CSC Minutes 9/11/2017

Kevin Vicente, Jay Clapper, Juliana Evans, Michael Wylde, Scott Lessard, Ron Sherman, Mary Jo Minogue, Jennifer Harkness-Quintana, Shahad Mohieldin, Isabelle Maestas, Adam Haynes, and Kittie Hook.

4:30pm

Michael Johnson Visit

• Praise for GW scores
• One George success
• DCTA contract
  • 5 year contract
• Test scores still haven’t come back yet
  • Single score for DPS(?) or three different scores
• Growth in parent response – academic concern (close to green)
• Student perception service is green – best region is academic
• SPF
  • Goal of all schools green/blue by 2020
  • Equity indicator – works well for not diverse schools because it’s not there
  • Reallocate resources to bring kids up
  • Green in 2016-2017 at GW
  • Huge growth in English, good growth in math
  • Sparks competition between schools as a result
• Innovation Zones
  • Go through a process to become innovation school, requires application, teachers, etc.
  • Combined innovation schools = innovation zones
  • Additional budgeting
  • Allow a tighter relationship to the district or a looser one
  • Possibility of GW as an innovation school
  • Requires longer school days/years

Positions – Filled

• 3 parents
• 1 Adult member of school recognized organization
• 4 teachers
• 3 students
• 1 community member
• Principal
• Need to find new members after the seniors leave
• Possible new community member(s)?
• More student voice – NHS, Student Council

New School – DELTA @ GW

• Bi-weekly meetings between the principals
• 20 GW Students moved into the program
  • 68 students overall
• School for kids with not enough credits and need smaller environments
  • Helps engage in their education and gain credits quickly
  • Smaller class size and environment
  • 1 Day of nursing/psych services – $20000 savings/year
  • Tech help – $5000 savings/year
• Transition Liaison
• Sharing classrooms
  • Use classroom in the afternoon
  • Issues worked out
  • Students are respectful

Counselor Update

• Successful, diverse background and qualified
• Student feedback is positive
• Whole-scale change was difficult for counseling department
• Separated into social-emotional and advisors
• Future Center success
  • Rainey replaced Ms.Hall

State of the School

• Highest growth in the district 9th grade english
• SAT scores were okay,given to all not just those who wanted to take them
• AP & IB scores were good
  • IB scores were well above international average
  • AP scores are going up
• Rigor in 9/10 grade is increasing and helping scores go up
• 205 students passing and got credit at CU Denver vs last year was only 94 students

Budget

• $128000 carry-forward to this year instead of expected $60000
  • Required to get competitive bids
  • Creates restrictions
• Freshmen classes are under 25 students and have 2-3 teachers in the classroom
• Tech budget is at $225000 vs $40000 previously
  • Teacher technology – Promethean boards
• No teacher has made a request for books that hasn’t gotten them
• Lessard went through the English books
• Good turn around with teacher orders

Bond

• Cooling system is tied into the unit ventilators
• AC should be connecting to the water supply in the next couple of weeks
  • $4.61 m of cooling
• In the spring of 2018, the windows will be replaced with double panes and inside shades
  • $2 m for the windows
• Every student bathroom with be refurbished
  • $700000
• Redoing of the locker rooms
  • $1 m
• Renovation to the library
  • $300000
• Greenhouse
• 2 science and 2 art projects are being redone
• Sound system in the gym
• LED light replacement

6:30pm

10/2/2017