1/16/2002 SCHOOL COUNCIL - KC COOMBS SCHOOL Minutes

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K.C. Coombs School School Council Meeting January 16, 2002 The meeting was called to order at 6:33 PIIS in the K.C.C. conference room. Present at the ineeting were: Louise Doyle, Kathleen Penney, Linda foot, Paul Smith, Greg Taylor, Carolyn Ryan, Karen Murphy, Alison Robbins, Diane Cook, Jennifer LeFavor and Jey Si ith. 1. Minutes ofthe December 4th meeting re approved with rrxnor revisions. Unanimous. 11. Budget Update Copy room clerk may not remain in the budget. There may be a reduction in the number of kindergarten classes next year depending on registration numbers. Transitional fill class will be capped at 15 students. ' .2 clerical/educational secretary w processed through the office of Grace Day. .5 nurse's assistant will remain in the budget at this time. ' Kndergarten assistants will go through the regular budget process. (147 school systems in MA have full day kindergarten. 118 of them came into existence through grant funding. It was mentioned that there may be some groups in Mashpee that may want to cut the Full day K program to a half day prograrn in order to save money. According to accreditation guidelines, the teacher/student ratio for K is I.10 for 20 students; l:I I for 22 students; 1:1 2 for 24 students. K.C.C. operates at a l: l ratio. The .C.I.L.P. Program is for a select group of students with severe learning dila i ti s. Next year, K.C.C. will have 9 students in this program, spanning three grade levels. Because of L.R.E. laves, we must mainstream these students. It was suggested that P.T.O. may be able to make parents aware of these valijable K programs. The.K accreditation survey regarding the K prograrn in 1 ashpee was overwhelmingly positive. Parents of the community are very satisfied with the K program. Next phase of the budget is to reduce the budget in accordance with the bottom line figure.