MLKAMS Union Building Committee: May 2010

greetings:
ubc mon mtg notes:
-are waiting for response to below fr admin
-teachers need to be consistent w our part of the discipline plan, namely, to stand at our doors and watch the hallway and our classroom at passing.--
-need support fr admin for backing our classroom authority
-all sides want a time-out room, and a procedure for sending students to it.
-how does this conflict w students sent out of class, or kept out by counseling & kept in the time-out room?
-will there be a counseling-aspect to being sent out of the room?
-the job description for running the time-out room has to be posted--some may not want it for what it requires, some may not want it full-time.
-need all sides to work together on this, we should have as complete a discipline plan as possible before the summer- incl the rules for the time-out room-borrow rules fr another site that has been doing this for a while?
other news
-report is, is that admin want to separate the 6th gr schedule from 7th and 8th--no opposition fr the membership present.
-report that admin want to core the entire schedule--this affects esp single subj staff,
and this is something new, that has not been carried outside to the general staff. this needs to be discussed, and how far along has this idea been carried-and where does this come from?
mccachren-ms doyle could you sent this to all members. thanks.

NEXT UBC MEETING is Monday 2/22 at 8:15 a.m. so that counselors can attend along with teachers and other staff. Please come to discuss discipline/consequences!

UBC Meeting 2/16 Notes

Be sure to fill out designated physician form (otherwise, if you are hurt at work, the district will choose where you are treated). Get a form from Mr. McCachren. THERE WERE ONLY THREE AT THE FRONT DESK THIS PM. YOU MAY HAVE TO GO TO 555 TO GET A COPY. PLS DO NOT LET THIS LAPSE. MCCACHREN

UESF lawsuit -- teachers must be informed when a student has a history of assault, etc. We need this information for safety and to address students' needs. THIS SEEMS TO BE GOING TO A LEGAL PIECE & I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WANT TO PUT THEIR NAME AND THE NAME OF THE OFFENDING STUDENT TO A DOCUMENT-AT THIS POINT. I WILL ASK BRILL RE THIS. MCCACHREN

March 4 Day of Action – please pass out fliers to parents/students. Ms. Gerber has the flier.

Discipline – will discuss at after-school PD Feb. 26. Need consistent policies and enforcement. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS PLS REMEMBER THAT ALL PARTIES MUST DO THEIR PART, EVEN SO, WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE MUST APPROACH THIS AS A WHOLE COMMU NITY. PUTTING THE BURDEN on one group or another WON'T WORK NEXT YR, OR EVEN AFTER THAT. We are all needed in this effort!

Motion: UBC stands behind the policy on locking the doors and requiring passes.

2nded THIS MOTION WAS CARRIED, AND ALL ARE ASKED TO LOCK THEIR DOORS, AND HAVE STUDENTS GO GET A WRITTEN PASS. --FOR THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. THAT IS WHAT WE AGREED TO.--the problem here is that some students wait the five minutes and try to come in w those who went for a pass. the deal, is that they also have to go for a pass of their own, otherwise we start from ground zero. the halls should be patrolled every passing period, and late students taken for a pass before they can enter-yes! this is something this staff agreed to two years ago.

Teachers ask that administrators not escort students into class and excuse them; I MYSELF HAVE DONE THIS FAR TOO OFTEN & IT REALLY ISN'T PROFESSIONAL OR USEFUL LONG TERM. THIS should give late passes A LITTLE MORE MUSCLE & MEANING. OTHERWISE THE STUDENTS ARE WRITING THE HANDBOOK! AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START, AS IT IS MY BELIEF THAT MOST NONSENSE STARTS IN THE HALLWAY AND CARRIES INTO CLASS.

We have consequences – detention, etc. – but it needs to be enforced. Let’s follow steps on purple sheet (detention doubled, parent conference, Saturday school). Will discuss lunchtime detention, etc. with counselors Monday 2/22, morning UBC meeting. Also, should be main topic of UBC/Admin meeting.

