Members Present: Jackie Ebert, Ellyn Erickson, Bob Baker, Linda Nieuwendorp, Kathy Scodeller, Diane Leigh, Libby Westdal,

Members Absent: Lillian Green

New Issues:

1.       Issue Concern Forms – Two ICF were submitted to the ASC about punishment for lunch room behavior for 3^rd and 4^th Graders.  Two parents observed that students have been required toe “Stand on the Wall” for up to 10 minutes of recess for being noisy at lunch.  This is the fourth ICF submitted this year on the same general topic.  Whole groups of students are being punished for noise levels in the lunchroom.   Lunch supervisors have been involved in several discussions about the need to give specific consequences to individual students, rather than group punishment.  There have been specific individual “Yellow Slips” received in the office for misbehavior in the lunchroom, so we know that individuals are being dealt with. 

One of the suggestions from the ASC was to investigate the use of a noise meter. 

Using a noise meter would allow the noise level to be uniformly measured by a machine and not an individual’s noise tolerance level.  We discussed several ways that the device might be purchased.  Libby Westdal volunteered to purchase the device and ask for reimbursement from the PTA.  We will test the device this spring.

Another suggestion was to rearrange the 3^rd & 4^th grade recess. Currently they have a very short 10 minutes recess before they go to lunch.  It was suggested that if they go directly to lunch, and were allowed to go out for a short recess after they finished eating they might be quieter in the lunchroom.  That would require some schedule adjustment. It would also require the 3^rd and 4^th graders to have a longer afternoon recess to provide the required teacher lunch and planning time.  Ellyn will explore the possibility of making those changes this spring.  It will definitely be considered for the 2002-2003 school year.

2.  Uniform Discipline Forms – WE reviewed some Discipline forms that Mark Venn has distributed to the ELT for discussion.  The district needs to have uniform forms for tracking and communicating student discipline actions.  These forms could be used for formal disciplinary actions that would be beyond the building Behavior Slip System.   The forms look very clear and specific.  It is certainly something we should peruse.

In Process:

1. Student Placement Forms – These have been sent to all families in the mail.  They are being returned, slowly.  Ellyn will remind teachers to encourage their students to return the forms.

2. Safety Plan – We tabled this project for the day, because we had some time sensitive decisions to make.  We will continue at our next meeting.

3. Class Configuration Decisions – We discussed the recommendations from each of the three PODS.  The PODS met today and reviewed the Class Configuration Document prepared by Ellyn.  Each plan displayed the fte numbers as well as the weighted student numbers.  The K – 4^th Grade teachers felt that Plan A was the best choice.  It provided small classes for the primary grades and maintained the Two Classes Per Grade configuration that we are currently using.  There is the Mystery Kindergarten Numbers to deal with in the fall.  Hopefully we will have more Kinders arrive by then.  The 5^th & 6^th Grade teachers were most in favor of Plan D, which included a 2/3 combination class.  That frees up one certificated staff member to possibly serve as a PE Teacher.  We also discussed the possibility of the district redrawing the school boundaries.  Possibly including the rest of Mosquito Lake Road and into Deming for Acme Service Area.   Ellyn will take that idea to the ELT.

3.  Sexual Harassment Training – The Sexual Harassment Training for Acme Staff was completed on Wednesday, May 1^st.  It was very interesting.  Good discussions and questions.  One of the areas of concern that was brought to the group was training our students to recognize and respond to bullying and harassment.  I shared a set of materials that we have used in the past with 5^th & 6^th Graders.  After discussion, it was recommended that Ellyn go to the 3^rd – 6^th Grade classes and teach about bullying and harassment.  She will describe the actions that are bullying/harassing, describe the responsibilities of the person being bothered, and the actions that will be taken by the school toward harassers.  She will set of a schedule to teach those lessons.

4.  ASC Decision Making Process – We reviewed the flow chart again and discussed the  

      use of the process for the Staff Development Days for the 2002-2003 school year.

Next Meeting:  Wednesday, May 29, 4:30 PM in the Library

                             Topics:  Building Safety Plan – Review work

                                          School Improvement Plans

                                          Tentative Teacher/Class Assignments                               

Other Topics to revisit: