SAC

School Advisory Council
 

 2023-2024 WPHS SAC Meetings

The School Advisory Council (SAC) meets each month
with the Principal and SAC Chair.

Winter Park  High School SAC
Meeting Dates 2023-2024 (Tentative)

September 12, 2023
October 10, 2023
November 14, 2023

January 16, 2024
February 6, 2024
March 5, 2024
April 9, 2024
May 7, 2024

Media Center @ 6:30 pm

 

The School Advisory Council (SAC) is a school-based group intended to represent the school, the community, and those persons closest to the students. This Council is a board that brings representatives of stakeholders shares responsibility for guiding the school toward continuous improvement.

The School Advisory Council is responsible for final decision making at the school relating to the implementation of the provisions of the annual School Improvement Plan (SIP). The Council also assists in the annual preparation and evaluation of both the SIP and the school’s annual budget.

Members of the Council are selected according to procedures established with the requirements of state statutes. A Council should be composed of the principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support employees, students, parents, and other business and community citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school. Certain members are elected by their peers, while business and community members are appointed, and the principal automatically serves.

We appreciate your involvement with the Winter Park High School Advisory Council and look forward to your participation this year. Parents interested in joining SAC this year can attend the meeting dates below.



 

Winter Park High School Advisory Council Bylaws

Article: 1V: Representation and Elections

Representation:

  1. The SAC representation will be comprised of the school principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support employees, parents, students, and other business and community members who are representative of the ethnic, racial and socio-economic community served y the school.
  2. There shall be members elected to the Council from each of the following constituent groups:, majority of the members of this School Advisory Council must be persons who are not employed by the school:
    1. Teachers shall be solicited for membership and voted upon by the faculty.
    2. Support staff shall be solicited for membership.
    3. Parents/Guardians shall be encouraged to volunteer as members.
    4. Students shall be solicited for membership.
    5. Invitations shall be extended to community members and business partners to become members of the SAC.
    6. A parent Chair shall be nominated and affirmed by the SAC membership by the September meeting. The Chair will serve as current head of SAC.  The principal shall appoint an administrative non-voting Co-Chair.
    7. Appointments - Those nominated by the Principal and/or Chairperson as needed to comply with the State Statute.