UBC/ADMIN PLAN OF ACTION (Revised 2/12/10)
*Item of concern*	*Actions attempted to remedy*	*Person(s) responsibility*	*By what date*	*Notes*
Ongoing discipline issues/students in the hallways during class. Consequences for missing detention?	Need more consequences/better enforcement of consequences. Lunchtime detention? Met with counselors/security	Administration Teachers Counselors Security	In progress Will discuss with whole staff at a faculty or after-school meeting
Littering problem – need more garbage cans near gym, more cleanup.	Incentives for cleaning? Lunch detention? Will get trash cans for 119 and gym.	Administration Custodian Teachers Students	Dr. E is checking on getting trash cans.
PD planning – need a calendar of future topics that we will follow. There have been last-minute changes.	Need to have updated calendar.	Administration Teachers	Ms. Minjares provided updated schedule through 3/19. After that?
Change UBC meeting to Monday mornings (once a month?) to include counselors		Teachers Counselors	Agreed to hold 8:15 meeting Monday 2/22
Include rules on wearing hats in discipline policy and other documents. Policy on notes/exceptions?		Teachers Adminstrators

Uniforms -- not enforced. What is our policy? Consequences?

Teachers

Adminstrators

ere are notes from the UBC lunchtime meeting of 2/28:

-- UBC agreed to hold one meeting a month, on a trial basis, at 8:15 am instead of at lunch so that counselors and other lunchtime supervisors can attend. The first morning meeting will be Monday, Feb. 22. Counselors, please try to come to this meeting as we would like your input.

-- Reviewed written detention policy, especially consequences for not attending after school detention -- parent conference, lunch clean-up, Saturday school. Teachers would like policy to stand and be enforced. Counselors have agreed to do Saturday school one Saturday per month. Also discussed loss of dance/event/field trip privileges for students who do not attend.

Staff is requesting that the Assistant Principal maintain list of students who skip after-school detention and follow through to make sure those students get lunchtime consequences, Saturday school, or lose dance/event/field trip privileges. There is a feeling that someone needs to be responsible for enforcing this and distributing lists of students who need to serve detentions/receive other consequences.

Discussed teacher responsibility to call parents about habitual tardies, but then further conseqences and enforcement is needed.

-- Discussed possibility of filing a grievance about school safety. Some teachers do not feel safe and/or worry about the safety of students due to lack of consequences. Teachers mentioned incidents where students had fights and then were send back to class rather than sent home. Other teachers have been called obscene names repeatedly by students, shoved, etc. Discussed creating a form where staff can list incidents. Other middle schools are having similar problems and the union wants to take action.

From Ms. Minjares:

Here are the PD (tentative) focus areas that will be addressed for February/March:
2/12-morning pd-culturally relevant pedagogy pt 1.
-afternoon paid pd hour-Asset Based Teacher practices
2/26-morning pd-culturally relevant ped. pt.2
-afternoon paid pd hour-Discipline
3/5-afternoon paid pd-emergency response training follow-up
3/19-afternoon paid pd-Test prep strategies

UBC/ADMIN PLAN OF ACTION (Revised 2/5/10)
*Item of concern*	*Actions attempted to remedy*	*Person(s) responsibility*	*By what date*	*Notes*
Ongoing discipline issues/students in the hallways during class. Consequences for missing detention?	Need more consequences/better enforcement of consequences. Lunchtime detention? Met with counselors/security	Administration Teachers Counselors Security	In progress Will discuss with whole staff at a faculty or after-school meeting
Clocks continue to be incorrect. Could we get bells for early release days? Also, students let in/out early	Will get new system for next year. Discussed possibility of battery-powered clocks for now.	Administration District	Next year’s remodel will remedy problem.
Littering problem – need more garbage cans near gym, more cleanup.	Incentives for cleaning? Lunch detention? Will get trash cans for 119 and gym.	Administration Custodian Teachers Students	Dr. E is checking on getting trash cans.
PD planning – need a calendar of future topics that we will follow. There have been last-minute changes.	Need to have updated calendar.	Administration Teachers	Ms. Minjares provided updated schedule through 3/19. After that?
Change UBC meeting to Monday mornings (once a month?) to include counselors	Discuss at 2/8 UBC Meeting.	Teachers Counselors	Agreed to hold 8:15 meeting Monday 2/22

