SAC Minutes March 5, 2015
School Advisory Council Agenda
March 5, 2015
Welcome & review January 2015 minutes & vote to approve (5 minutes)
Take SAC Committee photo for TWE Yearbook (2 minutes)
Principal Report by Mr. Breslaw (5 minutes)
Louise Kopf will discuss ESE services at Lyons Creek Middle (30 minutes)
Learn from the past.Live in the present.
Create your future.
Lorrin L. Lee
Upcoming SAC Meeting Dates:
4/2 & 5/14
SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Tradewinds Elementary
Room 342
Thursday, March 5, 2015
SAC MeetingMinutes
2:20-2:30
SAC Members
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SAC Minutes March 5, 2015
Tara Hessberger – SAC Chair
Dr. Berlinger – SAC Co-Chair
Mr. Breslaw - Principal
Mrs. Gentile – SAC Secretary
Mrs. Matthews
Mrs. Maninno
Mrs. Stevens
Mrs. Antolini
Mrs. Kendrick
Mrs. Bernstein
Mrs. Harris
Mrs. Gibson
Mrs. Jurado
Mrs. Charles
Mrs. Borges
Mrs. Hart
Mrs. Conception
Ms. Ryan
Mr. Vilsaint
Mrs. Palacio
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SAC Minutes March 5, 2015
2:20-2:25
Welcome and Minutes
Mrs. Maninno motioned to approve the minutes and Mrs. Palacio seconded it.
2:25-3:00
- Participants expressed concern in reference to the fence issue for the empty lot across the street. There is a general concern about not having enough parking for staff and parents.
Lyons Creek Visitor - Louise Kopf
- Mrs. Kopf from Lyons Creek explained the ESE program at Lyons Creek.
- Lyons Creek has one and a half speech pathologists that service over 150 students. There are four ESE support facilitators; the number for next year will depend on the needs of the students and staff.
- There are many differences between Elementary and Middle School, mostly that students will have 5 periods a day plus an elective with up to 6 different teachers.
- Lyons Creek has a Gifted/High Achievers classes taught by a gifted
certified teacher. That is also a part of the ESE department.
- Accommodations and IEP are followed and it changes from student to
student depending on the need.
- Mrs. Kopf is also a part of the RTI process, the Core Team (severe behavior)
- Lyons Creek finished 6th and 7th grade FSA in Writing and students who get small groups were provided with small groups.
- Mrs. Kopf has an open door policy. She is coming April 10th to talk to Mrs. Widelitz to prepare for the transition for the 5th graders.
- She understands the parents’ concerns but the students adjust very quickly.
- Speech is not push in; it is always pull out because it is difficult to work on speech in a classroom setting. When it comes to language, about 50 percent of students get push in or pull out depending on student needs.
- Do IEPs need to be re-done? It depends on where they child is during the transition or when the IEP date is for the yearly review. Teachers get a list of IEPs for their student during the pre-planning week to get familiar with it and make any decisions to call meetings to change anything.
- Teachers have a list in their desk of all students they have throughout the day. As they make changes, they update the folders throughout the year. They have meetings and training sessions with the teachers to train them to better work with different types of learners.
- Placing students in the appropriate level classes is challenging especially this year. They use the latest results as a starting point. They may also make changes after the school year starts.
Mr. Breslaw’s Update
- Mr. Breslawprovide the following information.
- Students took the FSA Writing Test this week. Mr. Breslaw took the
time to listen to over 100 students and was amazed at the level of the quality of the writing.
- According to WTNN there are 49 days of school left.
- We just finished a successful FSA Academy for Reading where teachers strategically taught studentsreading strategies at 7:00 a.m. and we look forward to starting our Math FSA Academy.
- We may not get the data/test results back from the State for the FSA until later in the next school year.
- Our teachers are constantly meeting, sharing, and learning how to better teach our students the new standards. The 3rd grade scores will come sooner.
- Decisions will be made about 3rd graders as soon as possible and they will be provided with opportunities for Summer School as needed.
- Middle School will always place students on the latest data that they have. Parents will have the opportunity to work with the middle school to make sure they have appropriate placement. GEM test will be administered to those students who qualified based on the 4th grade score.
Upcoming SAC Date: April 2nd
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