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General announcements:Our sports teams are off to a good start this year. Come watch a game, your students appreciate your attendance.

Enrollment is now at 2208. That is about 100 more than last year. We only got new CAP students from Eagle Rock (20).

We have a new art/ESL teacher7Ms. Staley. VHHS now has 92 and 112 certificated positions.

Our students did a great job last year: API score was up, the attendance was up, the graduation rate was up, and the dropout rate was down. Good job, students!!

In spite of our large API gain, 18 points, not all of the student subgroups met the "target goal improvement" set by the state. Therefore we may not get any API money this year. Oh well.

Plant information: The A.C. is still being adjusted on a weekly basis. The wiring is closer to be being done. The field speakers are being updated. The auditorium sound system is being updated. The asphalt; courts will be repaved soon ( lower courts, behind the bleachers, and the dirt lot).

Thanks to everyone for supporting the L.A. Times/KTLA charitable campaign. As of Friday, September 2 1, about $ 2,500 had been collected. Still to come were donations from the YPC, and Asian Club.

UTLA News: Not much happening. The election for the next UTFA president is wide open. There is no favorite at this time. Not much chance of a raise this year, maybe 1% if we are lucky. In spite of the state giving the district a 2.8% COLA. Another, oh well.

Title 1: One half of the meal forms are in. The next half will be more difficult and we all need to push hard to get the forms completed and turned in.

Schwabe books here Monday, October 1, with books for teachers to purchase for a classroom library. Each teacher has a $400 credit to use to purchase reading books.

John Ralles knows a district person who might be able to fix up our murals if we are interested. Yes, we are. Lets see what happens.

The Leadership class presented a plan for an outdoor pep rally November 2, the day of the homecoming game. It was tentatively approved with Leadership coming back to the next meeting with more details. They promise an exciting program this time. Should we be doing a daily flag salute? A once weekly flag salute? No consensus, but certainly any teacher and class who wants to do a flag salute should do it.

Our new electronic marquee sign should be here by December.

Assemblies:

We need better supervision at assemblies - adults should be doing what they are supposed to do. The administrative staff will develop parameters and guidelines for assemblies: entering, seating, behavior, exiting.

The gym has a real problem with excessive heat and humidity. Mr. reinhart will start keeping a log of the temperature and humidity for a future report to the district.

The bell schedule: Could we have a longer lunch and no nutrition? Maybe, but.............

The meeting ended at 4:35 PM

Next meeting will be October 8. Leadership will present its refined pep rally plan and the administration will present its new plan for detention. Don't miss it.

Attendees:Dare Doolittle, Pedro Gonzales, Hector Ornelas, Steven Vanover, Nancy Hoang, Andrew Dayao, Jean Hoelscher, Cheryl Dellepianne, Kay Burr, Mike Fahy, John Ralles, Easy Delaney, Dino Stirpe, Maria Manuel, Fred Koegler, Will Reinhart, Dan Lopez, and yours truly, Charlie Noyes.