Magnet Review Committee (MRC) meeting, agenda, minutes, handouts,and reports

MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE AGENDA January 15, 2013 I. Call to Order - Roll Call II. Reading of the Minutes of December 11, 2012 Ill. Executive Director's Report A. Correspondence B. Financial Transactions C. Newspaper Articles D. Recruitment Update E. LRSD Original Magnet Schools Personnel - Vacancies and New Hires IV. Business and/or Action Items A. Stipulation Magnet Schools Evaluation Report - Discussion of Research Questions for New Report B. MRC Policy Review Preview C. Calendar of Meetings for January-June, 2013 D. Schedule Annual Report from Principals V. Adjournment MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE MINUTES December 11, 2012 The regularly scheduled meeting of the Magnet Review Committee was held in the Magnet Review Committee Office, 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101, North Little Rock, Arkansas on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Members Present: Dr. Sadie Mitchell, LRSD - Chairperson Bobby Acklin, NLRSD Dr. Robert Clowers, PCSSD Oliver Dillingham, ADE Danny Reed, ADE Joy Springer, Joshua lntervenors Guest: Margie Powell, ODM The meeting was called to order at 8:45 a.m. by Chairperson Dr. Sadie Mitchell. She immediately called for a reading of the minutes of November 16, 2012. Oliver Dillingham made a motion to accept the minutes as presented, and Danny Reed seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. Donna Grady Creer provided the Executive Director's report. Since there were no written items in correspondence, Ms. Creer directed the Committee's attention directly to the financial transactions with bills in the amount of $1,055.83. Bobby Acklin made a motion to pay the bills, and Joy Springer seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. DRAFT ORAFT Ms. Creer provided a brief recap of the newspaper articles since the previous MRC meeting. She reminded the Committee if they want a copy of an article, the MRC Office is keeping an archive. Ms. Creer reminded the MRC that a copy of the Court Order approving the interdistrict magnet schools budget had been received and already forwarded to MRC members electronically. With regard to a recruitment update, Ms. Creer reported that MRC's new website is up and running. Facebook and Twitter is also available to the public now as well. Magnet Fair will be held on January 26, 2013 at McCain Mall. Early application time is January 28, 2013 through February 8, 2013. Ms. Creer is setting up a meeting with Pat Boykin, Principal at Mann, regarding Mann's individual recruitment efforts. Ongoing programs at the schools with regard to the holiday season are being used to recruit interested students. Elementary students are being invited to Mann, and middle school students have been invited to Parkview. Joy Springer asked if there were any seats open at semester. Ms. Creer said the placements were taking place at this time to fill any vacant seats. Ms. Springer said she would also like to see the results of both the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special School District in their recruitment efforts to place students. With regard to personnel vacancies and new hires in the Stipulation magnet schools, Ms. Creer reported that there are none at this time. Ms. Creer reported on the lnterdistrict Magnet Schools Evaluation Report. She gave all Committee members a copy of Joy Springer's e-mail from the previous meeting when Ms. Springer was unable to attend but forwarded the correspondence in response to research questions. Ms. Creer has talked with Dr. -2- DRAFT Karen DeJarnette, and Dr. DeJarnette has informed Ms. Creer that LRSD will help in getting this new evaluation report finished. Ms. Springer reported that Little Rock School District (PRE Department) is doing a lot of reports regarding special education, and she suggests that they take the lead in getting the report done. PRE can answer the questions that Ms. Springer has submitted. Some of the principals and staff members can be a part of the team. It is very important since the State has indicated that they do not want to continue participation in funding for magnet schools. We need to know if they have a good basis for their beliefs. The MRC will probably will have to pay Dr. DeJarnette something for collecting the data. Dr. Robert Clowers said he had the opportunity to work with PRE recently, and was greatly impressed with their system. Ms. Springer