La Jolla High School

School Site Council Meeting Minutes

February 5, 2007

Members present:

Teachers: Kerry Dill, Emma Zink, Ken Martin and Matt Rosenberg.

Students: Rachel Pedowitz and Delaney Maher.

Parents: Linda Dowley, Jamie Ginsberg and Michael Briggs.

Ex-officio member present: Dana Shelburne, Principal.

Guests present: Claire Summer, Zane Friberg, Pamela Zuckerman, Bee Mittermiller (PTA President) and Caroline Kelner.

The meeting was called to order by Ms. Ginsberg at 2:35 p.m.

• Minutes – Copies of the Minutes from the last meeting of the LJHS School Site Council on January 8, 2007, were made available. On motion made, seconded and passed, the minutes were approved as submitted. Approved minutes will be posted to the school website.

2. Old Business – Algebra 1 ALEKS Computer Program – Mr. Shelburne explained some of the findings from discussions with Steele Canyon High School and Scripps Ranch High School regarding Algebra proficiency results. He explained that Steele Canyon High School uses a different computer software program called “Accelerated Algebra,” and that the students are divided into three groups: pre-Algebra; Algebra and Advanced Algebra. Students at Scripps Ranch High School use the ALEKS computer program for ½ the class period and have additional aides in the classrooms. Ms. Dowley described concerns that she heard from teachers at Muirlands Middle School about incoming students with deficient mathematics skills, and endorsed a discussion of this subject among members of the mathematics departments of LJHS and Muirlands at the joint meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 7, 2007.

3. Old Business – Block Grant Update – Mr. Shelburne summarized progress on the items approved by the LJHS School Site Council as follows:

• Ms. Keach was hired as a reading teacher for two periods each day, and she was currently screening students who would be enrolled in a reading class in place of their electives;
• new computers were installed in the library media center (LMC) and the mathematics lab, while the old computers that were operational were allocated to locations around campus, such as six computers being placed in the counseling center to enable student research into colleges and other post-high school options;
• new scanning equipment was being ordered pending review of the contract from the vendor; and
• an aide for the LMC would be hired imminently for a 3 hours per day shift.

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 304.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Michael Briggs, Secretary.