BILT Minutes February 12, 2003
Members Present: Bill Heisel, Stacey Melloy, Kelly Link, Holly Brown, Dr. Nelson, Mr. Schroff, Tim Noonen, Starr King, Carol Monks, Joyce Turner, Marc Fogal, Jodi Wagenbach, Kristin Kraus, Andrea Addy, and Stan Mendenhall. Guests included Cindy Brucker, Chris Onken, and Wayne Krus.
Committee Chairs present: Tim Noonen (Budget), Cathryn Stump (School Improvement), Nikki Chenoweth (STAT).
Committee Reports:
STAT:		Nikki shared that STAT was taking on two students per week, meeting on Mondays.
Budget:		Jeff addressed the budget issues from a district standpoint. He said that teams should discuss the cuts proposed by Perry and email ideas about what should be saved and what should be cut.
School Improvement:		There was no report from the School Improvement Committee. It has not met because of the focus on Quality Assurance.
Old Business
Supervision/ Safety:	A.J. distributed the results of the plus/delta activity at last month’s SIP day. Further discussion of the issues will take place at a later date.
New Business
“Blue slips”	Joyce and Bill led a discussion on the necessity of having students fill out the blue slips when they return from an absence and why exactly they take them from class to class. The consensus was that the slips do not give the office or the teachers any usable attendance information and that their use would be phased out immediately. The school will make efforts to communicate with parents regarding the use of phone calls to report absences. The web site, newsletter, and Transitions time were avenues of communication for this message. Early dismissals and tardy slips will be handled as they always have been.
Discipline Program	Julie and Dr. Baker are investigating a discipline program based on positive reinforcement and modeling correct behavior. The program is called PBIS.
Needs for Next year	Ø The bathroom break procedures were revisited. Ø Jeff asked teams to seek volunteers to form a committee charged with investigating use of space in the building. Ø Bill led a discussion about getting grade report dates determined prior to the beginning of the year. Team members expressed varying degrees of satisfaction with the reports. Mrs. Addy said that more information is better than less.
Personnel Procedures	Ø Jeff told BILT about the process for hiring new teachers: the central office filters applications and remits six to the building. An interview team is formed. Jeff encouraged teachers to offer input as part of an interview team. Ø Team transfer procedures are explained in the red binder.
Projected Enrollment	The projected enrollment for next year is 216 7^th graders. The committee discussed plans for assigning teachers to teams based on projections. Jeff said he would talk to John Emery about class size and teacher placement.
Parent Contacts	The office has sent honor roll, honored student, and honored again letters to deserving students. It has also sent at-risk letters.
Other	Jeff praised Starr for her work as mentor to Amy Hubner.

Team Items
Space Reorganization Committee	1. Choose an interested rep or reps 2. Inform Jeff.