Minutes 9/24/14

Agenda 10/1/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
3. MLK Speaker Funding Motion
4. Homework Motion
5. Notes & New Business

“Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.

Try to be better than yourself.” – William Faulkner

Council Minutes 9/24/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
• (Mod): Props to everyone for getting through a rough week!
• (SL): Working on hand dryers.
• (Admin): Money allocation for the MLK Day speaker.
• (SA): Starting Quidditch sign-ups soon.
• (OEC): J-Comm elections this Friday.
• (Curric): Worked on wording for the Homework Assignment Motion.
• (RJ): First meeting this Friday in Mme. Doyle’s room.
3. Homework Assignment Motion
• Amendment to the amendment (“All homework must be assigned and made available by the end of the class period. Any modification related to the next day’s assignment must be made available 15 minutes after the school day ends.”) fails.
• Amendment to the amendment: “All homework must be assigned and made available by the end of the class period.”
• Curric worked on this new wording.
• Decreases flexibility of communication.
• Amendment to the amendment fails.
• Amendment to the amendment: “I move that all homework and required materials be assigned during a student's class period. It is not permitted to change entirely or increase a homework assignment after class has ended. Modifications to the existing assignment and any supplemental materials must be made available no later than 20 minutes after the last class period of the day.”
• How does this deal with assigning homework online?
• Motion to refer to Curriculum Committee.
• Focus on communication and not on homework in general.
• Motion to refer fails.
• Amendment to the amendment passes.

Meeting adjourns.

Minutes 9/17/14

Agenda 9/24/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
3. Homework Motion
4. Pictures
5. Notes & New Business

“Ask yourself: if not me, who? If not now, when?” -Emma Watson

Council Minutes 9/17/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
• (Mod): Open house tomorrow [later cancelled].
• (DSB): Meeting next week, no agenda yet.
3. Homework Assignment Motion
• “I move that all homework and required materials must be assigned and made available in class. Any supplementary online materials that do not directly affect the assignment may be posted any time thereafter.”
• This is a widespread problem.
• Using websites instead of class time.
• Extensions can still be given.
• Worried about shortage of time for teachers.
• Is this more of a supervision (dept. coordinator) issue?
• Internet should be beneficial resource.
• Amendment: “All homework must be assigned and made available by the end of the class period. Any supplementary online materials that do not directly affect the assignment may be posted any time thereafter”
• Reasonable.
• Does not deal with different periods of same course.
• Student’s responsibility to find assignment.
• Amendment to the amendment: “All homework must be assigned and made available by the end of the class period. Any modification related to the next day’s assignment must be made available 15 minutes after the school day ends.”

Meeting adjourns.

Minutes 9/10/14

Agenda 9/17/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
3. Homework Assignment Motion
4. CHAD Presentation
5. Notes & New Business

“Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death.” -Betty Bender

Council Minutes 9/10/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
• (Mod): Welcome 9th graders!
• (Sec): Junior alternate can vote.
• (PR): Civitas presentations next Tuesday.
• (Curric): Chair of ad hoc RJ committee is Andrea Sedlacek.
• (SA): Assigned Council members to clubs, set up Winter Carnival dates.
• (OEC): New and tuition student elections take place Thursday, J-Comm elections next Friday.
• (SL): Starting survey for quarter 1, including Plan M.
• (COI): Discussed long term field trips and the five-year plan.
3. Eating in Hallway Motion
• Allergy concerns are not large enough to pose an issue according to nurse.
• Never enforced anyways.
• No custodial opinion.
• Stairwells are colloquially included.
• Debate closes.
• Motion passes.
4. Freshmen Personal Computers in Class Discussion
• We are a Bring Your Own Device school.
• Chromebooks can be monitored.
• Terms of Service for initiative are excessive.
• Difficult to support multiple platforms.
• Most in-class activities can be accomplished on chromebooks.
• Much less hassle for Tech Dept.
• From prior experience with chromebooks, it did everything it needed to do and put focus on work.

Meeting adjourns.

Minutes 9/3/14

Agenda 9/10/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
3. Eating in Hallways Motion
4. Personal Computer Use Discussion
5. Online Homework Motion
6. Notes & New Business

Council Minutes 9/3/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports/Goals
• (Mod): We are meeting in the auditorium next week.
• (Treas): Council and co-curricular funds information is coming soon.
• (DSB): At last meeting, we discussed a gift to footlighters, introduced new fire and police chiefs, and discussed march intensive cap on how much money can be spent.
• (PR): Presentations to civitas classes will take place Tuesday, September 16, 2014.
3. Recap on Retreat
4. Committee Meetings
• Chairs elected.
• Meeting times and locations established.
• Goals and business to attend to set.
• See website for specific information.
5. Other/Ad Hoc Committees

Meeting adjourns.

Minutes 8/24/14

Agenda 9/2/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Reports
3. Civitas Presentations
4. Retreat Recap
5. Committee Meetings
6. Ad Hoc Committees
7. Notes & New Business

Council Minutes 8/24/14

1. Approval of Minutes
2. (Re-)introductions
3. Reports/Goals
• (Mod): Welcome to the annual retreat! Our goals as a group this year is to be more Active, Accessible, and Accountable. My personal contribution to these will be the productivity of my meetings with Max and the Administration.
• (A-Mod): AAA - getting around to all the committee meetings and staying on top of all the happenings.
• (Treas): AAA - stronger ties between SA and the clubs we represent.
• (Sec): AAA - making sure everyone is on-time and present to Council while also maintaining duties of writing good minutes on time.
• (DSB): AAA - being more outspoken and active, especially as a non-voting member on DSB.
• (PR): AAA - being more accessible online and otherwise and getting announcement out to the school.
• See Council webpage for the respective committee goals.
4. Robert’s Rules/Mock Motion Practice
5. Ford’s Talk on the History of Council

Meeting adjourns.