n Discussed survey to be given to students assessing their teachers. UBC members expressed some concern about whether survey would identify specific teachers and how the results would be used.
n Discussed discipline/consequences and the possibility of lunchtime detention or “silent lunch”. Scheduled meeting with counseling office staff and security for Tuesday a.m.
n Reminder: Turn in your hard-to-staff schools form by Feb. 12 to get extra pay.

** Also, there is a proposal to hold UBC meetings in the mornings so that counseling can take part**

Regarding form for stating your intentions for next year (stay at this school, transfer, retire, etc.)

n The district (HR) sent out an online survey to district mail. Some staff members don’t use district mail and did not receive it.

n Dr. E will send out his own form by Feb. 20

Mr. McCachren’s notes on UBC/counseling meeting Tuesday, February 02:

all groups want consequence for unacceptable behaviour.
all understand that detention is now being carried out in the cafeteria, 12:04-12:25, for clean up, and at the end of school; and that the afterschool is not as effective as it could be. some students aren't reporting in or staying.
counselors also need to patrol the lunch yard for fights.
suggestions: p u kids 15 min before lunch, have them eat first, then do clean up;
continue to p u kids 15 before end of day and take them to detention
suggestions: minjares' plan to have lunch detention held down by admin, counselor, and security-it worked last year
suggestions: save space for students who don't make afterschool detention and have them serve it the next day at lunch
*kids need a 20 minute lunch every day
questions: how long for detention time
questions: define detention
questions: define truly "disruptive" behaviour
immediate: move mon ubc meet to am: 8:30? so counseling can be represented.

Brief notes on the Monday 1/25 UBC meeting:

-- Discussed discipline and need for consequences; is locking doors effective or harmful?; proposed meeting with counselors, security, etc. to explore possibility of lunchtime detention/silent lunch, since many students do not go to after-school detention

-- Friday 1/29 is listed as a "mandatory floating holiday" for paras?

-- Plans for March 4 day of action to protest state education budget

More information on the district budget cuts:

http://rpnorton.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/budget-presentation_012610.pdf

-- Also, the hard-to-staff schools timesheet is available -- you should have received it in your box. It says it is to be turned in to the principal by Feb. 12.

February 2009

Revised 1/25/10. All meetings begin at 8:15 a.m. unless otherwise noted

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1 Counselors’ mtg.

UBC Lunch mtg.

School loop training, 3:30-4:30, Rm. 212

2 ELA meeting

PE Meeting

3 SpEd meeting

AVID meeting

4 6^th grade meeting

Principal’s meeting

5 UBC/Admin

SAP

8 Counselors’ meeting

UBC Lunch meeting

9 INTERIMS

School Site Council 4 pm

PTSA 5 pm

10 INTERIMS

11 INTERIMS

Winter Ball 3:30

12 INTERIMS DISTRIBUTED

SAP

Career Day (am)

All classes (shortened) in the afternoon

Faculty meeting

(Culturally Relevant Pedagogy)

Paid PD 3:45-5

15 HOLIDAY

16 Math meeting

UBC Lunch Meeting

RIF Book Giveaway

17 Tech committee meeting

RIF Book Giveaway

Principal’s meeting

18 8^th grade meeting

RIF Book Giveaway

19 UBC Admin

SAP

SDC Team Meeting

INTERNATIONAL DAY

Peer Resources Conference & Field Trip

22 Counselors’ meeting

UBC lunch mtg

23 Social Studies mtg.

Science Mtg.

