Monday, April 14, 2008
Call to Order and
Welcome
General Procedures
Parents: Monica Hynds (co-Chair), Tracy Bibelnieks, Ali Turner, Susan
Kline, Patrick Dale, Serena Butts-Ward, Dana Murdoch
Teachers: Kathleen Cagle
(co-Chair), John Mayock, Nancy Randall, Deb Prince
Admin: Asst. Principal Mary
Bridgeman, Principal Louis Mariucci
Approval of minutes from March meeting – Minutes were
approved.
Approval/amendment of April agenda – Agenda was approved.
Public Forum – No
public forum comments were requested or heard.
Administration Report
Principal Mariucci gave the
administration report to the Council.
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Security
There have been no updates on the
capital bonding requests that have been submitted. Part of the bonding bill
will allow further capital bond improvements for St. Paul schools Will
Waterkamp’s office has promised funding for security, but nothing has
materialized. New radios that were promised have not been presented. Moreover,
all junior high schools have SRO’s. This is being reconsidered in general by
the District and SRO positions may be cut/adjusted across the District. Capitol
Hill is currently viewed as an elementary school and does not have a SRO for
the junior high.
Princ. Mariucci suggested inviting
Kevin Umidon, Plant Planning and Maintenance, to discuss what will and will not
be done with regards to building requests. This meeting should also involve
Principals, Presidents of PTOs and the all three Site Council Chairs from the
Rondo Education Center. This would require a first meeting of all
constituencies to formulate a strategic proposal and agenda in advance of the
meeting with Mr. Umidon.
Other action by the Council could
be follow up by parent Chair, Monica Hynds, to answer questions on requests and
how they will be addressed.
In conversations with staff and
security officers, suggestions were made for improving security. It was
suggested that further training of staff should be considered on how to or when
not to approach situations concerning security and safety and how to secure
personal safety for staff working late. Signs were suggested to be posted at
the doors to make sure students and visitors to the building know where and
when persons can and cannot be and at what times. Principal Mariucci is still
talking with MLK about access on the back of the building. There is also
continued discussion of double doors that would prevent entrance to Capitol
Hill from the remainder of Rondo the requests for the doors by the blue doors.
Another item of discussion is a security officer for afternoon/evening hours.
Funding for this position is unclear. These officers could be District trained
and be District employees.
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Leadership Team/SCIP
Update
Principal Mariucci anticipated the
SCIP coming out for review before the April 28th meeting. An update
to the budget was given based on the Leadership Team and SCIP meeting. Prin.
Mariucci discussed the changes from the initial budget that was proposed in a
previous meeting. Principal Mariucci updated the Council on open positions –
Ms. Lopez and Ms. Rosado in 3rd grade. The Council was also updated
that we are losing the cultural specialist position.
Committee/Liaison
Reports
Monica reported that there are ongoing meetings of the
Gifted Advisory Council. There is a meeting occurring this evening, April 14th.
The agenda and minutes are posted on the Gifted Services web site and the
meeting is open to the public. Parents can bring up issues/questions/reactions
in the open forum. Leigh Anne Adams has been investigating participation and
involvement from Capitol Hill. It was suggested that the Council be
intentionally aware of Gifted Services and what is being discussed/acted on,
particularly in relation to Capitol Hill. Principal Mariucci remarked that he
was asked to invite a member from the parent community at Capitol Hill to be a
liasion to GSAC.
Membership -
Elections
John Mayock updated the Council on
the Site Council election results:
2-year
terms:
Tracy
Bibelnieks
Betsy
Currie
Beth
Janke
Alternate(one
year term):
Marge
Porter
John
also updated the Council on the information he put together for parents about
Site Council and how all parents can be involved whether or not they are
elected.
Ali
suggested that the Site Council put “items for the newsletter” on every meeting
agenda to keep the parents and community updated on issues and discussions.
There
was a discussion as the rationale for having a single vote per family for
election to Site Council. There are concerns that families that have more
constituencies may have different views on candidates. This was discussed with
judges but may not have come across to families in the way it was attended.
Next year, the specifics of the election will be presented to the Council
before the election is held.
A follow up discussion touched on
information to parents about Site Council in general and the accessibility and
ease of understanding in terms of web site, newsletter and parent information
that is handed out at the beginning of the year.
SCIP/Budget – Princ. Mariucci will be meeting with the SCIP
Committee of the Council in the next few weeks to review the SCIP plan as
prepared in consultation with the Leadership Team.
No updates from the following committees:
Outreach/Communications
2nd Language Task Force
PTO Liaison
GSAC Liaison
Please provide comments on the
draft of the form for Bus Transportation requests to Monica online.
Announcements/New
Business
Town Council Roles and Expectations – 4/28
The Administration will present the
SCIP to the parent community. The role of the Council is to ask questions
and/or reflect on the relationship between the Capitol Hill SCIP and District
Strategies/Initiatives. The data from the SEMR will be presented at a later
date when available.
The Town Council meeting will be on
Monday, April 28th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Regular business of
the Council from 6-6:30 and the SCIP presentation beginning at 6:30. The
meeting will be held in the regular meeting room of the Council.
Adjournment – Meeting
was adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
Next Meeting Monday,
April 28th – Town Council
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