Present: Sarah O'Keefe, Gail Heckemeyer, Gail Cooluris, Tom McHale, Michael Cawley, Jean Meyer, Ajay A., Michele Reardon, Patty Smith, Sally Ryen, Amanda E., Heidi Loper, Patrick Mctrew.

Guest: Sharon Hallberg

1. Approval and review of minutes.
   The minutes of the March 24, 2005, meeting were approved.
   
   
2. Librarian's report by Sharon Hallberg.
   Sharon presented the District Library Master Plan Report for 1990-2004, those pages that concern DSHS. This is part of the process to qualify for state funding. She scored our library with the state's Standards & Guidelines for Strong School Libraries: we are strong in some areas but need improvement in others. The full report is available for review. In general, the large budget cuts across the board have cut staff hours and have hurt the library's ability to keep current, to purchase materials and to subscribe to databases and online services.
   
   
3. Informational items.
   Common Collaboration Committee Report.
   Heidi Loper serves on this committee and reported on the district-wide collaboration time. Collaboration between sites is not occurring, but the common time helps with the junior high students who travel to another site. A change of time or day is still under discussion.
   
   
4. District Budget Wish List.
   The wish list form was attached to this month's agenda and minutes packet. All staff are asked for input. This committee's top wishes would include library funding, 3 VPs, tech/AV support, full time nurse, restoring ASB bookkeeper to full time, full time bilingual coordinator.
   
   
5. Friendship Day Presentation.
   Two students came to address proposal #25, Friendship Day funding. They had a financial report as well as a summary of evaluations from participants. The $2940 would cover seven events. They also have other funding sources.
   
   
6. 2005-06 Allocation Process, continued.
   Summary of available funds and allocation process: we have approximately $80,000 after Sarah's coordinator salary and including $30,000 carryover. This is higher than the amount named last month. The requests total almost $129,000. We cannot supplant funding nor can we fund consumables nor field trips. We keep a contingency fund as well as a small fund to repair equipment we have purchased (LCD bulbs, for example). The committee came to some conclusions and will complete the process in May.

   Proposals for Funding:
   
   A.Administration for staff development $20,000 requested. Will be considered in May.
   B. Library materials. $14,990 requested. Will be considered in May.
   C. Tech Committee: unspecified amount requested. Will be considered in May.
   1. Sarah O'Keefe (English) for $1555 for software for plagiarism detection. Approved.
   2. Patrick McGrew (Sp Ed) for USB memory sticks $366.46 requested. Approved.
   3. Eleanor Neagley (English) reader money. $2000 requested. Sarah will find out how many teachers used the money, for what classes, and if all was used in the past.
   4. Ted Fontaine (Art) Camera equipment. $1090.59. Sarah will get priorities to fund partially.
   5. $6,224 for Art: 4 computers for video class. Tech says they need more memory which would increase the size of the grant request: to have 3 instead with the increased memory would be $5418. Will be considered in May.
   6. Lynette Diem (Art) $7431.06 requested for ceramics supplies. Sarah will ask Lynette to prioritize her list.
   7. Naoko McHale (Foreign Language) $1000 requested for readers for Japanese classes. Approved.
   8. Arlynne Crandall (Art) Camera equipment: $10,615 requested. Partial funding - Sarah will ask Arlynne to prioritize.
   9. Eleanor Neagley (English) $600 requested for books and dvds. Not approved.
   10. Jeanne Pettigrew (Home Ec) Dishware and flatware. $869.68 requested. Approved.
   11. Wheeler/Zumwalt (Special Ed) $1358.76 for books, dvd, videos, cds. Will look at library and English resources (and donations). Partial funding after answers.
   12. Fred Lange (Music) $2440 for a soprano sax. Tentatively no.
   13. Social Studies. Videos $61.28. Look to dept budget. Not approved.
   14. Social Studies. Videos $69.75. Look to dept budget. Not approved.
   15. Social Studies. Resource binder $357.75. Tentatively yes.
   16. Penny Smith (PE) Weight training equipment. $8203.81. Partial funding likely.
   17. Susan Pangelinan (English) SAT materials, posters, etc. $550. Not approved.
   18. P building staff: Laserjet Printer. $1009.75. Not approved.
   19. Wayne Raymond (Science) LCD projectors and other equipment, $16, 652 requested: $987, $659, and $7503 for 3 LCD projectors. Total $9149. Will be considered in May.
   20 and 21. $5,669 to send students and staff to conferences (Deb Kimokeo). Not approved.
   22. Jan Takeuchi (Business) LCD projector $1000. Not approved.
   23. Richardson/Advani (Science) Bulletin boards and white boards for former H bldg hallways. $1170.82. Bulletin boards funded for $762.
   24. Deb Kimokeo to have Father Boyle present to the school. $3,300. Will be considered in May.
   25. Williams/Dunham (Friendship Day) $2940 for 7 events. $500 granted, specifically for substitute pay.
   26. Jan Meizel (Computers) $439.98 for computer program. Not approved.
   27. Jan Meizel (Foreign language) Spanish dvds. $753.55. Partial funding for $313.60.
   28. Courtenay Tessler to send 2 students to BSU conference. $500. Not approved.
   29. Courtenay Tessler: $250 for Black History Month events. Not approved.
   
   

There was no further business. The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.

Minutes recorded by Jean Meyer