TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

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TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby blackturtle.us » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:31 am

This meeting was attended only by board members, employees of the district, students getting awards and their families, and one student representative. The following are what seemed like the most important items:

1) Superintendent's Report: Mr. Olney talked about a number of things including:
A) Honor Roll - Thirty-four students at the high school made the honor roll for the most recent grading period. There are three levels to the honor roll with the highest level, called the Superintendent's Honor Roll, reserved for students who earned a 4.0 GPA. Six students achieved at this highest level and they will be treated to a dinner as guests of Mr. Olney and Ms. Soto.
B) Budget - Mr. Olney shared some information regarding the governor's budget. He said that state revenue is up and that increased funding for schools is anticipated. He also talked a little about changes in funding for career/technical courses, GAP funding, and Necessary Small School status. TJUSD had a couple of funding options and using Necessary Small School status was most advantageous.
C) Retirement System - The state has projected a shortfall for the certificated and classified retirement systems. As a result districts will be required to make progressively larger contributions towards employee retirement accounts. During 2012/2013 districts contributed an amount equal to approximately 8% of an employee's pay to an employee's individual retirement account. That amount will increase incrementally to 19.1% by 2021. Similarly, the amounts for 2012/2013 for classified employees was 11.44% and that amount will increase to 20.4% by 2021.
D) Also mentioned were AVID, Anger Management as well as Grief and Loss groups, and the old elementary demolition (all asbestos abatement is complete).
2) WASC Report - Ms. Wilhelm briefed the school board on the upcoming WASC visitation. She explained the process and presented highlights of the WASC report, including findings of the self-study and the action plan developed during the self-study. The actual visitation will take place in March and the visiting team will review the report and verify that THS is actually doing what is reported in the report. Ms. Wilhelm also presented the schedule for the WASC visitation. [WASC stands for Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is one of six accrediting associations in the United States. See http://www.acswasc.org/ for more information about WASC and the accreditation process.]
3) Personnel - Five people were approved for paid positions with the district. Three were unanimously approved and two were approved with 4-1 votes. The dissenting vote was cast by a different board member in each case. For more information contact me privately.
4) AVID Fieldtrip - An overnight fieldtrip for AVID students for the purpose of visiting three different college campuses was approved unanimously. The colleges to be visited include Cal State Fullerton, Cal State San Marcos, and Cal State San Bernardino. Students will spend the night at a private residence in Escondido owned by a school employee.
5) Vector Resources - The board approved a couple adjustments in an agreement with the company which installed the wireless network for the district.
6) Gym Roof - Mr. Goins talked about specifications for the gym roof. He talked at some length about the company and his inspection of a roof the company installed on a gym in another district located in the desert. The total cost of the project will be $784k. The project should be complete by some time in May 2015. The board approved this project.
7) Upcoming board meetings. The dates for the March and April board meetings have been changed to March 11th and April 16th.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby wildrose » Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:43 am

blackturtle.us wrote:2) WASC Report - Ms. Wilhelm briefed the school board on the upcoming WASC visitation. She explained the process and presented highlights of the WASC report, including findings of the self-study and the action plan developed during the self-study. The actual visitation will take place in March and the visiting team will review the report and verify that THS is actually doing what is reported in the report. Ms. Wilhelm also presented the schedule for the WASC visitation. [WASC stands for Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is one of six accrediting associations in the United States. See http://www.acswasc.org/ for more information about WASC and the accreditation process.]

I looked around the school website and found this:
Trona High School WASC Report
This page contains all sorts of information about THS. In general there's a lot of information posted on the school website. Probably more information than anyone really cares to know about!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby cactuspete » Sat Feb 14, 2015 8:44 am

Anger Management - Dont go there
I see they have an Anger Management group at the school now. They probably shouldn't have gone there!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby CactusHugger » Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:59 pm

Patch Adams (2/10) Movie CLIP - Group Therapy (1998) HD :funny:
If it's a group therapy session that you want, then try this one on for size!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby mrgreen » Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:24 pm

2009 Diet Dr Pepper Commercial "I Exist Support Group" :up2:
There are support groups for everything and I do mean everything!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby CoolChick » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:55 am

Cereal Mascot Therapy Session :laugh:
It looks like cereal mascots have more problems than anyone would have expected!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby MojaveMike » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:20 am

Therapists Spill: When You Have a Bad Therapy Experience :prof:
While it sounds like a good idea to hold "Anger Management as well as Grief and Loss groups" in a school setting, students should be very careful about what they share in those groups. Despite promises that what they say will not leave the group, just like on the internet, once you say it, it's out there. It's common for school counselors to use what has been said in a group session to manipulate members of a group. For instance, if you reveal some embarrassing information about something that happened in the privacy of your home or between friends, the counselor might remind you that he/she would have to divulge this information if called to testify in a court of law regarding something he/she is suspicious that you might now be doing. Remember: ANYTHING YOU SAY MAY BE USED AGAINST YOU, so resist the urge to over-share.
Every profession has bad eggs... Therapy is no exception... clinicians may behave unethically and harm their clients by: “having a sexual relationship, breaching confidentiality, extorting money, practicing outside their area of competence, giving poor advice, or responding based on their issues instead of their clients.”

LINK: http://psychcentral.com/lib/therapists-spill-when-you-have-a-bad-therapy-experience/00020032
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby twister » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:39 am

This is a fun topic or side topic. Whatever may be the case! :bubble:
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 12, 2015

Postby panamint_patty » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:51 am

Austin Powers Group Therapy :laugh:
When Dr. Evil joins the group the sniveling little cry-babies dealing with their pathetic little problems are caught off-guard!
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Re: Bad Therapy

Postby mrfish » Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:29 am

MojaveMike: There was actually a case I heard about that was basically like that. Apparently some kid admitted to having tried marijuana in a support group organized by his school with a staff member serving as the facilitator. A month or so after sharing this information the student was cornered by the facilitator and more or less forced to spy on other students for the facilitator. According to the story I heard, the facilitator claimed that she thought that he might be involved with another student who was believed to be selling weed to other students and the facilitator insisted that if the boy was no longer using weed that he'd be more than happy to help by spying on the suspect. Ultimately the counselor was fired for manipulating the student in this way, but not before he and his family had to deal with the legal system and spend money on a lawyer.
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