DRAFT
MINUTES OF THE MCCPTA DELEGATE ASSEMBLY
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at the Carver Educational
Services Center
(This draft summary includes motions and
resolutions passed at the October meeting. Complete draft minutes to be posted
later.)
The minutes from the September 27 meeting
were approved.
The treasurer's report was filed for audit.
The nominating committee ballot was
distributed. Hearing no nominations
from the floor the following people were
elected on a voice vote.
At-large
Magruder,
Damascus, Gaithersburg, Watkins Mill Allyson
Morrison
Northwest, Poolesville,
Quince Orchard, Seneca Valley Lauren Haven
Churchill, Richard
Montgomery, Wootton, Rockville Lori
Merrill
Blake, Paint Branch,
Sherwood, Springbrook
Leslie Ridgway
Blair, Einstein,
Kennedy,
Northwood
Ana Janckson-Curtis
BCC, Walter Johnson,
Whitman, Wheaton
Terri Salus
Tracy Fox will serve as our MCCPTA
representative to the Citizens Advisory Council as announced by the Board of
Education at their meeting Oct. 24.
Committee
Meetings:
Oct. 26 Special Education Committee meeting
at 7:30 PM at Carver discusses grading and reporting and how it affects
students with disabilities.
Curriculum Committee will meet Nov. 14 at
Carver.
Grading and Reporting Committee will meet
the same night and place.
Nov. 2.
Nov. 2 Gifted Child Committee will meet
Thurs., Nov. 3 at White Oak MS
and Wed., Nov. 9 at Gaithersburg HS.
Workshops will be held for parents
on the application process for magnet ES,
MS and HS programs.
Advocacy priorities will be tallied and
reported back to the Delegates.
Middle school reform committee has had its
official start.
A survey by Patti Twigg
on the list serv is to be taken back to local PTAs.
We'll use a similar method to the advocacy priorities list to determine the
outcome at the next delegates assembly.
Youth violence summit flyer distributed for
forum to be held on Nov. 5 at Sligo MS
from 9:30 AM to 1 PM. Open to all.
There may be some adjustments to the
schedule for CIP testimony.
The new membership chair is Patricia Carpio.
Bylaws committee has completed its review
and revision. The report will be brought to the next executive board meeting and
then to the delegates assembly in November.
Policy FAA-RA work group meets 4 more
times. Their meeting Wed., Oct. 26 at Julius West MS is open to all to attend.
CIP forum is Thurs., Oct. 27 at 7:30 PM at
Carver. MCCPTA theme is to maintain the CIP.
Two executive board resolutions and one
executive board motion passed during the summer were reviewed:
The first was the Policy FAA work group
resolution. A motion was made
by Debbie Selecman
to endorse this by the delegate assembly. It was
seconded. It was acceptable to the
delegates to have word smithing done
to the sentence "This work group will
develop specific regulatory
language to address provisions relating to
public participation and
other MCCPTA concerns.", so that it
ensures strong language to
emphasize public participation and
involvement. A change was also made
stating that the MCCPTA Delegate Assembly
will be kept informed
throughout the process. [Full text of
this resolution will appear in
the complete version of the draft minutes.]
The motion to endorse the
resolution with the stated changes was
passed on a voice vote.
The second resolution reviewed was the
Directory Resolution. [Full text
of this resolution will appear in the
complete version of the draft
minutes.] It has not been forwarded. A
motion was made to endorse the
resolution by the delegates and it was
seconded. A motion was made to
amend the motion was made to remove
specific references to CRC, and
their background information, and make it a
general statement. It was
seconded. Discussion followed. It failed on
a standing vote. A motion
was made to amend the original resolution
to add a further resolve that
MCCPTA as an organization also similarly
opposes other non-school
sanctioned organizations from using this
information in the future for
any purpose. It was seconded. Discussion
followed and the wording
school sanctioned was changed to PTA/PTSA
sanctioned. Also, the
references to the MCCPTA Executive Board
were changed to MCCPTA. It
failed on a standing vote. A motion was
made to add e-mail addresses to
the first paragraph and then it was agreed
by the body to be acceptable
to add that without a motion. A vote on the
original motion that
accepts this resolution with changes from
MCCPTA executive board to
MCCPTA Delegate Assembly passed on a
standing vote. The resolution
passed and it will be forwarded to CRC on
our behalf. A motion was made
to keep the first two paragraphs including e-mail addresses and then
add, "Be it resolved that the Delegate
Assembly opposes use of the
student directories for purposes not
approved by the PTA/PTSA." It was
seconded. It was a moved to table this to
the next Delegate Assembly
and then send it to the executive board for
language clarification. The
executive board will refer back to the
Delegate Assembly at the Nov.
meeting for voting. It was seconded. It
passed on a voice vote.
The motion to add a May delegate assembly
was reviewed. Rich Edelman
made a motion for the delegates to endorse
adding a May meeting. It was
seconded and passed with a standing vote.
The specific date for the May
meeting is to be determined.
The Gifted Child Committee Proposed
Resolution copies were distributed.
[Full text of this resolution will appear
in the complete version of
the draft minutes.] The chair Diane McHale
will put this into action at
the next Nov. delegate assembly.