School
Site Council Minutes
Members Present: Kathy Arola, Barry Wallace, Kathleen Blair, Maria
Castillo, George Alexandrov, Jennifer Goodheart, Marci Ernst, Steve Harrington,
and Debbie Puente
Call to Order: Kathleen Blair called the meeting to order at
Approval of Minutes: Barry Wallace moved
Jennifer
Goodheart seconded
North Zone Advisory Report: Barry Wallace reported on last night’s North
Zone meeting. Sharon Gray (outgoing
board member) was acknowledged for her years of service to the Board of
Trustees. The new deepwater pool at
Aptos High is open. Each principal gave
their report. Presentation regarding the
state of the libraries in the District.
Outdated materials at many libraries.
In the last 10-15 years funding has gone from $18.00/student to
$.40/student for libraries. An Aptos
High parent made a presentation at the meeting regarding teaching Algebra at a
younger age. He is a new parent to the
District and has lived in many places, and from his experiences and research
he’s done he feels that Algebra should be taught at a younger age. The new PVUSD board member Libby Wilson was
at the meeting as well as County Trustee Kathy Mann.
Curriculum Council: Kathy handed out the agenda from the December
meeting. Edusoft – teachers will be
using for interim assessments during the year instead of waiting until the end
of the year – it is easier to use for assessments as it scans the data from scantron
tests and gives quick “turn around” results.
Debbie Puente was at the February 1 meeting and commented that ELD was
the focus, and the District is waiting for a report from Norm Gold to provide
recommendations to the District. All district school will get new ELD
curriculum.
Internal Scan: School Corrective Action Plan has been made
for the site after the teachers visited one grade level above and one grade
level below their grade. Findings were
handed out. Some of them were: teachers want more opportunities to visit
more classrooms and want more articulation across the grade level, and students
need more reading at their individual levels. This will be used in the school
plan up-date process this spring.
Enrichment Program: Handout of all offerings for Winter
2006/2007. Also, see the enrichment
glass case near the principal’s office. This is an outstanding model which
others schools are interested in copying.
Traffic/Parking Solution: Still in first phase (back parking lot) –
planning. A meeting is set with District
personnel on February 20 and then on March 1 with Ellen Pirie and county
representatives.
GATE/ELD: Kathleen Blair commented that she and Andrea
had been attending GATE Advisory Council meetings where they are working on a
new Vision and Mission Statement for the GATE program, as well as the GATE Plan
(input into the Plan is encouraged from any GATE parent or staff member). All GATE parents received flyers about the
meetings. There is funding for the GATE
program through the ELD because the focus is differentiation that will help all
students. Teachers across the district
are getting GLAD training.
Principal’s Report: The three winners from the Spelling Bee will
go to the North Zone Spelling Bee on March 1.
See the winners on the Bradley website.
The Science Fair is next week and will be judged by members of the
community (former science teachers, etc).
Visitation is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 14. Mid-trimester – progress reports went out to
students in Grades 4-6 with D’s or F’s so they can work on getting their grades
up before the end of the trimester. Home
and School Club paid for two assemblies where students from grades 4, 5, and 6 were
brought up on stage to be actors . The
students made a thank you poster to the Home and School Club. The spring musical is CATS and 45 students
are participating. Show will be at the
end of March. Teachers are giving STAR
reading assessments to send home with the next report card.
Parents will know their students A/R level. Parent surveys went home – remember you can
do them online. Visit our Bradley
website – the results of the survey will be there. The school handbook has also been scanned and
is on our website.
Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 5:55 p.m. with the
Principal’s Report at the Home and School Club meeting.
Next meeting is Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 4:45
p.m.