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EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
June 8, 2005
Minutes
The Education Advisory Committee met on June 8, 2005. The meeting was called to
order at 6:05 PM in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, located at 10500
North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and opened with the Pledge of
Allegiance.
I. ROLL CALL
Members Present: Wayne Anderson, Mark Falasca„ Ed Gruvman, Ilene Gerber,
Mike Molenda and Ava Sugar.
Members Absent: Ron Sadaka, Joan Collette, and Percy Kavasmaneck
Also Present: Charlotte Presensky, Staff Liaison, Recreation Director, Jennifer
Holdt, Recreation Supervisor
II. Approval of Minutes
The Board approved the Minutes from the May 25, 2005 meeting in a 5 -0 vote
NEW BUSINESS
School Grades
Wayne Anderson stated that the school grades were in. He presented a list of all the
schools that service Palm Beach Garden students and their grades.
Dreyfoos School of the Arts
A
Allamanda Elementary
A
BOK Middle School of the Arts
A
Eisenhower
A
Grove Park
B
Watkins
C
Palm Beach Gardens Elem.
B
Palm Beach Gardens H.S.
B
Sun coast
A
Dunkin Middle School
B
Timber Trace
A
Dwyer HS
C
This school went up from a C.
This school went down from a A.
This school went up from a D.
Wayne stated that all the schools went up in grades or stayed the same except Palm
Beach Gardens Elementary. They also did not make adequate yearly progress. There was
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also discussion about how a school makes adequate yearly progress and what happens if
they do not.
OLD BUSINESS
Committee Member School Reports
This item has been tabled until school resumes in August.
Annual Report Components Discussion
Charlotte explained to the Board that City Council will be expecting an annual report that
gives an overview of the committee's goals and accomplishments. Jennifer Holdt will
draft an executive summary for the boards review. This will include the topics of the
meetings that were held, the school reports, the grades of the local schools and the plans
the board has for a public forum.
Awards Recognition Program
Wayne Anderson stated that he felt the Awards Program at the City Council meeting was
very nice but for the future he would like to see it narrowed down to only recognize the
best in each school. He felt there were too many people being recognized. He would
also like there to be a synopsis on each person being honored. He felt if there were
fewer honorees it would have more meaning. Charlotte felt that there would not be time
to read a synopsis of each person because most presentations to council are only 5
minutes long. She felt that it was good to honor a lot of people because it shows a good
representation of the quality of education in the community. There were suggestions from
the Board to make a reception for the honorees and introduce them to City Council.
Charlotte suggested having the brief presentation in front of City Council and then has a
reception at Burns Road Community Center after the presentation.
Higher Education Collaboration
The Board would like to collaborate with higher education schools, such as PBCC.
The Board talked about hosting a college night at the City and bringing in different
colleges and local students.
There was discussion about dual enrollment. The Board would like to be an advocate of
dual enrollment with the local high schools. Charlotte suggested having dual enrollment
coordinators from the local colleges and high schools come to a meeting to see how the
City can help support the dual enrollment program.
Comments by Board members
Ed Grumman stated that he feels an emphasis has to be placed on the elementary school
students. By the time they get into middle school and high school it is too late to start
training them. Funding should go into the elementary level to help students evolve and
grow.
Wayne Anderson discussed the FCAT school scores again. He stated that all the schools
in Palm Beach Gardens are at least a B school except two schools which are a C.
Aver Sugar stated that she personally does not put much faith in the school grades. There
are still a lot of kids out there that are behind and are afraid to ask for help. She feels the
technical training should be emphasized for a lot of the kids who are not making the
grade and will not go to college. These kids have to be given a sense of future and
technical future might be the way.
Mike Molenda stated that he feels the Board is going to have a great year, next year and
it's nice to have the guidance to work through the future.
V, ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 6:58
P.M.
Approval:
Wayne Anderson , Chairperson
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Ed Gruvman, Vice Chairper-S-8fil \1
Ilene Gerber, Board Member
Mark Falasca, Board Member
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on adaka, Board Member
Percy Kavasmaneck, Board Member
Ava Sugar, Board Member
Joan Collette, Akerqate Member
Michael PVMolenda, Alternate Member
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