KES School Governance Council
Meeting Minutes
August 31, 2017
I. Roll Call
Members Present: Teresa Conowal, Hillary Mullinax, Dana Fowler, Will Baldwin,
Andrea Grizzle, Amanda Sheffield, Jill Geraghty
Members Absent: None
II. Approval of July meeting minutes – postponed to October meeting
III. Old Business
None
IV. New Business
2017-18 Officer Elections
Chairperson: Jill Geraghty
Motion by: Andrea Grizzle
Second by: Dana Fowler
# members voted in favor to approve: all
Vice Chair: Will Baldwin
Motion by: Hillary Mullinax
Second by: Amanda Sheffield
# members voted in favor to approve: all
PTO Domino’s Discount Card Fundraiser: amendment to previously approved request
Motion by: Andrea Grizzle
Second by: Will Baldwin
# members voted in favor to approve: all
Frozen Frenzy Fundraiser
Once per quarter (toward end of quarter as a reward) – dates have been calendared; school
will manage and promote; collect money in advance
Motion by: Amanda Sheffield
Second by: Andrea Grizzle
# members voted in favor to approve: all
** Teresa to provide contact name of business owner (Kim Bennett has worked with him)
Grade-level Field Trips
County to provide list of approved field trips that are currently under review
** Teresa will discuss at October meeting
School Improvement Plan:
County provided template three weeks ago; school submission deadline 9/1
Literacy focused
** Teresa will discuss at October meeting
Teachers/Student Ratios:
- 417 students currently enrolled Pre-K - Fifth grade
- Pre-K (2 classes): 22/1 teacher plus 1 para
- Kindergarten (3 classes): 20/1 teacher plus 1 para
- First Grade (3 classes): 18/1
- Second Grade (2 classes): 22/1
- Third Grade (3 classes): 22/1
- Fourth Grade (3 classes): 27/1
- Fifth Grade (3 classes): 23/1
- 59 total KES staff members (including SRO, speech service personnel, etc.)
- 8 student teachers
KES has capacity for up to 700 students; green area outside 5th grade door available for “expandable pod”; new apartment complex by Kroger plus continued growth in our area of the district is likely to increase KES enrollment by several hundred students in next few years; Dr. Gibbs very aware of elementary school enrollments and will redistrict if needed
Digital Citizenship Update
All students K-5 had lessons on digital citizenship and cyber security upon roll out of
iPads; Lessons included proper email/text language; online respect; how to do “safe”
searches; teachers are monitoring devices with access to all students’ screens and ability to lock down all devices
Proposed SGC Meeting Dates for 2017-18:
Thursday, October 19th at 3:00 pm
Thursday, January 18th at 3:00 pm
Thursday, March 22nd at 3:00 pm
Thursday, May 17th at 3:00 pm
Thursday, June 21st at 3:00 pm
Motion by: Andrea Grizzle
Second by: Hillary Mullinax
# members voted in favor to approve: all
*What would the council like to know more about this year?
Teresa: The purpose of SGC is to give input into decisions KES is making for our students
Teresa wants input from the Council as parents and business members:
How is KES addressing a (any) problem?
Is KES aware of a (any) problem?
How is KES challenging students?
Andrea and Amanda suggested supporting local charitable efforts through student
fundraisers such as pay $? on Fridays for “hat day”; canned food drives
** Andrea/Amanda to provide a list of suggested projects at October meeting
Andrea raised concerns over lice problem in 3rd grade (and school wide)
Nurse Terri is monitoring
School to provide a class for teachers on how to manage/store students’ things
(bookbags, coats, etc.) to combat spread
County health liaison will assist with chronic health issue cases (such as students
identified with ongoing lice problem)
** Teresa will invite Nurse Terri to discuss lice control plan at October meeting
V. Citizen Comments
None
VI. Topics for October meeting:
- School Improvement Plan
- MyOn Literacy data base – Hillary to present on details
- MAP assessment for K-5 students
- Student Goal Setting & Monitoring
- Lice control plan (Nurse Terri)
VII. Adjournment
Motion by: Will Baldwin
Second by: Andrea
# members voted in favor to approve: all