Administration

The special called meeting of the school based council was called to order by Tom Purcell, Principal, at 4:00 p.m. Members present: Tom Purcell, James Morgan, Keith Johnson, Curt Newcom , Melissa Jarboe, Jean Ann Stanley, and Jim Gilles. A motion was made by Mrs. Stanley to begin the meeting. Mr. Morgan seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Approve October Minutes - A motion was made by Mrs. Jarboe to approve the October minutes. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Personnel Update - The following positions have been filled:

Wrestling Coach - Kenny Stone
E.S.S. Coordinator - Catherine Shelton
Freshman Softball - Whitnee McCollam
Science - Mildred McDannel, Biology
Permanent Substitute - Paul Mullis

The following positions are open:

Spanish Teacher -Interviews will be held the week of December 12 th .

Mr. Morgan asked Mr. Purcell if the school PD account has been affected to the minus by the lack of a permanent sub for the first semester. Mr. Purcell said that it definitely had. Mr. Morgan asked if Mr. Hawkins could somehow subsidize that expense. Mr. Purcell said that he would ask.

Budget Update - Mr. Purcell reported that there is $7,800 remaining in the Professional Development budget. He also reported that we have spent 63.4% of the S.E.E.K. budget.

Curriculum Committee Report -

The Curriculum Committee met on November 14 th . The following items were discussed:

The possibility of an IB/AP Economics Class
Teachers teaching core content
Consideration of a two year requirement for Spanish
PE/Health Department ordering new books
Concern over the number of students enrolled in comprehensive classes
Discussion over the continuation of Academic Intern and Community Involvement classes
Looking at class size numbers
Watching freshmen social studies class to make sure the students are coming out of that class prepared for upper grade level social studies classes.
Discussion regarding study halls - do we need them? Should expectations be placed on students signing up for study hall?

Needs Assessment - Mr. Purcell presented the council with the list of items to discuss for the needs assessment. The council discussed the list. The teacher representatives stated that they would like to get staff input for final recommendations.

Items discussed:

2005 - 2006 Needs Assessment Requests Apollo High School
Facility	Personnel	Technology
Auxiliary Gymnasium	Additional Assistant Principal	Additional Security Camera
Track - High Jump	TRT - Technology Resource Teacher	Update/Upgrade Phone System
Tennis Court Lights	Add'l Tech, Head Tech - classified	Move Sonitrol from Aud. To Lib. And gym to 208 area.
Women's Bathroom for Faculty		Smartboards in Classrooms
Multipurpose Testing Room		Added AED's in each circle
Small Engine Lab
Additional Basket Storage in P.E. Locker rooms
Help Desk Classroom
Storage Space (eliminate rental of storage building)

Mrs. Jarboe and Mr. Johnson will report back to Mr. Purcell what they hear from the staff.

Second Reading Summer School/Credit Recovery Program -submitted by Melissa Morris.

Referral Process:

After the first semester grades are averaged, students who fail a first semester required course may enroll in the credit recovery program (during second semester of that school year) .

Order of preference will be as follows:

Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Freshmen

Guidance Counselors will recommend students to the credit recovery program.

Maximum enrollment - 50 students at a time

Time Schedule:

Students will attend ESS morning, 7:00-8:00 a.m. , or afternoon, 3:30-4:30 p.m. , sessions Tuesdays through Thursdays and be supervised by ESS Teacher of curriculum area in the library computer lab or writing lab.

Attendance requirements:

Students will be dropped from the program on their third absence.

Ten minutes late constitutes an absence.

Supervision:

ESS Teachers will staff the program during our regular ESS hours. No extra staffing should be needed.

Description:

Before implementation of the program, each department will decide upon skills/concepts required for students to master in order to recover the deficient credit. Summer School/ESS funds will pay stipends for department meetings.

Based upon pre-tests and teacher requirements, students will do course work in the computer program until they have successfully mastered the skills/concepts and recovered the deficient credit. The program will be administered from the end of January through the end of March.

Students will only be allowed to enroll in one course at a time; but, they may enroll in another course after completing the first class. Maximum of two classes per semester

Students must have a class average of at least a 55% in order to enroll. (If a student receives a grade lower than 55%, they need to re-take the class during the school year and try harder!) Students removed from a class for discipline reasons will not be eligible for the credit recovery program.

For the following year, a second semester credit recovery program between mid September and mid-November will be available.

This should eliminate the need of summer school as a solution to credit deficiency.

Mrs. Jarboe moved to approve the second reading of the new Credit Recovery Program for the 2005-2006 school year with the addition listed above in read. Mrs. Stanley seconded the motion and there was consensus.

School Report Card - Mr. Purcell distributed a rough draft of the school report card for the council to review. Mrs. Stanley moved to approve the school report card. Mrs. Jarboe seconded the motion and there was consensus. The final school report card will be able to be viewed on the district website soon.

Super Council Report - Mrs. Jarboe reported to the council the Good Things happening at Apollo High School that she presented to the Superintendents Super Council at the beginning of November.

Chris Conkright qualified for state golf
Volleyball team District Champs
Football team starts playoffs
Russell Simmon was a guest speaker last week during Red Ribbon Week - Awesome!
Veteran's Day program next week - 80 veterans will be in attendance
7 Project - motivational assembly next week
FFA Program #1 in state, along with our ag teachers recognized for an outstanding program at KVATA
e-learning project is up and running with teachers doing a variety of activities and strategies to help students to be engaged and achieve
Our academies are helping decrease failures while increasing involvement in co-curricular activities
Three out of six students earned the IB diploma. Approximately 45 students participated in the program last year. This year we have eight seniors currently working towards the full diploma and twenty one participating in the program for a specific certificate.

The date for the next SBDM meeting is Tuesday, December 13 th at 4:00 p.m. in the conference room. There being no further business, a motion was made by Mr. Morgan to adjourn the meeting at 5:20 p.m. Mrs. Jarboe seconded the motion and there was a consensus.

Respectfully submitted,

Becki Burton

These are meeting dates:
March 21, 2006
December 13, 2005 (2nd Tuesday) April 18, 2006
January 17, 2006 May 9, 2006 (2nd Tuesday)
February 21, 2006 June 20, 2006 (noon)