Administration

The regular 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, Tim Taylor, Curt Newcom, Melissa Morris and Jim Gilles. A motion was made by Curt Newcom to begin the meeting. Tim Taylor seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Approve May Agenda - A motion was made by Curt Newcom to approve the May agenda. Melissa Morris seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Approve April Minutes - A motion was made by Melissa Morris to approve the April minutes. Curt Newcom seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Personnel Update - The following positions are open:

Assistant Band Director
Cheerleading Coach - White Squad
Intramural Director
Science Teacher
English Teacher
Academic Coach
NHS Sponsor

Interviews for both the Science and the English positions should occur within the next two weeks.

Budget Update - Mr. Purcell reported that there is $4,811.00 remaining in the Professional Development budget. He also reported that we have spent 88.7% of the S.E.E.K. budget.

Student Fees - Mr. Taylor recommended to the council that Apollo charge a student "activity" fee that would be based on the number of classes per semester that each student takes. The fee would be $1 per class per semester and would be used to offset the cost of class T-shirts for students, additional consumable supplies. The fees would be divided between each class level according to what was collected and used for items and events specific to that class (9 th , 10 th , 11 th or 12 th ). Mr. Morgan moved to approved Mr. Taylor's recommendation, Mr. Newcom seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Student Handbook Changes - Mr. Broughton presented to the council the following handbook changes and recommendations from the Apollo Safety Committee:

Continue to recommend that backpacks be clear and mesh, even though we may not be able to enforce this policy once it is approved for the laptops to be issued to students.
Page 25, add in the words "including attendance of the state fair" to the paragraph requiring students to obtain advanced approval from the principal for vacation days and work days.
Dress Code - Mr. Broughton said that the safety committee did not feel like it was necessary to add any language to the dress code regarding the wearing of the Confederate flag. They felt that the code is good as it is written.
pg. 33, under computer rules add: (f). changing any settings on the computer including changing of backgrounds, icons, properties, etc.
pg. 30 Alternative Learning Center (ALC is an in-school suspension) Add: Students are not allowed to be on school grounds after the end of the school day. A student will not be able to participate and/or attend co-curricular activities for the duration of the suspension. (ex. sporting events, school plays, award banquets, school dances, including prom.)

The safety committee also made these recommendations:

As a safety concern for those students who park on the street, the safety committee recommended adding additional staff parking in the front of the building by adding an additional row along the front parking area that would butt up against the existing row. This would free up the faculty parking in the back of the building for use by the students. Cost to do this would be a major factor.

The committee recommends that all handicap and staff parking be marked better and painted more clearly.

James Morgan asked that the principals also consider moving a principal or the resource officer closer to the commons area or gym area, somewhere more centrally located. Mr. Morgan asked if there was maybe another area for the nurse's office that might be more private to the students and then perhaps the old nurse's office be used by an assistant principal.

It was also recommended that in the future for morning assemblies that students report to 1st period class and then be dismissed by class to the gymnasium.

Final Exams - 5/12/05 1B and 2B, 5/13/05 3B and 4B, 5/16/05 1W and 2W, 5/17/05 3W and 4W.

IB Update - Rachel Rosales presented the council with an update from the IB program. Forty-two students were testing in eight subject areas totaling to 159 exams. Six are full senior diploma candidates and eight are juniors working to be full diploma candidates. The program received a $1,000 grant from Toyota that would go towards the funding of the program for expenditures such as staff training and student fees. Student fees within the program can run as much as $600 over two years for full diploma students. Central Office pays for the annual registration fee. Student tests will be sent all over the world to be graded, including sites like Indonesia , Greece , Canada , England , Australia , Africa and Germany . Curt Newcom recommended that the school and school board hit the press to obtain as much publicity for the program, especially with Apollo graduating the first IB candidates at this the 32 nd graduation ceremony on May 17 th . Rachel said that the district P/R person, Linda Salyers, would be at the IB luncheon on May 15 th . Curt Newcom suggested that perhaps contact be made with the Chamber of Commerce and this be recognized at their next rooster booster breakfast, along with perhaps a picture of these students and a description of the IB program to be sent as recruiting for Owensboro with the Board of Realtors.

Comprehensive School Improvement Plan - CSIP -

Please see attached document.

Summer School 2006 - Mr. Purcell will present the proposal at the summer department coordinators meeting.

ACT Testing - Mr. Newcom suggested that Apollo consider taking the ACT test as a requirement for graduation. He stated that studies have shown that students who would perhaps not consider themselves college material and then taken the ACT have scored well enough to realize that they are. This would be an encouragement to get more students headed towards college. The KEES money in Kentucky gives bonus dollars for ACT scores.

Fundraising - Curt Newcom suggested that a list of fundraising activities for the school year be printed for distribution at the beginning of the year when students are picking up schedules. He also mentioned a fundraiser for schools that might be a possibility for Apollo, it is a shopping portal at a website.sort of like digital scrip for internet shoppers. He will forward the information to Mr. Purcell.

Training Dates for Council Members - Each council member must register for training. The dates are as follows:

May 23 rd @ Deer Park Elementary 9-4 (New Members)
May 24 th @ Central Office 1-4 (Experienced Members)
June 2 nd @ Central Office 9-4 (New Members)
9 - 12 or 1 - 4 (Experienced Members)

To register: Go to the Professional Development link on the DCPS website ( www.dcps.org ). You must register in advance to attend. For new members, create a user ID and put "New SBDM" in job title description box.

Please turn in training certificates at the next SBDM meeting.

Summer meeting dates and times -

June 21, 12 noon

July - waive the meeting

August 16 th , 4:00 p.m.

Other - Mr. Purcell expressed the appreciation of the council, parents, staff and students for the time over the past two years that Mr. Scott Kuegel has spent as a parent representative on the council and the years Mrs. Melissa Morris and Mr. Tim Taylor have spent as teacher representatives. New council members will begin meeting at the June meeting.

The date for the next SBDM meeting is Tuesday, June 21, 2005 at noon in the conference room.

There being no further business a motion was made by Melissa Morris to adjourn at 5:40 p.m. James Morgan seconded the motion and there was consensus.

Respectfully submitted,

Becki Burton