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Berkeley High School Governance Council

April 27, 2010, 4:15-6:00 pm, Community Theatre Lobby

Meeting Agenda

Ten minutes are set aside at the beginning of the meeting for members of the BHS community to give comments to the School Governance Council.  If time runs out, people can submit further comments and questions in writing to the SGC Chair or Recorder.

Item Time   Person  Purpose

                      Requested       Responsible (decision, discussion,

                         item of information)

______________________________ ______________________________ ____________

Beginning Business Items  5 minutes   Kate Trimlett/  Decision

  • SGC Members sign in  4:15-4:20  Linda González
  • Approve minutes from last meeting
  • Establish a Quorum
  • Process Observer - Margit Roos-Collins
  • Timer - Brenda Wong
  • Roberts Rules of Order
  • Working Agreements

Comments from members of the BHS

Community    10 minutes        Kate Trimlett/  Information

4:20 - 4:30 Linda González

SGC Parent Rep for Hiring  5 minutes Linda Gonzalez  Decision

Committee    4:30 - 4:35

Student Leadership Elections  5 minutes Chris Young  Information

4:35 - 4:40

BSEP proposals    20 minutes sub-committee   Decision

4:40 - 5:00

Safety Plan    15 minutes Ardarius   Decision

5:00 - 5:15 McDonald

SSJE/CAS Field Trip Approval  5 minutes Team Leaders  Decision

5:15 - 5:20

ELL Plan Approval   5 minutes Heidi   Decision

5:20 - 5:25 Ramirez-Weber

BREAK    5:25 - 5:30

Principal's Update   10 minutes Jim Slemp  Information

5:30- 5:40

WASC Revision   15 minutes Maggie   Discussion

5:40 - 5:55 Heredia-Peltz

Process Observer   5 minutes 

5:55 - 6

End of Meeting

Minutes of April 13, 2010 Meeting of the

BHS School Governance Council

Attendees:

Natasha Berk; Student Rep   Dave Stevens; Team Leader

Rene Jasso; Student Rep   Evy Kavaler; Team Leader

Phil Halpern; Team Leader   Matt Meyer; Team Leader

Annie Johnston; Team Leader  Miranda Thorman; Team Leader

Derek Eshelman; New Teacher Rep  Teri Goodman; Team Leader

Miriam Stahl; Team Leader   Ray Cagan; Team Leader

Jim Slemp; Principal    Yoneko Murillo; BSEP Student Rep

Omar Kayed; Student Rep   Simone Obidah; BSEP Student Rep

Jesse Gibson; Student Rep   Noah Teller; Student Rep

Natasha Beery; BSEP Rep   Allen King; BSEP Chair

Antonio Magana; BSEP Rep   Karen Laws; BSEP Rep

Peggy Scott; SGC Parent Rep   Allison Smith; Team Leader

Sherene Randle; Team Leader  Irma Parker; Classified Rep

Linda Gonzalez; SGC Co-Chair  Kate Trimlett; SGC Co-Chair

Richard Ng; SGC Clerk

4:15 Call to order

Beginning Business Items

  • A Quorum was established
  • Minutes from the last SGC meeting were approved
  • The group went over the working agreements for the meeting
  • Noah Teller was the process observer for the meeting.
  • Phil Halpern was the timer.

Public Comment

20 minutes were allocated for comments from members of the community.

Principal's Update

Principal Jim Slemp gave an update on the following items:

  • WASC Plan
  • State Budget
  • Senior Meeting
  • Equity Symposium
  • STAR Testing

BSEP Budget Proposal

BSEP Chair Allen King gave a brief overview of the BSEP budget process and how the BSEP committee formed the budget that is being presented to the School Governance Council.

The proposed budget was presented to the Council and was discussed amongst the members.

Motion:  To add 5 minutes to the discussion of this item

Decision: Motion passed.


Motion: A motion was made to vote on the budget.

Decision: 19 No.  The motion to vote on the budget was not passed so the Council kept on discussing the item.


The discussion about the budget with the BSEP members continued.


Motion: A Motion was made to vote on the budget.

