FEBRUARY 11 WASHINGTON SPELLING BEE & SIP – EARLY DISMISSAL 11:15 AM

FEBRUARY 14 , 21, & 28 FAMILY MATH

FEBRUARY 16 VILLAGE MEETINGS & FUNDRAISER KICK-OFF

FEBRUARY 18 PRIME TIME FRIDAY #3

FEBRUARY 22 POWER PTA @ 6:30 PM IN THE WIGWAM -

PROGRAM -LITERACY & FAMILY MATH UPDATE

FEBRUARY 23 SAI PLAN TIME & TOP TWO YOUNG AUTHORS BOOK TO LC

MARCH 1 SILT GATHERING

MARCH 8 VILLAGE GATHERINGS

Members Present:

• Dave Mott, Jackie Gray, Jan Taylor, Dione Snyder (student teacher with Jackie) Brad Hutchison, Mark Ghidina, Brenda Wieburg, Vickie Jones, Diane Kennedy, Camille McCarty, Jan Darnell, Jeff Liker, Nancy Waxler, Sandy McGinnis, Mary Lange

• Jan Taylor, you are soooo creative. Did anyone sweet-talk you? Welcome Dione to SILT.

• Can we amend the enrollment cards with a maintenance continuum? 1-3 students would be considered low maintenance students, 4-6 medium maintenance, and 7-9 would be high maintenance students. Nancy is already working on this and it would be called time consumption. Fourth grade will discuss this at grade level meeting and see if the enrollment cards given to 3^rd grade meet our needs.
• Was there a revision Fire Exit routes for classes that have relocated? Fire Drill -there was a lack of seriousness for the fire drill. Can we revisit the drill? We discussed this under the regular agenda – See agenda item information listed below.
• When will the final decision be made for next year’s calendar? Noelle will talk to the entire staff Friday and give a survey. She will share then. Is there anyway the start of school could just affect one school?
• From the glazed look on students, there is clearly too much testing going on? There are way too many deadlines in February. Is it possible to change this for next year so the stress can be alleviated from the students? Can we move one of tests? It looks like ISAT might move to April by looking at the news and the development between Chicago and the ISBE. Stay Tuned
• LC resources issues - Because our school has the open doors policy, there are many materials missing from the LC office and behind the counter. We need to take care of our people and materials. The solution is for everyone to ask to go behind the desk. Students are not to be using the letter cutter without adult supervision. This machine can be dangerous. This needs to go out to all buildings. Laminating time is from 8:00 –4:30. No laminating should be done at another time because Glenna and Jan are responsible for changing the film and the film has run out (which is not easy to reload). Please remember the hours. Some possible solutions for the laminating issues are to get a cart and wheel the machine into the office nightly, get rid of the laminating machine, or have all schools purchase one.
• On the ARA customer survey, they are below on cleanliness and appearance and average on thoroughness and courtesy. This report will be shared every month. It is also shared with the Board of Education via Superintendent Soldwedel.

• We will again have Club Choices for our fundraiser. It will be done in the afternoon on February 16 in the restaurant. This is a first time due to the construction. If the time doesn’t work out, move to another time frame and switch with another teacher. The restaurant can only hold 1 village (208 students max)
• The fundraiser ends on February 28.
• A handout was giving explaining the procedure and prizes.

• The part for the learning center copy machine has been ordered (as a result of the vandalism). For now, we all are using the upstairs workroom copy machine. Using that machine means each copy costs SILT 2 cents. Thanks for being cooperative and patience on this matter.

• We need an action team for the master schedule. The members already are Coach, Debby, Lynne, Jan T., Camille, Diane, Jackie, and Vickie.
• The objective is to maximize student participation, maximize the time and talent of the exploratory teachers, and honor contractual obligations.
• This is only preliminary information. We will only have 24 sections of regular division classes next year. CBI will start out here next year and hopefully stay the whole year. The factors involved in deciding the schedule include construction issues and projected enrollment. There probably still will be 3 sections of self-contained next year. Those students in the gray area between Wilson and Washington that are already here will be allowed to stay (current 4 & 5 graders). Those coming into 4^th grade will probably not be allowed to attend here. (except possibly those students who have siblings still at WIS). Stay Tuned

• The storage of teaching materials and supply has became a problem, district wide. Each school is asked to reduce amount of stored items.

• A pitch-out evening is being planned to allow staff time to reduce unnecessary items.

• Through enterprise monies, we will provide food for this event.
• An extra dumpster will be brought in and unnecessary stuff will need to be pitched. Decide as a village what days work best for you. If the first day is successful, we may have another.
• State law requires that if we want to pitch something that is district property we must first offer it to the other schools. It then goes to the board to decide if it is surplus property and then can be pitched. Please e-mail a list of any district items that you have to Mary and Brad.

• Silt Cabinet commends the quick response that was taken by staff during the recent fire alarm evacuation signal.
• We need to take all fire drills seriously. We may be having more false possible, Brad will notify staff if the construction workers anticipate an alarm signal may occur as a result of their work.
• For the evacuation, you need to go through the first available exit door. Do we want to send students toward the north (by the construction zone)? The most important issue is to just get out of the building anyway you can in the fastest manner possible.

• If a child is left by themselves, they need to get outside. Then they need to go to the nearest adult. Let students know that if they are in the restroom, they must go out the nearest door and find an adult. After the commotion has settled, an adult needs to walk the student over to their regular class area.
• Share this with your village and if there are any more questions, let any SILT members know.