Ray Local School Council meeting minutes
July 20, 2009
Cafeteria atrium

Present: Bernadette Butler, Heather Edelman, Ray Lodato, Ken Schug, Willie Walter. Absent: Sean Murphy, Angela Williams-Walker, Blake Davis.

1. Call to order
Ray Lodato called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.

2. Approval of agenda
Council members present approved the meeting agenda by unanimous consent.

3. Approval of minutes
The LSC will approve June minutes in September.

4. Principal’s report
*Peeling paint - Principal Butler that the peeling paint throughout the school is being scraped and patched. The work is creating lots of dust. The work will take a couple more weeks, and what is completed looks good.
*Technology – The Sun deal appears to be dead. CPS has some concern about Ray entering a multi-year contract with Sun Microsystems. Ray seems to be caught in the middle of a dispute between CPS and Sun. Huberman wants to update technology at schools, but CPS has not released its plan for doing so.
*Staffing – Ray and many other schools may lose their state pre-K programs because of statewide budget cuts. The ESL teacher position has been restored to full-time. A technology teacher has been hired. Ms. Garcia is coming back as a science teacher. Class assignments will go out in August.

5. Committee reports - none

6. Elect officers
The LSC will elect officers in the fall.

7. Establish committees
*Facilities – David Myles is still willing to work on this committee.
*PPLC – Ms. LeVine is interested in working on this. Staff will hold an election for members within five weeks of the start of school.
*SIPAAA – The process will start with a town meeting.
*Vision and Priorities – The committee can be on hold until after the SIPAAA process.
*Bilingual – Ray may not need to have this committee because there is no bilingual ed at the school.
*Technology – After the new technology teacher get started, we will see if we need this committee.

8. Establishing meeting dates
Monday, September 14, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 14, 8 a.m.
Monday, November 9, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, December 14, 8 a.m.
Monday, January 11, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, February 8, 8 a.m.
Monday, March 8, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, April 12, 8 a.m.
Monday, May 10, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, June 14, 8 a.m.

9. Filling vacancies
The LSC will have 2-3 parent vacancies and 1 teacher vacancy. Flyers will go home with students during the first week of school telling parents about the vacancies and inviting interested parents to submit statements of interest and introduce themselves at the first meeting.

10. Old business – none

11. New business – none

12. Public comments – Visiting parents and staff introduced themselves.

13. The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 p.m. by unanimous consent.