ATTENDANCE

Members Present:

Parents: Eastwood, Hope, Peltzer, Roberts, Vellenga & YuStaff: Ahern, Mayock, Mergens, Pedersen & Tarver

Members Absent:

Staff: Mariucci

Quorum reached and meeting called to order by Melissa Roberts at

5:40pm.

Melissa Roberts reviewed basic council procedures and members introduced themselves. The co-chairs expressed the urgent need for a secretary and outlined some possible approaches to resolve the vacancy. Beth Peltzer offered to hand write notes at meetings if someone would type them afterwards. Becky Hope indicated her willingness to type the notes on her laptop at meetings. Becky was nominated and unanimously elected Secretary for the 2005-06 term. John Mayock offered to take and submit minutes for September meeting with Becky taking over starting at the October gathering. With the exception of Ms. Hope, all the members seemed both gratified and relieved.

Two parents in attendance expressed an interest in serving on the council. John Mayock asked the parents to allow him to review the bylaws before proceeding with a formal vote to seat one or both of them on the council.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.) Parent Information Night Becky Pedersen provided details on Parent Information Night, which will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2005. Melissa Roberts suggested a presentation for parents about after school opportunities at CH at this event.

2.) Grandparents' Day Becky Pedersen also provided details on this special event, which will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2005.

3.) Site Council Retreat John Mayock provided handouts on 6th Annual Statewide Leadership/Site Council Conference from October 9-11, 2005. He encouraged all site members to attend and unsuccessfully attempted to draft Misters Mariucci and Vellenga as the council's appointed representatives.

ADMINISTRATION REPORT

Becky Pedersen informed the council of the principal's absence due to illness and made the report on his behalf. She reported that current enrollment figures are 1003. Target enrollment was 1040. Becky also briefed the council on recent standardized test results and CH's renewed five star rating as well as the beginnings of a grades 6-8 task force on behavior/disciplinary policies. She informed the council that Mr. Mariucci would be presenting the school SCIP and updated enrollment information at the October meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

In lieu of usual committee reports, assignments were finalized for current school year. Names in CAPS indicates chair or co-chair.

SCIP/Budget: Eastwood, Lewis, & Vellenga

Outreach/Communications: Hope, PELTZER, TARVER,

Membership: Knuth, MAYOCK, YI

Reform: MERGENS

PTO Liaison: TBA

GTAC Liaison: Windels

NEW BUSINESS

Tom Vellenga had submitted a request that this item be placed on the agenda following the June meeting. He recounted his conversation with a CH parent whose son had been victimized by bullying. Beth Peltzer and Guo-Yun Yu both expressed to the council the importance they attach to this issue. Becky Pedersen outlined past and present administration efforts to combat bullying. Melissa Roberts suggested that curricula which address the bullying issue be presented to the council at a future date. She also expressed her concern that any curriculum adopted should be sensitive to the cultural diversity reflected in the community.

Motion to adjourn was passed at 7:01pm.