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__Trillium All-School Meeting Rules and Decisions__
__(**As of March 19, 2010))**__ This is a living document; it provides a list of rules and decisions made by the All-School Meeting that apply to the whole school. Everything can be changed or added to at any time by submitting a proposal to the All School Meeting for a vote. When a proposal is passed by a majority of the All School Meeting Voting Members present, this document will be changed to reflect the All School Meeting decisions. To see meeting agendas and voting results navigate to the Next Meeting Agenda.

I. All School Meeting II. Judicial Committee III Protecting the General Welfare of the School Community IV School Programs, Classes and Activities (permanently established) V Committees VI Purchase and payments VII Items that don’t fall into any other category (including temporary items and activities).
 * A. Use of Indoor Space/Property
 * B. Use of Outdoor Space/Property
 * C. Food/Drinks
 * D. Appropriate Behavior between members of Trillium Charter School Community

**I. All School Meeting (back to top) **
1. We will make decisions at all school meeting by majority vote. Each voting member of the All School meeting gets one vote.

2. Abstentions shall not be counted in the total during voting. Only “for” or “opposed” shall be counted in the vote.

3. You cannot be moderator for All School Meeting more than 5 times in a row.

4. Announcements will no longer be made at All School Meeting. If announcements are to be made they should be submitted to staff by the day of staff meetings so then the staff can bring the announcements to their advising groups. Only those people interested in coming to the All School Meeting need attend.

5. There will be a creation of an All School Meeting Committee to design and maintain rules to keep the all school meeting running smoothly. 5.1 All members of the Trillium Community can be on the All School Meeting Committee 5.2 The committee has the power and responsibility to decide on rules for the running of the All School meeting and has the power and responsibility to run the meeting. 5.3 The All School Meeting Committee meets twice a month during lunch time 5.4 Committee members serve for 2 months. After that time they can choose to stay or leave. 5.5 All members of the committee need to come to the meeting location to help set up 15 minutes before the meeting starts.

6. All School Meeting Job Descriptions __Moderator__- The person who runs the meeting. Moderator starts the meeting, calls on people who want to use the microphone, calls the vote, and gives the final vote results. Moderators must be in at least the 3rd grade. The whole committee interviews interested moderators and decides who it will be. __Time Keeper-__ The person who makes sure the meeting and proposals are running on time. __Note Taker-__ The person who records the proposals, records the final vote, and writes the agenda for the All School meeting. __Screener-__ The person/people coming to the microphone to respond to proposals if they know the proposal AND have a clear question or response. They make sure there are no repeating questions or comments. __Bouncer-__ Person/people support the moderator by walking around and nicely reminding people to be quiet and not to interrupt the speakers. They can also ask people to leave if they are being too disruptive.

7. Once you leave the All School meeting you cannot come back (unless you have gone to the bathroom)

8. There should only be All School Meetings when there are proposals or presentations. If there is no meeting the Judicial Committee report and other weekly announcements will be made in advising classes on the designated day.

9. Proposals or discussion items for All School Meeting must be turned in THREE days before the meeting occurs to allow for enough reflection and conversation about the agenda. (For the Friday meetings, that means they need to be turned in by the end of the day on Tuesday)

10. All School Meeting will be moved to 8:35 on Friday mornings for a 2 week trial. At the February 13th All School Meeting there will be an evaluation to see if we make the change permanent. Upper School Meeting shall be moved to Monday's at 9:35. (01/23/09).

10.1. All Schooll Meeting shall be permanently moved to Friday at 8:35 am. (02/13/09)

11. Everyone who has a proposal on the All School Meeting agenda must show up at the beginning of the meeting to make sure their item will be discussed. If someone needs to move their issue to a later part of the meeting they must notify the moderator before the meeting starts. If someone has an issue on the All School Meeting agenda and they are not present (or don't have someone present who can knowledgeably speak about the issue) they must resubmit their proposal. It will not be tabled.(05/08/09)

**II. Judicial Committee (JC)** (back to top)
1. There should be an option to appeal a Judicial Committee decision. An appeal must be made within one week of the decision.

2. If students have a scheduled Judicial Committee time and don’t show up (and they are at school that day) the trial will be held without them present. The JC will make its decision based on the evidence they hear.

