Education Advisory Committee

Approved: 09/15/14 M&C Nagro Gardiner Higgins Approved Minutes Education Advisory Committee March 24, 2014 City Hall Attendees Members Present Absent Cory Sanders, Dist 2 ______ __X___ Charlene Mahoney, Dist 2 __X___ ______ Brian Bertges, Dist 1 ______ __X___ Melissa Day, Dist 3 ______ __X___ Carolyn Bernache, Dist 4 __X___ ______ Doris Ellis, Dist 4 __X___ ______ Peggy Wilson, UMD __X___ ______ Also Present: Pat Henderson, City Staff; Faheem Mahmooth, Recording Secretary Call to order Dr. Bernache called the meeting to order at 8:10 pm. Ms. Henderson attended this meeting in representation of Ms. Higgins. Agenda Items Reading and Approval of February and October Meeting Minutes Ms. Wilson moved to accept both the February and October minutes as written. Ms. Mahoney seconded the motion before it was unanimously approved by the committee. Old Business UM Summer Camp Scholarship Update As agreed upon in the previous meeting, the committee approved funding the scholarships for all the first time applicants for the UMD Summer Camp Scholarships as there was enough money to completely fund that category ($1835). Ms. Henderson is in the process of informing those applicants of the award. The committee then allocated the remaining $4195.00 for the next category which consisted of 24 applicants who were awarded the scholarship last year and attended the camp. In preparation for the lottery to select the applicants from this second category for the scholarship, Ms. Henderson had placed strips of paper with the names of each applicant into a bag. Each committee member picked names from the bag until the remaining funds were allocated. Ms. Henderson asked that the minutes reflect that Ms. Higgins’ office should have the flexibility to decide allocation of scholarship money in the event there is a miscalculation in the initial allocation.  Dr. Bernache motioned that if an applicant selected two camps of differing cost, the lower cost camp would be funded, in order to increase the number of scholarship awards. Ms. Wilson seconded the motion before the committee unanimously approved it. Accordingly, the committee selected Camilla Obasiolu for an award of $500, Ian Phillips for an award of $266, Abigail Phillips for an award of $266, Joy Maria Kim for an award of $350, Carlos Pena for an award of $180, Kalen Wright for an award of $290.00, Christian Cruz for an award of $240, Abigail Cohen for an award of $345, Nathanie Thomas for an award of $240, David Sanders IV for an award of $500, Jacob Edison for an award of $500 and Luke Kim for an award of $500. The committee also decided to fund Ramo’s second camp choice in order to fully fund Karla Delgado’s Summer Camp Scholarship in appreciation for her mother’s work in assisting other families with the application process. New Business Guidelines for the Summer Camp Grant Program Anticipating the growing popularity of the scholarship, Dr. Bernache suggested that the committee think about guidelines for the selection for next year’s summer camp scholarship recipients. As next year’s budget is already written, any proposals for budget changes would need to be for 2015/2016. The committee will discuss ideas at the next meeting. Dr. Bernache asked for the list of the 30 preschools that the survey was sent out to, as this would allow for the possibility to contact the preschool that have not yet responded to the survey. Next meeting The committee decided to hold the next meeting on April 28, 2014. The committee accordingly adjourned the meeting by consensus at 9:00 pm. Meeting Minutes Prepared by Faheem A. Mahmooth