*Diana Atkinson
  Ernesto Balli
  Eva Bisaillon
  Theresa Cantu
  Manuel Cruz
  *Dolores De La Fuente
  *Marina De Leon
  Carol Evans
  Rene Garcia
  Dr. Silvia Garcia
  *Carlos Gonzales
  *Juan M. Gonzales
  *Lupita C. Gonzalez
  Dr. Margarita Greer
  *Lisa Gutierrez
  Rick Hernandez
  Roberta Kelly
  Elizabeth Leos
  Stanley Leshner
  *Antonio G. Limón
  David Alex Mendoza
  Albert Mosqueda
  *Zeke Padilla
  *Eddie Ramirez
  Dee Dee Reza
  Rico Rodriguez
  Tony Rodriguez
  Michael Salinas
  Janie Silva
  Dallas Ray Smetter
  *Nancy Thompson
  *Patricia Vela



  Resource
  Personnel:
  Ruben Franco
  Celia Longoria
  Emma McCall
  Celeste Sanchez




  * Unable to Attend

  Next meeting date:
  Thurs. Dec. 11,
  2008 at
  3 p.m. at the John F.
  Barron
  Administration
  Building
 

November 13, 2008

District & Campus Performance Objectives 2008-09

Planner/Evaluator Ruben Franco reviewed District Performance Objectives for the 2008-09 school year.  The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Objectives (Grades 3-11) is as follows:
 
Reading/ELA-90%
Math-80%
Writing-95%
Social Studies-90%
Science-80%

Completion Rate (Grades 9-12)
Greater than or equal to 85%

 Dropout Rate (Grades 7-8)
Less than 2.0%

TAKS Reading/ELA

	State	Region I	SBCISD	2009 Goal
2008	91%	86%	87%
				90%
2007	88%	83%	82%

TAKS Mathematics

	State	Region I	SBCISD	2009 Goal
2008	80%	76%	75%
				80%
2007	77%	72%	69%

TAKS Writing

	State	Region I	SBCISD	2009 Goal
2008	93%	91%	92%
				95%
2007	92%	92%	92%

TAKS Science

	State	Region I	SBCISD	2009 Goal
2008	74%	67%	68%
				80%
2007	66%	56%	50%

TAKS Social Studies

	State	Region I	SBCISD	2009 Goal
2008	91%	88%	87%
				90%
2007	87%	82%	79%

TAKS All Tests

	State	Region I	SBCISD
2008	72%	66%	66%
2007	67%	59%	56%

TAKS,TAKS A, TAKS M, TAKS Alt Participation

Version	State	Region I	SBCISD
TAKS	90.9%	89.1%	90.6%
Not on TAKS	7.5%	8.2%	7.4%
TAKS (Acc) only	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
TAKS-M only	2.9%	3.4%	2.5%
TAKS-Alt only	0.7%	0.7%	0.5%
Combination	1.2%	1.3%	0.7%

Selection of School Calendar Sub-Committee
     
Calendar Sub-Committee members volunteering to serve on the committee headed by Director of Secondary/Gifted-Talented Mary Alice Martinez include the following:

Roberta Kelly, Janie Silva, Carol Evans, Albert Mosqueda, Stanley Leschner, Rene Garcia and Dallas Smetter.  The committee will hold meetings to determine school calendar recommendations for the 2009-2010 school year.


Elementary University Interscholastic League

Dr. Margarita Y. Greer announced that this year’s University Interscholastic League will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Berta Cabaza Middle School beginning at 8 a.m.

Open Forum

• A question was raised about UIL stipends.  Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Celeste Sanchez said a stipend is given to principals. 
• A concern over an increase in cafeteria costs was raised. (Director of Child Nutrition Program Jana Landrum, Director of Child Nutrition Program, explained that the adult charges are in line with the National School Lunch Reimbursement Program.  Adjustment in pricing was made last year.  Portion sizes are based according to guidelines.)
• An inquiry was made on whether a three-ring binder could be added to the standardized school supply list. Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Celeste Sanchez explained that the Purchasing Department will have school supplies available to the campuses on the first day of school next year.  Committee members expressed concerns over spending their personal money to purchase school supplies for their classroom.  Sanchez stated that grant monies for supplies were made available to teachers at one time, and teachers did not take advantage of those monies.
• Speaking on the topic of budgets, Celeste Sanchez explained that ARI/AMI, Bilingual and Special Education monies are available to the campuses.  A limited amount of money is available for transportation, she said.
• A concern was raised over the inability to use computers in order to post grades during the weekends.  Committee members stated that access to the Internet from home is not available at times, or it is functioning too slow. Committee members were informed that Director of Technology Chand Taneja would be made aware of their concerns.
• A concern was raised regarding the fact that teachers are being pulled from their conference period to carry out other duties instead.  Sanchez informed the committee that she would review the policy and send a reminder to principals regarding this matter.
• A question was raised regarding whether the district would be willing to forgo the End-of-Year Luncheon and instead use those funds for employee bonus checks. Business Manager Emma McCall said the Business Office is bound by certain regulations.  Even with that in mind, McCall said the amounts would only be minimal.
• A question was raised on whether the district has ceased hiring cafeteria, maintenance and clerical personnel.  Business Manager Emma McCall said the district has maintained the same amount of staff members.
• A concern was raised regarding excessive paperwork being required by teachers at the middle schools.  Committee members were informed the issue would be addressed with principals.

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