3. You cannot bring someone to JC if you haven’t submitted a form within 2 weeks of the incident.

4. Individuals may be brought to Judicial Committee WITHOUT using mediation if they have broken already established school rules created by All School meeting that are listed in the Trillium Law Book. If individuals were not aware of a rule they will need to bring that to the attention of JC at the time of the trial. Judicial Committee will decide if a warning is given or a stronger action is taken. The JC Request Form will be changed to reflect this rule. JC will reject any requests under this policy if the violated "rule" is not listed here, in the Trillium Law Book. This rule should only be used if one believes that the conflict resolution will not help. When filling out the JC request form it must be made clear in writing why the conflict resolution process would not be helpful under the given circumstance. 5. __Judicial Committee Appeals Process__
 * 1) **Get appeal form and fill it out completely. Make sure to list dates, the Right and Responsibility violated, and a defendant plea.**
 * 2) **Submit Appeal Form to JC Representative.**
 * 3) **JC Chairperson sets a hearing date.**
 * 4) **JC notifies plaintiff and defendant of hearing date at least 24 hours (one day) in advance of hearing.**
 * 5) **Plaintiff and Defendant can request JC Appeal Form from the JC Chair.**
 * 6) **Plaintiff and Defendant must appear on their hearing date and time with any witnesses they choose to bring to clarify their case.**

__Judicial Committee Trial Process__

 * 1) **JC calls meeting to order and establishes a timekeeper, note taker, and moderator.**
 * 2) **Moderator presents case and documents to the committee.**
 * 3) **Moderator asks for a plea from the defendant.**
 * 4) **Plaintiff states their case and introduces their witnesses. (2 minutes)**
 * 5) **Defendant states their case and introduces their witnesses. (2 minutes)**
 * 6) **Moderator opens up the floor for JC questions. (5 minutes)**
 * 7) **Moderator excuses plaintiff, defendant, and witnesses for JC deliberation.**
 * 8) **JC deliberates on the case, makes a ruling, and imposes consequences in a timely manner.**
 * 9) **JC Rep informs advisor of the ruling and consequences.**
 * 10) **JC Chair makes sure ruling and any consequences are sent to the Director.**

6. JC hearings will have the power to review past cases to inform our decisions about character in future or current cases.(12/05/08)

7. Any member of the Trillium Community who is summoned to JC has the right to request a constitutional expert to represent them in their case. There will be a trial period of one case to see how this works and the JC will bring the proposal back in 3-4 weeks with a system to decide who .is a constitutional expert. (04/10/09)

8. This is amendment to an already created JC rule. This proposal adds the following language to the proposal about when people can bring others to JC. __**They may also bring others to JC if they have broken an "agreement". An "agreement" is any written and signed agreement that is established between two or more members of the community.**__ This language will be placed after the sentence...//Individuals may be brought to Judicial Committee WITHOUT using mediation if they have broken already established school rules created by All School meeting that are listed in the Trillium Law Book.// **In addition, the __Agreement Form__ for staff/student conflicts will be changed to add a "consequences"section on the bottom of the first side.**(05/22/09)

9. The JC form must have a space above the signature line that states:"If the above conflict involved any physical harm between the parties, I notified my advisor before submitting this form." Additionally there would be a space for the signature of the plantif's advisor. (06/05/09)

10. JC decisions take effect the moment they are published to all staff. This will be done by e-mail. (06/05/09)

11. Any student between the grades of 1st and 12th who wishes to become a student lawyer must come to JC during block A3. Here, a certified test of the Trillium Constitution will be given to said student in a monitored environment. A minimum of 80% accuracy is required to pass. If he/she should meet the benchmark, their names and test scores will then be recorded in the book of certified student lawyers. Any student who fails the test of wished to try for a higher score may re-take the test as many times as they wish, the limitation of once per A3 class. When you are choosing your lawyer, you will be presented with their test scores, to make it easier to choose a competent one. The test has 15 questions You would have to be recertified. Any Student involved in a JC case has the right to be represented by a student lawyer. Only a certified student lawyer may represent another student. All student lawyers have the right to recuse from a case they do not wish to be involved in. Any certified student lawyer who is witness cannot be represent representation to that particular case. If any lawyer should act inappropriately, they could be dismissed from a case or even disbarred of their status. (12/04/09)

