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2020-2021 Burbank Middle School
SDMC
Until further notice, SDMC Meetings will be held virtually via TEAMS.
SDMC AGENDAS
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January 15, 2021- Agenda
SDMC Agenda January 15, 2021
Meeting to be held at 3:05 pm via TEAMS
I. Staffing
II. Budget
III. Attendance
IV. Academics
V. CoH Health Fepartment
VI. Other items
SDMC Voting Members:
Maria Salinas
Amanda Vasquez
Bertha Davies
Tiffanie Cole
Bobbie Blackwell
Elyzabeth Perales
Amanda Hudson
Mary Velasquez
Stefanie Gray
Brittany Jennings
David Knittle
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September 8, 2020 Agenda
SDMC Meeting Agenda
September 8, 2020
The Meeting to be held via TEAMS at 9:00 am
- Welcome & Sharing
- Discussion and Approval of the 2020-2021 School Improvement Plan (SIP)
- Other Concerns
SDMC Voting Members:
Maria Salinas
Amanda Vasquez
Bertha Davies
Tiffanie Cole
Bobbie Blackwell
Elyzabeth Perales
Amanda Hudson
Mary Velasquez
Stefanie Gray
Brittany Jennings
David Knittle
Next Meeting Date: January 15, 2021
SDMC Minutes
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January 15, 2021 Minutes
SDMC Meeting: January 15, 2021
The Meeting began at 3:05 pm via TEAMS
In Attendance: David Knittle, Nora Gonzales, Stefanie Gray, Bobbie Jo Blackwell, Tiffanie Cole, Maria Salinas, Amanda Hudson
I. Staffing Update:
- TA position open
- 7th AP Clerk position open
- HISD hiring freeze has kept them unfilled until now. We’ll receive funding for these positions in February as hourly, not contract positions, which means no benefits for now but with the potential to become permanent positions.
- Suggestions for candidates who would be good fits are welcome.
II. Budget: Budget is slowly being opened so we can provide more student incentives and food, i.e. through the Burbank Store. For now, we are relying on donations for incentives.
III. Attendance: The school will begin to be penalized for attendance, which will affect funding.
IV. Academics:
- How can we help students who were not successful in the first semester make improvements for second semester?
- Personal conversation about exceptions for failing kids to make big, consistent change to help them catch up and forgive previously failed cycles.
- Continue with personal calls. Administration calls have been helping to motivate students who are on the verge of failing/losing attendance status, especially in 7th grade, and including some students who are attending in person
- Not all families able to send their child to in-person instruction, so parents must ensure online engagement.
- Stressing the importance of the STAAR test and promotion standards have helped motivate students and parents
- How to creatively encourage students to come back and continue working?
- Incentive such as “Eagle of the Week” for students in each cluster, weekly. An incentive could be a Chick Fil A gift card/lunch.
- Homeroom shout-outs and competitions regarding grades, honor roll, attendance.
V. CoH Health Dept:
- The visiting team gave us an overall positive report/grade on how we are meeting COVID guidelines. Only concern was with the cafeteria where it’s hard to ensure distance. Classroom eating is not feasible due to the duty-free lunch for teachers. Outdoor lunch is feasible with 2 per table, weather permitting.
- BMS was randomly picked for another COVID safety audit this week. The team reviewed staff & student trainings online and BMS dismissal routine. They offered some feedback but found no violations. One of the suggestions was keeping doors open at all times for air flow and minimized contact points with the exception of outside classrooms. It’s not realistic due to weather.
VI. Other items:
- There is a strong possibility of returning classroom furniture due to potential use of gym for basketball (case # permitting) and to increase gym class roster #s by providing space to maintain distance.
- Teachers have been requesting additional time to complete RTI, GT, ELL work, and other documentation. Principal Knittle has been trying to advocate for us at district level and relieve some tasks on our end, for example, Attendance.
- How can we boost teacher morale? Suggestions:
- More shout-outs (Rockin’ the Reeboot) to acknowledge the hard work.
- Potential to use new budget money for appreciation treats.
- Spirit days/weeks?
Meeting adjourned at 4:05 pm
Next meeting date: April 9, 2021
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September 8, 2020- Minutes
SDMC Meeting
Minutes
September 8, 2020
The Meeting was held via TEAMS at 9:00 am
- Knittle introduced the purpose of the meeting which was to discuss and vote on Burbank’s SIP for 2020-2021.
