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Manchester GATE School Site Council: 2013-2014

Manchester GATE School
School Site Council Meeting
Minutes of October 8, 2013

Meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Russ Painter, Principal

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mary Vink, Cary Stolpestad, Virginia Riding, Debbie Dooley, Brissa Quiroz, Ninette Cunnings, Dan Gallagher, Dennis Bacon, Natalie Clark, Mendy Laval,Steve Main

Members Absent: Amanda Rayburn, Jessica Adams

Public Communication with the Council: There were no members of the public who wanted to communicate with the Council.

Election of Officers for 2013-14 School Year
Nominations were held and the following officers were elected:
Natalie Clark-Chairman
Dennis Bacon-Vice Chairman
Mendy Laval-Recording Secretary
Old Business
a. Enrollment/Leveling/Staffing—Mr. Painter discussed our enrollment and staffing. We currently have 26 teachers including our lab teachers. Our enrollment is 760 students.
b. New 2nd grade Class—Mr. Painter discussed the formation of the 3rd second grade classroom that opened about 3 weeks ago.
c. Review of Categorical Budget --The council reviewed the categorical budgets that fund our SPSA.
d. Review of Single Plan for Student Achievement—Mr. Painter reviewed with the council the format of the SPSA for the 2013-14 school year.

5. New Business
A. SSC Bylaws—Mr. Painter distributed copies of the SSC By-laws to each council member for their review.
B. Test Data from CST Administration
1. CST Test Data—Mr. Painter reviewed the results of CST testing from May, 2013. Our results were very positive and our API of 996 was the 3rd best in California. The CST is sunseting and will not be administered in 2014.
2. School Accountability Policy Report—Mr. Painter provided and went over this document which provided several data points as it relates to our school.
3. 2014 Testing –Mr. Painter discussed some of the changes in testing. We will be using Smarter Balanced assessments in May and each student will either take Math or ELA, but not both this year only. 2nd graders will not be tested in this new program.
C. Implementing the Common Core State Standards—Mr. Painter discussed the CCSS and provided the October district newsletter about the CCSS. This is an item for future discussion.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: November 19, 2013

Manchester GATE School School Site Council: 2012-2013

Meeting was called to order at 6:05 by Mark Topoozian, SSC Chairman.

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mark Topoozian, Mendy Laval, Jessica Adams, Dennis Bacon, Bob Jost, Cary Stolpestad, Amanda Rayburn, Sheri Weakley, Natalie Clark, Virginia Riding, Debbie Dooley

Members Absent: Mary Vink, Steve Main

The minutes for the March meeting were presented and approved by the council.
Public Communication with the Council: No one opted to speak to the council.

Old Business:

a. Safety Update—The Council had a brief discussion of steps that have been implemented to increase student safety.

New Business:

a. GLAS 3 Data—Mr. Painter provided the council with a summary of achievement data from the final benchmark tests that were given recently.

b. CST Testing Window—Mr. Painter reviewed with the council the highlights of the CST testing window and also discussed proposed changes for the 2013-2014 school year.

c. Mr. Painter reviewed with the council the configuration of the council for the next school year, thanking the members who are ending their terms for their two years of service. Next year four parent “seats” will be up for election.

Items for Future Discussion:

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00

Next Meeting: TBA—October, 2014

Manchester GATE School
School Site Council Meeting
Minutes of March 19, 2013

Meeting was called to order at 6:05 by Mark Topoozian, SSC Chairman.

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mark Topoozian, Mendy Laval, Steve Main, Jessica Adams, Dennis Bacon, Bob Jost, Cary Stolpestad, Amanda Rayburn, Sheri Weakley, Mary Vink

Members Absent: Natalie Clark, Virginia Riding,

The minutes for the February meeting were presented and approved by the council.
Public Communication with the Council: No one opted to speak to the council.

Old Business:

a. Review of the draft 2013-2015 SPSA. The council discussed the improvement activities that comprise the SPSA. The SPSA was approved by the council and Chairman Topoozian signed the signature pages.

b. CCSS Assessment modules—Mr. Painter provided the council with three different assessment modules that have been designed by teachers from CORE districts. These are samples of assessments that will be part of the adoption of the CCSS.

5. New Business

a. Categorical budget for 13/14—Mr. Painter reviewed with the council the budget items that make up Manchester’s categorical budget. We are no longer a Title 1 school, having been removed from that status. The council voted unanimously to approve the budget allocations as they were presented to the council.

b. Parent-Family Survey: Mr. Painter provided and discussed with the council a summary of the results of the Parent/Family survey that was administered this year.

c. Mrs. Gengozian reviewed the updated School Safety Plan

Items for Future Discussion:

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00

Next Meeting— April 23rd at 6:00 p.m.

Manchester GATE School
School Site Council Meeting
Minutes of February 19, 2013

Meeting was called to order at 6:05 by Mark Topoozian, SSC Chairman.

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mark Topoozian, Virginia Riding, Mendy Laval, Steve Main, Natalie Clark, Jessica Adams, Denis Bacon, Mary Vink,

Members Absent: Bob Jost, Cary Stolpestad, Amanda Rayburn, Jessica Adams

The minutes for the January meeting were presented and approved by the council.
Public Communication with the Council: No one opted to speak to the council.