Decision: Motion passed.  The council will now vote on the budget.


Motion: To approve the BSEP Budget for FY 2010-2011

Decision: 7 Yes, 3 with reservations, 15 No

Since there is not a majority that has voted yes for the budget, it is not approved.


The BSEP committee will meet again and will bring back another budget proposal to the School Governance Council for approval at a SGC meeting in May. Linda asked for SGC members who would like to discuss alternative proposals to send to BSEP and 11 members volunteered, including parents, teachers, students and a staff member.


CAS/Science Field Trip Approval

Molly Offerman, CAS counselor presented a field trip that needs approval by the SGC.


Motion: to approve the field trip proposed by CAS

Decision: The field trip is approved.


Evy Kavaler; Science Team Leader presented a field trip that needs approval by the SGC.


Motion: to approve the field trip proposed by the Science department.

Decision: The field trip is approved.


Green School RFA

Kate Trimlett and Glenn Wolkenfeld presented to the Council the Request For information for the new Small Learning Community; the Green Academy.


The RFA will be presented to the BUSD Board of Directors. 


The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 PM.

Minutes of March 23, 2010 Meeting of the

BHS School Governance Council

Attendees:

Daniel Roose; Team Leader   Dave Stevens; Team Leader

Jim Slemp; Principal    Noah Teller; Student Representative

Irma Parker; Classified Rep.   Evy Kavaler; Team Leader

Heidi Ramirez-Weber; Team Leader  Rene Jasso; Student Representative

Phil Halpern; Team Leader   Amy Burke; Team Leader

Samantha Borg; Team Leader  Teri Goodman; Team Leader

Peggy Scott; Parent Rep.   Allison Smith; Team Leader

Margit Roos-Collins; Parent Rep.  Derek Eshelman; New Teacher Rep.

Kate Trimlett; Co-Chair, Team Leader Linda González; Co-Chair, Parent Rep.

Richard Ng; Clerk    Natasha Berry; BSEP Rep.

4:15 Call to order

Beginning Business Items

  • A Quorum was established
  • Minutes from the last SGC meeting were approved
  • The group went over the working agreements for the meeting
  • Amy Burke was the process observer/Derek Eshelman was the timekeeper.

Public Comment

10 minutes were allocated for comments from members of the community.

Professional Development Plans Presentations

Daniel Roose the Co-Team Leader of the World Language Department presented their Professional Development plan.

Dave Stevens the Team Leader of the Special Education Department presented their Professional Development plan.

Kate Trimlett, Co-Chair and Team Leader of the School of Social Justice and Ecology (SSJE), will present the RFA for the new small learning community, the Green School, at the next School Governance Council meeting.

Working Agreements

Co-Chair Linda Gonzalez reviewed the SGC working agreements and also suggestions for working processes for SGC meetings that were submitted by Council members at the last meeting.

BUSD Board of Directors member John Selawsky was also present to discuss the Board's study on the Governance Council structure and also led a discussion on how the Board can be involved in more SGC meetings and also how the SGC can communicate more effectively with the Board.

Principal's Update

Principal Jim Slemp gave an update on the following items:

  • RISE students trip to Washington DC
  • Middle School Presentations to incoming freshmen
  • Berkeley International Art Show
  • Introduced Edress Waziri as the new Academic Choice counselor
  • Planning and Oversight (P&O) Committee and FTE decisions

Process Observer Update

Amy Burke went over SGC processes in the meeting.

Linda González called attention to the priority sheet attached of SGC members priorities for the BUSD 2020 plan.

Evaluation of Meeting

The Co-Chairs conducted an activity where members could suggest what could be done to make the next SGC meeting run more smoothly.

End of meeting

Minutes of February 9, 2010 Meeting of the

BHS School Governance Council

Attendees:

Kate Trimlett; Co-Chair

Lorrie Williams; Parent Rep.

