Agenda 10/22/14 & Minutes 10/15/14

Post date: Oct 22, 2014 5:12:35 AM

Agenda 10/22/14

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. Reports

  3. Bylaw Revision: OEC Poster Motion

  4. Bylaw Revision: Combined New and Tuition Election Motion

  5. Notes & New Business

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Council Minutes 10/15/14

• 1. Approval of Minutes

  2. 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.

  3. Bylaw Notification

     • Changes to poster verification from Admin to OEC.

  4. Bylaw Notification

     • Changes to new and tuition student elections.

  5. Lost & Found Motion

     • 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.