HOWENSTINE SCHOOL COUNCIL
MINUTES
5/13/03
Moderator, Tom Patterson, called meeting to order at 4:38 p.m.
In attendance: Dawn Custis, Suzan Brown, Tom Patterson, Rex Scott, Carol
Galland, Ellen D’Acquisto, Craig Drachman, Steve Goodman, Beatriz Gavino,
Robin P. Plouffe, Jeff Davis, Guadalupe Felix, Maria Aguiar, Maureen Tafreshi,
Kim Archer, Al Albertini
Special presentation was given to Mr. Scott in honor of a great school
year.
Minutes from April 8, 2003 were read and approved. Motion to approve made
by Craig to approve, 2 nd by Carol and the vote was unanimous.
CALL TO THE AUDIENCE:
No
items were brought forward.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
PTC: Rummage
sale was a great success. Approximately $900.00 was sold. The Sweet
Tomatoes fundraiser is 5/14/03. PTC furnished snacks during testing.
STUDENT
COUNCIL: Field Day was held April 16 and was a success. AIMS assembly
was held and students went head-to-head with Mr. Scott in a Jeopardy challenge. The
school mascot will be painted during the summer in the MPR.
SERVICE
LEARNING COMMITTEE: The committee held the senior breakfast.
STUDENT
ADVISORY COUNCIL: Teacher: Maureen Tafreshi, Students: Jeff Davis,
Maria Aguiar, Charlie Gebow, and Guadalupe Felix. This will be a new reporting
committee next year and is looking for input from the school council. The
students want to make this group a strong organization here at school. Students
will meet once a month with Mr. Scott, participate in community service projects,
conduct student surveys and other activities that impact the students of TUSD
and Howenstine.
PRINCIPAL’S
REPORT: Thanked everyone for a good year. Went to a principal’s meeting about next year’s budget projections, 14 mil deficit, block grants cut, increase in employee retirement deductions (district and individual), and increase in insurance premiums, excess utilities cut. We are in lean times. Deseg bill update: HB2357 Senate amended to only include accounting and oversight reporting. Huff didn’t like the senate changes. Conf. Committee was formed. The conf. Committee called for changes similar to what the housed passed (original bill). There will be a meeting today. It looks like the legislature will pass the version of the bill that the senate passed. Pretty confidant that the governor will not sign bill. April 9 was the EEF reception and Howenstine was honored in receiving a grant. Pessarakli, Kazen, and Masi wrote the grant. Students will be going to the Museum of Tolerance and working on projects surrounding that. April 25-AIMS, CCSA Students worked hard on the test. If we achieve our goals I will wear a toga with a sign that says “Kids rule at my school.” Master schedule planning is taking place with Robin, Darleen, Tom, Louise, Gina and Colleen. The professional development committee will be meeting during the summer to plan for next year. The TMA Mandela was dedicated and several of our students were honored at Superior Court for their artwork. We also had students honored by Hispanic studies and African-American studies. Dr. Paz will address the Howenstine faculty on our last faculty meeting of the year. Congratulations and thank you to Steve Goodman and Betty Gavino for their hard work on student council and on the school council.
OLD BUSINESS: CHANNEL ONE: We will not be renewing with channel one and a letter was sent to the company (Letter in Council Notebook).
NEW BUSINESS: BELL SCHEDULE: Schedule #4 (our current schedule without channel one) was voted on and approved. Motion to accept schedule #4 was made by Rex Scott, 2 nd by Craig and unanimously approved.
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MENTOR/MENTEE REPORT: Suzan Brown and Ellen D’Acquisto gave a report as to the success, hurdles of the Sentence Writing Strategy program. Information packet was presented with information about the program and student writing samples to show gains by particular students using the program (copy of packet in council minutes).
Motion to adjourn made by Robin P. 2 nd by Dawn C.; vote was unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 5:25.
Respectfully submitted by Suzan Brown, Council Secretary
