[familyschool] Re: Board Meeting today
- From: Sabine Meyer <meye0336@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:31:11 -0500
Thanks so much for the report!
We met Saturday morning, before the board meeting, on the policy committee,
and worked on the teacher eval process, forms and some support docs. I
think we'll have all back to the teachers shortly for final revisions/edits
(Rachel, the chair, will forward) and then the process should be ready for
the board to instate in August, yes.
I could not make it to the board meeting, as we had other plans for the
rest of the day, but I did get to hear about Stan and it sounds like a
great plan to have him help turn things around. Everyone has been working
super hard, and things clearly seems to be falling into place. Woot! I'll
try to stop in on Monday after work to say hello to Stan, I think.
I'm sure breakfast or yummy summery snacks would be much appreciated if
folks wanted to organize that for the August board meeting.
-SM
On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Starshyne 777 <starshyne777@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi all,
> I attended, but didn’t take written notes… so sorry if this is a bit
> incomplete…. there were a few other parents who attended or others in the
> know (teachers) who may also be on this list and feel to correct me or add
> in…
>
> - The before-school program will continue this year - the financial
> structure of the program (school administered or teacher administered) is
> still in discussion.
> - The board/policy committee has been working hard on developing a new
> way evaluate teachers. They hope to have the forms and process in place to
> bring to the Aug. Board meeting to then have training with the teachers at
> the beginning of the school year.
> - The Board has hired an Interim ED, Stan Hacker, whom they are very
> excited about due to him being passionate about his work and his high value
> of communication. He would like to meet with ALL the stakeholders at
> Southside to hear their concerns and to offer him direction. He has a
> reported history of seeking out and meeting literally everyone in one of
> the last schools he was the interim. He also was one of the only candidates
> who had an expressed interest in being an interim and not long term ED…. so
> he seemed stronger on what is truly needed out of an INTERIM. He starts on
> Monday. The board said they will be sending out an email introducing him
> and Stan will be sending one out as well…
> - There was discussion about his contract as interim… to either hire
> him as an employee versus as an independent contractor. In a very small
> nutshell… hiring him as an independent contractor would save money, but
> legally would have less control over his work. The board decided to move
> forward with a 3mnth employee contract and revisit the independent
> contractor idea at the time (after they had a chance to visit with the
> board’s attorney).
> - There was discussion about holding the interim ED accountable and on
> time. There will be the formation of an executive committee. Currently with
> the bylaws… only Ben could serve on this committee. Since there was no vice
> chair…. in the meeting they nominated and subsequently voted for Rachel to
> be the vice chair and she will now subsequently serve on the executive
> committee. The executive committee will be meeting with Stan every 2wks to
> check in on his work and progress. Also Ben said on a couple of occasions
> in the meeting that he has already planned to meet with Stan weekly to help
> him in getting to know the school, community and culture.
> - There was discussion around an immediate “To-do list” for Stan. The
> list was presented at the meeting and I am guessing should be available on
> the website soon?
> - The school will be hiring a part-time middle school math teacher and
> full time 1st-3rd grade teacher… also need for a part-time (8hrs/wk) ELL
> teacher.
> - There is still uncertainty if they will hire for office staff. They
> are considering redesigning the school director and office secretary role…
> to either combine or rearrange duties. As well, they are considering
> whether fundraising would be the role of the ED and how rearranging all of
> these admin duties would look in determining the hiring needs.
> - Finally, the board is considering the formation of a community
> action committee. They were not sure if it would be called that or what it
> would be called… but wanted some more formal mechanism in place for
> community involvement and input. They reported that they did receive notice
> from the community about wanting to send out an announcement about the
> formation of a “PTO”… but have not yet received the email from Clemma to be
> sent out to the community. The “PTO” and board committee would be two
> separate entities. A suggestion was made to hold regular (every 2 or
> 3mnths) community forum/potlucks. It was then suggested that this be the
> charge of the developing “PTO”. Also note I put “PTO” in quotation marks
> because I know as a community we were trying to find a more accurate
> descriptive name, but wanted to make sure everyone knew what I was
> referring to here. Also the board said that they cannot send out emails for
> the “PTO” aside the intial outreach one(s). The “PTO” would have to develop
> their own email list through parents who expressed an interest in being
> involved.
>
>
> Also I came away from the meeting feeling very much in awe of the amount
> of work the remaining board members are doing. There is ALOT of volunteer
> hours they are doing with the overall board and committees (i.e. Rachel
> willing jumped in to be on the newly formed executive committee, Ben taking
> the initiative to fully on-board Stan one-to-one).
> I would like to suggest that at the next board meeting we bring them an
> appreciation breakfast.
> There was discussion about the next board meeting in Aug. But I missed the
> date and time?
> Christine
>
>
> Sent from Windows Mail
>
> *From:* Gwyneth Olson <purplepurlgirl@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 12, 2014 9:49 AM
> *To:* familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> So, I can't go sorry. Frances Copenhaver, girl reporter, has an
> overlapping meeting at Corcoran Neighborhood Assn.
>
> Sorry, but there are other parents going so I hope one of them can give us
> a summary.
>
> Gwyneth
>
> --
> Gwyneth Olson
>
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Dr. Sabine Meyer
Professor, General Education
Deltak/Rasmussen College - National Online
meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
(612) 298 5060
Skype: Sabinem69
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