Center Street School
700 Center Street
El Segundo, CA 90245
Center Street School Site Council Minutes
October 16, 2008
- Opening
SSC President Bob Pedersen called the meeting to order at 3:02pm in the conference room.
Attendance
Principal Marisa Janicek Present Parental Representatives Greg Burner 2009 Present Greg Gabel 2010 Present Emilee Layne 2009 Present Bob Pedersen 2010 Present Chris Powell 2010 Absent Teachers & Staff Adam Guy 2010 Present Kim Jones 2009 Present Renee Hoover 2009 Present Lynette Marcus 2009 Present Parent Alternate Elise Milette 2009 Present Teacher Alternate Sabrina Reilly 2010 Absent ELAC Representative Alejandra Kaiser Present - Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the Sept. 25th meeting were distributed for review via email and at the meeting. Greg Burner made motion to approve the minutes as written and Greg Gabel seconded. Voice approval given. - Budget Review
Question was asked where do we get money for School Site Council comes from. Marisa explained all schools are allocated a certain amount each year based on budget the state thinks it has. Once the budget is approved the schools receive their budget. - Review of Student Test Data
Our students met our AYP goal in all subjects.
Our API (Academic Performance Index) scores went up to 887 (up 2 pts from last year) from last year and we went over our STAR (state report) comparisons from last year. There were a few questions on how we compared to schools in El Segundo and other South Bay Schools. We are a little below Richmond but comparable to other schools in the South Bay. There was talk about going onto the State website so that parents can see how we compared to other schools. The website is on the district website or the Star Report everyone got with their child’s information on it.
There was discussion on what things we have been doing to help our students improve their scores in the upcoming years. Principal and teachers talked about how we reviewed 4th and 5th grade standards to make sure we were meeting them. We are now using our Read Naturally Program 3 times a week with the 4th and 5th grade students in the computer lab with our Reading Teacher Kim Jones and Resource Teacher Ramona Millar. We will be looking into the California Modified Assessments for our Special Day Students and ELL Students. We also talked about bringing in projects from outside the school that will work with community organizations to help our students.
- New Business
Wellness Committee
Garden seasonal harvest garden need $10,000 to get started. They have written a grant and are waiting to hear back. - Meeting Adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
Next Meeting is November 20th at 3pm in the conference room. Lynette Marcus made the motion to adjourn and Emillee Layne seconded.Minutes respectfully submitted by Elise Millette.