1 public comment--congratulated Chris on the interim Executive Director position.

Chris and Michelle reviewed the proposed school calendar for next year, including differences from the current year calendar.

Chris and Michelle presented information new employment contracts and agreements.

Student Achievement

• Spring conferences - Teachers will only be meeting with selected students during our 1 day conferences on  April 22. 
• Spring Progress Reports - Teachers will prepare progress reports for the students they plan to meet about during conferences (approximately 15-22 per teacher).  They will not create progress reports for the rest of their students.  We are making this change to help lighten the workload on staff because of the unusual conditions this year.  We will inform parents about the change after spring break.

Climate and Culture

• Outdoor school - Our 6th graders had a great time at Outdoor School.  They did day trips instead of the usual overnight experience, but the content was still amazing and they were very excited to get out in the world. (Greenway Park (Beaverton), Rood Bridge Park (Hillsboro) Hagg Lake (Forest Grove) Camp Cedar Ridge (Vernonia)
• Parent volunteers - We’ve had a great response to our requests for volunteers recently!  It’s been wonderful to have volunteers back in the building.  They’ve been helping with drop off/pick up and lunch supervision
• Bonuses - These will go out on Monday and I’m sure they will help to boost morale!  We are also hoping to offer a re-signing bonus for licensed staff for next year, but the finance committee will not make a decision about this until we get more news about our funding increase request to BSD.

Professional Development

• April 14 - We will focus on operational tasks and on analyzing student intervention data.  Also… IEP eligibility meetings with BSD/teachers/families.  We are giving some of our PD time to teacher prep instead of adopting BSD’s early release model.
   

Hot Topics

• Our Buenos Dias/Buenas Tardes Coordinator resigned and her last day is Friday, 3/18.  We are going to redistribute her responsibilities among existing staff to get through the rest of the year.
• Because of this resignation, we are going to start the process of hiring a new administrative assistant immediately. If we find someone soon, they will start training with Perla and will also help with BDBT coordination for the rest of this year, and then will take on some of Perla’s former responsibilities next year.
• We are very excited about the mural our middle school students will be doing. It will go on the wall in front of the stairs so it will be visible from outside.  We are also hoping to take our middle school students to the Portland Art Museum with our mural artist as our guide, but we are not yet sure if this will work out
• We've been approved for summer school funding.  Admin recruiting teachers to support the program.

PTA working to plan a Bike Rodeo weekend event.  Don't believe there is an out of pocket cost.  PTO looking for volunteers to help with this.  Teacher Appreciation Committee in process of planning events for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Christa spoke with Tonya (accountant). She will provide information for future meetings.

Committee to interview potential new Board Member.

No report

Christa gathered info on Board availability for summer.  We will cancel the July meeting.

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