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CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
EDUCATIONAL .ADVISORY BOARD
CITY HALL — 7:30 P,M
November 10, 1999
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Call to order &welcome back 7:30 j 3,( ��R i
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1T. Call Roll (5 minutes) 7:35
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Ili. Approval of minutes from the last regular meeting (5 minutes) 7� ._!�
IV. Committee Reports (10 minutes) 7:50
A Public Liaison -Nancy Krause Laurie Tie C® !z,
B. Boundaries — Ron Sadaka cs- e
C. Curriculum— Charlotte Schiff ru�N�t w� rS
D. School Board Report —Jun Panoch — U s ais i o 5-/U c*o /_5 W 1 IU '� S
LG. PaRnership —Leslie 11 liar— �,J�T����/� 4 e- PRo8cems 7.9oC.CC 6 LrKe goo
V. SAC Member Signup (20 minutes) 8:10 S',10 To
A Allamanda Flemeutaiy — Wayne
B. �alm Beach Gardens Elementary —Anne
C. jpmber Trace Elementary —Ron
D. Grove Park Elementary— Leslie
E. f LL. Watkins Mddle --Murk
F. Watson B, Duncan Middle —
G. �chvol of the Arts Middle i' Jan
H. 'Paint Beach Gardens High —
L 4,N'Wam T. Dwyer High- -Nancy
I Suncoast High—Tun
K. 'Alexander W. Dreyfoos, In School of the Arts —Jan
L. jriw t Tech —
VI. Old Business (20 minutes) 8:30
A_ "A4-" school bonus
B. Forum ofLegisiature, Candidates4 91K,
C. Other business
VII. New Business (30 minutes) 9:00 , I�
A. Direction of Board — What we would like to see accomplished this coming year?
Next meeting December 8, 1999
VM. Adjournment 9:00 , ��
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• CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS
EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD
NOVEMBER 10, 1999
The November 10, 1999, Regular meeting of the City of Palm Beach Gardens
Education Advisory Board was called to order at 7:31 P.M. in the Council Chambers
of the Municipal Complex located at 10500 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens,
Florida.
The roll was called and the following members were found to be in attendance: Chair
Wayne Anderson, Anne Berg, John Gardner, Ilene Gerber, Judith Hanrahan, Murtaza
Kakh, James Panoch, Jan Porter, and Charlotte Schiff. City Council Liaison Eric Jablin
and student Andrea Kanner were also present.
Judith Hanrahan made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 13, 1999
meeting as submitted. Motion was seconded by Ilene Gerber and carried by unanimous
vote.
Jim Harvey, representative of Taylor Woodrow Communities, the developer of Golf
Digest, described the developer's proposed site for a school and desire to obtain School
Board permission to build a school in Golf Digest. Chair Anderson reported that the
School Board's five -year plan did not include a school in this location because with
schools planned for Abacoa they did not see the need for a school in Golf Digest.
Discussion ensued. Mr. Jablin indicated he would obtain information from the City's
Planning Department that could be presented to the School Board regarding new
projects and projected growth in this area. Jan Porter made a motion to allow Eric
Jablin to obtain information on logistics of various projects and report back to the
Board so that they could present it to the School Board. Charlotte Schiff seconded the
motion, which carried by unanimous vote.
Committee Reports
Public Liaison - There was no report from the Public Liaison Committee.
Boundaries - There was no report from the Boundaries Committee.
Curriculum - Charlotte Schiff reported on efforts to obtain benchmarks to compare to
tests.
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School Board Forum - Jim Panoch reported several people had spoken on problems
experienced by disabled students, and that air conditioning problems were going to be
handled on emergency basis.
Partnership - There was no report from the Partnership Committee.
SAC Member Sigmup
Allamanda Elementary - Chair Anderson reported he could not attend the meeting but
would receive the minutes.
Palm Beach Gardens Elementary - Anne Berg reported the school was advertising for
four part-time teachers, and reported that in testing minority students made no
• significant gains and the school might be downgraded to a "c ". Ms. Berg reported on
committee activities, attempts to involve parents, and that the school was grateful for
the sidewalk.
Timber Trace Elementary - No report was made since the representative was not
present.
Grove Park Elementary - No meeting had been held since the representative was not
present.
H. L. Watkins Middle - Murt Kakli reported he had been unable to attend the meeting
but Anne Berg had attended. The Palm Beach Gardens Teen Center had provided
refreshments.
Watson B. Duncan Middle - There was no report.
School of the Arts Middle - Jan Porter reported a feasibility study was in progress to
see if a new school could be built; and a mentorship with Palm Beach Atlantic College
was beginning. Activities of the deregulation committee were discussed.
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Palm Beach Gardens High - No one had volunteered to attend SAC meetings for this
school.
William T. Dwyer High - No report was made since the representative was not
present.
Suncoast High - Jim Panoch reported housekeeping chores including additional review
of general purposes of the SAC had been discussed, as well as mentors for senior
projects, allocation of equity funds, drugs, and obtaining funds from private sources.
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts - Jan Porter's report included
discussion of funds the school had received for being an "A" school, requests for
additional classes, suggested summer programs, and a new program with an arts
• curriculum.
North Tech - No one had volunteered to attend SAC meetings for this school. Chair
Anderson reported this school was changing to a high school with excellent nursing and
computer programs, and a representative was needed to attend the SAC meetings.
Grove Park - No representative was present.
Old Business
Chair Anderson provided information obtained from Area 5 regarding school ratings.
Some of the items discussed were grading, bonus money, moving teachers to schools
with different ratings, student - teacher ratios, use of magnet and title one funds, helping
learning disabled students, proposals to obtain funds, Americore supplied teachers, that
bussing did not increase scores, Higher Horizons program, and a reading program
through the arts.
The Forum of Legislative Candidates Committee had discussed publicity, possibilities
• for panel members and moderator, and requested each member of the Board to
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contribute questions to be asked. The area to be covered, number of questions to be
asked, filming by high school students, and television coverage were discussed. Mr.
Jablin volunteered to take care of obtaining a moderator, the students to film the event,
a location, and Adelphia. Filing deadlines, election dates, and a date for the forum
were discussed. The forum was tentatively set for August 19.
Jan Porter reported problems with absentee makeup tests which had been found to be
regulated by the county. Further information was to be obtained by Mr. Jablin.
Mr. Jablin provided copies of a Florida Constitution article on education.
New Business
Problems with school nurses were discussed. Criteria and supervision information
were to be obtained.
The next meeting was announced for December 8, 1999.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
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