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Meeting called to order at 5:25.
Members present: Kim Parker Brown, Debbie
Webb, Sheryl Bruens, Sharon Willmarth, Betty English, Genelle Meads,
Terri Tonges and Brenda Cissell.
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The agenda was approved.
(S. Willmarth made a motion to approve, T. Tonges seconded.)
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Minutes for the
September meeting were reviewed and approved with one change – SBDM
council members were not asked to attend the November 20 School Board
meeting. D. Webb made a
motion to approve the minutes; S. Bruens seconded this.
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The council reviewed the minutes for the School
Climate, Policy, Communications and Maintenance and Technology
committees’ September meetings. The
minutes for the Policy Committee reflected that the SBDM parent
member elections should have been held in November. Due to an
oversight by both SBDM Council and PTO Board members, this election
is scheduled to be held on December 1.
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Due to NCLB testing results, the school district
has been required to hold back 10% of Title 1 funds.
The amount of Huntertown’s budget affected by this requirement
is $5950.30; this money can only be used for professional development in
Reading Recovery and Math. Currently
8 teachers are scheduled to attend extra PD sessions in reading recovery
and 3 in math.
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In order to conform to the standards set by the
Southern Association of colleges and Schools (SAC), Huntertown needs to
have a mission statement that is posted and known be both faculty and
students. The council
discussed the need to post the mission statement, and the possible need
for separate, bulleted beliefs. It
was decided that this belief statement could be posted and learned by
all members of the Huntertown community:
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