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Committee: School Board
Meeting Date: 12/7/06
Location: McNair Administrative Building
Monitor: Stella Hughes

The full board was present as well as Dr. Victory, Supt., Joylynn L. Wilson,
Asst. Supt. Curr/Instr., Charles Nicastro, Asst. Supt. Oper. as well as
other support staff. Approximately 100 people were in attendance. The
meeting was long, in excess of three hours.

The meeting was called to order by Board President Ms Kristin Sobotka.

Dr. Victory acknowledged Ms. Utpala Shanker, a longtime parent volunteer at
Jackson Park School, and Ms. Ann Getz, the PTO co-president at Jackson Park
and volunteer for the past five years. They were presented certificates of
recognition from the Board and school.

Ms. Patricia Wilson was recognized for having received the Albert Shanker
Award from AFT Missouri at their Fall Conference. This award is given in the
category of Paraprofessional & School-Related personel of the year. Ms.
Wilson is the University City School District Lead Nurse.

Ms. Olivia Anderson, Brittany Woods Middle School Instructional Aide,was
recognized for receiving the St. Louis Science Center Shining Star Award.
She also received the University City Police Department award for her
community work with the Parkview Heights Neighborhood Association Block
Unit.

Joylynn Wilson gave a report on the Consolidated Entitlement Grant as it
applied to Titles I, IIA, IID, III, IV and V. The Board approved a
consolidated application for $2,066,790.

Elliott Shostak, Principal of Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary gave a report
along with members of his committee on accountability for his school.
Carlos Diaz-Granados, Principal of Jackson Park Elementary School gave the
report for his school. Both schools are trying to increase the number of
students that are proficient in math and communication arts.

There were comments from citizens about the Post-Dispatch artical in 12/2/06
edition about U. City Schools would be provisional if they were rated today.
Ms. Wilson stated that is not true. She stated the article was based on old
and incomplete information. The school is fully accredited and the scores
have in fact gone up.

Charles Nicastro gave a report on school safety issues and stated the
cameras in the high school should be operational in the next two weeks. He
and Det. Harold Lee from UPD stated the schools are safe and the students
have been drilled on safety procedures.