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  MINUTES OF THE McCleskey Middle School

school council meeting

November 13, 2007 
 
 

The McCleskey Middle School Council met in regular session on Tuesday, November 13 @ 7:30  
 

AM in the Media Center.

School Council Members present:  
 

Dr. Chris Richie (Principal) *    Ms. Diane Wilson (Teacher) *

Ms. Claire Lyons (Assistant Principal)  Ms. Sylvia Controy (Teacher) *

Ms. Susan Debardeleben (Assistant Principal) Ms. Robin Davis (Parent) * 
 
 

School Council Members absent:   
 

Ms. Dan Bailey (Business) 
 

Four members were present, representing a quorum.

1.  Call to Order  
 

In the absence of an elected chairperson, Chris Richie called the meeting to order at 7:30 AM. 
 

2.  Pledge of Allegiance  
 

Chris Richie led the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag.

3.   Approval of Agenda 
 

In the absence of an elected chairperson, Chris Richie distributed the agenda posted pursuant to the Open Meetings  Act.  Moved, seconded, and carried that the school council approve the agenda as presented. 
 

MOTION: Diane Wilson; SECOND: Robin Davis      
 

VOTE: (    4 ) YES; ( ) NO

4.  Approval of Minutes 
 

Chris Richie distributed the minutes of the October 2, 2007 meeting of the school council.

Moved, seconded, and carried that the school council approve the minutes of the October 2, 2007 meeting.

MOTION: Robin Davis;  SECOND: Sylvia Controy 
 

VOTE: (    4 ) YES; ( ) NO 
 

5.  Report of Principal: 
 

Principal Chris Richie reported to the school council on the status of council membership.  After utilizing the call out and putting the information on the web, no interest had been generated to fill the open council slots.  We are still short one parent & one business/parent for the council.  Discussed doing another call out after the break as well reposting on the website. 
 

6.  Old Business: 
 

Topic: Approval of 2007-08 School Council By-laws (Handout) 
 

MOTION: Robin Davis  SECOND: Sylvia Controy  
 

VOTE: (___4_) YES; ( ) NO 
 
 

  7.   New Business: 
 

ITBS Scores – 8^th graders at McCleskey scored fairly well.  Scores are consistent with previous years scores.  McCleskey students scored above the Cobb average.  
 

Foundation Update – McCleskey will pursue starting a foundation. 
 

McCleskey 188 – Dr. Abraham has indicated that he wants to host a forum at McCleskey to discuss the zoning of McCleskey to make it a 100% feed into Kell.  Currently, McCleskey has about 30 8^th graders who attend Sprayberry.   
 

Financial Update – Technology will continue to be a focus.  Social Studies just received 9 LCD projectors to use in the classrooms.  Math and Reading/LA needs to be the next focus. 
 

CRCT Update – We have set up a lot of interventions to ensure that students are getting the remediation they need to be successful on the CRCT.  We are closely monitoring the progress of our subgroups.  As a faculty, we are moving towards data driven instruction so that we know where the strengths and weaknesses of all of our students are.  
 

8.   Adjournment  
 

With no further business to come before the school council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 AM.

MOTION: Sylvia Controy;   SECOND: Robin Davis

)     

VOTE: (___4__) YES; ( ) NO 
 
 

The next meeting of the McCleskey Middle School Council will be held on

January 22 at 7:30 AM in the Media Center

1.  Call to Order 
 

2. Pledge of Allegiance 
 

3. Approval of Agenda 
 

4. Approval of Minutes From October 2, 2007 & April 17, 2007 
 

5. Approval of Amended By-Laws 
 

6. Council Membership Update (Richie) 
 

7. ITBS Scores (Richie) 
 

8. Foundation Update (Lyons) 
 

9. McCleskey 188 (Richie) 
 

10. Financial Update – Projects/Goals (Richie) 
 

11. CRCT Update (Richie)