Linda Gonzalez; Co-Chair    

Matt Meyer; Team Leader

Paul Gibson; Parent Representative   

Miranda Thorman; Team Leader

Jesse Gibson; Student Representative   

Heidi Ramirez-Weber; Team Lead

Irma Parker; Classified Employee Representative 

Teri Goodman; Team Leader

Brenda Wong; Team Leader    

Peggy Scott; Parent Rep

Annie Johnston; Team Leader    

Evy Kavaler; Team Leader

Margit Roos-Collins; Parent Representative  

Sherene Randle; Team Leader

Rene Jasso; Student Representative   

Samantha Borg; Team Leader

Amy Burke; Team Leader    

Dave Stevens; Team Leader

Jim Slemp; Principal     

Phil Halpern; Team Leader

Noah Teller; Student Representative   

Maggie Heredia-Peltz; Asst.Principal

Richard Ng; Clerk     

Ray Cagan; Team Leader

Allison Smith; Team Leader    

Natasha Beery; BSEP Representative

Miriam Stahl; Team Leader    

Amanda Green; Team Leader

Diane Wolf; Parent Representative   

Allen King; BSEP Chair

Karen Laws; BSEP     

Antonio Magana: BSEP

Aaron Glimme; BSEP     

4:15 Call to order

Beginning Business Items

  • A Quorum was established
  • Minutes from the last SGC meeting were approved
    • From now on minutes will be recorded with breakdown of consensus votes
  • The group went over the working agreements for the meeting
  • Diane Wolf will be the process observer for the meeting.
  • A change to the agenda was made as the item: Identifying 2020 strategies was removed from the agenda

Public Comment

10 minutes were allocated for comments from members of the community.

BSEP Committee

Allen King, BSEP Chair and BSEP members were present at the meeting to go over function of the BSEP committee and to have a discussion with the School Governance Council to identify funding priorities that might be taken into consideration by the BSEP committee.

The BSEP committee will be making a decision on all BSEP grant proposals and the BSEP budget at the end of March.  The final budget will be brought to the School Governance Council for approval.

A discussion followed with members from the SGC and the BSEP committee members.


Motion:  A motion was made to extend the discussion of this item for 5 additional minutes.

All additional questions will be directed to Allen King.

SSC Members

SGC Co-Chair Kate Trimlett presented the list of teachers elected to the School Site Council:

Sherene Randle Matt Meyer

Kate Trimlett  Heidi Ramirez-Weber

Amy Burke


Alternates:

Miriam Stahl  Annie Johnston

Ray Cagan

Proposal to change by-laws

SGC Co-Chair Linda Gonzalez brought up a proposed change to the SGC bylaws that was presented at the last meeting but was not approved by a consensus. 

The group discussed the item again and made a decision.

Decision:  17 yes  1 Sideways   3 No

The proposed changes to the bylaws are approved.

New Course Approval

Team Leaders introduced New Courses that will be brought before the Board.

Kate Trimlett presented a new course for the Green Academy, Intro to Renewable and Sustainable energy.

A discussion followed where members brought up that there was not enough notice given to make a decision on the item. 

The item will be moved for further discussion at the SGC meeting on the 23 rd .

Principal's Update

Principal Jim Slemp presented information on the following items:

  • New Spanish Teachers
  • Winter Ball
  • Parent Portal Opening
  • Black Scholars Group and Walter Robinson
  • Team Leader Board Presentation
  • BUSD District Budget
    • Decision on enhancement funds will be made to the BSEP P&O Committee and the BUSD Board

School Staff Membership on SGC

Peggy Scott noted a difference in the amount of Staff members in the bylaws and on the roster.

According to the roster there is one more member than is stated in the bylaws.

This was an error and will be fixed and will be sent to the Board for approval.

Decision:  Approved by a consensus

Motion: A motion was made and passed to add an additional item to the meeting for 15 additional minutes due to the removal of an earlier item.

  • 8 abstentions

Additional Item: Focusing on Working Agreements

Annie Johnston brought up a concern that in the SGC's work together members are not following the working agreements when working with each other.

A discussion followed amongst the members.

End of Meeting

Minutes of September 22, 2009 Meeting of the BHS School Governance Council

4:15 Call to order

Beginning Business Items

A Quorum was established
Minutes from the August 24th workshop and also the the September 8th meeting were approved

Working Agreements
The group went over the working agreements before the start of the meeting.

