School Advisory Council (S.A.C.) Meeting Agenda

January 21, 2020 3:10PM; Location: Media Center

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1. Call Meeting to order Mrs. Weaver calls the meeting to order at 3:13 pm

2. Approve Meeting Minutes- Ms. Tavares approved the November 2019 minutes and

Ms. Whittle seconded the approval of the minutes.

3. School Improvement Plan (SIP) Updates by Principal and Departments o Guidance- Eric Belliard:

- Guidance has started the course selection process by distributing cards. They will be meeting with students through the Social Studies department and in the auditorium to answer any questions and clarify any information. Students will meet one on one with guidance counselors to go over grades and requirements.

- A large number of students will be taking dual enrollment classes next year - Summer dual enrollment will be limited one course - MAT1033 will no longer be offered. - A-Honor Roll ceremony will take place tomorrow

o Reading/Writing (Anita Parsotan): - Reading and English are working together to share best practices. - 9th and 10th grade will be taking a simulated FSA test next week. Data from this test

will be used for tutoring. - Literacy Week- February 3-11th, 2020

o Math – (Sarah Stabile)

- Continuing to do common assessments to gather data for remediation in preparation for the FSA and planning for crunch time.

- Also working on a mock exam that will be administered closer to the EOCs - Will be doing pull outs during the school day for students who need remediation - Saturday bootcamps are also being organized

o Science – (Vamini Ramkissoon): - Continuing monthly labs - Instructional Facilitator is working with teachers to provide training for teachers - Biology team is working on completing curriculum by the end of April and will

be administering a mock exam in early May. Data from this test will be used for review and remediation.

- After school tutoring will begin in April - Saturday bootcamps are also being organized

Coral Springs High School ~School Advisory Council (S.A.C.) ~Meeting Agenda~ September 22, 2011~3:00pm

Media Center

o Principal Updates – Ms. Vivian Suarez : - Graduation rate increased to 97.2% (7th highest of all traditional high schools in

the district) - Mandatory Senior Meeting at 10:00am tomorrow in the auditorium - SGA were winners of the Wacky Olympics that were hosted here before winter

break. - Blood donations at our quarterly blood drive quadrupled in size. Our next blood

drive will be on February 4th 2020. - MLK literary winners – two individual winners and one group winner from our

school. - Cheerleaders are district champions and will compete at nationals. - We hosted the special Olympics for elementary level students which was very

successful. Thank you to Ms. Collins for organizing this event - February 14th, 2020 will be a non-academic day, it will be a day of service and

love across the district and will also be an early release day. - Facility Updates- Single Point of Entry is being revamped by the district, the

entrance of the cafeteria will be covered in the future.

4. New Business - Voting for PSD Ballot

o Clarification by Dr. King: Change to the ballot so that teachers may vote yes or no on whether they want to have the days or not and how many days will be scheduled (8, 6 or 5 days).

o All voting members unanimously voted yes to use the current PSD Ballot.

- Voting to use Accountability funds for Cambridge Programme The board will vote on whether we are approved to have the Cambridge Programme at our school on January 28th ,2020. In the event that it is approved we would like to vote on whether accountability funds can be used to start the programme.

o Ms. Allen Osborne asked what percentage of the budget will be used for the Cambridge Programme. Dr. King and Ms. Suarez responded that we do not have a concrete number but it is estimated to cost $20,000. Ms. Allen Osborne asked how much money is in the budget to which Ms. Suarez responded about $50,000. $12,000 of it has been approved to be used for funding tutoring.

o Ms. Tavares asked if the Cambridge Programme will replace Quantum Leap. Dr. King responded that it will replace it eventually after one year’s time. AP classes will not be lost, the names will just be changed to Cambridge so that more students will have access to the bright future scholarships.

o Nathaniel Pelton asked if Cambridge is acknowledged as well as AP classes are by colleges. Dr. King responded that the classes are comparable, no students will be at a loss if they choose one over the other.

o Ms. Gilman asked for a description of scoring of the Cambridge Programme, Dr King responded that there are several levels in their scoring and so there are more opportunities to pass a Cambridge exam than an AP.

o All voting members unanimously voted yes to use accountability funds for to start the Cambridge Programme on approval by the School Board (this includes teacher trainings, materials, etc.)

Questions - Ms. Kenney asked if there is a security guard posted at the student parking lot gate in

the afternoon. Ms. Suarez responded that the gate does not open until 2:40pm

Motion to adjourn by Ms. Maple and seconded by Ms. Allen Osbourne at 3:48pm

Next S.A.C. Meeting— Tuesday 2019