asked that Ms. Creer pass the research questions on to Dr. DeJarnette. Dr. Clowers asked if there is a risk regarding black and non-black students getting to a tipping point. With regard to a report on the tracking of Stipulation magnet school students, Ms. Creer stated that people knew that Little Rock School District is doing research on why students leave magnet schools to go to charters, and they reported that 331 students have left LRSD. How was that number calculated? This looked to be less than nine students per year. Oliver Dillingham asked if there is a policy that a child cannot leave a magnet before the end of the semester. Ms. Creer explained the procedure and how the wording reads on the magnet school application. A conversation was then held with regard to this issue. Ms. Creer was asked to talk to Kelsey Bailey, CFO for LRSD, and see if there is a way to set up the budget differently for submission. -3- DRAFT DRAFT. A brief discussion was held regarding our second semester schedule for MRC meetings, and it was suggested that we pull straws for the schools to hold a meeting on their campus. Mr. Dillingham also suggested that the MRC visit a school in the spring, with that school providing their annual report to the MRC at that time. Dr. Mitchell asked if there was any items that should be added to our meeting agenda for the next meeting. Mr. Dillingham suggested that the enrollment figures be put in each packet. Do it in a simple way and make it a standard agenda item. It was agreed by consensus that the next MRC meeting will be held on January 15, 2013, in the MRC Office, at 8:30 a.m. When no further business was brought before the Committee, Oliver Dillingham made a motion to adjourn the meeting, and Dr. Robert Clowers seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously, and the meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m. -4- DRAFT Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 101 North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone} (501) 758-5366 {Fax} magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} TO: Dr. Jerry Guess, Superintendent - PCS SD Dr. Morris Holmes, Superintendent - LRSD Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Education Commissioner - ADE Mr. Ken Kirspel, S~~ndent - NLRSD FROM: Donna Grady Cree~tive Director SUBJ: DATE: Magnet Review Committee MAGNET SCHOOL FAIR 2013 -January 26, 2013 January 14, 2013 Thank you for your support of the Interdistrict Magnet School Program. Your involvement in the program helps ensure its continued success. The 18th Annual Magnet School Fair will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2013, at McCain Mall, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. This memorandum comes to cordially invite you to attend. We welcome you to visit any, or all, of the magnet school booths staffed by school administrators, staff, parents, students and volunteers. They are prepared to answ\
:r questions about their school's program. Throughout the day, magnet school student performance groups will showcase at the stage area. We invite you to attend and to speak to the Magnet Fair attendees if you so desire. If you would like to briefly (3-5 minutes) address the Magnet Fair attendees, please have someone in your office contact Sandy at 758-0156. Once again, thank you. We look forward to seeing you at the 18th Annual Magnet School Fair on Saturday, January 26, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. DGC:sl cc: Dr. Sadie Mitchell - LRSD MRC Rep Bobby Acklin - NLRSD MRC Rep Dr. Robert Clowers - PCSSD MRC Rep Oliver Dillingham - ADE MRC Rep Danny Reed - ADE MRC Rep "Purwe the Possibilities of Maenet School Enrollment" Magnet Review Committee 1920 North Main Street, Suite 1 01 North Little Rock, Arkansas 72114 (501) 758-0156 {Phone} (501) 758-5366 {Fax} magnet@magnetschool.com {E-mail} TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Brenda Miller-Anderson - LRSD Student Registration Office Tonya Click - LRSD Student Registration Office Andreia Crawford - LRSD Student Registration Office Deana Eggleston - LRSD Student Registration Office Maria Garcia - LRSD Student Registration Office Michelle Oliver - PCSSD Equity and Pupil Services Office Dr. Debbie Price - LRSD Student Registration Office Yolanda Richards - PCSSD Equity and Pupil Services Office Tameka White - N~1vtD Desegregation Office Donna Grady Cre~cutive Director Magnet Review Committee Magnet Fair Volunteers January 10, 2013 It's that time of the year