LA CAÑADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

School Site Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

3:15 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER

Bonnie Bair called the meeting to order at 3:17 p.m.

Attendance was as follows:

Staff	Parents	Ex-Officio
Susan Bornhurst	Bonnie Bair	Ivette Ellis
Nancy DeBoer	Linda Reisz	Enoch Kwok
Barb Drange	Jacob Tujian	David Stegner, Jr.
Sue Fuelling
Laura Johnson
Donna Stassel

OLD BUSINESS

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The January 23, 2007 minutes were brought forth for review. Sue Fuelling moved for the approval of the January minutes with revisions, and Laura Johnson seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously passed.

NEW BUSINESS

BUDGET: FUNDING STAFF POSITIONS

Mrs. Ivette Ellis requested a decision on the funding for staff in the Site Council Budget. This includes the Reading Intervention staff, 3 Para-Professional I positions and 1 Attendance Clerk position. Linda Reisz moved for the approval of the motion to fund all staffing in the Site Council Budget. Sue Fuelling seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously passed.

COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE PROGRESS REPORT

Enoch Kwok, Director of Information Technology from the District Office reported that LCE now has the best available infrastructure, as good as what is available at the High School. All that remains is the timing of the laptop orders, in order to try and get the new operating systems Apple is anticipating on releasing soon. It may be available as soon as March or April. The crucial point is that the new laptops are available over the summer so teachers can get trained on them. If the timing works out, it would also be nice having the new laptops available for the open-houses so the parents can see the outcome of this highly-visible effort from the Site Council.

SITE COUNCIL NOMINATIONS:

Bonnie, Linda, and Jacob will gather potential nominations for the 2007-2008 Academic Year Site Council Parent Reps.

REPORTS

The following Monthly Reports were provided:

Principal’s Report

Comprehensive School Safety Plan: Mrs. Ellis circulated the final version of the Comprehensive School Safety Plan and gathered all the required signatures, including a signature from the City of La Cañada-Flintridge rep, David Stegner, Jr., Public Safety Coordinator. Six copies of said plan will be forwarded to the Board.

District-wide Disaster Drill: Mrs. Ellis reported that a full-blown drill will be held on April 17, which will include the Drop & Cover drill. On April 24, tents and sites will also be tested, along with the Connect-ED system.

Spelling Bee: Mrs. Ellis also reported that the Spelling Bee is over and was a great success. The support of the students for their peers was incredible.

Valley Forge: Mrs. Ellis reported that even though the weather was cold, the trip was a great success and went very well. The children all came back safe and sound. The Connect-Ed system was tested and worked very well.

CUE Conference: Mrs. Ellis reported the Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 2^nd and 3^rd. Staff will attend this conference.

Misc.: Mrs. Ellis reported that the new Music Teacher has been very well-received by everyone. Staff and students are very excited with her interactive approach and classroom set-up.

The Social Studies Displays for the next academic year are available in the Library for everyone to look at.

B. Chair's Report: Curriculum Council

Bonnie Bair and Susan Bornhurst attended the Curriculum Council meeting where the goals and purposes of the Council were completed. Various sections were formed and comprehensive discussions were held. The purpose of the Council is to develop, monitor and evaluate goals and to serve as a think tank for new ideas.

C. DAC

None.

D. PTA Report

None.

E. GATE Report

None. No meeting this month.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 4:18 p.m.

Submitted by:

Jacob Tujian

Site Council Secretary, 2006-07