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WESTLAKE ACADEMY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
October 2, 2017
PRESENT: Trustees: Alesa Belvedere, Carol Langdon, and Wayne Stoltenberg. Rick
Rennhack arrived at 5:25 p.m.
ABSENT: President Laura Wheat and Trustee Michael Barrett
OTHERS PRESENT: Assistant to the Superintendent Amanda DeGan, Board Secretary
Kelly Edwards, Executive Director Dr. Mechelle Bryson, PYP
Principal Rod Harding, PYP Assistant Principal Beckie Paquin,
Secondary Principal Stacy Stoyanoff, Secondary Asst. Principal
Jennifer Furnish, College Counselor Carl Tippen, Registrar Ange
Bumgarner, Director of Finance Debbie Piper, Director of
Facilities and Parks & Recreation Troy Meyer, Director of
Communications & Community Affairs Ginger Awtry,
Communications Manager Jon Sasser, and Director of
Information Technology Jason Power.
Work Session
1. CALL TO ORDER
Trustee Langdon called the work session to order at 5:10 p.m.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Trustee Langdon led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and Texas flags.
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-- 3. REPORTS
a. Report on the STAAR/EOC Amended Results.
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a. Presentation and discussion topics of the PYP approaches to teaching, learning, and
strategies of mathematics in the classroom and the current status and proposed
changes to the Secondary Mathematics sequence to allow for acceleration and
advanced Mathematics options.
Mr. Harding, Mr. Stoyanoff and Dr. Bryson provided a presentation and overview of
Mathematics.
Discussion ensued regarding communicating this information to parents,
methodologies to communicate our success in Mathematics, the uses of the Swivl
camera, grades receiving questions and feedback, secondary credit acceleration
guidelines and procedures, allocating resources, limiting factors of acceleration, credit
by examination, number of students taking HL Math, IB Math changes beginning in
2019, and staff review of Grades 4 and 6.
b. Presentation and discussion regarding college readiness data over the last five years.
This report will include discussion concerning PSAT, SAT, and ACT trends at Westlake
Academy and its impact on student college and future readiness.
Mr. Stoyanoff, Mr. Tippen and Dr. Bryson provided a presentation and overview of
the trends.
Discussion ensued regarding using the scores as predictors for college entrance,
stages of college readiness, calculation of the National Merit Scholarship data, AP
exams, and scholarship nominations.
c. Presentation and discussion of enrollment data analysis for Westlake Academy.
Dr. Bryson, Mrs. Bumgamer, and Mrs. DeGan provided a presentation and overview
of the data.
Discussion ensued regarding Entrada predictions, trends in G5-G7 and G8-G9,
benchmarking the data and reporting this information annually, and the number of
students on the wait list for a similar school in McKinney.
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S. BOARD RECAP / STAFF DIRECTION
• Provide a Grammar update presentation.
• Review the Grades 4 through 6th Math programme in general and for accelerated
learners
• Communicate the Secondary Math sequence to parents and how AP weaves into the
process
• Send Secondary Math sequence to the Board and have posted on the website
• Research PYP resources and bring back to the Board
• Review the neighborhood enrollment data and grade level spike
6. ADJOURNMENT
Trustee Langdon adjourned the work session at 7:04 p.m.
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON NOVEMBER 6, 2017.
ATTEST:
_ } Carol Langdon;irustee
Kelly!E�dwardi , Board Secretary
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