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Text Box: MINUTES OF Hopewell MS Local school council October 3, 2007 Members present: Steve Colitz, Erin Bolling, Janice Etscovitz, Cathi Barlow, Tina D’Aversa, Laura Commandy, Michelle Olsen and Julie Pinckney. Members absent: None 1.  Call to Order: Cathi Barlow called the meeting to order at 5:07 PM.                                                   2.   Approval of Agenda: the agenda was accepted as presented.   3.  Approval of Minutes: motion passed to approve minutes as presented. 4. Old Business- Local School Council By Laws – the revised school council by laws were approved as presented.      5. New Business- Email Broadcast Protocol – LSAC recommended the PTA Board to generate guidelines for the Email Broadcast Protocol (school or PTA related information disseminated to PTA members). Milton LSAC Cluster: Minutes shared with committee. Handouts given to committee members included: HR 900, Repeal of the Local Property Tax for K-12 Schools a Georgia Graduation Rule Revision requiring four units of science Science Textbook Adoption Timeline Meeting Calendar for Milton/Alpharetta Cluster Advisory Council and Katie Reeves Community Meetings. School Council Members Guide for 2007-2008 October is Month of the Young Adolescent: Hopewell will observe this month with several activities: Book Fair, Talent show, PTA Lunch n’ Learn, Rock a thon, Sixth grade dance, Teacher Took Kit workshops, and the National Junior Honor Society Induction. Principal’s Search The position has been posted on the FCBOE website. The posting ends October 30th. There will be a paper review of the applications and a group of the best-qualified applicants will receive invitations to be interviewed. In November, an interview panel consisting of representatives from the HMS staff, parents, central office and school level administrators will interview and rank the applicants. All applicants will be asked the same questions; teachers and parents will have the opportunity to submit their concerns and questions to the committee. The top applicants will be vetted. The results of that process will produce two or three candidates who will be interviewed individually by the superintendent. The superintendent will then make a recommendation to the school board in closed session. If all goes according to plan, we can expect the board to name a new principal for HMS at the December meeting. Our expectation is that HMS will begin second semester with a new principal. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 6:20 pm. The next meeting is scheduled for November 7th at 5 PM.