again! The Magnet Fair is just around the comer and, of course, the Magnet Review Committee needs help!! The 18th Annual Magnet School Fair is scheduled for SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., in McCain Mall. Any volunteer time you could provide for that day to help us man the "Magnet School Information Booth" would REALLY be appreciated. Please let Sandy know when you might be able to share a few hours of that Saturday. We really rely on your expertise. Thank you for your help. We appreciate each and every one of you. DGC:sl cc: Bobby Acklin, NLRSD Desegregation Office Dr. Brenda Bowles, PCSSD Equity and Pupil Services Office Dr. Frederick Fields, LRSDE Student Registration Office "Pursue the Possibilities of Magnet School Enrollment" FW: HOLIDAY PROGRAM INVITATION FW: HOLIDAY PROGRAM INVITATION Donna Creer Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:46 AM To: Magnet Review From: Donna Creer Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 2:59 PM To: Carson, Cheryl Subject: RE: HOLIDAYP ROGRAMIN VITATION Thanks so much for the invite Page 1 of 1 I will be at one or the other and I will put this up on the magnet school review committee facebook page and twitter! ( social media to get some students!) From: Carson, Cheryl [Cheryl.Carson@lrsd.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:58 PM To: Donna Creer Subject: HOLIDAYP ROGRAMIN VITATION Please accept this invitation for you to attend our dress rehearsal of "When Posey Peaks" at 8:30 A.M. and/or the family and community performance at 6:30 P.M. on December 17, 2012 in the Booker Arts Magnet School Gym. As always, thank you so much for your support of our arts magnet school program. We hope to see you soon! httos://mail.comosvscloud.com/owa/?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAABV7LPR2NU... 12/13/2012 r_vv: ntrKv1ew .n1gn .:-:,cnoo1- Lignnng ~ystem FW: Parkview High School - Lighting System Donna Creer Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 8:50 AM To: Magnet Review From: Donna Creer Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:51 PM To: Booth, Dexter
Bailey, Kelsey Cc: Sadie.Mitchell@lrsd.org Subject: RE: Parkview High School - Lighting System Page 1 of 3 Thank you Dr Booth.We have a new computer system and I think I have accidentially deleted the email group that delineated the request from Dr Booth for the light board which was sent to MRC shortly after their report to MRC in the spring. I forwarded that on to Mr Bailey and Dr Mitchell for their comment/thoughts on how this could be accomplished. If my memory is ANY good, the plan was for PV to pay for it and include it in NEXT YEARS budget to be reimbursed. At this point, I think we need a swift plan of action to get the light board in place and used by students and staff for our upcoming recruitment and spring concerts series. I know we all want to see the light board purchased ASAP From: Booth, Dexter [Dexter.Booth@lrsd.org) Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:20 PM To: Donna Creer
Bailey, Kelsey Subject: RE: Parkview High School - Lighting System Mr. Bailey and Mrs. Creer, I am sorry about this late reply to your e-mail, but I have been with Attorney Heller in conferences all morning. The status of the lighting control console was not detected until after my report to MRC. I reported it to Mrs. Creer approximately a week after my report to MRC. In short, I will get with by bookkeeper on Friday (she is out sick today) and check the budget to see if we can afford to rob Peter to pay Paul. Respectfully, DB -----Original Message----- From: Donna Creer [mailto:donnacreer@magnetschool.com] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:01 PM To: Bailey, Kelsey Cc: Booth, Dexter Subject: RE: Parkview High School - Lighting System This was an addendum to Parkview Magnets report to MRC I will look up the email path and forward it to you. Thanks for giving this your immediate attention. I appreciate you From: Bailey, Kelsey [Kelsey.Bailey@lrsd.org) Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 8:18 AM To: Booth, Dexter Cc: Burton, Marvin
Donna Creer
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Mitchell, https://mail.compsyscloud.com/owa/?ae=ltem&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAABV7LPR2NU... 12/14/2012 FW: Parkview High School - Lighting System Page 2 of 3 Sadie
