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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-07-2012 Education Advisory CommitteePublic Meeting Notice Committee: Education Advisory Committee Date & Time: Monday, May 7, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Place: Nix Center -Library Room Subject: Schedule for Visiting Schools Notice must be stamped, dated and initialed before posted on bulletin board. (!;JJJiMDif ~@ SIGNATURE Education Adv 1.y Committee May 7 , 2012 p .... Attendees: Henry Clark, Karen Mullins, Julia Swnmerlin , Jim Kellen, Gretchen Schapker, Bob Ri ~gs , Rick Kingrea, ¼,, Subject Discussion Action ' 'Ill---" Discussed the issue of How will we keep minutes and other documentations that are part of Get caught up on preparing minutes "How To" the EAC business and post EAC documents on a Cloud Regarding EAC drive documents/minutes Next meeting at the USA Baldwin Co. EAC office Discuss visits to the Fairhope area Schools Discussion about recent visit to Fairhope High School Discussion about the collective community investments in the Fairhope Area Schools enriching education/learning activities How might we utilize the information we gather from our visits, The Summit, etc. Identifying the building we will be meeting in during our future EAC meetings Details of dates and times and EAC members that will be visiting the Fairhope area public schools Concerns about cuts in humanities, need for maintenance funds, (not a budgeted item with the Baldwin County School Board), concerns about relationship with the leadership of the Baldwin Co. School Top Administrators and the local school leadership. $120K discretionary funds. Question and discussion about a survey in the local schools i.e., is this a good idea and if so how might we approach the administration of a survey? How might we identify all the groups contributing assets in support of the Fairhope area schools? We can engage our investor in designing a model for the future of our area schools and best utilize our investors in support of realizing the best learning opportunities for our children Lively discussion with many ideas to include the community, including educator, and various community groups: Chamber of Commerce, civic groups, boosters, etc. Visit the location and be sure the facility is OK for our meetings Schedule specific plans, times and dates, to visit the schools and meet with principals and teachers Initiate more visits to the rest of our area schools and gather information Plan Summit after the EAC presentation to the Fairhope City Council Develop an instrument and apply tools, of a professional nature, to organize our data, information, & knowledge into meaningful context for The Summit via a Charrette Process r • How .ve gather The various options for getting input \._~ discussed extensively Arrange survey of teachers and other opinions from the certified personnel in the 5 area schools certified personnel?