Stonewall Curriculum Committee
Tuesday September 3, 2002

 Members Present:  Sue Clark, Becky Horine, Leslie LeBlanc, Stacie Musgrave and Kim Sponcil.  Regina Adams was also present to consult the Curriculum Committee in preparing the ESS (Extended School Services) Proposal for this school year.

 A general discussion was held concerning our budget of $16,835.53, which is approximately $3,000 less than last year’s budget.  The following recommendations were made through consensus: 

• Continue funding Saturday School (SOS), using dates approved earlier
• Provide a JumpStart for those first grade students who are struggling as beginning readers
• Keep the program flexible to allow students to move in and out of the program as needed.  Students may need to be referred for services for just a few sessions, to gain concepts or understanding, or for one-on-one or small group support in reading, math, or study skills, which encourage academic achievement.
• Continue with the after-school Fourth Grade Writing program in the spring.

 The committee asks that grade levels review these recommendations and specific input is requested.  We encourage grade levels to make recommendations based on the needs of students in their grade level.  We are asking each grade level to develop a list of students who teachers feel are in need at services at this time and make those available to Regina by Monday, September 16^th.    The committee thought it would be better to start ESS a little later in the school year and develop a well-thought plan than to just simply continue doing what we’ve been doing in the past.  Some of our children are in need of different strategies and teaching approaches and we would like for ESS to better meet the needs of students who are referred for assistance.

 Other considerations were made but no specific recommendations were made for the following:

• Possibly expanding SOS to include other students when the numbers are extremely small
• Summer School vs. after school in terms of success
• Making Saturday School available to fourth and fifth grade only