A. __Use of Indoor Space/Property__
1. No writing on the walls of the school

2. Rules for the downstairs bathrooms 3. Automatic lights shall be installed in all bathrooms by Nina through a grant from the TFT. (10/31/08)
 * Bathroom lights must be left on at all times during the school day. Anyone caught turning off lights will be required to have supervision by a staff member or trusted student to go to the bathroom for one week.
 * The bathroom sinks are for washing hands only. Water should not be splashed at people. Washing of paintbrushes should only be done in the art sink or other utility sinks (located in the janitors closet or the garden room).
 * No climbing over or under the bathroom stalls. (Unless you have been given permission by a teacher to unlock a stall door)
 * No locking of bathroom stalls when you are not using them.
 * FOR THE BOYS BATHROOM. When there are people waiting to use the urinal they must wait behind the line on the floor until the person in front of them is finished.

4. It is approved that grants shall be written and supported for the installation of automatic sinks for the bathrooms. (10/31/08)

5. The use of hand held video game devices will not be allowed at Trillium at anytime. This includes DS, Gameboy, videos on phone and mp3 players, etc. If video devices are brought to school they must remain in a bag or cubbie. Following are the exceptions:
 * Learning based video games can be used with special permission of a student's advisor.
 * Hand held video games CAN be used in aftercare but only with permission from the adult on duty.
 * Console based video games can be used during school related parties.
 * Video games can be played at "video game nights" sponsored by the school. (11/07/08)

6.1 All posters and announcements posted throughout the school must be reviewed by the Building Maintenance committee before they are placed on the school walls. This will ensure quality postings.(11/14/08)

6.2 The Building Maintenance committee shall set guidelines for the posting of all materials on walls throughout the building.(11/14/08) 7. //As stated in the Trillium Constitution, the All School Meeting has "the power to decide how the physical space of the school shall be used, both inside and out.. " For this reason, and In order to give more power to ALL the students and staff to make decisions about how we use our space, __all__ use of the Multipurpose Space, the Kitchen as well as the Common Space __after school__ should go through the All School Meeting and not through just one person (presently that person is Arianne). If people or groups want to use these spaces they will need to seek approval by making a request to the All School Meeting. Individuals who are not able to come to an All School Meeting (such as members of the neighborhood community) can have a Trillium member speak for them. A calendar of Kitchen, Common Space and Multipurpose Room use shall be hung in each space to record their uses, as will rules and regulations concerning the proper use of these spaces. If this proposal passes, the Building Maintenance Committee will be required to create a set of rules and regulations for these spaces. Any afternoon, evening or weekend use of these spaces that are ALREADY set (with Arianne) shall remain on the calendar. All school and class related scheduling of these spaces __during the day__ will be left up to the staff. Any students who use the building after school will need to have an adult contact person that is in the building at the time of use for safety and liability reasons. (01/09/09)//

7.1 __**AMENDED**__: Amend recently passed common space, kitchen and multipurpose room proposal ( #7 under "use of indoor space/property") to eliminate process whereby community groups are required to be approved at All School Meeting should they wan to use and/or rent the space after hours. Arianne will schedule community use of these spaces after hours. This power would also be given during the summer. (01/23/09)

7.2 Request for multipurpose room use. I am offering to trade use of the Multipurpose Room in trade for marketing materials/collateral for the Trillium Summer School and camp as discussed with Stephanie. I will use the space mainly on weekends and as long as no other activities are planned. I will work with Arianne to schedule usually at least a week in advance. Also, I will offer a 1-2 week summer school program for upper school students in Photography ans selling stock photography. This plan is based on fellow Portland photographer friends involvement. Funds raised will go toward the summer school program with a budget (to be determined) for expenses (models, makeup artists, wardrobe, etc)

8. All people who are picking up their children or siblings will need to wait in the Common Space of the school until 3:14. At this time they can walk down the hall to pick their children up outside their child's advising room. The same barrier that is placed at the entrance to the hall way in the morning will be put up by an office staff member at 2:55 with a sign reminding them of the times. This barrier will be placed in a way that will allow people to pass and allow it to be seen by both parents and students coming down the stairs. The reason for this proposal is to lower the volume and chaotic energy at the end of the school day outside the lower school classrooms.(02/06/09)

