Site Council Meeting Minutes - February 11, 2008

Attendees: Tricia Barry, Wiki Smith, Carol Schrader, Ingrid Petersen, Melissa Dragich, Chris Tebben, Rob Gibson, Kim Ilosvay

Guests: Craig Williams, Martha Struxness, Andrew Briggs, Chris Frimoth, Barb Hughes, Katherine Muller

Next Meeting: March 3, 2008

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Community Input: Craig Williams offered comments,
concerns, and suggestions regarding the Wellness Plan adopted by the
PPS Board in 2006.  He made a request that SC adopt/ratify the Wellness
Plan and that we review our school wellness plan in order to evaluate
its attributes and deficiencies and determine how to incorporate
wellness as a priority and curriculum focus on a daily basis.

Stakeholder Input: Martha Struxness & Andrew
Briggs offered PTA input regarding the K-8 Transition Meeting scheduled
for February 19th with Superintendent Carole Smith.  They were
gathering input/recommendations for that meeting.  It was suggested
that PTA consider a quick, brief survey of the H-F community.

Craig Williams reported regarding the School Naming Committee:  In
addition to our internal survey, the Grant Park Neighborhood
Association newsletter has had a notice soliciting input regarding the
new name.  A similar notice will soon be running in other neighborhood
newsletters and in the Portland Tribune and the Oregonian.  The survey
will close 2/29, at which time the results will be narrowed for a
second survey.

Leadership Team Update: The staff Leadership Committee
is working on a Vision Statement - requested and obtained staff input
on 2/1 and will meet again Wednesday 2/13.

Facilities Update: Discussion was held that if the
District pursues the bond measure being discussed, the District will
need to prioritize how that money will be spent.

Chris is working on a first draft of a letter to the District, the
intent of which will be to ensure that our site issues are and continue
to be “in their sights.”

Craig gave an update re: process/planning.  (Should we consider and
pursue private partnerships in order to achieve our facilities goals?)

2008 Enrichment Programs: A request was made that Linda pose any questions or need for data in time for thought and preparation prior to the next meeing.

Melissa offered an administrator’s perspective that input looks
something like an answer to an administrator’s query, “How big are you
willing to see class sizes go in order to get enrichment.  Then, what
should enrichment look like?”

Identify SC Leadership:    We did not.

Planning Session 2008-09: Discussion was held in an
effort to identify what SC wants and should expect to achieve by the
end of the 2008-09 school year.  Our ensuing charge will be, given
these priorities, to look at where we’re going and evaluate the next
steps toward reaching our goals (surveys, meetings with Arts Committee,
Leadership Team, PTA, LSAC leaders, etc.).

When narrowed down, the three priorities were: Teachers need common
learning and planning time; Develop a student achievement growth model;
Focused attention needs to be paid to the intentional development of culture