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Meeting called to order at 5:18.
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
August 17 meeting were reviewed and approved. Mrs. Bruens made a motion
to approve the minutes; Mrs. Meads seconded this.
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The council reviewed the minutes for the School
Climate, Professional Development and Technology committee August
meetings.
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Mrs. Parker-Brown discussed asking parents to serve on SBDM Committees
as a way to get them involved in the council.
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The council reviewed the proposed Primary Literacy
Plan and Intermediate Literacy Plan. The primary teachers opted to adopt
the Four Blocks (guided reading, writing, independent reading and word
work) approach and listed the book sets and manipulatives that need to
be purchased for this program. The
intermediate teachers felt that their focus should be more geared to
“reading to learn” than to “learning to read.
They also listed textbooks and other materials needed to
implement this program. The
council voted to approve both plans and the purchase of the necessary
materials. (Motion by B. Cissell, second by B. English.)
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Mrs. Parker-Brown presented the council with a table listing all
available 2006 CATS testing data and with the improvement plan that was
presented to the School Board on September 18.
Huntertown has improved in Social Studies, Arts and Humanities,
Practical Living/Vocational, Writing and in the overall score.
Huntertown scores declined in Reading and Science.
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The council reviewed and improved the new Kindergarten report card.
The report card was condensed to fit onto a regular 8 ½ X 11
sheet of paper and a fourth column was added to reflect the fact that
the primary grades will now be receiving grades four times per year
rather than three as in previous years. (Motion by T. Tonges, second by
B. English)
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Mrs. Webb indicated that the intermediate
teachers would like to add a grade for conduct and a comment box.
She also presented the council with examples of report cards from
Fayette county schools using the same software with these features.
Mrs. Parker-Brown agreed to ask the Technology committee to
submit a request for training for the intermediate teachers to learn
more about the software. This request was approved after a motion by G.
Meads and a second by D. Webb.
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Mrs. Parker-Brown met with the Spanish teachers at WCHS to discuss the
implementation of the Huntertown/WCHS ESL partnership. The school board
approved this plan as a pilot program, which could eventually be
expanded to other Woodford county elementary schools and agreed to pay
$1800.00 towards the costs of the bus for the WCHS students.
Spanish 3 students will come to Huntertown once a week to speak
with ESL children in both Spanish and English.
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Elections for new SBDM council members will be held in November on a
date to be set by the PTO.
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All decisions were by consensus.
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A motion to close
was made by T. Tonges and seconded by G. Meads.
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