Present: Bob Rossman, Karen Harrison, Debbie Hedemann, Reg Morimoto, Norma Matsumoto, Sherry Nagai, Randall Yamabe, Shawn S. Suzuki, Lydia Woerner, Karen Heinecke
8/7/06 SCC minutes – revise:
To increase enrollment consider adjusting Konawaena Middle School’s boundaries
to match Konawaena High School’s boundaries.
Minutes accepted with the above revision.
A review of the By-Laws regarding:
Public attendance
- Article VII: Meetings, Section 3, Order of Meetings: The last 10 minutes
of each meeting shall be open for public input using a format determined by
the Council.
Development of committees:
- Article V: Committees, Section 4, Standing Committees. Standing committees
shall include a financial Committee and an Academic Committee
SCC’s objectives:
- Article II: Objectives, Sections 1, 2, and 3, refer to the Council’s
responsibilities in terms of the Financial and Academic Plans of the school.
Randall Yamabe provided handouts of the LifeSkills Training program.
Norma will distribute copies and email Jean Grissim, Milette Camara, Sarah
Addlesberger, Alicia Denzler, Randy Ruis, and Vicky Woo. They will be asked
to review the material for possible inclusion in their 9th grade guidance
curriculum.
Norma will share the teacher’s comments regarding the LifeSkills Training
program
Should a formal policy be made to ban the use of cell phones and ipods during
class time? It is already an administrative expectation and the means of enforcement
is the purview of each teacher.
Shawn will gather information from the Hilo High School principal, on their
zero tolerance of cell phone and ipod use on campus.
Norma will take a survey of the teachers, the other representatives will survey
their components, and Karen will ask Britney, Student Representative, to survey
students with questions such as:
1. Are they a problem?
2. Would a ban be helpful or hurtful?
3. Are you willing to support this policy?
Attendance and participation policy
Randall provided daily attendance from August 1 – August 28, 2006. Students
with unexcused absences:
9th grade 93
10th grade 90
11th grade 83
12th grade 61
Some of these students are no longer enrolled or just not attending.
Below are the average attendance percentages at the end each school year:
1999 – 90.2% # of seniors 419
2000 – 90.1% # of seniors 405
2001 – 91.8% # of seniors 179
2002 – 90.7%
2003 – 90.5%
2004 – 90.4%
2005 – 94.8%
2006 – 89.2%
Although in 1999 and 2000 the school enrollment was much greater, then from
2001 the enrollment markedly decreased, yet the percentages remained about
the same.
The attendance and participation policy draft proposes 5 absences per quarter
equals a failure.
With this policy some students once they’ve failed due to absences may
become behavior problems in the classroom.
Will those that have failed the quarter due to absences not attend school once
they’ve failed?
Lydia and Norma will distribute copies to Department Heads for review at next
Wednesday’s grade level meetings and bring feedback to the next SCC meeting.
Election of SY 06-07 SCC Officers:
Lydia Woerner – Chairperson
Randall Yamabe – Vice Chairperson
Karen Harrison – Secretary
Enrollment/budget cutting status:
All teachers on staff will remain this school year.
Title I will cover Mary Lynn Garner’s and one other teacher’s positions
Pat Hamamoto approved financial assistance and that money will go into the
Title I account
_ time position moved out of Woods classes and students redistributed among
other classes
Joyce Crisafi will move into the second Vice Principal’s position
Sarah Addlesberger will move into the 9th grade house social studies position
that Joyce vacated.
Some classes with very small enrollment will be dropped and those teachers
will teach other classes.
Next year the staff will be reduced if student enrollment remains about the
same as this school year.
Every SCC received $1000.00 for supplies and equipment. Shawn will get the purchase orders to Lydia and Randy.
Meeting adjourned at 5:55 pm.
Next SCC meeting - Monday, September 25, 2006 at 4:00 in the library.
Proposed Agenda items:
- Feedback/reports from components on ipods and cell phone use
- Feedback on the Attendance and Participation Policy Draft
- Addressing the large class sizes in the math department
- Community College Classes held during the day on our campus
- Grant writing
- Security system