La Jolla High School Governance Committee
Report on Meeting of August 28, 2003
 
In attendance:
Administration: Dana Shelburne
Classified:
PTA Reps: Linda Dowley, Patti Nussbaum, and Kathleen Steele
Foundation Rep: John Boller
Students: Anna Glazer
Certificated: Ann Boutelle, Kerry Johnson, Carole LeCren, Georgina Lyon, Paul Sargent, and Rachel Tenenbaum
SDEA Rep:
Guests: Jamie Ginsburg (Sub For Melissa Cunningham) and Pam Wright

1. Call to Order: Carole LeCren called to order the meeting at 2:30 p.m.

2. Minutes: The minutes from May 27, 2003 were approved.

3. Agenda Items – OLD Business:
* Master Calendar: Now available online at the LJHS website. All events should be listed on the calendar. Questions that come up every year in Governance regarding the Master Calendar include:
* Fire/Evacuation Drill: will be early in the year, and we will use the current evacuation routes to the street. Once construction is over, a full disaster drill will take place with new evacuation routes
* Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur should be listed
* Minimum Days: 1st Wednesday of every month beginning in October
* Spring Open House: Date TBA. Group liked the general idea of last year’s event, but it was too spread out. Subcommittee was formed to take another look at it. Members include: Kathleen Steele, Carole LeCren, and Linda Dowley.
* Graduation Day: Thursday, June 10
* Last Day of School: Friday, June 11
* Budget: We may have been shorted money last year from the District. We hope to be getting it back. Regarding other budgetary issues, state monies are usually the only budgets that require some input or oversight from a group composed of parents/students/staff/administration; because the Site Governance group meets that need, it is often asked to sign off on these types of monies.
* Student Information Packet: Packet will be sent out first week of school and will include a dress code clarification. Staff signed a new pledge to take a proactive approach to tardies including a strict tardy policy, to be set by each teacher.
* Principal’s Evaluation: Bersin’s office agreed with and signed the evaluation of Dana Shelburne. The copy was then returned to Governance.
Ý Discipline Subcommittee: Discussion regarding the need to continue with the Discipline Subcommittee. There was a discussion regarding groups on campus, and hazing that may be occurring. PTA mentioned the new Social Host Law that makes parents accountable for underage drinking at their house. PTA will alert LJHS parents of this new ordinance at grade level dinners and in the newsletter. Ideas of the Discipline Subcommittee will remain open and will be revisited as needed.
* Waivers:
- Graduation Date Change Waiver: Dana will request waiver for date change from Friday, June 11, to Thursday, June 10. Currently the request is on hold while the new legal counsel for the district settles in. Dana hopes he will understand the concept of instructional minutes, agreeing that the seniors will not need to return to school on Friday after graduation.
- SDEA Staffing Waiver: The staffing waiver from SDEA (the one that allows us to hire outside of the top five applicants for a posted position in the district) had a deadline of April 1, which we missed. We will need to reapply for this waiver for next year, but it means that for this year we do not have a waiver from SDEA.
- Waiver for Valedictorian Selection: La Jolla High, has, in the past, based valedictorian selection on “all As” but the district policy is to select the person with the highest G.P.A. That is how the valedictorian was selected last year. Do we want to pursue a waiver to select our valedictorian using the old method?

4. Agenda Items – NEW Business:
* Alcohol and Drug Use on Campus: What is being done about this issue? Heather Keith is now a full-time staff member at LJHS as the life Skills Teacher. She talks with classes about these types of issues. Ann Boutelle suggested a peer program to help deter this activity. PTA will discuss ideas to work on as well.
* Campus Trash: The quad areas are a mess after lunch, what can we do? What are the legalities involved in taking away lunch carts, or restricting areas at lunch? Paul Sargent suggested taking a more positive approach to the problem. Dana will talk to Cindy about identifying trash offenders using the video cameras.
* Meeting Times for This Year: It was decided to meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Meeting dates will be September 17, October 15, November 19, December 17, January 21, February 18, March 17, April 21, and May 19.

5. Roundtable:
* High Student Enrollment: They ran out of lockers and textbooks during registration. Current enrollment as of today is 1710.

Meeting adjourned: 4:20 p.m

Next meeting: September 27, 2003