LA CAÑADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

School Site Council Meeting

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

3:15 p.m.

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Bonnie Bair called the meeting to order at 3:25 p.m.

Attendance was as follows:

 

Staff                                             

Parents

Ex-Officio

Nancy DeBoer

Bonnie Bair

Ivette Ellis

Barb Drange

Emilie Larcher

 

Sue Fuelling

Linda Reisz

 

Laura Johnson

Joy Smith

 

Donna Stassel

Jacob Tujian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES 

The November 28, 2006 minutes were brought forth for review.  Sue Fuelling moved for the approval of the November minutes with amendments , and Joy Smith seconded the motion.  The motion was unanimously passed.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE PROGRESS REPORT:

Mrs. Ivette Ellis reported that the computer upgrade for the infrastructure is complete. The District, through Mr. Kwok, is waiting to place the order of 20 laptops and cart to assure that the new operating systems are available (within the next few weeks).

 

REPORTS

The following Monthly Reports were provided:

 

Principal’s Report

Spelling Bee: Mrs. Ellis reported that  class representatives from grades 4 through 6 have been selected. Kay Bahrami, LCE Librarian, will be the Spell Master at the LCE Spelling Bee on January 30 th, 2007 at 8:30 am. Jim Ryal s, LCE Parent, will also assist. The PTA will provide the medals and awards. 

 

 

Kindergarten Registration: Mrs. Ellis reported that information about the Kindergarten Registration for 2007-2008 will be in the Lion Times.

Developmental Assets: Mrs. Ellis reported that the implementation of the program is ongoing and Nancy DeBoer will provide articles to the Lion Times about specific assets included in the program.

Disaster Plan: Mrs. Ellis informed Site Council members that LCE is updating its Disaster Plan and planning on a drill soon. Superintendent Jim Stratton is considering a District-wide drill as well.

Also, LCE will be testing the new automated telephone messaging system to make sure that all of the telephone numbers are correct.

Site Council Budget: Mrs. Ellis asked that the Site Council Budget be included in the next month’s Agenda to make sure that the Site Council officially approve the continued funding of the following staff:

Teacher Assistants,

Reading Intervention Teachers and

Attendance Clerk.

Valley Forge: Barb Drange reported that notices will be sent to all 107 participating students’ parents reminding them to be ready and organized for the trip. The most difficult aspect of the trip will be the airport security checks. Mrs. Drange will look into providing parents of the participating students with updates via the phone message system and the school web-site.

 

B.         Chair’s Report

Nominating Committee: Formation of a Nominating Committee for the LCE Site Council 2007-2008 will be an item on the Agenda for the next Site Council meeting.

 

C.        PTA Report

Emilie Larcher reported that the LCE PTA Executive Board approved the expenditure of $1,500 for reading intervention materials.

                       

D.        GATE Report

Linda Reisz, GATE Parent Representative mentioned that 40 LCE students registered for the Afterschool GATE program. There are 150 total spots for the whole program.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m.

 

 

Submitted by:

Jacob Tujian

Site Council Secretary, 2006-07