Agenda 10/22/14 & Minutes 10/15/14
Post date: Oct 22, 2014 5:12:35 AM
Agenda 10/22/14
Approval of Minutes
Reports
Bylaw Revision: OEC Poster Motion
Bylaw Revision: Combined New and Tuition Election Motion
Notes & New Business
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Council Minutes 10/15/14
Approval of Minutes
Reports
(Mod): Welcome to our German exchange students.
(A-Mod): New arrangement of room today to give equal space on every side.
(Treas): Allocated money for MLK speaker was replaced by assembly fund.
(DSB): Broadside report will be coming, next meeting is October 28.
(Admin): Discussed handbook revisions.
(Curric): Created course concern form.
(SA): Potentially adding breast cancer awareness days. Halloween is nearest dress-up day!
(RJ): Meeting this Friday.
(COI): Meeting tomorrow to approve MI courses.
(Sec): Staff alternate can vote.
(Mrs. Addante): Strategic Planning meeting Oct. 29 and Nov. 6. More info at HHS website.
Bylaw Notification
Changes to poster verification from Admin to OEC.
Bylaw Notification
Changes to new and tuition student elections.
Current Wording: “Lost and found items will be taken to the Haven after three weeks unclaimed.”
Current Amendment to replace “after three weeks” with “at the end of each quarter if”.
The specific day does not matter if everything is replaced on one day.
We are over thinking a simple matter.
Newer items should roll over into next quarter if they have not been in lost and found for too long.
If items are valuable they will be looked for sooner.
Not enough space in closet to contain all the items for a quarter.
Bonnie is currently running the system and knows how to manage it best.
Amendment fails.
Motion passes.
Council Accountability Discussion
Motions tend to die off after their passage.
If motions are unused then they had no purpose to begin with.
Everyone needs to be aware of motions that have been passed.
We need way to gauge effectiveness of passed motions.
We need to utilize the CG announcements more.
Dress Code Discussion
“Distracting” is ambiguous but also dangerous.
Wording is up to too much interpretation.
Certain body types are targeted.
More females are addressed with the code than males.
Students tend to be stopped in hallways as opposed to classrooms where distraction from material is a viable issue.
Young people have enough problems with body image vis-à-vis media.
Team spirit is equally as distracting as current violations and is sanctioned.
Expecting one individual to be responsible for another’s reaction and experimentation is common at this age.
More females push the limits of dress code than males.
Each gender has different issues with code. Males more likely to wear inappropriate slogans/wording, females more likely to violate amount of skin shown.
Does not have strong wording to give teacher authority.
Administration and staff tries to be gentle and appropriate to not come off as targeting certain individuals or groups.
Teachers need to make sure they do not get into liability issues with dress and harassment.
Individuals have conscious choice to dress in a certain way regardless of societal pressures.
Academic environment does not allow for inappropriate clothing, it’s all based on setting.
Meeting adjourns.