CLC Board Meeting
Call to Order
Present:
Absent: None
Attendees: Kosta Dussias, Pat Hunt, and Mark Toci
All Board members were introduced. Lupe Martinez, who was designated as a Board alternate was unable to attend.
Business Manager
Report
Kosta presented current financials for review and discussion. He indicated that the projection for the year has improved with a smaller deficit than was originally projected. CLC is anticipating an insurance reimbursement for lost teacher’s pay from an accident she was involved in during this year. Expenses are as anticipated. A draft budget will be presented for discussion at the May Board meeting.
Teacher contracts will be done in June. Jeremy Bean will not be returning for the 2005-2006 school year. The teacher peer review is anticipated to take place on April 22, during the staff in-service day.
ECO Report
PSSA testing is completed. SCASD Math Thinking Tests (5th and 6th grades) is scheduled for May 6-13, TerraNova Language Arts and Math tests (all grades) is also scheduled. Marc Toci noted that a review of the testing will be done during the summer. The professional development plan will also be done over the summer.
The re-chartering process to renew the CLC charter will occur in August during the general meeting with the school district. Mark Toci will attend for the presentation.
Kosta mentioned that the school needs an “acceptable use”
policy in order to conform to state and federal law. This will be distributed for Board approval
at the next meeting. This must be
approved and in place by
Deb Madrak informed the Board that the all-school field trip
is scheduled for June 8 or June 10. This
will be a trip to
Andrea Ryan gave a report on the activities for the Friends of CLC to the Board.
The first item was a request for approval of Kreiger-Matisse presentation as school as a safe environment. Members requested that it be given in the fall at the start of the year rather than at the end of the year. Also a request was made for possibly two presentations to be held-one for adults and one for kids. The Board agreed that this would a good topic for presentation to the community.
The second item was notification to the Board of a fundraising calendar that the group was working on. It will be presented to the Board when finalized so that the teachers may plan around it.
The third item was a request for brochures to go with the fundraising efforts. These would go with purchases made by individuals. A suggestion was made that a specific “thank you” to CLC parents who are participating in the fundraisers be made.
The parent group offered to pay for copies made at the school using their supplies. The Board was happy to accept an offer of payment at $.02 per copy.
The parent group requested that staff provide their needs assessments so that the parent group may be of service.
Andrea informed the Board that the parent group has decided that only checks or money orders will be accepted for future fundraisers. Cash will not be accepted.
June 4 is the scheduled date for the CLC Day of Caring. Kosta suggested a more organized approach be used. He suggested a survey should be done to see what parents think should be done on those days, what skills they have to accomplish those tasks, and to assess their willingness to participate. Darlene Fink mentioned that community service is required by fraternities/sororities and that this might be a possible source for contributions to the CLC community.
June 12 is the graduation date for the eighth grade students. The Friends of CLC has established a graduation committee, headed by Andrea Ryan, to organize parents and students, grades 5 to 7, to host a graduation celebration for the eighth graders and their families. Seventh graders will have a special role in the graduation activities.
There was no additional
business presented to the Board. Linda
Bergeman motioned to adjourn, and Morgan Ilgen seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at