Paradis, Darral Subject: Re: Parkview High School - Lighting System Dr. Booth, Was this request presented to the Magnet Review Committee as discussed for approval? If so, was it approved? This purchase will need to be made out of Parkview's budget. You will also need to check with Procurement on this purchase. Kelsey On Dec 12, 2012, at 4:53 PM, "Booth, Dexter" <Dexter.Booth@lrsd.org<mailto:Dexter.Booth@lrsd.org>> wrote: Mr. Bailey, Per our conversation earlier this year, the lighting control console in the Parkview Auditorium is now totally inoperable. I am officially requesting (for you to purchase) a new lighting control console for the Parkview Auditorium as soon as possible. If more information is needed before you approve this request, please do not hesitate to call and/or e-mail me. Respectfully, DB P.S. Please see the attachments for more pertinent information about this request. From: Howell, Debbie Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:10 PM To: Booth, Dexter Cc: Zink, Judy
'John Cooke'
Boosey, Fred
Sutterfield, Spencer Subject: FW: Parkview High School - Lighting System Hi Dr. Booth, I am forwarding you a report of the maintenance that had to be done to get our lighting equipment( lights only) functional after the electrical storm that occurred on Sunday. Although that was a relatively easy fix, unfortunately the damage to our already failing lighting control console was extensive. Repairing it will be costly, time consuming and there are no guarantees that it will be fully functional and future failures are likely. As you know our spring is full of fine arts magnet activities in the auditorium. We really need to replace the console a.s.a.p. To get through the band concert tomorrow night, StageWorks has graciously(temporarily) loaned us one of their rental boards. At present ours is completely inoperable. Sincerely, Debbie Howell From: John Cooke [mailto:JOHN@STAGEWORKS.COM] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:13 PM To: Howell, Debbie Cc: John Cooke Subject: Parkview High School - Lighting System Debbie - Our report which is being sent to Maintenance & Operations is attached - along with the quote for the lighting control console from the fall. Pricing is valid through the end of the calendar year. Please let me know what more we can do to help. Best Regards, j https:/ /mail.compsyscloud.com/owa/?ae=I tem&t=IPM.N ote&id= RgAAAABV7LPR2NU... 12/14/2012 l' .w : .t'arKv1ewtt 1gn :::>cnoo-1L 1gntmg :system John Cooke STAGEWORKS, Inc. 3721 Harold Street North Little Rock, AR 72118 voice 501.375.2243 Ext 103 fax 501.375.2650 cell 501.258.7005 john@stageworks.com<mailto:john@stageworks.com> <ServiceReport ParkviewHS.pdf> <Q 110428.01R2.pdf> <Q 110428.03.pdf> <Q 110428.02R2.pdf> Page 3 of3 https:/ /mail.compsyscloud.com/owa/?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAABV7LPR2NU... 12/14/2012 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Kid's Directory MAGNET REVIEW COMMITTEE BILLS TO BE PAID JANUARY 15, 2013 (Advertising in Kid's Directory two times) McCain Mall (Fee to Rent McCain Mall area for Magnet Fair 2013) Thornton Broadcast Communications (Services Rendered and Cost of Equipment for Sound System at Magnet Fair 2013) Staples (Supplies for the MRC Office) American Home Life (MRC's Office Rent for January, 2013) American Home Life (MRC's Communications Expense for December, 2012) Sam's Club (Membership Renewal for the MRC Office) Radio Disney (Contract Fee to Advertise with Radio Disney during Magnet School Application Time) Wardell Laster, Jr. (Services Rendered and Printing Charges to Print Application Forms and Brochures for Recruitment and Early Application) TOTAL BILLS TO BE PAID 860.00 500.00 1,100.00 106.43 825.00 182.50 70.00 800.00 1,325.00 5,768.93 12-9-12 12-11-12 12-11-12 12-14-12 12-14-12 12-15-12 12-17-12 12-21-12 12-29-12 1-7-13 1-8-13 1-9-13 1-10-13 1-10-13 1-11-13 1-11-13 1-13-13 1-14-13 NEWS ARTICLES Education Notebook 4 School Districts Shed Fiscal Distress Schools Denied Unitary Rulings 24 Seek NLR Superintendent Post LR to Launch Superintendent Search LR District Readies Anti-bullying Plan Give Hope a Chance-And this charter school a try-EDITORIAL NLR School Board OK's Pay Increases in District Judge Approves School-Case Settlement NLR Moving to End School Suit LR District Combats Bullying in School {Picture) LR Educators Approve Terms in New Contract Band's Fundraising a Little Short {Picture of Central's Band) School Recycling Program {Picture) NLR Schools Pare Field for Top Job to 5 Holmes: Increase School Guards Education Notebook Partnership Seeks Remedy to LR Truancy
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