Mailing list reaching all site council members

California Code, Section 52012

A school site council shall be established at each school that participates in the school improvement program authorized by this chapter. The council shall be composed of the principal and representatives: teachers selected by teachers at the school; other school personnel selected by other school personnel at the school; parents of pupils attending the school selected by such parents; and, in secondary schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school. At the elementary level the council shall be constituted to ensure parity between (a) the principal, classroom teachers and other school personnel; and (b) parents or other community members selected by parents. In schools with fewer than three teachers, this requirement may be met by establishing a council that is composed of equal numbers of school staff and parents or other community members selected by parents. At the secondary level the council shall be constituted to ensure parity between (a) the principal, classroom teachers and other school personnel and (b) equal numbers of parents or other community members selected by parents, and pupils.

School Site Council

Monta Loma's School Site Council (SSC) is composed of four parents, three teachers and the school principal. The SSC is responsible for site allocations to various intervention, enrichment and general education program expenditures for the school budget. It acts as the legislative arm of Monta Loma's administration. The site council works with the teaching staff and parents to create the Single Plan of Student Achievement, which describes the academic goals, how we intend to meet them and is used to construct a school budget for fiscal matters which require site-based decisions.

School Site Council Roster 2008-2009

Birgit Grundler
Beverly Engelmann
Dolf Starrveld
Jill Rakestraw
Patty Burris
Jonathan Pharazyn
Hedi Fejerne
Cathy Baur

Many of the issues traditionally before the School Site Council will be discussed by the School Advisory Board (which includes the School Site Council starting in 2009/2010), but the decisions will be voted on by just the School Site Council. Thus the School Site Council benefits from broader discussion and input of ideas as well as the ability to see all decisions in the broader picture of the school-wide CEL program.