Pines Lakes Elementary

A School Wide Title 1 School

School Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting 2015-2016

Today’s Meeting: Friday, 7:30, Sept. 2, 2016, rm. 135

Ms. Susan Sasse, Principal

Ms. Cristina Dejean, Co-Chair

Ms. Dawn Cevallos, Co-Chair

MINUTES

Meeting called to order at 7:35 A.M. by Ms. Dejean

Administrators Present:

Ms. Susan Sasse, Principal

Ms. CormicPriester

Teacher Members Present:

Ms. Christina Dejean, Co-Chair

Ms. Dawn Cevallos, Co-Chair

Ms. Muroff, Secretary

Ms. Glenda Robinson

Ms. Natacha Alveranga

Ms. Christine Aron – BTU Steward

Parent MembersPresent:

Ms. Marisela Vera

Ms. Shernette Hadley

Ms. Adrianne Soto

Ms. Julia Camacho

Ms. Detra Dixon

Agenda

  1. Welcome by Ms. Dejean 7:34 A.M.
  2. Review and approve final meeting for 2015-2016, May, 2016 minutes:

Ms. Priester moves to approve, Ms. Hadley seconds.

  1. Principal Update
  • Congratulations to Ms. Alveranga as a K-8 Literacy Coach at A.C. Perry K-8 Learning Center.
  • Our Computer Science position will be advertised or replaced from within our staff.
  • Enrollment is good, have met class size and beyond, and does not appear to have budget cuts.
  • Pembroke Pines Police requests that cars do not line up, causing intersection to be blocked, 1:40 P.M., otherwise, parents will be ticketed. We do not have any control when and why however, we have voiced our concern for parents.
  • Early July school grades indicate we fell 41 to 37, giving us a D school grade. We have identified the gaps and are confidant these gaps will be closed.Our 3rd grade student scores did show an A grade. Our gaps were 4th-5th grade. We are increasing student progress, and increasing checks and data review.
  • Parent asked: Did starting our clubs later influence this? No, our clubs did not influence as much as the six hours of standards based instruction daily did (Mrs. Sasse).
  1. Meeting Dates and Times

Reviewed packet handout

  1. SAC Composition & SAC Membership

Membership needs to represent our student subgroups

  1. Nomination Process

Ms.Cevallos will be our official SAC person replacing Mrs. Alveranga.

Ms. Muroff as Secretary.

Ms. Soto first moves to approve nominations, Ms. Hadley seconds.

  1. Review and Approve SAC Bylaws

Introduced SAC meeting packet handout with more detailed information.

Ms. Dixon first motion to approve by-laws, Ms. Robinson Seconds.

  1. Development and Approval of School Improvement Plan

Goals for the school year were discussed with parents and the plan of rolling out to the teachers. Ms. Valdes first motion to approve the 2016-2017 SIP goal, Ms. Sotto seconds.

  1. Next Meeting: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 7:30 A.M.
  2. Adjourn – 8:05am

Minutes submitted by: Ms. Muroff, Secretary, 2016-2017