Old Business:

a. Bylaws Revision –The council reviewed the revisions made to the Manchester By-Laws and voted to approve them as amended.

New Business

a. GLAS # 2 Data—Mr. Painter provided summaries of the schools’ performance on the 2nd Benchmark test of the year. In both Math and ELA approximately 99% of the students met proficiency levels.
b. Common Core State Standards-Parent Pathway—Mr. Painter provided “Parent Roadmaps” to assist in processing/understanding the transition to the Common Core State Standards. Additional roadmaps are available on the district web-site. These documents are provided by the Council of Great City Schools.
c. SPSA—Review of Format and Improvement Activities—The council reviewed the new format of section A of the SPSA and went over the improvement activities from the 2012-2013 SPSA. They provided input and suggestions as to which activities should be included in the new SPSA and in what sections they should be placed in. There was also a discussion about how to include the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in the SPSA. Mr. Painter will bring back a draft copy of the 2013-2014 SPSA for the council to review at the March 19th meeting.

Items for Future Discussion: CCSS Assessment Modules

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00

Next Meeting—March 19th at 6:00 p.m.

Manchester GATE School
School Site Council Meeting
Minutes of November 14, 2012

Meeting was called to order at 6:05 by Mark Topoozian, SSC Chairman.

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mark Topoozian, Virginia Riding, Bob Jost, Mendy Laval, Steve Main, Natalie Clark, Jessica Adams, Denis Bacon, Mary Vink, Amanda Rayburn, Sheri Weakley

Members Absent: Debbie Dooley, Cary Stolpestad

The minutes for the October 9th meeting were presented and approved by the council as was a note about the final meeting of last year indicating that no official school business was conducted during our no host dinner at Pismo’s on May 30, 2012.

Public Communication with the Council: No one opted to speak to the council.

Old Business:

a. A discussion regarding the bylaws and public communication was held. The council decided to form a committee to review the bylaws with a goal to address public communication. A motion was made and approved. The subcommittee will include Jessica Adams, Denis Bacon, and Mendy Laval. They will report back to the site council at the next council meeting in January.
b. Mr. Painter announced to the council that our API was 998 for the 11/12 school year. This is the highest API in the state of California—a distinction shared with 2 other schools from Northern California.

New Business

a. Training Video—The council watched the SSC Training Video that is provided by the district and state that fulfills the requirement that SSC members receive training.
The site council determined that it was appropriate to establish a site council roster with names, email and phone numbers.
b. GLAS Benchmark Data—Mr. Painter shared data from the 1st benchmark GLAS tests. 99.5% of our students were proficient/advanced in ELA while 98.9% were proficient/advanced in Mathematics.
c. Mr. Painter also shared results of the schools 1st writing sample. About 10% of the students were below proficient in their grade levels writing sample for the 1st quarter.
d. Common Core Standards—Mr. Painter shared with the council some information regarding the impending change to the Common Core State Standards that is happening in our district and in the state of California.
Items for Future Discussion: None were offered

The meeting was adjourned at 7:04.

Manchester GATE School
School Site Council Meeting
Minutes of October 9, 2012

Meeting was called to order at 6:10 by Russ Painter, Principal

Members Present: Russ Painter, Mark Topoozian, Virginia Riding, Cary Stolpestad, Debbie Dooley, Bob Jost, Mendy Laval, Steve Main, Natalie Clark, Jessica Adams, Denis Bacon, Mary Vink, Amanda Rayburn

Members Absent: Shari Weakley

The minutes for the May 1st meeting were presented and approved by the council.

The council introduced themselves and welcomed new members Denis Bacon, Jessica Adams and Natalie Clark.

Election:

The following members were elected to leadership positions on the council:

Chairman-Mark Topozian
Vice-Chairman-Steve Main
Secretary-Mendy Laval
All elections were unanimous

Old Business:

a. Mr. Painter reviewed our staffing and enrollment information for the 2012-13 school year. Manchester currently has 746 students enrolled.
b. Mr. Painter reviewed our funding sources for the 2012-2013 school year for our categorical budgets.

Unscheduled Public Comment:

Dr. Charles Phillips spoke for approximately 10 minutes on a variety of random topics including scheduling public comment, and configuration of council seating.

New Business

a. Bylaws—The council was given the bylaws and discussed the bylaws.
b. SPSA Goals—Mr. Painter reviewed the goals of our school as outlined in the Single Plan for Student Achievement. These are the goals that our “improvement activities” are to help us reach.
c. Test Data from CST Administration of 2012: Mr. Painter reviewed the highlights of the school’s CST data that was very impressive. He also presented a list of our 100 “Similar Schools” and highlighted some of the demographic information of three selected schools on our similar schools list. As of this meeting we have not received our API for the 2012 school year.
d. Safe and Civil Schools—Cohort 4; Anti-Bullying Campaign—Mrs. Gengozian, Vice Principal shared with the council the information that our Safe and Civil team covered at the first of three training days.
e. Parent/Family Survey; Mr. Painter shared the results of the 2012 Parent/Family survey as well as the three year results of this survey.

Unscheduled Communications: See above