Crescent Valley Parent Organization Meeting and Parent
Coffee
December 11, 2008
CVPO Business
Meeting began at 11:00 a.m. with welcome and introductions.
Minutes: The minutes of the 11/13/08 meeting were approved.
Treasurer’s Report: We have available funds of $3450.90 as of 11/30/08, which
reflects income of $144.77 ($30.00 from dues and $114.77 from E-Scrip). More
was brought in from E-Scrip than in prior months.
A question was raised about Teacher Grant awards. Year-to-date awards include
$2182. from the CVPO checking account and $500 received by the Foundation/ CV
Excellence Campaign and designated for teacher grants. Treasurer’s report was accepted.
CVPO Office Openings: Sandie Banowetz was introduced and voted in by the members
to fill the secretary vacancy. Welcome Sandie! Our new CVPO Secretary. Volunteers
are still needed for the following: coordinators for the Spring Conference
Dinner, Staff Appreciation Lunch (May), awards night and the National Honor
Society induction ceremony. If you are interested in volunteering for any of
these positions, please contact Nanette Armstrong: nyarmstrong@comcast.net.
Correspondance: The CVPO received a thank-you note for the ‘Back-to-school breakfast’
from the CVHS teachers. This note will be passed on to the breakfast committee.
{Thanks Janet, Sandy and Shannon!} Nanette
will serve as Corresponding Secretary this year. She will send out thank you
notes, sympathy notes and condolences as the need arises in the CVHS community.
Nyarmstrong@comcast.net
Youth Advisory Team: Evan Wu, a student from CV, currently in England, sent
a letter to the CVPO informing the board that he will be joining The Youth Advisory
Team for the State Superintendent, Susan Castillo. This team is a group
of students from across the State of Oregon that meet several times a year to
inform the superintendent of student’s views and concerns. Evan would like to
get any input from parents and students with concerns they may have that he may
address at his first meeting in February. He’s invited to the January
CVPO meeting.
CV Excellence Campaign Update: The “Fall Appeal” campaign ran from October
27 through November 26. The campaign had some success and there has been
some thought to extend the campaign until the end of the year. The CV
Excellence campaign brought in $6360.00 directly. Perhaps an indirect benefit
as well, since in the past 6 months $44,795.00 has been donated to CV for all
program needs. This was made possible by 98 donors, 20 of which were 1st
time donors. A large amount of these donations came from donors involved
with the new CV Batting Cages for the Baseball and Softball programs.
When donations are made to the Corvallis Foundation, that allows for specification
of where the funds/donation are targeted. By going through the Foundation,
all funds are fully tax deductible. Any cash given or checks that are written
to CVHS may not be fully tax deductible, therefore it is recommended that
donations be made to the Corvallis Foundation to ensure Charitable Giving and
viable tax deductions and that an acknowledgement from the foundation ensures
501-3C tax consequences.
It was also brought to the attention of the CVPO that one more LIST SERVE notice
would be beneficial regarding Donations/Corvallis Foundation before the end of
the year for Tax Deductions. This is a good way to get a last minute tax
deduction for 2008.
CVPO Fundraising Update: E-Scrip is doing well and Safeway yields strong returns.
78 families have participated in the E-Scrip program. We’re hoping for more
involvement in this free program www.escrip.com.
We also have scrip programs with Albertsons and 1st Alternative Co-op.
Site Council: The site council is open to anyone who wishes to attend. Cherie Stroud
reported that the purpose of the site council was go over current school issues
and to help in the development of school policy. Meetings are conducted
on the 3rd Tuesday each month at 3:30 pm in the CVHS Library. The next meeting is on Tuesday, December
16th, 2008.
Cherie reported that we are in our 3rd year of a 3-year improvement plan. This
aims at closing achievement gaps, improvement of reading instruction, and
student safety. Student Safety Survey stated that 84 % of CV students feel
safe, welcomed and included.
