August 9, 2012

Louisa Middle School

Minutes – SBDM Special Meeting

Aug. 9^th, 2012      

Meeting called to order at 4:30 PM with Tom Castle, Chad Williams, Tonya Castle and Anita Cantrell present.

Tonya Castle made the motion, Anita Cantrell seconded, to approve the agenda.

Chad Williams made the motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to move into Executive Session- Personnel as per KRS 61.810 (1)(f).

Anita Cantrell made the motion, Chad Williams seconded, to return to open session.

Council consulted with Principal after interviewing for Instructional Assistants position.

Council recommended the hiring of Keary Ratcliffe as head coach of boys basketball team (8th grade) and Joey Hardin head coach of boys basketball team (7th grade).

 Council recommended the hiring of Phyllis Waller and Nancy Perry as ESS daytime teachers.

Chad Williams made the motion, Tonya Castle seconded to adjourn. 6:18 PM.

December 4, 2012

Louisa Middle School

Minutes – SBDM Regular Meeting

Dec. 4th, 2012     

Meeting called to order at 4:08 PM with Tom Castle, Chad Williams, Tonya Castle, Mark Clevenger and Anita Cantrell present.

Anita Cantrell made the motion, Chad Williams seconded, to approve the agenda.

Tonya Castle made the motion, Anita Cantrell seconded, to approve the minutes of the October 18^th meeting with the following amendment- policy updates for 1^st reading approval should include: Extracurricular Programs, Program Appraisal, and School Day and Week Schedule.

Chad Williams made the motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the budgets.

Anita Cantrell made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve for a 2^nd reading the Alignment with State Standards, Curriculum, Discipline, Extracurricular Programs, Program Appraisal, and School Day and Week Schedule Policies.

Council reviewed the 1^st of 3 checks of the Program Reviews.  Program Reviews are done in Arts & Humanities, Practical Living/Vocational Studies, and Writing.  Based on these reports, the council agreed for the need of an Art position.  Mr. Castle mentioned that he had written Mr. Armstrong a request for an additional position to be used for art instruction but had not received a response at this time.

 Council reviewed the 2^nd Quarterly Report.  The areas of math are still a major concern.  Mr. Castle mentioned that since their last meeting, students had been placed in an ALEKS intervention program to help address this.  He also, mentioned that AmeriCorp has began its tutoring program on the area of Reading, utilizing the program Marie Carbo Pro.

New Business

         Mr. Castle mentioned to the council that LMS walkthroughs were Dec. 10^th.

                  Mr. Castle discussed trends from his bi-weekly walkthroughs.

         The LMS Christmas Bazaar is scheduled for Dec. 7^th.

         The LMS Band and Choir will perform their Christmas program for the student body on Dec. 19^th.

         January’s SBDM meeting will occur on Jan 8^th due to New Year’s Day.

        

Tonya Castle made the motion, Chad Williams seconded to adjourn. 5:18 PM.

June 21, 2012

Louisa Middle School

SBDM Special Meeting

June 21, 2012

Minutes

Meeting opened with Bill Hammond, Tonya Castle, Tom Castle and Chad Williams present.

Bill Hammond made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the agenda.

New Business – minutes were amended from the previous meeting to reflect  the following:

All staff hired for 21^st Century program as needed in addition to Steve Blevins and Amy Hall.

Bill Hammond made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded to enter Executive Session for Personnel as per KRS 61.810 (1) (f).

Council returned to open session.

Approved the transfers of Joe Halfhill and Donna Turner.

Bill Hammond made a motion to adjourn, Tonya Castle seconded.

August 7, 2012

Louisa Middle School

SBDM Special Meeting

August 7, 2012

Minutes

Meeting opened with Bill Hammond, Anita Cantrell, Tonya Castle, Tom Castle and Chad Williams present.

Bill Hammond made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the agenda.

Tom Castle will serve as Chair of the SBDM

Anita Cantrell made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, that Bill Hammond serve as Co-Chair.

Anita Cantrell made a motion, Chad Williams seconded, that Bill Hammond serve as Secretary.

Council set the 1^st Tuesday at 4:00 PM, in the LMS Library as the regular monthly meeting.

Council reviewed and acknowledged Open meetings and Open Records Act.

Chad Williams made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the Minutes from May 8, May 31 and June 21 with one noted revision.

Anita Cantrell made a motion, Bill Hammond seconded, to approve the budgets with the following actions:  Move copiers from 0431 to 0739 - $5972.40 and 0610 to 0810 for dues for KASC and KAAC.

Council approved Carmella Rose as the ESS & GATE Coordinators.

Chad Williams made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the ESS Plan.

Council created questions for Instructional Assistant interviews.

Bill Hammond made a motion, Chad Williams seconded to enter Executive Session for Personnel as per KRS 61.810 (1) (f).

Council returned to open session.

The following personnel decisions were recorded:

     Molly Meek – Yearbook advisor

     Neal Parsons – Girls’ Basketball Coach

     Tate Smith & Jeremy Wellman – Football Coaches

     Bill Hammond – Head Academic Team Coach

     Deana Hammond – Assistant Academic Team Coach

Policy review update from KASC: schedule of policies to be addressed each month. Council will need to create three committees to address policies.

New Business-

Cheer Dance – 8/18 – Cafeteria, 7 pm – 10 pm. Based on proof of adequate chaperones.

Academic Team begins 3:30 pm, organizational meeting Thursday.

Interviews – Thursday – 4:30.

Anita Cantrell made a motion to adjourn, Bill Hammond seconded.

October 18, 2012

Louisa Middle School

SBDM Special Meeting

October 18, 2012

Minutes

Meeting opened with Bill Hammond, Anita Cantrell, Tonya Castle, Tom Castle and Chad Williams present.

Chad Williams made a motion, Bill Hammond seconded, to approve the agenda.

Anita Cantrell made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the minutes of the August 9, 2012 meeting.

Council amended the SEEK budget for 2012 -2013.

            Adding $3915.00 to make the total budget $36,491.00

            Add $1296.68 to code 0650

            Add $725.00 to code 0810

            Add $1893.32 to code 0739

Tonya Castle made a motion, Chad Williams seconded to approve the budgets as amended.

Anita Cantrell made the motion, Tonya Castle seconded, to approve the first reading of the policy updates. Alignment with state standards, curriculum and discipline.

Quarterly report.

Council reviewed 7^th & 8^th grade EXPLORE data.

New business

            28 targeted math students to be worked with.

            Boys’ Basketball boosters: Fund raising

Bill Hammond made a motion, Tonya Castle seconded to adjourn.