Site Council Minutes

Center Street School
700 Center Street
El Segundo, CA 90245

Center Street School Site Council Minutes
December 18, 2008

1. Opening
   SSC President Bob Pederson called the meeting to order at 3:04 pm in the conference room.
   Attendance
   

   Principal	Marisa Janicek		Present
   Parental Representatives	Greg Burner	2009	Absent
   	Greg Gabel	2010	Present
   	Emilee Layne	2009	Present
   	Bob Pedersen	2010	Present
   	Chris Powell	2010	Present
   Teachers & Staff	Adam Guy	2010	Absent
   	Kim Jones	2009	Present
   	Renee Hoover	2009	Absent
   	Lynette Marcus	2009	Present
   Parent Alternate	Elise Milette	2009	Present
   Teacher Alternate	Sabrina Reilly	2010	Absent
   ELAC Representative	Alejandra Kaiser		Absent

2. Approval of Minutes – November 20, 2008
   

   The minutes of the Nov. 20th meeting were distributed for review via email and at the meeting. Corrections were made to the minutes. Greg Gabel made motion to approve the minutes as corrected and Emilee Layne seconded. Voice approval given.

Math Night

On January 13th, a Representative form the Everyday Math Series will be at Center Street to educate parents on how to utilize math at home and work with this series and their children at home.

Educational Garden

Kiwanis donated $1,000 to get the Garden started and buy a compost bin

Business Honor Roll

Center Street Made it on this years list.

Winter Sing

The students & Ms. Wright did a great job. We had a better time transitioning parents in and out this year.

Trees on Campus

The Rotary Club is going to donate trees. We haven’t pin pointed a date as of yet but looking at possibly Arbor Day.

ELAC Meeting


They had a Parent Night along with Richmond Street School and High School.Kim Jones and Lupita Gutierez were there as well as some reps from the High School. Alex Kaiser got the word out to many parents.

3. Review of Budget
   

   We have 3 places to spend money. First is Art/Music/PE which has approximately $13,000. Next, the School Improvement Fund has about $20,000 to spend. Last is the Discretionary Fund which has $250. Each fund has stipulations as to what the money can be spent on so we are looking to see what the needs are and how we can use the money most efficiently. We Brainstormed a few things and came up with few but will leave time open next meeting to go over more.

   Apple Representatives Presentation

   Two representatives from Apple came and gave a presentation on how other schools have utilized a laptop program. Main points were needed more than just school involvement but community and other schools within the district.

   New Business

   None

   Meeting was adjourned at 4:08pm, Lynette Marcus made the motion to adjourn and Emilee Layne seconded.

   Minutes respectfully submitted by Elise Millette.