COMMITTEE MINUTES/MEETING DATES

    Stonewall's SBDM committees meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 2:30.  Locations vary, but anyone interested in participating in a committee's activities should come to the school on the appropriate date and time and we will be be glad to direct you to the meeting you would like to attend.  We welcome any and all parent participation in the work of our committees.

    The committees and their missions are listed below.  Click on the name to get meeting dates and to read the minutes from this year and past years.

• CLIMATE, EQUITY, AND GUIDANCE
  Responds to equity issues as they arise at school and in the FCPS; promotes a guidance program that includes preventative guidance, interventions as needed, and support for students, parents, and teachers; works to provide a positive environment for students, staff, and parents. 

• CURRICULUM
  Addresses curricular issues related to gifted education (Quest, Primary Talent Pool), Special Education, ESS, ESL, Competency Assurance/Core Content, and oversees development of the Consolidated Plan.  

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  Provides and informs the staff of opportunities in professional development; coordinates PD to comply with the Consolidated Plan; provides a variety of flexible options; coordinates PD with allocated funds.

• PUBLIC RELATIONS
  Publicizes school activities in the community; recognizes achievement by staff and students within school and community; utilizes resources such as email, PTA Newsletter, web site, neighborhood association newsletters, local government, newspaper, and television; develops activities at the school that involve community resources.

• SOCIAL
  Recognizes and supports staff in circumstances such as retirement, hospitalization, illness, death, birth/adoption, winter holidays, and appreciation of staff at various times of the year.  

• TECHNOLOGY
  Ensures that students and teachers are provided with up-to-date technological tools necessary to create an enriched academic environment; oversees spending of KETS funds; ensures that computers are equitably distributed and effectively utilized in the lab and classrooms.

• WRITING
  Created in 2001-02, the Writing Committee consists of the 4th grade teachers and exists to allow that group of teachers a time to plan ways to improve writing instruction at the 4th grade level; find efficient means of completing and scoring portfolios; integrate open-response and on-demand questions into the curriculum.