9. We want to bring back the art wall in the upstairs. Both sections of wall on either end of the upstairs hallways will become a space for artistic expression by any member who registers with the art committee. This area includes: The area between Amy's door and Kurt's door. The area between silent study area and Ken's Window The area between Will's Window and Kirks door The area between the lounge space and the science lab door. A committee must be reinstated to care care of this space in order for this proposal to take effect. The committee will consist of anyone wishing to participate in putting art on the walls. Every member must agree to hear any concerns of community members, The committee will meet the 1st Thursday of every month in Ken's room to hear community concerns. Staff/students may add art to the space at any time that is not disruptive to the learning environment of others. Students/staff are responsible for taking care of the space. Offensive, hurtful or foul material is not permitted. Offensive material should be painted over by the art committee after a hearing. People may not use foul smelling/toxic materials on the wall. This proposal only stands as long as staff/students take care of it. The teachers will have the right to put any class relative work. If there were any offensive an emergency meeting can be formed by the committee.(05/08/09)

10. Any animal on Trillium property needs to be confined to a leash, a cage or a pen. If a student brings in an animal it must be first approved by a staff member. If a staff member brings in an animal it must be approved by the Director. Staff members who approve an animal must make sure that no student that will come in contact with that animal has allergies to that animal. An animal must be brought in for "educational purposes" and must have documentation of shots and papers. (05/22/09)

11. There should be a divider in the upperschool boys bathroom between the sink and the urinal. Nina's advising group will go shopping for a divider at the rebuilding center or Habitat for Humanity. Max, Zach and Tristen will find the price and come back to ask for money from the ASM. (10/30/09)

12. The forks have to stay in the Multi - purpose room or in the lower school class rooms.(02/29/09)

13. We would like to be able to play music in the Multi-Purpose room during entire lunch. If someone finds your music and lyrics offensive you need to change the song. The speaker system will be used to play the music. If one person feels that it is too loud, it is considered too loud. If a lot of people want to play their music there will be a sign up sheet. Finn will be providing a chord to plug into the music system. (12/11/09)

14. I would like to use the lower school hallway (outside Kirk's room) to hang the mobile that used to hang in the Resource Room. (01/15/10)

15. We would like to put up a bulletin board in the commons to celebrate our senior class. There will be pictures and some information about the graduating class. Descriptions will be approved y seniors before they go up. This year Rene Deveraux will be in charge of installation and upkeep. If at the end of the year there is not a clear plan for the future upkeep it will be removed. (02/11/10)

16. The preschool would like to reserve the spot to the right of the MLK domino creation for the work of the pre-school. This would be until the end of the year. The poster that is there now would be moved to between the two benches.(02/25/10)

17. The Maryland street door is an emergency exit only because it does not lock properly every time and sometimes stays open. All visitors must check-in at the front desk. A sign will be put on the door and all violators will be sent to JC. The door can be used as an exit at the end of the day to __leave__ the building. You can exit starting at 3:15 pm on Monday-Thursday and 12:00 on Friday. Once the door is fixed the door would go back to being an EXIT ONLY door. Once the door is fixed it would be announced to the school in the morning announcements. The door could be used for loading and unloading of school related equipment with staff supervision. . (03/19/10)

18 Kitchen Proposal. This proposal was refined by the newly formed Kitchen Committee after having been brought before ASM earlier in the year. The Kitchen Committee proposes that a certification process be established to permit properly trained students to use the kitchen. Mitchell Fisher, will help devise certification sessions that will be offered once a month. Mitchell will also devise a list of who has priorities in the use of the space, materials, dishes and silverware. Part of the training will include what can be used and when. Students will sign up ahead of time to attend the monthly certification sessions. Certification is good for the entirety of the school year, unless the student loses kitchen privileges. Kitchen users would need to get re-certified every school year. A list of names of students certified to use the kitchen will be posted there (in paper). Rules for using the kitchen, as devised by Mitchell and the kitchen committee will be demonstrated through the training, and posted on the wall of the kitchen. Any member who violates the rules will lose kitchen use privileges, but may regain them once during a school year by completing another kitchen training. We propose a two tiered system of certification: Tier 1: Borrowing and Washing Dishes. Tier 2: Cooking. Ways to lose certification: Leaving a mess, not cleaning up. Not returning borrowed dishes or silverware in a timely manner silverware must be returned (within the day, dishes within 2 days). Disrespecting materials. Taking food that is not allowed. Not following rules and protocols of the kitchen. Students who use the kitchen without certification would go straight to JC. This would go into effect after spring break of 2010. (03/19/10)

B. __Use of Outdoor Space/Property__
1. When playing dodge ball you need to include everyone. No aiming at the head.

2. Any kid can play any game outside. You cannot exclude someone from playing with you.

3. You are not allowed to hang on the basketball hoop. If someone hangs on the hoop 3 times they cannot play with the basketball hoop for 2 months.

