A meeting of the Williams Unified School District No. 2 Governing Board Sex Education Advisory Committee was held at 6:00 p.m. on the above date at the Williams Elementary Middle School Conference Room located at 601 N. 7^th Street, Williams, Arizona. Committee members present:  Sandy Roe, Chairperson, Dixit Patel, Ladena Dennison, Nell Brown, Doris Ann Mertz, Teresa Chavez and Donny Bridges.  Also present:  Dr. McCraley, Ex Officio Member of the Committee and Beth Britton, WUSD staff member.

COMMITTEE MEETING

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

I.              OPENING ITEMS

Ø       Sandy Roe, Chairperson, opened the meeting at 6:10 pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance

Ø       Sandy called for the Agenda to be adopted. 

Ø       Donny moved that the agenda be adopted as submitted. The motion was seconded and approved.

II.            ACTION ITEM

A.      Discussion and consideration to elect a recording secretary.

Ø       Sandy called for the election of a recording secretary. 

Ø       As no member of the Committee was able to serve, Donny moved that staff member Beth Britton record the minutes.  The motion was seconded and approved.

III.           DISCUSSION

A.        Review of Arizona Open Meeting Law – Dr. Thomas McCraley

Ø       Dr. McCraley reviewed the Arizona Open Meeting Law.  This committee is an Ad Hoc School Board Committee and as such must meet all the same guidelines as the Board.  Agendas must be posted that indicate where and when the Advisory Committee is meeting so others in the community may attend.

B.        Review of Board approved committee procedures

Ø       Sandy Roe gave a review of the Board approved committee procedures.

C.        Review of WUSD Policy IHAMB – Family Life Education – Ms. Sandy Roe

Ø       The Chair reviewed WUSD Policy IHAMB- Family Life Education that was mailed to the Committee as part of their meeting packet.

D.        Review of NAU Public Health Nursing Project 2006 results – Ms. Sandy Roe

Ø       Sandy reviewed results of an NAU Public Health Nursing Project research study on sexual activity and teen births that was completed in 2006.

E.         Overview of local reproductive health needs – Ms. Beth Britton

Ø       Beth Britton, WUSD supporting staff for the committee, gave an overview of the process that resulted in the committee formation.  She said that the Health Index Committee formed a Family Team. The Family Team studied a variety of issues and one of those at the top of the list was a need for sex education.  NAU nursing students later completed a research study on the issue and developed a PowerPoint that Sandy presented to the School Board last spring.  Later Arizona Youth Partnership (AYP), a non-profit with statewide ties, came to Williams to explain the services their non-profit might be able to offer, free of charge to Williams.  In the fall of 2007, AYP received a grant that would provide the financial resources (curriculum and staff) to conduct abstinence education.  The School Board then formed the Sex Education Advisory Committee to review all of he issues and make a recommendation to the Board. 

Ø       The Sex Education Committee may recommend that Williams USD not proceed with any Sex Education program.  Some school districts and states are looking at more comprehensive programs.  If it is determined a program is needed, the Sex Education Committee will need to decide if the curriculum recommended by AYP is appropriate for the Williams community and the school.

Williams USD #2

Advisory Committee

Sex Education Curriculum

January 15, 2008

F.         Discuss timeline for  review of curriculum and making recommendation to Governing Board

Ø       Sandy presented a tentative timeline for review of the curriculum and for making a recommendation to the Governing Board. 

G.        Discuss physical location of materials for members to review

Ø       The abstinence education curriculum materials will be on display at Sandra Roe’s office at WEMS for the next two weeks.  The committee members and the public may review the curriculum at any time during normal school hours.

IV.           ANNOUNCEMENTS

                A.      The next meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm on January 29, 2008 at WEMS Conference Room

V.            ADJOURNMENT

A.       Sandy called for a motion for adjournment.  Doris Ann Mertz moved the meeting be adjourned.  The motion was seconded and approved. 

B.       The meeting ended at 7:25 pm.