Meeting+Notes

UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES **In attendance**: Tanya Dingle, Joyce Kelley, Jimmy Allen, Barbara Pashak, Yvette Mitchell, Harvey Scribner, William Logue, Tremaine Johnson, Quibila A. Divine (SDP), Brittany Hess, Amy Phillips, Mustapha Bradpher (UCHS Parent Ombudsman), Tracey J. Goodson (UCHS Student Advisor), and Claire Robertson-Kraft.
 * MAY 10th, 2010 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm (Unnofficial Until Approved)**

Trip to Strawberry Mansion High School **In attendance**: Brittany Hess, Sharmaine Jackson, Yvette Mitchell, Devon Cade, Claire Roberston-Kraft, Joyce Kelley, Martin Colletta (UCHS City Year Participant), Rebecca Rudy (UCHS Education Works Staff), Harvey Scribner, Barbara Pashak, Patricia Gamarra (SDP), Tremaine Johnson, William Logue, Mustapha Bradpher (UCHS Parent Ombudsman), and Sylvia Barton (SDP).
 * MAY 7th, 2010 - Unofficial Meeting**

**In attendance**: Tanya Dingle, Joyce Kelley, Jimmy Allen, Latasha Simpson, Barbara Pashak, Yvette Mitchell, Harvey Scribner, William Logue, Rod Sutton (UCHS Asst. Principal), Tremaine Johnson.
 * APRIL 19th, 2010 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm (Approved 5-10-10)**

Agenda
Meeting Opened (//Chairperson) - 1 minute// Attendance //(All) - 2 minutes// Old Business - none New Business **(NOT COMPLETE 5-11-10)

MARCH 26th, 2010 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm (Approved 4-19-10)** **In attendance**: Harvey Scribner, Tanya Dingle, William Logue, Sandra Beck, Devon Case, Yvette Mitchell, Sylvia Burton, Barbara Bess-Pashak, Ari Merretazon, Tre Johnson, Claire Robertson-Kraft, Ryan Bowers = · If we are a Renaissance School – host community meetings, examine turnaround teams, by the end of April – make a recommendation on which turnaround team we would like for UCity · If we are a Promise Academy – host community meeting, no immediate decision but work with the school leadership and district ongoing **__ Council Composition __** · 2010 – elections will be held · The council needs to be 1/3 parents **__ Responsibilities __** **// Bylaws //** · Founding council will develop bylaws (membership, rules, etc) and send to Mike Silverman · We will do this at the next meeting (date TBD but the week of April 18th) **// Community Meeting //** · Week of April 5 – will host a community meeting (district will announce the model and the community will discuss their concerns, their hopes, what would they like to see implemented, instructional strategies, etc.) · Communication – the district will develop a flyer and send out to certain sources, we will also send out a message through the school, UCity review newspaper, Front Page News (* Note – everyone should send out to their own networks) · We discussed the importance of getting creative when reaching out to parents (this should be the priority for the meeting) · For any questions on these meetings, call 215-783-1343 (Karren Dunkley’s office) || ** Date of the week ** ||  || ** Votes ** || || Monday April 5 ||   || 3 || || Tuesday April 6 ||   || 5 || || Wednesday April 7 ||   || 6 || || Thursday April 8 ||   || 7 || || Friday April 9 ||   || 8 ||  Decision: Community meeting will be held on Thursday April 8th, 5:30-7:30 @ University City HS  · It was decided that this would be the most useful date for parents **__ Elections __** Elections were held and officers were established: · Chairman – Yvette D. Mitchell · Vice Chairman o Harvey Scribner (8 votes) o Ari Merretazon (2 votes) o Devon Cade (1 vote) · Secretary – Claire Robertson-Kraft **__ Ongoing Communication __** · Harvey has set up the following site for us to use – uchssac.wikispaces.com **__ Next Steps __** · Executive committee will discuss how we want to get the message out on Tuesday 30th 7:00 (conference call) · We will learn Monday 29th which type of school UCity will be (and then can begin to advertise the community meeting on Thursday April 8th) =
 * __ Council Goals __**