SSC Meeting Minutes: 9/7/11

Flag Salute – led by Mr. Genis
Call to order
SSC Vice-Chairperson, Alfredo Martinez called to order the regular meeting at 5:06 PM in the school library.
SSC quorum was confirmed by the school site secretary
SSC members in attendance
Parents- Pat Gomez, Alfredo Martinez, Esther Mejia, Teresa Navarro David Narvaez, Alfred Renteria Jr., Teresa Villegas, and Sarita Mota (ELAC)
Students- Ana Blass, Eric Calderon, Amber Hernandez, Joelene Rodriguez, Nathaniel Zaragoza
Classified Staff- none
Certificated Staff- Raul Elias, Freddy Larrache, Mary Chapman
Administration- Sam Genis
    Visitors in attendance- Gonzalo Alvarez, Aurora Alcaraz, Maurilia Susana Castaneda, Marla
      Cy, Jose Castillo, Debbie Godall, Martin Martinez, Eva Ochoa, Gloria Palomera, and Luz
      Velasco.

      Sent regrets- none
Approval of minutes from last meeting
School site council members individually read the May 11th meeting minutes. Alfredo Martinez motioned/ Debbie Godall seconded approval of the meeting minutes.
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Information/Discussion Items

Student representatives report-

Summer:

During the summer of 2011/2012 Exec and pepsters had a retreat, where they bonded. They also began the discussion of” Homecoming Week” ideas and made welcome back posters for the beginning of the school year
Exec had a Car Wash at Falcone's to raise money for school events/dances. $1400 was made, it was a success!
Pepsters and Exec hosted a “Staff Breakfast” on August 22nd to welcome back teachers to a new school year.

First days:

On the 1st day of school, Link Crew members wore their shirts just in case any freshmen needed help finding a class
Students appeared glad to be back to school and see old friends.

Sports:

Freshmen Football won their first away game against Los Altos
JV Football lost their first home game against Los Altos, but had many fans in the crowd to cheer them on.
Varsity Football lost their first away game against Los Altos
Exec has thought of many new ideas to help support and promote the different sports at El Rancho. At the 9/9/11 Varsity football game we will be having our first student zone (Blue Crew) students will be dressed in ER Attire and chanting for their team!

Class Updates:

Each class has had at least one class meeting to start the school year with bright ideas
Freshmen class needs more support! (Few people attended their first meeting)
Sophomore class is leading in the right direction with the help of the students and also class advisor
Junior class meeting went well many students attended and are ready to participate!
Senior class ahead and on top of things, also bringing many new ideas!

School Issues:

There are still a few students who haven't gotten their TDAP shot's
Student's had mixed reactions to the price increase in school lunches

Upcoming Events:

9/14 Back to school night is at 6:00
9/15 College Night is on 9/15
9/23 Staff appreciation pep rally and game are taking place. Football players choose a staff member to represent them at the game and wear their jersey.
DAC report- No report
DELAC report – No report
Special Education- Mr. Larrache reported there is a new “study skills” class for LH students.
EIA SCE/ EIA LEP – See administration report
GATE- No report- still frozen
Administration- Mr. Genis
ERHS API is 735!
ERHS is compliant on 17 out of the 18 requirements for AYP
Dr. Ventura will present CAHSEE and CST scores to school site council at October meeting.
98% of the students passed the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam)
Class of 2011 had 711 graduates
Parent portal is still on hold. The district might freeze the district director of IT position.
Naviance was used by last year’s seniors and will not be used this year. Priority is for teachers to have ABI info and access from home.
Students will no longer be able to attend “Adult school” to make up credits. Options for students to make up credits will be to send them out to other districts that offer adult school and also an after school credit recovery program- Apex online virtual learning. Mr. Renteria also added Rio Hondo College would also be an option.
9/22 is the compliance deadline for TDAP immunization. Currently 160 students still need to comply.
9/23 Football field will be dedicated to Ernie Johnson. The stadium still remains Don Memorial. That same night is teacher appreciation night.
Parents are encouraged to use the Don page for school information. http://www.erusd.k12.ca.us/ElRancho/default.aspx
ERHS official twitter account ElRanchoHS
There are 10 parent volunteers that were cleared by the districts human resources. As of 9/7 the parent volunteers are assisting in tardy sweeps.
There were about 53,000 tardies in the last school year. 66% of them were in 1st period. Tardiness impedes academic progress.
An unexcused absence amounts to truancy. Absences cost the school money since funds from state are calculated by ADA (average daily attendance). Although we have the 3rd highest attendance in the district we will strive for higher.

Separate Action items

a)School Site Council Election of Officers 2011-2012
Election was held by ballot and school site council members elected the following officers.
Alfred Renteria Jr. - Chairperson
Teresa Villegas- Vice Chairperson
Mary Chapman- Secretary
Esther Mejia- Parliamentarian
b) Reinstatement of Title 1
Mr. Genis announced that ERHS will be receiving Title 1 funding.
c) Budget Presentation
A budget handout was disseminated to the school site council members. Mr. Renteria
requested last years detailed budget.
d) Bylaw distribution/timeline
It was requested SSC bylaws cover page wording to change from “adopted” to
“reviewed”.

Public Comment

Ana Roldan shared a concern that last year her child was not allowed to make up a lab for chemistry that was missed due a school athletic competition (soccer). She would like the issue to be addressed so that this does not affect future student-athletes academics. Mr. Genis commented it will be brought up to the Athletic director.
David Narvaez commented that although he is happy to be an elected member of school site council, he would like the meeting date changed due to a conflict of schedule. Mr. Renteria advised Mr. Narvaez that he would need to request that as an agenda item for the next school site council meeting.

Agenda Forecast

Dr. Ventura CST scores presentation
David Narvaez request for SSC monthly meeting date change
Timeline
XI. Next SSC Meeting to be held on Wednesday October 5th

Esther Mejia motioned/ Alfredo Martinez seconded the meeting adjournment.
Chairperson Alfred Renteria Jr. adjourned the meeting at 6:32pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by: Esther Mejia/SSC Secretary