PAC Meeting 10/18/05

Present: Mr. Day, Ms. Davis, Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Dillon, Mrs. Horntvedt, Shirley Parsons

Mr. Day asked all the PAC committees to get opinions from the community about the school lunch program. Monday from the gerenal operating fund has been used for supporting the program. Are there any other possibilities for how the school lunch program can be run? Mr. Day further introduced some of the ideas that have been discussed.

RMS PAC meeting:

1. Reviewed and finalized goals for 2005-2006 year. Specific academic growth goals are based on the Standardized Weighted Index Scores set by the state and the CSAP Scores. Growth will show if any student (even only one student) moves forward a proficiency level and all other students stay in the smae proficiency. The greatest gain comes from moving a student from unsatisfactory to partially proficient. The percentage of changes is what the teacher feels that they can achieve with individual students this year.

Mrs. Horntvedt asked if Mr. Day felt that there was a need for the truancy policy. Mrs. Parsons suggested that policy should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Report progress and monitoring in attendance report.

The committee had no further questions or comments on the goals.

2. Accreditation Committee
Building accreditation will happen in the spring. Need a volunteer to be on committee.

3. CSAP Results
8th grade performed well as a group. 7th grade's performance went way down. The class had a 30% turn over which contributed to the poor performance. Mr. Day will open this topic for questions and comments again next meeting, as Mrs. Barlow had not yet seen the scores.

4. School Lunch

Mr. Day is concerned about the students who are receiving their only hot meal at school. The district reeives funding from the students whose parents have filled out the free and reduced lunch. If there were no free and reduced lunch then why would parents fill out the form? The school gets money regardless of whether lunch is served; the form is the indicator for the economic status of the students. The money given by the state for students of a ertain economic level. The school is paying a significant amount each year from the general fund to keep the lunch program operating. Mrs. Kinney and staff are very frugal.Mrs. Horntvedt asked for the number on the students fed, which Mr. Day will bring to the next meeting. Mr. Day has asked Sodexo (College food service) to give an estimate. Mrs. Parsons asked if the food service is appropriately staffed. Mr. Day believes that it would not be possible to cut food staff any farther.

5. Attendance Report
Middle School is running at 94% attendance despite the illness. Students who have an 80% attendance rate were students who were ill.

6. Mrs. Ward- Report on Boost Class
Boost class has been mandatory (for one session) for students who were unproficient. About 80% of the 7th and 8th graders have improved in reading and writing. The 6th grade did not fair as well. The question to be asked is whether the students would have improved without the class. Mr. Taylor and Mrs. Ward are targeting the students who are not at grade level and their specific weaknesses. The students are tested with STAR and CSAP. The students will be retested at the end of the boost class to try to see if the student has improved. The boost classes have been kept small to allow the teacher to have more direct instruction.

7.Rumor Control
Mrs. Horntvedt said the school unch question is out in the public and also there are concerns about bus routes. Bus fuel went up $53,000. Out of town routes are the ones that hit the in town neigborhoods so local bussing would have minimal effect in the cost of bus routes.

Rangely Middle School Goals:
1. Potential at-risk students will be identified and programs established to help ensure successful learning experiences.
2. RMS will maintain its present drop rate of 0%.
3. RMS will maintain, for the 05-06 school year, an attendance rate of at least 95%.

4. RMS staff will emphasize civility (common everyday courtesies).

5. There will be continuous, measurable gains in educational achievement for all student groups.

Specific Academic Growth Goals.
1. The standard weighted index score for ALL SCHOOLS will increase from04-05 school year.
2. All students will make a year's growth as indicated by their scale scores on CSAP.One year's growth is based on the difference between the median scale scores statewide on the CSAP from one grade to another.

3.Grade level goals:
60% of the 6th grade students will make more than a year's growth in Reading, 52% in Writing, and 50% in Math.

54% of the 7th grade students will make more than a year's growth in Reading, 67% in Writing, and 90% in Math.

42% of the 8th grade students will make more than a year's growth in Reading, 61% in Writing, and 63% in Math.