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Minutes from August
27, 2002
La Jolla High School Governance Committee
Report on Meeting of August 27, 2002
In attendance:
Administration: Dana Shelburne
Teachers: Beth Behnke, Carole LeCren, Ken Davis (SDEA Rep), Lee Decker,
David Mika, Oscar Rodriguez, Paul Sargent, Joanne Wainscott
Classified: Shirley Moak
PTA Reps: Melissa Cunningham, Jane Jones, Patti Nussbaum, Diana Sonderegger,
Kathleen Steele
Foundation Rep: John Boller
Students: Alex Fortes
Guests: Hasan Kayali
1. Call to order/introductions. Kathleen Steele distributed folders
to new members. An e-mail list was circulated; telephone numbers are
optional.2. Minutes of June 10, 2002 approved.
3. Unfinished Business:
--Election of Chair, Vice-Chair and Recorder: Carole LeCren and Melissa
Cunningham were unanimously elected Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively.
As no one volunteered to take the Recorder position, this item was
deferred to the Sept. meeting.
--Communications: Carole will work with Kerry Johnson on preparing
a roster, meeting schedule. Input for the agenda will be solicited
from members by e-mail.
--Reminder about Fire/Evacuation Drill: D. Shelburned stated that
this will have to wait until construction is completed; an interim
plan is in place.
--Principal’s Evaluation Form. This document, finalized at the
June Governance Committee meeting, was turned in by D. Shelburne to
the Superintendent. No comments were received. K. Steele will check
with Terry Smith, the Chief of Staff, to make sure they have the document.
--Waiver on Discipline Policy: Board of Education approval would be
needed to impose a more stringent policy at LJHS. Site decisions are
often appealed and overturned.
--Master calendar: Shirley Moak will bring to the Sept. meeting an
updated Master Calendar for 2002/3. The Open House will take place
on Sept. 19.
--Focus of Governance Committee:
A brief discussion took place regarding the need to revise the Governance
Document in light of the Instructional Autonomy Agreement. It was
agreed to defer discussion of this for four months, to see how everything
is working.
--Schedule of meetings: The tentative schedule planned in June will
be kept: Sept. 24, Oct. 22, Nov. 26, Dec. 17, Jan. 28, Feb. 25, Mar.
25, Apr. 22 and May 27. The Dec. meeting is tentative, as it is during
the final week of school before vacation. The April meeting occurs
during SAT9 testing, so the CCR will be unavailable. A motion was
made and passed to limit the Governance meetings to one hour. If more
time is needed, the group will need to agree to extend the meeting
in 15 min. increments.
A suggestion was made to use timed agendas in future if needed.
2. New Business:
--Status of Athletes issue: D. Shelburne reported that he met with
the CIF commissioner and vice-
commissioner. The two key questions are: Are the student athletes
legitimately enrolled? And were
they recruited? This issue will be closely monitored by administration.
--Status of curriculum/instruction under Instructional Autonomy: five
pilots put in place: Ocean
Science (Honors class), online English course, three math classes
(first semester of Algebra over full
year; second semester of Algebra over full year; second semester of
Geometry over full year).
--To be discussed at a future meeting: Senior testing, discipline
subcommittee, class rank, future pilot
courses.
3. Announcements:
--Moving graduation to Thursday from Friday: Disneyland trip is not
offered on Friday nights. Application to move graduation has been
made to District to change date.
--Bell schedule has changed. Newsletter has article. Period 2 is no
longer 10 minutes longer than other periods. Issue about how Bulletin
will get read. Dismissal is 2:13; lunch is 30 min., once a month minimum
days (11:30 a.m.) to allow staff development |
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