4. If you skateboard you must fully secure your helmet. **Ammended**: If a student rides a pogo stick on campus they must wear a helmet. (10/30/09)

5. Smoking, and the use of any tobacco product, is prohibited within a 3 block radius of the school, if you are of legal age or not during the hours of 8 am through 6 pm Monday through Friday. Any student caught smoking or using any tobacco product will be immediately sent home and serve one additional “suspension” day. This will be considered a first offense under the Unsafe Behavior Consequence listed in the Trillium Law Book.

6. Brothers, sisters or family can take lower school students off campus for lunch. Only Trillium upper school students may take the lower school students out to lunch. Lower school students can't take other lower school students out. No preschool or kindergarten students may be taken out. Students must have written permission from a parent or guardian that states both WHO can take them out and on what days. Students need to check out and in with their advisor. (12/05/08)

7. We would like to close the front parking lot in order for it to become a beautiful and vibrant gathering space which embodies the energy and spirit of Trillium. We would like to work with the City Repair Project to help guide us through the process they call "Place Making". This year long process of creating a community gathering space is another way to strengthen and build community. It relies on community members to participate in the creation of ideas and implimentation of the project. Typically such projects include permanent structures such as cob sculptures, seating areas, shelter and art. The pavement is removed in places and those parts that remain are painted by the community with agreed upon designs. The finished result is a beautiful, long lasting, usable space. This placemaking process would connect us a larger community in Portland working on similar projects. Genevieve Bouwes will be the point person to get the project started. (06/05/09)

8. A rain barrel will be installed in the front of the building. The overfill water will help water the plants and the tree near the building. Nina will be the point person on this project.(06/05/09)

9.Regarding the "Spinny Thing" at the park which we (JC) have re-named "Bob", these certain rules must be followed by any students-all grades included-who wish to use it. Only one student will be allowed on at a time and can be pushed by a maximum of two people with the consent of the one being pushed. Anyone waiting for or watching "Bob" must stand at least two yards (six feet) away from it, which is about as far as the sidewalk and curbs surrounding the flower beds. Pre-school through 3rd grade may have 2 people on at a time.(11/13/09) **AMMENDED** We'd like to amend the Bob rule regarding the age and replace it with a new height guidelines that state anyone 3 1/2 feet (42") cannot be on Bob with another person. There will be some kind of marker on the playground to show 42". (01/08/10) **AMMENDED** I propose that the k-3rd graders and those under 42 inches tall be required to ride the spinner in the playground (Bob) one at a time. It will be implemented by student and staff who have park duty by just watching & making sure no more than 1 person gets on the spinner (Bob) at the same time (01/15/10)

10. Because the voices and ball hitting our roll up door is so loud I propose that we close off the four square space in front of Rob's advising except for lower school recess and all school lunch times.(02/25/10)

