Date:	5/12/2003
Call to Order:	Called to order at 4:06 p.m. by Robin Lorenzen
Parents in Attendance:	Barb Jacobs, Lori Windels, Michael Wolf, Lisa Knudson (left at 4:54 pm), Marshall Smith, Dawn Johnson (arrived 4:45 pm), Jon Zatz arrived (5:10 pm)	Absent:
Faculty/Staff in Attendance:	Cleva Jobe, Louis Mariucci, John Porter, Robin Lorenzen	Absent:	Ron Podratz, Marian Niemic, Tom Degree, Jane Blumer, Kristi Zuehlke
Community Rep/ PTO/Hmong Liaisons in attendance:	Carolyn Fisk	Absent:	Mildred Brunson, Mai Ko Yang
Approval of prior minutes	Motion made to approve the April minutes by John Porter, seconded Barb Jacobs, motion passed.
Announcements, etc.	Barb Jacobs noted that a parent approached her requesting that all minutes appear on the Site Council board across from the office soon after the meeting. We don't post unapproved minutes, but we can provide a summary.
	Cleva Jobe noticed that there is not a room scheduled for next month's Site Council meeting.   There is a conflict with the eighth grade recognition that night for the 9th. Lisa Knudson made a motion that we reschedule it for Tuesday, June 3rd.  Seconded by Robin Lorenzen. Lori Windels made a friendly amendment to the motion to change the time to 6 pm, no second,  John Porter suggested it be changed to 5 pm.  Lori Windels seconded it. Motion passed.
	Two new members were introduced and packets were given to them by Cleva Jobe. Roxanne Hart and Sherry Knuth introduced themselves, as did the rest of the council.
Committee and  Liaison Reports
Admission and Membership Committee:	It turns out that the brochure developed by the district for gifted services which neglected to include Capitol Hill was the final copy and that Renie Willard promised that next year's version would include us. Someone suggested we write a letter of complaint addressing the issue to the board/district. The next meeting of the GTAC will feature Tom Watkins from the district to discuss the results of the Nagieri test and the demographic numbers reached. Lori Windels requested of Mr. Mariucci or Dr. Jobe the number of IEPs created over the past few years in order to show the marked increase in special ed requirements since the Naglieri was initiated.
SCIP/Budget Committee:	Louis distributed copies of the SCIP ad work plan. Discussion surrounding the 3% budget eliminating the band program-the possibility of a users fee for lessons and still offering the band as a class was suggested.  Louis said that would be a district level decision. MIchael motioned that we accept the SCIP as submitted, Dawn seconded it, motion passed.  John Porter made a motion to accept the budget as stands with the 3% budget reduction, Barb Jacobs seconded, motion passed.  Motion made to accept the 5% and 10 %reductions by Jon Zats, John Porter seconded, motion passed.
Membership Committee:
Communications/ Outreach Committee
Reform Committee:	John Porter discussed two models: PYP model as used at Highland Elementary and The Parallel Curriculum. Will possibly have workshops attended by a few faculty members and communicate the research to the rest of the faculty.  Lisa Knudson suggested Karen Rogers at St. Thomas should be contacted for input. Gale Pattison from Gifted Services attended a meeting and gave a general overview of the PC.
PTO Liaison:	Carnival netted $9000.00; Silent Auction netted $3600 of that. PTO will be picking up the cost of the buses for the Art Adventure (MIA). Robert Garfunkel is the incoming treasurer;
Old Business:	St. Paul Reads is still not updated.  Lori Windels volunteered to contact Grace Raymond to help her update.
New Business:
Adjournment:	Adjourned at 5:43 pm