7^th grade meeting

Faculty meeting

(Culturally Relevant Pedagogy)

SAP

Paid PD 3:45-5

Here are the minutes for the UBC meeting on 1/19:

-- Discussed hard-to-staff school payments -- now due to us in check at the end of February. There will be a form to fill out.

-- Interims: required or not?

-- Need to deal with ongoing discipline issues. Are there now district limits on suspensions? What are the consequences for student misbehavior?

-- Discussed problems with sexual harrassment and bullying between students.
Proposed: P.E. will work with counseling to design and teach a curriuculum around sexual harrassment and bullying for the first week of February. 2nded and approved. Homeroom teachers should also discuss this with students.

Other information/announcements:
PD Friday – Early release day and paid hour
Topic: Higher-level questioning and Test Prep

Career Day Correction
Sorry, my last email had incorrect information about the afternoon schedule for Career Day (March 12). There WILL be a 3rd period in the afternoon, with 21 minute classes. The morning sessions are 33 minutes, and we will have 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7th periods in the afternoon for 21 minute each.

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Tech Committee Meeting Wed. 1/20, Library, 8:15
If you would like to join the Tech Committee, please attend. We will be making important decisions about lab priorities and sign-ups. If you did not fill out a survey at the last faculty meeting, please get one from Ms. Doyle so that we have your input.

From the UESF Newsletter:
"Hard-to-Staff payments
The district has developed a fairly simple form for reporting work beyond the seven hour day in Hard-to-Staff sites. Once this form is completed and turned in at the school sites, payment can begin. Hard-to-Staff stipends for the first semester will be paid on the check that arrives at the end of February. "

BC Minutes for Monday, 1/11:

Presentation by Dr. Gibson and Ms. Rong on schedule for MLK Day (Friday, 1/15) and Career Day in March. Friday will include an extended 3rd period schedule -- classes arrive between 10:54 and 11, and the event begins at 11:05. Classes will go to the gym with their homerooms. Classes are also invited to take part in the march beginning at approximately 1 pm.

Career Day will involve four 33-minute sessions in the morning, then students will go to 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th and 7th in the afternoon for 25 minutes each. There will be no 3rd period.

UBC members present approved the schedules.

Discussion of current issues -- see Plan of Action chart below.

Ms. Belluomini explained that teachers may submit their final grades inSchool Loop without entering their entire gradebook. This takes the place of the bubble sheets, but teachers need to print the screen showing their grades as submitted and give that to Mr. Flores. Attendance is done automatically.

UBC/ADMIN PLAN OF ACTION (Revised 1/11/10)
*Item of concern*	*Actions attempted to remedy*	*Person(s) responsibility*	*By what date*	*Notes*
Clocks continue to be incorrect; bell is not coordinated to schedule. Also, could we get bells for early release days?		Administration District
Faulty clocks/bells is leading to students being let in early.		Administration District (by fixing clocks)
Some teachers are not receiving the daily bulletin and other announcements. Is there a way to update the school-wide distribution list with new email addresses?		Administration School Secretaries
Littering problem – need more garbage cans near gym, more cleanup.		Administration Custodian Teachers Students
PD planning – need a calendar of future topics that we will follow. There have been last-minute changes to the schedule.		Administration Teachers
Ongoing discipline issues/students in the hallways during class.		Administration Teachers
Teachers would like to have someone from payroll come to a UBC meeting to explain pay stubs and how the Prop A stipends work.		Teachers Payroll/personnel

Here is the transfer policy as voted on and approved by the UBC today (12/14):

Dr. Martin Luther King Academic Middle School’s Student Transfer Policy

In order for a student to be transferred out of a class or community after the 10-day count, the following steps must be followed:

1. Parent/Caregiver or Child’s Advocate or School Representative (SAP, SST, and Special Education IEP) must fill out a transfer request form. It is then given to the student’s counselor.