C. __Food/Drinks__
1. You can only eat in the lunch room (and in classroom with permission from staff)

D. __Appropriate Behavior between members of Trillium Charter School Community__
1. No swearing allowed.

2. No name calling allowed

3. The tier 1 section of OVRR will be replaced with the Staff-Student Conflict Resolution Process as outlined in points 1-7 below and the Staff-Student Conflict Resolution From.
 * 1) This process will require all staff members to establish clear rules and expectations in their classrooms. Ideally the students will have a say in what these rules and expectations are. These rules and expectations must fall within Trillium’s Constitution and be made clear to all students. Consequences for the violation of established rules and expectations should also be established.
 * 2) This process will require staff to give fair warning to students if they feel that rules and/or expectations are being broken. All efforts should be taken to resolve an issue or conflict calmly and respectfully. If a staff member observes a student in violation of a school rule or Constitutional right or responsibility, he or she may make a “Judgment Call” on the student, with or without an immediate warning. The staff member must make clear what violation has been observed. The staff member and the student will meet as soon as possible to determine the resolution of the conflict. At the meeting, participants will work toward a mutual resolution and agreement. However, staff members have the right to impose a consequence appropriate to the violation on the student. Consequences can be appealed to the judicial committee but must be served while any appeal is pending. (Following the possible meting out of consequences, staff needs to fill out the appropriate step of the //conflict resolution form.//)
 * 3) This process will require staff to meet with students to fill out the Step #1. section of the if they feel that a student isn’t responding after a fair warning. Step #1 requires the staff and student to come up with a mutual agreement that addresses the issue or conflict. The student’s advisor must also be notified of this agreement. It is the job of the advisor to keep track of the number of conflict forms that a student may have.
 * 4) If the agreement is broken by the student or the staff member reparations must be decided upon and made. The staff and the student must sit down to determine what that will be, and when it will be completed using the suggestions outlined in the //conflict resolution form.//
 * 5) If the issue or conflict continues after reparations have happened the issue or conflict will be brought to the level team (including any other staff requested) for discussion. The team will make decisions based on the menu of choices outlined in the //conflict resolution form.// The team may meet several times to review and/or change its decisions. Each time, the student should be notified of the decision made.
 * 6) Students may appeal team decisions to Judicial Committee if they seem unreasonable.
 * 7) The decision to begin discussions about the appropriateness of a student’s placement at Trillium can be started only after all other avenues have been fully explored.

Tier 2 OVRR consequences will from here on out be referred to as **Unsafe Behavior Consequences**
 * Type of incident || 1st offense || 2nd offense || 3rd offence || 4th offence ||
 * Creating an unsafe environment || Go home. Parent/teacher conference || Go home followed by 1- 2 day suspension; parent conference. Director needs to follow up with appropriate and legal documentation and notification on all school suspensions. || Go home followed by 1-2 day suspension; parent conference. Director needs to follow up with appropriate and legal documentation and notification on all school suspensions. || counseling out of school or expulsion ||

o Play Fighting and Push fighting. o Physical violence o Dangerous games. o Using any object in a way that looks threatening. o Verbal assaults and threats. o Non-verbal/non-contact threats o Altering environment to make it unsafe. o Uncontrolled Anger. ||
 * __ examples of creating an unsafe environment :__
 * **__Automatic Suspension__**

o Weapons at school (knives, throwing stars, etc) o Drug possession o Extreme physical violence, o Extreme threats, o Pulling fire alarm, o Theft. 3 suspensions in one year can lead to expulsion from Trillium. || **__Automatic Expulsion from Trillium__**

o Drug distribution. o Fire arms at school. o Bomb threat. o Death Threat.

(These comply with district and state law) ||

**IV School Programs, Classes and Activities (permanently established)** (back to top)
1. Trillium does community service projects at the end of the year. All members of Trillium must participate. This service project will last one day.

2. A student may be dropped or failed from a class based on an attendance policy defined by the instructor in a syllabus.(01/16/09)

3. All fundraising or "drives" (food drive for instance) activities planned by students or classes need to have an advisor or teacher attached to them to help manage the money and the details of the activity.(03/06/09)

4. The intensives for High School should be able to earn credit by shifting times for all students or making some classes worth credit for high schoolers. We all could use the credit. 30 hours =.25 credit. This proposal is a recommendation by the ASM to the staff.(04/24/09)

5. Trillium garden will be turned into a Trillium farm run by the Americorps volunteer (Katy) and a group of interested high school students to be determined. Once the final program has been created it will be revealed to the ASM. (05/22/09)

**V Committees** (back to top)
1. Committees shall be formed for the Construction Room, The Hut and Park Stewardship.

2. Once a committee chair is elected it is their job to set a meeting for their committee and notify its members when that meeting will be meeting. The first job of the committee (if this wasn't done already) is to establish when it will meet on a regular basis and what its main focus will be. This must then be printed and put up on the All School Meeting Committee Board in the common space. While committees have the power to run their own meetings and make decisions, they still need to give reports to the All School Meeting (at least once a month) about what they are doing. Any major decisions by the committees that affect the school as a whole need to be approved by the All School Meeting. The chair of the committee is responsible for running the meetings, keeping track of who is on the committee, and keeping track of all the discussions and decisions made. These should be posted on the board in the common space. If students are chairs, they should select a staff member as a support person.

