School Site Council


School Site Councils are comprised of parents, community members, staff, and students at secondary schools, who are selected by each of their constituent groups.

At the high school level, the minimum number of members on the SSC is twelve. Membership is comprised of one quarter students, one quarter parents and community members (nondistrict employees); and half school personnel, with classroom teachers in the majority, and one other staff member (not a classroom teacher).

The principal is an ex-officio member of the SSC. A School Site Council may have more members, as long as the correct configuration for secondary schools is maintained.

Education Code 52852 requires that the SSC be configured as follows:

High Schools


Minimum of twelve (12) members

25% Parents/Community Members (minimum of 3)
  • Parents must have a child currently enrolled in the school.
  • Parents/community members may not be employed at the school site.
25% Students
  • Students must be currently enrolled in the school
50% School Personnel (minimum of 6)
  • Principal (automatic member)
  • Minimum of three (4) Classroom Teachers
  • Minimum of one (1) Other Staff Member*
Teachers must be in the majority.

*Other Staff Member is defined as follows:

Non-classroom Certificated (e.g., Nurse, Counselor, Resource Teacher, Literacy Support Teacher, Librarian, Vice Principal)

Classified (e.g., Building Services Supervisor, Secretary, Administrative Assistant/Aide, Instructional Assistant/Aide, Food Services personnel)

Governance


The composition of the SiteGovernance Team shall represent the various stakeholder groups(teachers, parents, administrators, classified, community, andstudents.) The Site Governance Team will be composed of the following:

  • 50% SDEA unit member, including the SDEA representative
  • 35% Parents/ community (with a minimum of 3 parents)
  • 15% others, (classified, other SDEA embers, staff personnel, students)
  • And the Principal (Note: the principal is not counted in the percentages.)

Theterm of office for each member is traditional school year. On or aboutthe first working day of the traditional school year, new members willbe elected to the Site Governance Team.

If only the requirednumber of persons volunteer from each stakeholder group, those personsare automatically the assigned representative. If more then therequired number of persons volunteer from each group, the requirednumber of persons must be elected or selected to be the officialrepresentatives. (See Alternative section)

All meetings are openand all may participate in consensus building. If consensus cannot bereached with everyone, however, only the official representatives mayparticipate in consensus. The Chairperson shall be clear about who arethe official representatives at the beginning of each meeting.

SDEA unit member will be elected democratically by their peers.

Studentmembers will be selected through a nomination process conducted in eachof them advisory or first period class at the beginning of thetraditional school year. A list of students who would like toparticipate on the Governance Team will then be supplied to theGovernance Team Chairperson who will contact the students regardingtheir possible participation. In the event that no student members canbe found, the Governance Team. An explanation of the Governance Teamand request for volunteers, will be included in the orientation packetfor the new students, the re- enrollment packet for the returningstudents, an/or will be handed out on or about the first school day ofthe traditional school year.

Prospective parent members of theGovernance Team will receive volunteer forms at the orientation for thecoming school year, and forms will be sent home on or about the firstschool day of the traditional school year. In the event that no parentvolunteers are found, current Governance Team members will contact andpersonally recommend parents for the Team. If more than four parentsattend any one Governance meeting, all may participate in consensusbuilding. If they cannot agree, however, only those official parentrepresentatives may participate in consensus.

The new memberswill take office as soon as possible at the beginning of the schoolyear. Members may serve consecutive terms of office with no limit tothe number of terms. Members are encouraged to serve more than one yearto hopefully prevent a totally new team at the beginning of each schoolyear. Resignations are accepted at the beginning of the school year.

TheSite Governance Team shall elect a Chairperson at the first meeting atthe beginning of the school year. There is no limit to the number ofterms a Chairperson may serve.

A Vice-Chairperson and Secretary shall also be elected at the first meeting at the beginning of the school year.

English Learners Advisory Committee


ELAC stands for English Learner Advisory Committee.  The purpose of ELAC is to advise the principal and site staff on programs and services for English language learners.
 
ELAC has 4 legal responsibilities that is the focus of their work.  They must advice the school and staff on the following:
1.  Development or revision of a master plan for English learner education for the individual school.
2.  Development of the school's needs assessment.
3.  Administration of the school's annual language census.
4.  Ways to make parents aware of the importance of regular school attendance.
 
To learn more about ELAC, please contact Mr. Carlos Ramirez, the English Learner Support Teacher (ELST) and ELAC Advisor at (619) 470-0555 Ext 404 or at cramirez@sandi.net.  He is available on Thursdays, Fridays, and alternate Wednesdays.