2. The counselor sets up a conference between student representative and the teacher(s). At this conference, the issues are discussed and an intervention plan is created to see if that will correct the problem/issues. (Two week time period must be had before going to “Step - 3”

3. After the two week wait period, if the interventions are not successful, the student’s counselor then calls for a conference to meet with the Grade Level Faculty, student advocate, administration and counselor.

4. The grade level will consult and make a recommendation to the administration. The grade level will consult, come to a consensus, and submit a decision to the administration.

5. The principal makes the final decision to either change or not change the schedule.

6. Should the decision of the principal reverse the faculty recommendation, the decision will go back to the faculty to make the change happen in a way that is best for the students involved. Prior to student movement, to facilitate this move, the administration will provide to faculty in writing the reason for the decision and how it will benefit the student.

Below is the transfer policy so far. We will meet again Monday at lunch to finalize the wording for our proposed changes. See points in bold for some of the suggestions so far. However, we will discuss this further and vote on Monday.

Next you will find the draft of January's calendar. I have added a special education meeting on January 6 and the PD day on January 29. There is still some discussion of the due dates for MRDs.

Finally, here are the proposed issues for the UBC/Admin meeting tomorrow (Friday):

-- Due date for MRDs/semester grades

-- Issues regarding students in the hallway during class and how to resolve this

If you have other issues you would like to raise, please speak with me or another UBC committee member (Ms. Brown, Mr. McCachren, Mr. Scerri, or Ms. Butcher).

I hope everyone will try to attend the Monday lunchtime meeting if they have concerns about the transfer policy, which will be our focus.

Thanks,

Miranda

Dr. Martin Luther King Academic Middle School’s Student Transfer Policy

In order for a student to be transferred out of a class or community after the 10-day count, the following steps must be followed:

1. Parent/Caregiver or Child’s Advocate or School Representative (SAP, SST, and Special Education IEP) must fill out a transfer request form. It is then given to the student’s counselor.

2. The counselor sets up a conference between student representative and the teacher(s). At this conference, the issues are discussed and an intervention plan is created to see if that will correct the problem/issues. (Two week time period must be had before going to “Step - 3”

3. After the two week wait period, if the interventions are not successful, the student’s counselor then calls for a conference to meet with the Grade Level Faculty, student advocate, administration and counselor.

4. The grade level will consult and make a recommendation to the administration. The grade level will consult, come to a consensus, and submit a decision to the administration.

5. The principal makes the final decision to either change or not change the schedule.

PROPOSED ADDITIONS:

6. Should the decision of the principal reverse the faculty recommendation, the decision will go back to the faculty to make the change happen in a way that is best for the student. (proposed and seconded, but no vote)

Also, prior to student movement, the administration will provide to faculty in writing the reason for the decision and how it will benefit the student.

NOTE

· There can only be one transfer per year, unless it is determined and recommended by the Grade Level Faculty.

· Student can only be in the Small or Large community. There will be no split schedules.

· Student will be transferred back to their original schedule if the protocol has not been followed.

Here are Mr. McCachren's notes from the 11/30 UBC meeting:

mon mtg notes:

all staff are asked not to allow students in for the 1st 5 min of class, as agreed. we need counseling and security to sweep the halls, and send tardies down to counseling to give late passes, and assign detention before students are allowed back in.

it is only some ten repeats tardies, and how is it that we can't get a hold on these few?

is the distr going to an official policy of no suspensions, as came up in mtgs downtown?

also, the repeat tardies are those mostly out of uniform, can this be addressed at ubc admin?

brill coming to speak w admin, & ubc on need for 3 wk interims--some sites don't have this also, they have report cards every 6 wks!

pls watch for chgs already in the dec calendar!

ubc committee needs to meet w admin this week, thurs am? to finalise discipline plan--the one submitted by admin and approved w changes by ubc--and the protocols for moving students around---we need the last two ASAP mccachren

thanks to all the staff for your support and input., thanks ms doyle and mr williams for taking notes.