A Culture Survey for parents has been standardized and completed but a survey
for students is in the process of completion and will be ready to be submitted
to students in January 2009. Cherie has consulted with Jeanie Holmes of
OSU in order to develop this survey.
PBIS – Positive Behavior Intervention Supports system. Assistant principals Melissa
Harder and Julie Linharres explained what PBIS does for our students on campus.
Building positive behaviors on/off campus result from creating a culture on
campus that stresses positive accomplishments rather than catching them in
misbehavior. PBIS / support group also gives our behavior specialists a
better handle on working with struggling students. Melissa built a pyramid/triangle
representing the % of students and into what category they fell into.
This triangle was broken into three categories. A Red Zone-(top zone)
2-5% of students with major struggling, The Yellow Zone-(mid zone) 10- 15% of
students who are somewhat struggling and The Green Zone-(bottom zone) 85% of
students with no struggling. This program is effective with support from
reward incentives, peer motivation, staff and teacher input and influence.
In order to get a comprehensive look at each student, information is
shared with all departments (ie, Alternative Education Programs, Mental Health,
ESD Truancy Department, student support teams, Link Crew, peer mentoring
programs, Academic intervention-Study hall, and peer tutors- National Honor
Society students, etc.)
Upcoming topics:
Currently the calendar for school year
09-10 is in the works. Any suggestions please contact the district: http://www.csd509j.net
The OSU Leadership Training Class for
high school students is scheduled for February 11th, 2009 from 8:00am – 4:00pm.
Principal’s Coffee 11:45:
Budget Update : Cherie Stroud reported that first off, the district will
not be closing one of the high schools due to budget cuts. She did report
that in the Corvallis School District $920,000 in cuts will be made.
Information will be coming out in January 2009 as to what and where those
cuts will be and how it will affect our district. Proposed cuts by the
Corvallis School District Brainstorming Team are as follows:
*Outstanding Fiber optics $400,000
*Bathroom Remodels ... .$40,000
*5% Discretionary Funds ..$225,000
*Staff Development $60,000
Total...$720,000
*Proposed cutting of one school day
.$185,000
(Everyone takes one day w/o pay)
*$195,000-$200,000 still needs to be cut.
On November 26th, Kathy Rodeman sent a budget update to all Corvallis School
District staff regarding the necessary cuts for the remainder of the school
year. In that communication, she reported that each school needs to cut
5% of their discretionary budget before the winter holiday. For Crescent Valley,
this means reducing our budget by $12,267. But don’t worry!!! The cuts
made to the CV budget will not impact classroom supplies or cause staff reductions.
Adjustments were made in the following accounts in order to meet the
requirement.
*Licensed substitutes (for professional development and unpaid leave) $3000
*Classified Timecard for extra duties
$2000
(does not impact grading or technology support)
*General Supplies (not departmental supplies) $1267
*Fund for Capital improvements/purchases (hoping for a forklift or new
van)
$5000
*Tuition (for students taking courses at CHS) $1000
Total $12,267
Bleachers : The formal process of estimating the cost of the bleachers in
the Field of Dreams has taken longer than anticipated. We are still
waiting for the final report coming from the engineering firms.
Schools Speed Zone: An automated program has been shipped.
Automated flashing lights will be at each end of the school property on
Highland Dr. A speed limit of 20 miles/hour from 8:00am-5:00pm will be in
effect. At other times, the speed limit will resume to 45 miles/hour.
Raider Way Speed Bumps : A decision has not been determined at this time to install
speed bumps on Raider Way. It was mentioned that it was easy to post a
speed limit but difficult to enforce it.
Upcoming Events:
Winter Break:
Monday, December 22-January 4th, 2009
CVPO Mtg/Parent Coffee: Thursday, January 8th, 2009
CVHS Website: http://www.csd509j.net/cvhs/
Current Raider News: http://www.csd509j.net/cvsh/
Minutes Submitted by Sandie Banowetz