1/5/2012 SCHOOL COUNCIL - QUASHNET SCHOOL Minutes

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2011=2012 QUASHNET SCHOOL COUNCIL (Minutes of Meeting: Thursday, January 5, 2012,,=w3:15 PM to 4:15 P Quashnet School Conference Room Present: Patricia DeBoer, Principal; Diana Littleton, Teacher; Dianne Louft Teacher; Dan O'Neill, Parent; Marian Cortez, Parent; Liz Vieira, Parent; Jack Phelan, Community-at-large member Our Four Mpior Areas ofrResponsibility: 1. Adopting educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards 2. Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school 3. Reviewing the annual school building budget . Formulating a school improvement plan Meeting_Handouts: ■ Agenda ■ FY 13 School Preliminary Budget Proposal ff Budget FY13 Preliminary Maintenance Budget—Power Point Slides(11/16/2011 0 Packet—Uniform Student Dress Pros and cons MINUTES 1. su erintendent AnnBradshaw—PY1school Bud-get/Other Topics (30 minutes Mrs. Bradshaw explained the components of the FY 13 preliminary school budget which is a maintenance budget built from the FY12 budget. The preliminary FY 13 budget essentially reflects the same staf ng and same programs funded in the FY12 budget with the addition of contractual obligations. Variables include special education transportation, out-of-district tuition, circuit breaker funding, education in crer e nts for staff, retirements/resignations, and prepays. Preliminary Maintenance Budget FY's - $1192944#269 FY12 Budget: $18,560,4a4 Increase: $ 1 s383 3 Mrs. Bradshaw also provided each Council member with Excel spreadsheets that deta[l each budgeted line item for FY12 and FY13. Any specific Council member's questions were addressed. } 2. ,food services DirectorM reen PaxtomSchool Lunch Program min tel Mrs. Panton explained that we participate in the National School Lunch program which regulates the components of the meals served to our students. She detailed the state and federal meals reimbursement formulas. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Department of Elementary and ' Secondary Education DESE have established new guidelines that go into effect in September, 2012. Massachusetts will have the strictest lunch program in the United States. A discussion followed about how to get more students to buy school lunch and how to get those who d buy to eat more of the meal. we talked about processed foods, chef skills} snacks available for purchase, promoting healthy eating, and changing student palates. 3. other: Plan in for Parent Information Meeting—Students Dressing ni orml 15 minutes Tuesday, r, Janua 31 t(6:00– :00 PM)—Li bra We briefly discussed the upcoming meeting to gather additional parent input related to our exploration of having Quashnet students dress uniformly. Council members} children will join us at the meeting as models of our proposed unif rm dress. a will do an additional paper surge of both parents and students (Grades p p 2-6). In February or March all parents will receive a paper ballot on which to vote in favor or against having uashnet students dress uniformly—with full descriptors of the components of the plan. A brochure/packet wiII be prepared for this meeting. This document will also be posted on our school website, emailed to parents aria our School Messenger system, and available in hard copy form. Our exploration and decision- making process must be thoughtful and inclusive. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 PM Our next meeting 1s scheduled for Thursday, February 2, 20123 :15 P 1M .� a., Y