Faculty Meeting

I would like to start by saying the agenda for this meeting was not distributed until 5 minutes before the meeting, at the conclusion of the PD. Reminder - Conference Night is April 28th from 6-8 (I think, time isn't written here). This year - invite 25 families since not enough are showing up. The Open House is from 12:30-2:30 on Saturday, June 4th with the play at 3 and 7:30, 8th grade awards from 5-6.  Air conditioning update - worth it in the end, but painful while it happens, yard will be torn up, classes will have to move around.  Make room in your closets at home for all the stuff you will have to store at home since people will be in your room all night and things grow legs.  The administration building will be first, the classroom building a year from now. Send the parent and student surveys, raffle for people who get all their kids to return the parent surveys. Being done tomorrow during Pd.3 (over lots of complaints about lots of lost instructional time). For some reason the district doesn't understand that teachers lesson plan more than a day in advance.  You have until next Tuesday to get them to Meghan.

Kathy passed out salmon teacher preference sheet and buff staffing sheet. We are going ahead as if the RIFs go through.  Not on the form is that we are going down to one counselor. On the form it does say that we are losing our tech coordinator.  Because of RIFs, we will need a categorical program coordinator. This form is a little weird because it doesn't break down kids by grade level so we don't know how many sections of each class we need. We can still have the Thursday meeting about the master schedule. Maybe my questions will be answered soon.  Teachers can move around on the master, maybe we can meet our needs with our displaced teachers.  I still want to see the sections and how it will work.

Lisa wants everyone to return the X-period form to her ASAP.  Students will have one day to get the teacher's signature if they are choosing a class that requires it. 

Anne will speak about last night's meeting with Zimmer - basically we have three options.  1. The plan as previously stated, 2. Build the gym, no field at all, and field money goes to another to school, 3. Spend no money at all at Emerson.  Anne has been cut off by a flurry of voices.  This meeting is devolving into an arguement and I really want to get to Gavin's science fair, so I hope this ends soon. Ugh - I just checked the agenda and there is still a UTLA update after this.  I feel like a kid counting down the minutes to summer vacation. My recommendation is that we write out a plan and let the faculty vote at their leisure.