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Notes

Members Present:

• Square
• Orozco
• Gabriela Luna
• Sherri Huggins
• Rafael Betancourt
• Paul Patterson
• Melissa Elias
• Rosangela Espinoza

Introductions

• Each person present shared name, role as related to campus, and three things about self

Role of SDMC

• An SDMC shall be established at each school to:
• Assist the Principal
• Advise the Principal
• The SDMC is exclusively an advisory role
• Approve staff development of a campus nature.
• The Principal has the final authority in fiduciary and financial decisions. The principal will be held accountable for compliance with all laws, regulations, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities of SDMC

• History: The Houston Independent School District Board of Education established and approved the campus-level planning and decision making process in 1992. The process includes the creation and maintenance of a Shared Decision Making Committee (SDMC) at each school to review goals, objectives, and programs.
• Reviewing and making recommendations regarding the school’s organizational structure
• Establishing procedures to periodically obtain broad based community, parent and staff input
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Elect Co-Chairperson

• The co-chairperson is elected from the school-based professional staff
• Orozco will serve as co-chair

Norms

• Communication - if we don’t' understand …ask questions
• Step out if need to use electronics
• No talking over each other
• Start and end on time
• Agenda should be available ahead of time
• Confidentiality
• Assume Good will
• If time allows, allow opportunity for new agenda items to be brought to table

School Performance and Performance Objectives

• Accountability Rating and should also include the STAAR performance objectives in Language Arts (including Writing, where applicable)/Reading, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies.
• Met Standard 98/100 Overall Performance
• 6/7 Distinctions
• Our focus is on increasing number of students who score at masters grade level
• 20 points increase in masters grade level in Algebra I
• 5 points increase in masters English I
• 1 point decrease in masters Biology
• 2 point decrease in masters in English II
• 19 point increase in masters grade level in U.S. History

School Improvement Plan

• Please review and return to next meeting with recommended revisions or suggestions
• EAST ECHS SIP

Programming Change

• After conducting a SWOT analysis last year it was determined it would be in the best interest of our students to offer a STEM pathway to our student in order to
• Increase number of students who finish with Associates in Science as opposed to Arts
• Align our CTE programming with readily available resources
• Utilize new HCC STEM building

Submitting Agenda Items for future meetings

• Two weeks prior to next meeting, send an email to Mrs. Square to submit agenda items
• Current agenda items
• Budget
• SIP revisions/suggestions
• Staff Development Plan
• Parent Walkthrough (Feedback)
• Review Mission and Vision

Agenda brought by committee members

• Teacher concerns/feedback
• Parents dropping students off in front of the building instead of following protocol
• As a result to challenges from our district's transportation department and recent changes, we are experiencing heightened levels of traffic. Additionally, we notice there is a large
• Dress code: Many students are out of dress code
• PTO began distribution purchases last week and students will have ID's next week
• We have been having conversations with students who are out of dress code to determine if there is a needed support. All students who needed support with clothes have received support as of last Friday
• We will begin enforcing dress code once all students have their ID's
• "We have never experienced a positive atmosphere like this year"
• Almost all changes are directly related to feedback/input received from teachers, parents and students
• CSR's availability is very limited
• Dr. Williams will begin on October 1st and Mr. Meersman will be more available to teachers and students.