Minutes - October 14, 2024

    • Yates SDMC Membership and Attendance - Each committee will be designed to involve professional and nonprofessional staff members, parents, community members, and business representatives in establishing academic and other performance objectives of the school for each academic excellence indicator adopted in the Texas Education Code (TEC). [See AE(LOCAL), BQB(LEGAL), BQB(LOCAL), TEC Section 11.251 Planning and Decision-Making Process, and TEC Section 39.051 Academic Excellence Indicators.] 
      • JACK YATES HIGH SCHOOL SDMC MEMBERSHIP 2024-2025
        Member Name Role Attendance
        Stephanie Square Principal Present
        Rachele Jones Special Education Representative Present
        Emmanuel Ajiodo Classroom Teacher Not Present
        Tamla Simmons Classroom Teacher Present
        Rennette Brown Classroom Teacher Present
        William Butler Professional Staff – Other School Based Professional  Virtual
        Chinara Hunter Non-Instructional Staff Not Present
        Sister Mama Sonya Roberts Community Representative Virtual
        Fallon Barrett Parent Representative – PTO Virtual
        Darrell Barrett Parent Representative Virtual
        William Saunders Community Representative Present
        Pamela Boveland Business Representative Virtual
    • Responsibilities of SDMC / Decisions -The committee is an advisory group to the school principal except for campus staff development. The committee must outline procedures for addressing the areas of involvement listed at RESPONSIBILITIES above and for decision-making. The principal will consult the SDMC in matters relating to the school educational program, but the principal has the final authority in fiduciary and financial decisions.  

      • The SDMC must be involved in decisions related to areas specified by the TEC. [See TEC Section 11.251 Planning and Decision-Making Process and TEC Section 11.253 Campus Planning and Site-Based Decision-Making.] The areas that require involvement of the SDMC are:

        • Implementing all pertinent campus-level planning processes;
        • Developing recommendations for the school budget;
        • Submitting recommendations for the school curriculum;
        • Recommending changes in the school’s staffing patterns;
        • Developing and approving the campus staff development plans;
        • Developing, reviewing, and revising the School Improvement Plan (SIP) for the purpose of improving student performance for all student populations. After the principal approves the SIP, the SDMC will present the plan to the school-based professional staff for a vote of approval. [See BQB1(REGULATION)]
        • Reviewing and making recommendations regarding the school’s organizational structure; and
        • Establishing procedures to periodically obtain broad based community, parent, and staff input
    • Select Co-Chair - his person is selected from School Based Professional. We have one member who meets this criteria. Ms. Square nominated Mr. Butler. Ms. Brown seconded the nomination. A unanimous vote in favor of naming Mr. Butler as Co-Chairperson of SDMC. 
    • Adding agenda items in future - Mrs. Square notified the committee to send her the requests in advance of the next meeting, including the current meeting. 
    • Celebrations
    • Action Plan / School Improvement Plan pre-work 
      • We reviewed HISD's Research and Development Department TEA Accountability Rating Projection. We also discussed the difference between the School Improvement Plan and the Action Plan. Each member received a copy of our current Action Plan. Our Executive Director will share a draft of School Improvement Plan for our review very soon. 
      • We reviewed most up to date data (including summer school STAAR EOC scores AND credits earned) to inform plan
      • Each SDMC member received a hard copy of draft and marked up indivdiually before sharing feedback/ suggestions.
    • Program Change (IB) 
      • We discussed program change from IB to expand Advanced Placement and Dual Credit offerings. 
    • Partnerships
      • TSU - Principal Square recently attended TSU's Houston Partnership Luncheon, where TSU inivted Houston Area High Schools to strengthen our relationsip. TSU is awarding a $2,000 scholarship to a student of our choice. I deferred to Alrieta Myers to make a selection due to the support she offers students post graduation. TSU's lease with HISD also came up. Mrs. Square shared information provided to her by Kevin Granger. As a result of this partnership, our students should have access to their new facility for practice. However, HISD's baseball and softball season overlap directly. Mr. Granger stated the coaches would work out arrangements as it realtes to access to facility. Construction for this project will result in Yates losing our employee parking lot and tennis court. As a result, our band will not have a designated practice place that allows a full field routine and our tennis students will no longer have a place to practice 
      • Civic Heart - we briefly 
      • PTO - we did not discuss PTO partnership at this meeting. We will discuss at our next meeting.
    • Outdoor Basketball Court - Mrs. Square shared there may be an opportunity to install an outdoor basketball court at Yates. She asked the committee if they thought this was a good idea to explore. The committee is in favor of exploring this idea. 
    • Next Meeting
      • Budget
      • School Store 
      • PTO partnership
      • Ms. Brown requested we discuss our AVID Partnership