SILT Minutes

February 12, 2003

SILT members discussed the budget reduction options e-mailed earlier to all staff members by Perry Soldwedel. Cindy asked for suggestions, since she has to report any concerns or suggestions to Perry right away. Concerns were discussed, but no suggestions were made.

Cindy shared the mid-year review of the Smith budget.

Jan White presented the schedule developed by the Smith Tech Committee for March grade level meetings. Cindy explained how the schedule will work, using specialists to cover the classes of teachers who are meeting. Grade level meetings will take place from 7:40 – 9:45 a.m. on four Mondays in March, beginning on March 10^th.

Jan shared a proposed P.E. schedule created by Lucy Elliot. Her proposal allows for three 20 minute sessions per class weekly instead of two 30 minute sessions. SILT members will take her proposal back to their constituents to find out how everyone feels.

The next SAI writing samples are due by Febuary 24^th.

Jenny Holcomb discussed the upcoming open house from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. on February 20^th.

Jan announced that third graders will present a patriotic play on March 27^th at 6:30 p.m. at Edison School.

Members discussed needing ladders to reach the top storage shelves in classrooms. Jan and Becky will check local stores for the best options.

The new data base for books was discussed. There have been questions raised about how much information to put, whether or not to put books owned by individuals, and how to categorize topics. Becky will look at the program and talk to Angie Arnold with questions.