3. All committees organized by the All School Meeting must post results of decisions they have made on the All School Meeting Committee board in the common area no later than one week after the decisions are made. If committees are going to make any major decisions that may affect people not present at the meeting they must post that these decisions are going to be made AT LEAST one week prior so those affected may attend the meeting if desired. In addition, the chair, or another member of each committee, must give a monthly report to the All School Meeting about its decisions and actions. This monthly report will happen at the 2 nd All School Meeting of each month.

4.There should be a set committee meeting time when All School Meeting Committees can gather/meet and get work done as k-12. This will be set at 10:00 on Tuesday and shall go no longer than 30 minutes.(11/21/08)

5. We would like to reinstate the prom. **We would like to have an official prom committee**. Also we would like to apply for a $150 grant from the ASM. The prom will we for students in the High School only.(04/24/09)

6. Ken's advising proposes that a **Kitchen Committee** be established. There will be a vote for a chair of the committee at the next All School Meeting.(11/20/09)

**VI Purchases** and payments (back to top)

 * 1) $100 will be used out of the All School Meeting budget to purchase a cordless drill, a staple gun, staples and a set of screw drivers for the school tool kit. The cordless drill will be available for all staff and students to use, but will be stored in the office. The rest of the tools will go in the red tool kit stored in the office. These tools are also meant for all students and staff to use. (12/05/08)
 * 2) The tech group requests $400.00 to upgrade our existing Linux Servers. This is necessary to run our new software, Ubuntu, which will offer considerable benefit to the whole student body for many years to come. (03/20/09)
 * 3) The Fighting Team would like to use a loan of 200.00 to register for the Puffy Spring League. Keep in mind without this money we will not be able to play his year. There would be loan from the school and would be paid back by the end of the school year. Tanner will take full responsibility for this loan. An agreement will be made with the ASM Budget Committee(03/20/09)
 * 4) The woodworking class would like $100.00 dollars to help support it's efforts to do projects for the school. Almost ALL supplies are donated but sometimes we do need to buy things that get worn out. Such as Saw blades or sand paper or better quality wood.(04/10/09)
 * 5) We would like to reinstate the prom. We would like to have an official prom committee. **Also we would like to apply for a $150 grant from the ASM. The prom will we for students in the High School only**.(04/24/09)
 * 6) The Beautiful Trillium class would request $50 from the budget to cover the cost of purchasing the plywood and the outdoor paint for the murals they are creating..(12/04/09)
 * 7) On 22 off December Humble Hearts School in Nairobi Kenya was bulldozed. We would like to send $75 to help rebuild. We would like to send the money immediately and then have fund raisers to feed back into the ASM budget.(01/15/10)

