Board Meetings

I.

Call to Order

A.

Roll Call

B.

Adoption of the February 28, 2012, Agenda and the Approval of the January 31, 2012, District and Community Relations Committee meeting minutes (Discussion/Action)

II.

Superintendent's Student Advisory Council (SuperSAC) Report (Discussion)
Presenter: Joseph Escobedo, chief of staff

III.

Legislative Update (Discussion)    
Presenter: Carrie Robin Menapace, APS policy analyst, Joseph Escobedo, chief of staff

IV.

Families United for Education Process for Proposed Family Engagement Policy (Discussion)    
Presenter: Dr. Diego Gallegos, Assistant Superintendent and Families United for Education Representatives

V.

Public Forum

VI.

Next District and Community Relations Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at 5:00p.m., in the Delayo Martin Community Room of the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex

VII.

Adjournment

I.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.

A.

Present:  Lorenzo Garcia, David Peercy, Kathy Korte, Paula Maes, Analee Maestas, Marty Esquivel, David  Robbins by phone.

B.

II.

Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council (SuperSAC) report (Discussion) Presenter: Joseph Escobedo, chief of staff

Mr. Brooks introduced two of the SuperSAC students:  Parker Mosey from Volcano Vista High School and Tess Deserisy from La Cueva High School.  Parker and Tess spoke about their trip to the 2012 Legislative Session, and felt that the legislators treated them more like students on a field trip than taking them serious as students who want to make a change.  SuperSAC students felt that budget cuts should not be made to extracurricular activities or teacher salaries.

III.

Legislative Update (Discussion)

Presenter:  Carrie Robin Menapace, APS legislative liaison and policy analyst, Joseph Escobedo, chief of staff

Review of the 2012 Legislative Session, specifically legislation tracked due to potential impact on the district:

• House Bills – All Bills tracked Legislature Action
• HB191 Agency Review
• House Votes of Interest

IV.

Families United for Education Process for Proposed Family Engagement Policy (Discussion)

Presenter: Dr. Diego Gallegos, Assistant Superintendent and Families United for Education Representatives. (Presenters in order of appearance: Robert Heckman, Rubina Syed, Francisco Ronquillo, Delma Madrigal,  Lisa Garcia, Alba Martinez, Enrique Cardiel, Claudia Diaz, and Daya Rivera,  Candelaria Patterson and Ronalda Warito -Tome.)

Families United for Education (FUE), a group of parents organized and facilitated by the School and Community Partnerships Department at the request of the Hispano Latino Academic Achievement Committee’s (HLAAC) sub-committee on “Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Schools,” presented the process that they undertook that resulted in their proposed family engagement policy.  They shared information about the forums/groups that provided information or data that was used in their work as well as how the data was organized and analyzed.  They also presented the issues/perspectives/data that they believe to be essential in how they determined the values and content that framed their proposed policy and procedural directives on family engagement.

The Assistant Superintendent for School and Community Support Diego Gallegos, the Executive Director of Board Services BrendaYager , the Director of the School and Community Partnerships Department Teresa Brito-Asenap, and the Legislative Liaison and Policy Analyst Carrie Robin Menapace continue to work with FUE and have agreed to include FUE in the process for reviewing current policy language regarding family engagement.  FUE discussed their proposal with the Board Policy Committee Chairperson Dr. David Peercy.

V.

Public Forum

The topics of public forum included support for the family engagement policy.

VI.

Next District and Community Relations Committee Meeting

The next District and Community Relations Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 5:00 p.m., in the DeLayo Martin Community Room of the Alice and Bruce King Educational Complex

VII.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.