Last Updated:
April 8, 2008

MEADOWS' SITE-BASED TEAM

The Madison Meadows Site-Based Team is a committee made up of administrators, teachers and parents in our community. The purpose of the team is to develop and monitor the school goals and objectives. Those goals and objectives address the specific needs of our students, parents, staff and community. The team utilizes a consensus process in all of its deliberations.

In order to understand the needs of our community, the team develops and administers surveys to students, parents and teachers. The results of the surveys are tabulated and all comments are read and discussed. Subcommittees of the team then develop objectives based upon the direction of the team.

MEMBERS:

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38

5601 N. 16th Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

PUBLIC NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A.R.S. 38-431.02

AND MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD

POLICY BCF

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OF THE FOLLOWING:

MADISON MEADOWS SCHOOL
SITE BASED MANAGEMENT TEAM

Site Based Council Meeting, April 8, 2008

I. Routine Matters

A. Call to order
B. Approval of last month’s minutes

II. Principal’s Report

A. Construction Update
B. Odyssey of the Mind Kudos
C. Retiring Staff: Annette Grosso, Diane Lynn, Richard Wray, Judi Miller
D. Next Year’s Schedule – 64 minutes + Academic Lab
E. New SRO, new procedures to keep him!
F. Upcoming Events: 4/18 6th Grade Social for current 6th graders 4/23, half day schedule for staff development, 5/8 Incoming 5th Grader Visit (AM), Ram Roundup (PM), Parent Meeting in Library (PM).
G. Commencement Update: 4/24 8th Grade Picture Day, 5/28 Water World, 5/29 Commencement and Commencement Dance.

III. Committee Updates
A. Safety/Campus
B. Academics
C. Communication

IV. Open Agenda Items

V. Adjournment

Site Based Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Members Present: Beverly Giacobbe, Sally Roof, Beth Buchmann, Richard Wray, Jill Hastings, Susie Sweeney, Susan Doyle, Annette Grosso, Elizabeth Cohen, Jacquie Kurth
Absent: Gail Holton, Nancy Schriber

I. Routine Matters
A. Call to order
1. 5:04 PM
2. Suzie Sweeney moved, 2nd-Beth Buchmann
B. Approval of last month’s minutes (November)
II. Principal’s Report
A. Update on rear parking/pick-up/drop-off
1. Joe Martin informed Ms. Doyle that due to illness of the painter the signs have not been started by M & T
2. No time frame given for completion
B. Campus Construction
1. On schedule
2. Parking spaces will be available once construction is done
3. Anyone that has concerns about the construction can feel free to visit Susan
4. She has copies of the building plans in her office
C. Proposed Schedule Change for 2008-2009 and beyond
1. Each class would be 64 minutes long with first period receiving an additional four minutes for morning announcements
2. Passing periods would remain at three minutes
3. There will a daily academic lab of 39 minutes.
(Writing, Reading, Math remediation/enrichment)
4. While 5/6 grade students were at lunch, 7/8 students would be in academic lab and visa versa
5. No Academic Lab on TCT days
6. Common planning time could be restored
7. # 1 and Meadows would follow this schedule, while Park would
follow a different schedule
8. Zero Hour would be omitted
9. Staffing may change due to student body numbers
D. Campus happenings
1. “Wizard of Oz” has been moved to January
2. PATS/PTM Holiday Open House on Dec 13
3. Office will close during Winter Break
4. Unfortunately no Geography Bee
5. Four concerts planned for December
a) Concert Band/Beginning Band on 12-11
b) Jazz Band /Intermediate Band on 12-13
c) “Alice in Wonderland” on 12-18
d) Chorus Concert on 12-20
III. Other Concerns
A. Tax Credit Money
1. All checks written towards grade level field trips get put in the “Field Trips” credit fund.
2. Mrs. Lynn has the amounts available at her desk.
3. Tax Credit dollars
a) The school received a very nice donation recently.
b) Information about Tax Credit donations is on the website and information about it is in the Med-O-Gram

IV. Committee Updates
A. Safety/Campus
1. Change- Continued enforcement of school wide discipline plan INCLUDING a review of the documentation procedure
2. Teachers being able to view discipline information in PowerSchool
3. Detentions are not logged on PowerSchool
4. The only thing that is logged on PowerSchool is severe infractions
5. Viewer privileges are for admin only
6. Discipline ladder from 2006/2007 no longer exists
7. Students discuss school rules in homeroom…rather than at an assembly
8. Added: violations and consequences
9. Added to goals- arrival and departure procedures, and character development
B. Academics
1. No new information
2. Slight change to date in goal #4 box
C. Communication
1. Any comments on report card need to be taken out by teacher, system will not erase them
2. Comments- Concerns, praise, etc.
a) Perhaps more training can be offered about adding comments.
3. Concerns about parents without Internet access and those students whose parents do not speak English
4. Concerns with the consistency in instruction for teachers, especially new teachers
5. Laptops are in disrepair
6. All communication dates are ongoing because communication never ends
7. PowerPoint is on Channel #2
a) need to change office TV after announcements
b) need to change Media Center TV after announcements
8. Web sites
a) Mrs. Roof is working to get Meadows colors (Red & White on our site
b) Teacher websites will change next year
V. Open Agenda Items
A. New Format for Mead-O-Gram- Using Publisher in place of Word
1. Parents like new format
B. PTM is using web-blast to notifying parents about yearbooks
VI. Next Meeting
A. February 12, 2008- 4:15 p.m.
B. Media Center Conference Room
VII. Adjournment
A. 6:37 PM
B. Annette Grosso moved, Liz Cohen 2nd

All of the above school district meetings are open to the public, with the exception of Executive Sessions, conducted in accordance with A.R.S. 38-431.01 and A.R.S. 38-431.03.A.

The Madison School District is an equal opportunity education institution and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, ancestry, age or handicap in its activities, programs, or employment practices as required by Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

THE SITE BASED MANAGEMENT TEAM WELCOMES YOU TO THE MEETING on January 9, 2008.