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<p><font face="Arial" color="red"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">PLEASE
do not reply to this email, <span>contact</span> Lisa
Sibony <a href="mailto:lisasibony@berkeley.net"
target="_blank"><span>lisasibony@berkeley.net</span></a>
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<font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Parent
elections for representatives
to the School Site Committee and the BSEP committees will
start later this
month. Voting will begin on Thursday, September 26 at Back
to
School Night. Ballots will be accepted until Thursday,
October 3. </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Statements
will be posted on the Berkeley High
website starting next week. Statements received by Monday,
September 23
will be available at Back to School Night and will be
included on the written
ballot. Write-ins will be accepted. </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If
you
are interested in serving on either committee, please open
the attachment,
fill in the application and mail it back to <a
href="mailto:lisasibony@berkeley.net" target="_blank">lisasibony@berkeley.net</a> as
soon
as possible and no later than September 23 if you want to
be included on
the printed ballot. If you don't get the attachment,
please contact Lisa Sibony.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Below is
information on the BSEP
site committee, the School Site Committee, and the Safety
Committee (non-elected
committee). </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please note
the meetings
for all three committees are held in the late afternoons.
They start during the
work day to make it possible for school staff and students
to participate, even
though it makes it harder for many parents. Please note,
however, after
3:30 p.m. parents may park in the teachers' lots on
Milvia.</span><span
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1.
The Berkeley High School BSEP Site committee: BSEP
(Berkeley Schools
Excellence Project) is a parcel tax responsible for
roughly 20% of the
Berkeley Unified School District's budget. BSEP pays a
portion
of the district's teacher salaries, maintenance, music,
libraries and
more. In addition to the district expenses, each school
site receives a
sum to be spent by an elected committee of parents,
teachers, administrators,
and—at BHS—students. At Berkeley High the site committee
spends roughly
$750,000 annually. Among other items, last year the
committee funded
the Parent Resource Center, the Student Court, the Afro
Haitian drummer, the College Counselors, tutoring,
Volunteer and Outreach
Coordinator, On Campus Intervention (OCI) Coordinator and
OCI counselor.</span><span
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The site
committee has
six parent representatives and four alternates. The
committee typically meets
one Monday per month. Members evaluate currently funded
programs, solicit
new programs, and finally allocate funds.</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2. School
Site
Council [SSC]: The School Site Council is an elected group
made up of the
principal, a classified staff member, 6 teachers or
counselors, 4 students, and
4 parents, plus alternates. The SSC is where parents have
a direct voice
in reviewing the school’s academic goals and evaluating
how well those goals
are being met. The SSC also has a voice in approving the
school’s Safety Plan,
the ELAC committee’s plan for teaching English-language
learners, and the BSEP
committee’s plan for spending the school’s BSEP money.</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The School
Site Council meets
on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, starting October
15. </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If
you decide to run, please be sure you can
commit to attending, since each member’s voice matters!
The top vote getter
from AC gets a seat, the top vote getter from BIHS gets a
seat, and the top
vote getter from one of the small schools [AMPS, CAS, AHA]
gets a seat, and the
fourth seat goes to whoever got the next highest number of
votes overall.
There will also be four parent alternates elected. </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3. The
Safety Committee
is a volunteer group made up of the Dean of Students,
classified staff members,
teachers and counselors, students, and parents. The
Safety Committee is
where parents have a direct voice in reviewing the
school’s safety, discipline,
and school culture goals and plans, revising its goals,
and evaluating how well those
goals are being met. It is not necessary to be elected in
order to serve
on the safety committee.</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Safety
Committee meets
on the 1st Tuesday of the month. </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Note
that much of the committee’s work is accomplished through
its
subcommittees, which can meet on weekends and evenings.
Parents, students, and
staff are welcome to serve on a subcommittee of interest
to them even if they
do not join the full committee. Members continuing from
last year will
discuss the work that was accomplished over the summer and
what’s coming up
next. If you think you may be interested, come to the
first meeting to
introduce yourself and get a feeling for what’s involved.
<span> </span></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""></span></font></p>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#134f5c">Lisa Sibony</font>
<div><font color="#134f5c">Outreach and Volunteers</font></div>
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