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.