- He proceeded to present the SIP to the committee by sharing his screen. He pointed out the fact that our data remained the same as 2019-2020 because there was no end-of-year testing due to COVID-19.
- Then he proceeded to go over the objectives for each subject area, emphasizing the areas of Special Education and Dyslexia.
- He opened the floor for discussion after which voting too place.
- The SIP was approved unanimously.
- The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 am
SDMC Voting Members Present:
Maria Salinas
Amanda Vasquez
Bertha Davies
Tiffanie Cole
Bobbie Blackwell
Elyzabeth Perales
Amanda Hudson
Mary Velasquez
Stefanie Gray
Brittany Jennings
David Knittle
Non-Members in Attendance:
None
Next Meeting Date: January 15, 2021
SDMC Meeting Dates
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September 8, 2020
9:00 am
Via TEAMS
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January 15, 2021
3:05 pm
Via TEAMS
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April 16, 2021
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May 21, 2021
SDMC 2020-2021 VOTING MEMBERS
Name | Title | Contact Information |
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David Knittle | Principal | dknittle@houstonisd.org |
Brittany Jennings | Assistant Principal | bjennin1@houstonisd.org |
Fabiola Torres | Parent | fabiolatorres47@yahoo.com |
Rosario Peña | Parent | pena.rosario@yahoo.com |
Sofia Font | Community Member | sofiaf@avenuecdc.org |
Jason Cisneroz | Community Member | 713-696-2720 |
Jorge Sanchez | Business Member | Jorge.Sanchez@memorialhermann.org |
Elyzabeth Perales | Teacher | Elyzabeth.Perales@houstonisd.org |
Amanda Hudson | Teacher | Amanda.Hudson@houstonisd.org |
Maria Salinas | Teacher | Maria.Salinas2@houstonisd.org |
Bertha R. Davies | Teacher | bdavies@houstonisd.org |
Dr. Mary Velasquez | Teacher | mvelasqu@houstonisd.org |
Stefanie Gray | Teacher | sgray1@houstonisd.org |
Bobbie Blackwell | Teacher | bblackwe@houstonisd.org |
Tiffanie Cole | Teacher | Tiffanie.Cole@houstonisd.org |
Nora Gonzales | Paraprofessional | Nora.Gonzales@houstonisd.org |
David Valentino | Professional Staff | dvalent1@houstonisd.org |
Amanda Vasquez | Professional Staff | avasque1@houstonisd.org |
Cassandra Sandoval | Special Education | csandov2@houstonisd.org |
SDMC NON-VOTING MEMBERS 2020-2021
Name | Title | Contact Information |
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Ledy Mendez | SPED Department Chair | lmendez4@houstonisd.org |
Laneetra Robinson | Department Chair | lrobin13@houstonisd.org |
Maria Dominguez | Math Department Chair | mdoming6@houstonisd.org |
Lashana Walters | Social Studies Department Chair | lwalter1@houstonisd.org |
Joan Fretz | Science Department Chair | jfretz@houstonisd.org |
Sharon Fry | Reading Department Chair | sfry@houstonisd.org |
Alyssa Parsons | Electives Department Chair | Alyssa.Parsons@houstonisd.org |
Dr. Mary Velasquez | Foreign Language and ESL Department Chair | mvelasqu@houstonisd.org |
Krystal M. Wilkes | COED PE Department Chair | kwilkes1@houstonisd.org |
Clara Deshotels-Bujnoch | 6th grade Excel Cluster Leader | cdeshote@houstonisd.org |
Enid Velez | 6th grade Dual Language Cluster Leader | eveles@houstonisd.org |
Ariel Bejko | 6th grade Vanguard Cluster Leader | abejko@houstonisd.org |
Meghan Grout | 7th grade Excel Cluster Leader | mgrout@houstonisd.org |
Alexandra Ortiz | 7th grade Dual Language Cluster Leader | aortiz@houstonisd.org |
Maria Salinas | 7th grade Vanguard Academy | Maria.Salinas2@houstonisd.org |
Donald Boyd | 8th grade Excel Cluster Leader | dboyd@houstonisd.org |
Rebeca Lopez | 8th grade Dual Language Cluster Leader | rlopez19@houstonisd.org |
Christy Weeks | 8th grade Vanguard Cluster Leader | cweeks1@houstonisd.org |