Miami Lakes Middle School EESAC Meeting Minutes - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm by Darlene Epstein, Chairperson. Present were members Beth Martinez, Mary Collins, Joaquin Hernandez, Samuel Hassel, Wendy Serra, Kyle Pham, Rafael Crespo, Jim Biddlecom, Alberto Tio, and Jack McCall. Non-members in attendance were Jose Fernandez and Lloyd Spoon.

• The minutes from a previous meeting were approved, with a few minor corrections.

• Joaquin Hernandez, Principal, presented the document "School Dress Code Declaration/Voting for Mandatory School Uniforms".  Each member received a copy. After discussion regarding skirts, and the cost of "regular dress vs uniforms", the Council came to consensus to not make any changes to the current dress code.

• Ms. Epstein stated that we had yet to address the EESAC funding for the 2007-2008 school year. Mr. Hernandez checked his records and stated that EESAC balance was $31,001.00. Ms. Epstein stated that no requests had been made utilizing EESAC funds. Mr. Hernandez stated that if not utilized, all the funds would be rolled over for the coming school year. The Council decided to draft a memorandum to the instructional staff regarding the spending of funds for the 2007 - 2008 school year. The Council would be sent the draft before it would be given to staff. The Council came to consensus that the staff should need no more than 10 days to 2 weeks to respond to such letter.

• Ms. Epstein stated the EESAC members would need to be elected for the 2008 - 2009 school year. Being that all teachers are elected for a 3 year term and that all teachers on the Council will have served for 3 years at the end of this school year, Beth Martinez mentioned that we should look into electing teachers in "staggered years."

• Mr. Hernandez mentioned that we would have approximately 210 fewer students for the 2008 - 2009 school year.

• Mary Collins stated that a program entitled "Summit" was developed with the town utilizing State funds.

• Lloyd Spoon from the Florida College of Business, discussed an initiative that the college was involved in. He left fliers for interested personnel.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 pm.