Term C ends April 6. April 5 & 6 are
finals. Grades will be due Tuesday, April 17.
Spikes:A fashion statement or a menace? One student has
already been scratched by another student's spiked jacket
while passing on the stairs. We are concerned about spikes
worn at school. There are too many opportunities for students
to get damaged by spiked clothing.
A bulletin will be put out banning spikes on campus.
Spiked students should be sent to the Dean.
It was suggested that the dress code be revisited and
updated. Leadership will do an update and give their results
to Mr. Koons. The Discipline Committee will look at the
Leadership recommendations and report to the SBM Committee.
Ms. Dellepiane gave thanks to some of the many people
here who do work above and beyond the call of duty. Recognized
were: David Caesar for his work on the African Art display,
Kay Burr for the untiring work on accreditation, The Math
Department's robotics project, Dave Riemer for his work
on creating Small Learning Communities at VHHS, Victoria
Lopez for getting more first place awards for VHHS, Cathy
Uchida and her students for running the marathon, Mike
Koons for the playoff soccer team, The Winter Ball Committee
, Dino Stirpe , and jenna Decker for creating a wonderful
dance event, and Mark Woodhouse and Yvonne Mojica for
their work .on the HSEE. Three cheers to all!
More Movie Madness: Inspector Mullinax, after reviewing
how filming is done at LAUSD schools, has recommended
to the district that all schools must go through the district
when filming on campus. The district will keep 25% of
the money and the school will get 75%.. The district rate
for filming is $1700 a day. That includes setting up and
cleaning up days.
The money goes into a special fund that is part of our
Integrated Financial Statement and available online by
one and all.
Even though we will get less money, we want to continue
filming rather than other types of fund raising.
VHTV:The district and VHHS needs to find more classroom
space. An increasing enrollment, class size reduction,
and the new contract that states new teachers cannot travel
have put a lot of pressure to find new rooms.
Do we need to reclaim the VHTV facility?
It was originally 2 classrooms and is in pretty good
shape. Bungalows cost $ 1000,000 each. The district is
aware that we have this space and AT&T has the resources
to relocate.
We need the rooms for regular classes. It is time to
ask AT&T to move.
The budget committee report of IMA and block grant money
was submitted to the faculty.
An addendum: the calendar committee and the SBM requested
that there be very few activities during term D. The work
in the auditorium has made it impossible to schedule everything
term C. The talent show and Asian pageant have been tentatively
scheduled in term D not interfering with testing. Students
are not to be out of class rehearsing or setting up until
the actual day of the performance.
Attending the meeting were: Jan Hackett, Dare Doolitle,
Richard Thomas, Mike Koons, Easy Delaney, Glenda Thomas,
Cheryl Dellepiane, Marjorie Rennet., John Plevack, Fred
Koegler, Dino Stirpe, Jim Nelson, Steven Vanover, Maria
Manuel, and, yours truly, Charlie Noyes.
Next meeting will be March 2 6.
