Site Council 1/8/08 Minutes

Present: Steve Globerman, Brenda Goebel, Cathy Moran, Phyllis Textor, Patrice Clark, Janae Hodge, Karin Saadat

Old Business:

December 2007 minutes were approved as submitted.

New Business:

Reports

Principal Report:

Mandarin Chinese Class: Phyllis met with the President of WWC and the Head of theWWC foreign Language Department. The plan is to have a Mandarin Chinese class at Sehome High School taught by WCC faculty. The meeting as received well. Class Prerequisite: Credit Status.

Culminating Project: First round on January 14, 2008.

PTSA Report:

The general membership meeting had a small turnout, however had enough to meet the decision making process.

Two guest speakers:

Police Officer: Addressed Teens and driving.

Health Department Representative addressed Drug and alcohol use/abuse.

January 22, 2008 meeting will include Karen Hoelscher. It is at the Sehome Library at 7 pm. She will discuss the concept of Parent Network.

Next PTSA meeting: Dr. Vedra plans to attend. Agenda item includes the upcoming Levy.

Regarding fundraising: The fundraising process, access and use of funds were discussed.

PTSA is very supportive of Parent Network and the Parent to Parent mentoring, which are currently being discussed and potentially developed.

Sehome Norms/Group Commitments: Phyllis handed out Sehome’s Norms and groups commitments. Karen Hoelscher and Patrice Clark, from previous meetings, had provided some other examples, AT THE NEXT MEETING, BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AND CREATE SITE COUNCIL SEHOME NORMS AND GROUP COMMITMENTS.

Parent to Parent Mentoring and Parent Network

By the end of this year we should have (2) programs in place: Parent to Parent mentoring and Parent Network.

Parent Network: First step: Karen Hoelscher is to present at Jan. 22, 2008 PTSA meeting. Second step: Review at Site council 2/12/08.

Parent to Parent Mentoring: The bulk of the rest of this meeting was used to discuss Parent to Parent Mentoring. In the discussion the name was changed to the Parent to Parent Support Program PPSP. The details regarding this program’s purpose, vision and related details are in its beginning stages of development. Once it has been developed, more detail will be provided. Attachments of notes will be sent to all of the council members for review and further work.

Recorder to get minutes sent:

Request to have the recorder get minutes completed and sent to Patrice within one week of the meetings completion.

Next meetings agenda: Student on site council. Look at Flexible options. Also need to look at bylaws and make any needed changes.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

Next meeting 2/12/08