Agenda 9/17/14 & Minutes 9/10/14

Post date: Sep 17, 2014 1:13:14 AM

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.