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AGENDA

YPA OPERATING COMMITTEE

July 27, 2010

I.          Welcome (one minute)

II.          Mission statement - The mission of the York Preparatory Academy is for the faculty, staff, students, parents, and community to provide an engaged learning environment that leads to the success of each individual student, while also challenging these students to become life-long learners, independent thinkers, respectful individuals, and responsible citizens, thus preparing them for a twenty-first century global economy.  (one minute)

III.         Adoption of agenda (one minute)

IV.        Approval of minutes (July 20, 2010) (one minute)

V.         Transition in organization (MS) (five minutes)

VI.        Managing Director/Academic Director (five minutes)

            A.         Guidance counselor input for articulation

            B.         Teacher development program

            C.        Request student records/Receive student records

            D.         Establish school operating plan with measurable benchmarks and outcomes

VII.       Committee Business

            A.         Academic (five minutes)

                        i.          Send medical forms to parents

ii.          Print student handbooks

                        iii.         Formalize assessment mechanisms (state requirements, MAPs)

                        iv.        MD input

B.         Business (five minutes)

i.          Print teacher handbooks by August 06, 2010

ii.          Fundraising policy

iii.         Fundraising idea (AB)

iv.        Afterschool Program

                        v.         Establish school policies notebook

vi.        Financial reports

                        vii.        Identify medical resources

                        viii.       Establish personnel chair – Stephanie F?

                        ix.         Establish credit for supplies at Staples/OD for MD/Bus Mngr

x.          Installation of computerized budgeting program

xi.         Develop order forms (purchase, expense, etc)

xii.        Identify and hire auditor, notify SCPCSD

xiii.       Lobby Guard

xiv.       MD input

            C.         Student Services (five minutes)

i.          Establish bus routes/carpooling plan

ii.          Develop list of needed furniture

iii.         Establish parent volunteer maintenance program

iv.        Establish parent volunteer landscaping plan and schedule

v.         Establish school playgrounds and sports fields

vi.        Find/order classroom and office furniture and equipment

vii.        Develop building emergency procedures with MD

viii.       Fire drill policy/schedule/routes with MD/Safety Handbook

ix.         Id students in need of free lunches

x.          MD input

D.         Community Relations (five minutes)

                        i.          Develop business partners

                        ii.          Calendar events

                        iii.         Retention/recruitment of students

                        iv.        MD input

E.         Extracurricular Curricular Activities (five minutes)

i.          Enrichment programs

ii.          Early arrival

iii.         School clubs

iv.        MD input

F.          Parental Involvement  (five minutes)  

                        i.          Volunteers

                        ii.          Booster Clubs

                        iii.         PTO

                        iv.        Mascot

                        v.         Basketball camp

                        vi.        Audit

                        vii.        Volunteer hours/recording

                        viii.       Volunteer requests

                        ix.         Verify all student files for completeness

                        x.          MD input

            G.        Enrollment (five minutes)

H.         Oak Partners (five minutes)

VIII.       Public Comment (five minutes each)

IX.        Confirm date and location of next meeting (one minute)