Here are Mr. McCachren's notes from the UBC meeting on Monday, Nov. 23:

greetings: math dept will be gone dec 4, & do we want to meet?
murray/gerber suggest we use this time to meet in gr level/depts and look for ways to put into effect some of the material we
have learned so far fr the pds to date
mr murray wants to explore pd sessions offering choices in the two hours of pd
the final wording on the transfer of students will follow the working offered by admin w the following amendments:
#4". . .grade levels will consult and come to a concensus on the movements being considered, and will present a decision to approve or not
approve the move(s) under consideration."
#5 "Achieving a "balance" of students is not just a matter of class numbers, but an effort to meet the individual needs of the
students being considered, and to attend to the needs of the homeroom being affected."
this ubc is unwilling to set policy re student movements within grade levels, esp after the 10 day count. the ubc can facilitate if asked, but
grade level families need to work this out on their own
majority present want dec 4 interims moved to dec 11, and if possible, to not have meetings scheduled on the week of interims, as teachers
are finishing grading and need time to set the grades before posting
ms doyle will add further changes to dec calendar as presented at the meeting:
SS and math to meet on dec 8; 7th, 8th gr meetings on dec 10th; science on dec 1. . .

news fr union assembly meeting not good--the seiu has insisted that it has the right to move senior secretaries fr the county (?) health dept
into the schools. union lost a legal action on this. several schools have lost their secs--hopefully, none will want to come to our part of town;
also, i brought up the point that school secretaries are a particularly hardy group, used to dealing w kids, as a specialty; and that "office
secretaries" may not be up to the job. i told the union to be ready to replace the replacements; w seasoned secretaries.
thanks for your participation. mccachren

Here are Mr. McCachren's notes from Monday, 11/23

Here is the draft proposal regarding moving students between large/small community:

1. When a switch request is received, a parent or advocate of the child most come in to meet with grade-level faculty, administration, and counseling.

2. After the meeting, the grade-level will consult and make a recommendation to administration.

3. No more than one switch an academic year unless otherwise determined at the grade-level.

4. No splitting students between communities.

5. Students will be switched back to original homeroom if the protocol has not been followed.

Here are the UBC notes from Mr. McCachren for Monday, Nov. 8:

site needs a written process for moving students into new grade level families. 7th gr had such a procedure last yr, but it has not been honoured.
need to look into moving process, esp in cases of "emergency".
while moving to grant the wishes of a parent is important, it should not be the sole criteria. in fact, it may do little to help the progress of a child.
a protocal should be set up that involves all parties, esp parents, faculty, and admin.
ms johnson will be coming forth w such a protocal that we can all work with.
not everyone happy w the way the interim process went this last time, as some faculty took the grades fr the box in counseling. most want to keep the current process, allowing pe and elective staff to input before the date interims are due.
the pd calendar will incl time to assess and to put results into lessons during ea pd event. faculty will be given a chance to prioritise items in the pd calendar, gear up crew will see to this, and we thank them for this.

UBC/ADMIN PLAN OF ACTION (Revised 11/2)
*Item of concern*	*Actions attempted to remedy*	*Person(s) responsibility*	*By what date*	*Notes*
Procedure for switching students between large and small community.	Need to set and follow procedure, including discussion by grade-level teachers before students are moved.	Administration Counseling Grade-level teachers	UBC/Admin meeting 11/13
Interim process/ faculty would like to do interims only for students with Ds, Fs, Us and Ws.	Dr. E will check with parents about interims only for students in danger of failing. This issue needs to be raised at PTA meeting/parent poll.	Principal Teachers	Interim process/ faculty would like to do interims only for students with Ds, Fs, Us and Ws.
Clarification on paid PD time after early release days finish.	Staff attending PDs from 3:45-5 are paid for 1 hr and 15 minutes, correct?	Principal	Nov. 13 UBC/Admin meeting
Detention Policy approved by staff. When do hall sweeps and other enforcement procedures begin?		Principal	Nov. 13 UBC/Admin meeting

