Summary
12/6/99 meeting at Lincoln High School 3:45-5:00 PM

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John Stanford International School at Latona Elementary
Mission:  To Educate and prepare all students to achieve today 
and tomorrow in a global community and economy.
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recorder: Michele Anciaux

NEXT MEETINGS:

December 9  9:25-9:55  Banner Raising at Latona

December 13  3:45-5:15 at Lincoln
-  review the School/Family/Community Starting Points survey results
-  talk about the National Standards for Foreign Language in relation
to immersion and FLES programs  (the "5 C's" - Communication,
Culture, Comparisons, Connections, and Communities)
  
January 22 10-1  What's next after preschool" at SCCC
>>> need some volunteers to staff a booth (PTSA will pay for it)
to encourage preschool parents to send their kids to JSIS
PLEASE LET KAREN KNOW IF YOU CAN COME HELP

UPDATES FROM 12/6/99 MEETING

Main discussion was about the three "hot issues."
There was a lively discussion about pros and cons.  
Karen has the sheets listing those and will make them
available at future meetings.

Here was the bottom line:

1.  No consensus yet about moving from 6-hour to 6 1/2-
hour day (i.e. half hour longer school day for kids).
Proposal is to wait to see how things go next year, then
talk some more.

2.  No recommendation from this group about uniforms.
Proposal to take the question of requiring uniforms or not
to the PTSA for further discussion.

3.  Lot of discussion about how to address teachers and
staff (i.e. Mr., Mrs., first name, etc.).  Karen made executive
decision that teachers would be called by Spanish title
for teacher (Maestra or Maestro) or Japanese (Sensei), with
either first or last name, for example:
  Maestra Concie
  Maestra Kodama or Kodama Sensei