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SALT Minutes for Meeting held September 7th, 2006

 In attendance:

Sue Mulhern, Christina Rochelle, Wayne Theurer, Caron Reilly, Anne Reigel, Kurt McGee

 First agenda item was to establish the norms for the meetings.  They are:

The meetings will start and end on time

Stay focused

All members will contribute and all voices will be heard—the meeting is to be a discussion of issues vs. just a presentation.

 The next items were discussed it the purpose of the SALT meetings.

~~An accountability committee is required for all schools by state law.

~~The SALT members are an advisory body to the principal

~~One of the main purposes of the committee is to review the School Improvement Plan and achievement data for the school.

Other items discussed:

 Alignment of SALT and PTCO

All decisions are in alignment with the School Improvement Plan and the school data

SALT is a decision making body and the PTCO is an action body that acts on the decisions made by SALT.  

School Improvement Plan (SIP)

~~A new plan is required by the District each school year

~~ A copy of the SIP has been submitted to the District office for review.

~~Full copies of the document are available to any parent.

~~Highlights of the plan are attached to this email

Some items discussed from the SIP

~~The discrepancy in achievement between the students who qualify for free and reduced lunch and those that do not is significant—approximately 16-20 points difference.  Approximately 25% of the students at Rudy qualify for free or reduced lunch.

~~The free and reduced status is confidential information that teachers are not to know.

~~As the principal, I can access this information, but may not pass on the names of the students.  This makes planning and working with these students an additional challenge.

~~Students who are free and reduced status and have been here at Rudy still score lower than students who are not free and reduced.

~~Military transiency was also mentioned

 

Next Steps/Future Agenda Items

~~Discussion of steps we are taking as a school as a result of the data?

~~Development of a schoolwide reading program.

~~Further development and maintenance of the leveled book room

~~Absences and tardies

~~Create procedures and systems for communicating the actions/discussions of the SALT meeting to the rest of the staff.

~~Marketing Rudy with special programs once the new school is built—what do we want to be our focus? 

Plus
(What went well at the meeting)                       

Alignment of SALT and                       

PTCO continue to work on it  

Focus on kids instead of                     

numbers  

Parents sharing

 Good ideas

Deltas
(Ideas for improvement)

Communication with staff to get their input

Bring a friend!!!!