https://owa.sfusd.edu/OWA/?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAABfknj7uRZdSbprIcjl2JxQBwCp5aayOUWvR6ufLZtDjGgDAAAAAMqSAACfvQL8OLUlRYJcco9wD40FAADxsv34AAAJmore notes, m s meeting:
some want to have inclusion students counted for 1.+ students to account for the extra attention they need when making up class sizes
some want to put a hard cap on class sizes, in the contract
some want to grieve any student class over 30 students--how do you feel about this?MM
union wants prin expectations, esp when they are excessive, and fr what we heard, it makes one wonder what qualities it takes to become a prin in this distr
school loop is voluntary, next yr also--(we have to amend the letter sent to parents stating that all teachers would be using this)
principals can choose the long or short form--their choice
don't spend your bonus! $, distr made a b i g mistake, and you may have to give some of it back
the class sizes data comes fr the ed placement svc
some want to have a district-wide no suspension policy!
hard to fill school descriptions not nailed down--tho we are surely one; also, how is it that we have a majority of needy students, when sch on the westside, have smaller needy pop?
mon mtg notes:
hold off on submitting "district surveys", as we don't know where they come fr or where the info is going
i am more concerned re class size in the sped and reading classes than anything right now
and what happened to the time out room?
7th is sending hard to teach students into the small community again this year, impacting an already tough situation, and the agreed-upon procedure to move students has not been followed. in the past, this was not done w/o a meeting of admin and grade level lg and sm commty teams. in some cases, the students may be in a worse situation!
some say it is too late in the year to do these major moves,,that those moved are torn out of a workable situation and put in an unfamiliar setting--tantamount to changing schools?
some may have been moved to stop bullying they experienced, but little is done to deal w the bully---mr brown's group is going to move into this area to help out
more counseling intervention in this area of bullying is asked for by the ubc
strs retirees face as much as a 40% loss of their soc sec benefits when they retire. there is a move in wash dc to counter this, and take this off the books, a legacy of the reagan yrs. we are being asked to sign up to rec mail on this.
also new students are plugged into classes w/o a word to the teacher, a notice to the team impacted would be nice, before the event
we need dr eddings to approve the move of the pd sched for the 24 to an earlier date--the 20th? mccachren will ask for this. people are planning for this event.
word is that the proposed pd for the yr is essential, but some feel that more time should be spent on test practice--i spoke w the good dr gibson, and asked if maybe we could spend a session reviewing star test formats, and then spend a following session making up a number of tests we will use next semester.
also, i know that pd is optional, but i am asking all to attend as much of this as possible. we need the scores to go up--i don't know what a p5 yr looks like.
good night, mccachren

UBC/ADMIN PLAN OF ACTION (Revised 11/2)
*Item of concern*	*Actions attempted to remedy*	*Person(s) responsibility*	*By what date*	*Notes*
Procedure for switching students between large and small community.	Need to set and follow procedure, including discussion by grade-level teachers before students are moved.	Administration Counseling Grade-level teachers	UBC/Admin meeting 11/13
Interim process/ faculty would like to do interims only for students with Ds, Fs, Us and Ws.	Dr. E will check with parents about interims only for students in danger of failing. This issue needs to be raised at PTA meeting/parent poll.	Principal Teachers	Interim process/ faculty would like to do interims only for students with Ds, Fs, Us and Ws.
Clarification on paid PD time after early release days finish.	Staff attending PDs from 3:45-5 are paid for 1 hr and 15 minutes, correct?	Principal	Nov. 13 UBC/Admin meeting
Detention Policy approved by staff. When do hall sweeps and other enforcement procedures begin?		Principal	Nov. 13 UBC/Admin meeting
Requested date change for Early Release/PD – Nov 24 to Nov 20	Reschedule and notify parents	Principal	ASAP

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