September 9^th, 2009 Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes

Portland High School and Deering High School Staffing Review:

Summary of Findings:

PHS:

A/B Schedule- 4 Classes per day- 75 min classes

47-49 Credits typically accomplished by graduation- 12 cr per year

Time Management- HW every other night, can seek help on off days, yr long classes vital (9 month connection), yr long classes that meet every day, 6 courses at a time

DHS:

4 x 4 block schedule

Semester schedule

1 set of classes 1^st half, 2^nd set of classes 2^nd half

Matches college schedule

75 min classes – 5 days a week all semester long

8 courses a year (as many as)

Reduces study hall

“Flexibility” in programming

45-60 kids a semester per teacher

50-52 credits typically accomplished

Year Long classes- Maths- Pre Algebra, Algebra

English AP- 3 qtr

Need 41 cr to graduate

Notes: Add/Drop after 2 weeks

Keep in the #’s directed studies (small study hall)

Supply FTE for each of the teachers

Contract states 5 classes per teacher; 100-125 teacher case load of students

• Reviewed Teachers at each school and their assignments

DHS- Jump= Just Understand me Please (alt ed version of)

• Reviewed sample student schedules of both PHS and DHS

It was decided to come back together with settled data once October 1^st arrives as we report settled numbers to MEDMS (state)