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La Jolla High School Governance Committee
Report on Meeting of September 17, 2003
In attendance:
Administration: Dana Shelburne
Classified: Nancy Dowlen
PTA Reps: Melissa Cunningham, Linda Dowley, Liz Lindenfeld, Patti Nussbaum,
and Kathleen Steele
Foundation Rep: John Boller
Students: Noah Brozinsky and Anna Glazer
Certificated: Ann Boutelle, Kerry Johnson, Carole LeCren, Georgina Lyon,
Paul Sargent, and Rachel Tenenbaum
SDEA Rep: Ken Lamar
Guests: Jamie Ginsburg and Pam Wright
1. Call to Order: Carole LeCren called to order the meeting at 2:30 p.m.
2. Minutes: The minutes from August 28, 2003 were approved.
3. Agenda Items – OLD Business:
* Master Calendar for 2003/2004
• Fire/Evacuation Drill: When? The fire drill is scheduled for October
3, 2003 during fourth period.
• Minimum Days: Plans for October 1. Teachers will work on online
grades and their websites with their departments.
• Spring Open House: Format? To be determined
* Start of School…Debriefing
* Enrollment:
- Enrollment as of today is at 1688. The higher enrollment is most likely
due to students coming form Stella Mares and All Hallows because USDHS
is moving to North County. This has put a strain on lockers and available
texts. (A suggestion was made to put several copies of the unavailable
books on reserve at the LMC.)
- Nancy Dowlen reported that we are currently not accepting new Choice
students, but we do allow siblings to attend so families are not split.
- Dana Shelburne has met with the District regarding staff members and
CPUs. The District thinks we owe them money for the Staff Developer that
was used as a teacher. He would like a group to look at the agreement
before it is signed.
* Class Size: The current average is around 34-36. There are some anomalies
such as AP Statistics that are extremely high. D. Shelburne reported that
the Administration is looking at options to restructure the schedule to
help this problem.
* Student Planners:Do we need them? Are they worth the expenditure? ASB
will take this question to the students and will report back on their
findings.
* Registration: There is already a committee that looks at registration.
* Lockers: Foundation will take a look at the issue of lockers. Our current
lockers are very old and many are in a state of disrepair. It is very
hard to find replacement parts due to their age and condition.
* Hiring of Staff: We will not be hiring more teachers or clerical staff.
We are hiring a new copy room clerk, and possibly a new counselor. In
regards to the compliance with contractual obligations with SDEA, the
waiver must be submitted by April 1, 2004 and D. Shelburne expressed a
need to create a rationale to support our desire to do this. He is currently
working on documentation to support this need.
* Facilities: State of Disrepair of Girls' Restrooms: The 300 building
restrooms are still a concern. Kathleen Steele reported that there are
several problems.
* Graduation/Senior Exhibitions: The Board requires schools to use the
Senior Exhibitions and we would need a waiver to stop doing them. Jamie
Ginsburg expressed concern that there was uneven scoring in the exhibitions.
* Valedictorian/Class Rank: Valedictorian will be students with all As.
It was reported that class rank is based on last year’s senior class.
D. Shelburne stated that he would look into it.
4. Agenda Items – NEW Business:
5. Roundtable:
* Peer Group re: Drinking: The group that exists at other schools to focus
on detering student drinking is Friday Night Live. Is it possible to have
that group here? The current advisor for the Students Against Drunk Driving
is Mr. Bickley.
* Diary of Anne Frank: Ann Boutelle announced that the Drama Department
would run The Diary of Anne Frank starting November 7th for two weeks.
* Missing Members: There are some members of Governance that never attend
meetings (Leigh Hallenbeck for one). Can we do something for this, or
possible find a new faculty member to replace her?
Meeting adjourned: 3:47 p.m.
Next Meeting: October 15, 2003
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