November Minutes - Unapproved

Kapa’a High School Community Council Meeting

November 15, 2010

Kapa’a High School SAC Room

4695 Mailihuna Rd.

Kapa’a, HI 96746

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Called to order: 5:35

Present: Daniel Hamada – Principal

Robert Perdue – parent rep.

Margaret Goode – chair

Ray Ho – community rep.

Janis Gowan – vice chair

Jamie Nani Brun - student rep.

Matt Higa – community rep.

Beth Pemberton

Minutes from October 19, 2010 – Reviewed and Approved

Unfinished Business: Minutes from August 2010 Reviewed and Approved

(did not have quorum last meeting)

New Business:

1. Amendment to the Academic Financial plan due to adjustments in the budget for

Title I funding. Budget cut. Changed from half Title I Coordinator and half

Reading Specialist to full time Reading Specialist. Adjusted amounts for

Professional Development and Parents Involvement. See revised AcFin.

· Motion made by Ray Ho to accept amendments.

· Seconded by Beth Pemberton

2. New schedule for SCC meetings

· Change meeting times to evenings – 2^nd Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the SAC room.

· See on-line calendar for future dates.

3. Principal’s Update

• We need to horror the goals set for this school year while working on next year’s draft.
• Would like to narrow the number of goals
• Will present to staff at Wednesday’s faculty meeting and to the PTSA tonight at their meeting
• A draft will be posted on-line as soon as complete – though it will still be a work in progress
• Kapa’a High School’s new goal is that 95% of all students will be proficient.

4. Community Meeting

• What data do we want to share with the community to make our needs more clear?
• Form a sub-committee to pull together an annual report/talking points
1. mission / vision
2. demographics - # of staff, # of HQ – acreage – budget
3. Performance data - graduation rate
4. What’s new - S.L.C.s – Step-Up diploma
5. Reduce the AcFin to a manageable one page

• Post flyers – Public Radio/ Matt – Garden Island Calendar – On-line calendar – advertise as come and meet the new principal.
• Combine meeting with PTSA – Monday, December 12, 2010, at 6:00 pm in the library

5. Parent Night tomorrow for registration – 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th grades. In the library,

6:00 to 8:00 pm.

6. Next meeting December 13, 2010 – after Community Meeting

Meeting adjourned: 6:30 pm

Prepared by: Janis Gowan