the School Council at Minuteman. We will review and comment upon the preparation of the Minuteman annual budget. 1. We will review and comment upon the annual publication of the Minuteman Student 2. Handbook. We will assess the needs of the Minuteman community through analysis of the input of 3. parents, staff, and students. We will use of knowledge of the needs of Minuteman to review the annual School 4. Improvement Plan (SIP) and monitor progress through regular updates and staff presentations. He also explained that there is a co-chair position, but did state that a meeting could not be held without the Principal in attendance. Subject: New BusinessAction/Who/When: General Update on the opening This year started off well, with far fewer nutritional issues. There is an approximate 31% of School | Ernie Houle increase in the freshman class over the last 3-4 years. Mr. Houle commented that the reading scores for the incoming freshman class were higher than in the recent past. Tristin O’Connor said that this seems to be a good group of freshman. We have had an increase in the number of students participating in student activities and sports. Minuteman has 16 new staff members, which included an additional school psychologist with a total of four new Special Education staff members. Subject: New BusinessAction/Who/When: Review/Discuss the School Mr. Houle stated that the current School Improvement Plan Executive Summary makes it Improvement Plan | Ernie Houle difficult to track changes so we are looking for a more streamlined, easier to read model. We are hoping to get a draft to the School Council sooner this year to allow for sufficient time for review. Minuteman is preparing a 5 Year Data Plan that we are hoping can be rolled into the School Improvement Plan.