ATTENDANCE
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.
CALLED TO ORDER
4:30pm
MINUTES
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
MEETING ADJOURNED
6:30pm
NEXT MEETING
10/2/2017