Technology Update
Ben Sanoff, Technology Coordinator gave an update on the PowerSchool implementation and also took questions from the Council regarding the IT department.

Principal Update
Principal Jim Slemp gave an update on the following items:
Average class size data
PD Plans
o These will be presented at the next SGC meeting
Furniture Needs
Textbook Money
SGC Governance
o The BUSD Board of Directors will be conducting a study on the SGC governance and will be attending the Oct. 27th meeting.

Schedule Committee Update

Principal Jim Slemp proposes gave an update on the Schedule Committee that is working on looking at possible different schedule options.

New Small Learning Community

Assistant Principal Kristin Glenchur went over the new Small Learning Community planning process. This is a collaboration with the East Bay Green Corridor and the UC School Of Engineering.

A grant was received from PG&E for $40,000 for planning and start up costs.

There will be a presentation of the grant on September 30th by State Superintendent Jack O’Conell

 

PSAT Plan

Assistant Principal Kristin Glenchur presented the plan for the PSAT that will allow all students in the 10th grade to take the test at no cost.

New Student Body Constitution

Student Services

Student Service Coordinator Christina Mitchell presented the Student Service model at BHS to give additional academic support to students which includes the programs:
Student Learning Center
Drop in teacher tutorials
Academic Pathways
In class study groups
Study skills workshops
Athlete tutoring group

BSEP Allocation

All BSEP money for SY 2009 – 2010 must be spent by March 1st, 2010. There will be no open Purchase Orders to vendors for this Fiscal Year.

Schedule Design Timeline

Principal Jim Slemp presented a timeline of tasks and meeting dates that the Schedule Design Team is following in their development of a schedule proposal to be presented to the BUSD Board of Directors on November 18, 2009.

End of Meeting

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Minutes of September 8, 2009 Meeting of the BHS School Governance Council

4:15 Call to order

Beginning Business Items

A Quorum was established
Minutes from the August 24th workshop and also the the September 8th meeting were approved

Working Agreements
The group went over the working agreements before the start of the meeting.

Technology Update
Ben Sanoff, Technology Coordinator gave an update on the PowerSchool implementation and also took questions from the Council regarding the IT department.

Principal Update
Principal Jim Slemp gave an update on the following items:
Average class size data
PD Plans
o These will be presented at the next SGC meeting
Furniture Needs
Textbook Money
SGC Governance
o The BUSD Board of Directors will be conducting a study on the SGC governance and will be attending the Oct. 27th meeting.

Schedule Committee Update
Principal Jim Slemp gave an update on the Schedule Committee that is working on looking at possible different schedule options.

New Small Learning Community
Assistant Principal Kristin Glenchur went over the new Small Learning Community planning process. This is a collaboration with the East Bay Green Corridor and the UC School Of Engineering. Berkeley High received a grant from PG&E for $40,000 for planning and start up costs.

There will be a presentation of the grant on September 30th by State Superintendent Jack O’Conell.

PSAT Plan
Assistant Principal Kristin Glenchur presented the plan for the PSAT that will allow all students in the 10th grade to take the test at no cost. This will be the second year in a row that BHS will be able to offer the PSAT at no cost to all 10th graders.

New Student Body Constitution
Student Activities Director Chris Young gave a presentation on the revision process that the Student Body Association is undergoing regarding revising the Student Body Constitution.

Grades and PowerSchool
Assistant Principal Maggie Heredia-Peltz gave an update on the grading process and PowerSchool to the Council.

Safety Committee Membership Plan
Assistant Principal Maggie Heredia-Peltz gave an update on the process to apply to be a part of the Safety Committee.

Questions of the make up of the committee were brought forth regarding the Downtown Business Association having a seat on the committee.

Proposal: There will be up to the spots available for representation of community agencies on the committee.

The proposal to move forward was approved by the committee.

SGC Chair
Kate Trimlett will be the Chair for the next SGC meeting on October 13.

End of Meeting