**VII Items that don’t fall into other categories (including temporary items and activities)** (back to top)
>> Monday-PJ Day, Tuesday-Gender Switch Day, Wednesday-Superhero Day, Thursday-Formal Day, Friday-School Spirit day..(03/06/09)
 * 1) All rules and regulations that pertained only to the “old building” will be dropped from the law boo
 * 2) A dance will be held for the intermediate class on April 25th. Never (in Jeremy’s class is the contact person for this dance).
 * 3) A dance will be held for the entire Trillium Community on November 21st, 2008, from 6:30-9:00in the multipurpose space. There will be a $5.00 donation per family at the door, but no families will be turned away. The dance will begin at 6:30 with a variety of line and led dances. Instruction will be provided. At 7:30 there will be free form (spirit) dancing with music provided. (11/07/08)
 * 4) There will be a community dance each of the next five months, usually on the third Friday of the month. (Jan. 23, Feb. 20, March 20, April 17 and May 15. Each dance will be from 6:30-9pm in the multi-purpose room. From 6:30 -7:30 will be circle and line dances with instruction provided by Brian (K,1,2 advisor). From 7:30-9pm will be free form dancing to DJ style music. Each dance will have DJ's from students, parents or teachers that are interested. Brian will provide the music if no one else is interested. Brian will be a chaperon. There will be student sign ups to help with set up and clean up. The set up will be minimal with string lights for the floor. Families are invited to bring food to share. There will probably be free popcorn for each of the evenings. There will be a suggested donation of $2 per person or $5 per family to attend, but no one will be turned away.(01/09/09)
 * 5) The JC shall be able to have a bake sale to raise money for t-shirts (01/23/09)
 * 6) It is proposed that the Lit Circle class be able to paint words (in art form) on wood or paper about President Obama and the 2009 election on the walls by Amy's Classroom (upstairs). Amy will be watching use while we paint and would paint too. This would happen during Lit Circle Class.(01/23/09)
 * 7) The Community Dance, regularly scheduled for February 21st, should be moved to February 13th to become a Valentines Day Dance. The dance will be the same except for the change of day. There would be an upper school dance that starts at 9:00 and ends at 11:00.(02/06/09)
 * 8) TFT is requesting use of the Multipurpose room on Saturday March 14th from 8am-7pm. TFT is planning to have a 1-day set of intensives for adults in our community--parents and staff (if they're interested, just for fun, no work involved). This will be on Saturday, March 14th, roughly 8am-7pm (to allow for setup and cleanup). We'll be using spaces around the building and we'll need the multipurpose room for at least the potluck lunch and the social/networking hour at the end of the event,(0213/09)
 * 9) A proposal to use the fence around the playground as a canvas for a school wide art project. The details are as follows.//Polly's service learning class is hoping to plan an art project which will benefit the appearance of our school and beautify the fence that shelters our playground. Our plan is to make a circle out of reclaimed and recycled wood for each student in the school. This would be their canvas to express their feelings and experiences about Trillium and put it on display for the community both at Trillium and all of the neighborhood to share. Our fence has been naked for too long. We feel the time is right to begin to show Trillium's creativity and spirit. What will this look like? A two day commitment (12:50-1:50 for lower school and during advising for upper school). We will join your class and present the project, bring and set up materials, help groups have messy fun and create beautiful wood circles from our hearts. Then we will clean up. After the circles are done we will be in charge of installation and have an opening/presentation of the final products as they are mounted to the fence and poetry is read.(02/13/09)//
 * 10) We, as the Trillium Yearbook Committee, propose that this year's spirit week be held March 9th-13th. Our proposed schedule is
 * 1) The community dance has a funky hat or an 80s day theme, with permission to have about 6 posters up around the school (03/06/09)
 * 2) Amy and Nina's advising want to use the Kitchen and Multipurpose room on Friday, March 20th, in the morning. This is after our sleep over from the night before.(03/13/09)
 * 3) We the yearbook committee propose that all students and teachers of Trillium Charter School pay Sliding scale of $1.00 - $5.00 each for this year's yearbook. (03/20/09)
 * 4) My proposal is that Trillium in Bloom should be allowed to use the whole school for the community showcase and gala on May 8th and 9th.(04/24/09)
 * 5) The Fighting Flower Frisbee team would like to host a gaming night on May 22nd and 23rd from 10:00 pm to 10:00 am to raise money for the team. The gaming night will only be open to upper school students. Nick has agreed to be the staff support staff. The organizers will bring an update of all details to the all school meeting the week before the event.(05/01/09)
 * 6) We would like to have a Halloween dance for the Upper School. It would be on October 29th, a Thursday, from 7 pm to 10 pm. We will ahve 3 supervisors. (1 advisor and 2 other adults). We will play mostly Halloween Music. It will cost $2 at the door. We will also need $150 from the ASM budget that will be paid back after the dance. We would like sudents to come in costume. There will be snacks (not dinner) and decorations. We would like a volunteer to DJ. Isaiah, Tabitha, Ana and Aubrey will decorate the multipurpose room before hand and volunteers will DJ and supervise. Amy Stuhr said that she would supervse if she could find someone to help her tag team. You can make a phone call but once you are at the dance you have to stay at the dance. There has to be a commitment by the parents.(10/23/09)
 * 7) We would like to have a Winter Solstice Dance. It will be $2 at the door. It will be for all upper school. It will be formal wear or nice clothes only. 7 to 10 pm on Friday December 17th. We need 2 parent chaperones. Amy is willing to be there. There will be a photo shoot. Amy will help with that. IT will be a dollar for a photo. We also need a DJ. **We are asking the school for $60 for food and decor.** Along with decor we are asking people to donate solstice decorations. We would like to ask Brian for a rope light and smoke machine. We also need another high school advisor chaperone. Anaise, Tabith and Reggi from Amy's Advising. The money that is borrowed from the ASM will be given back. (11/20/09) AMENDING: We would like to amend the upper school winter solstice dance proposal that was passed by allowing our of school guests. The guest would have to fill out the standard visitor form and turn it in to Amy at least 24 hours before the dance.(12/11/09)
 * 8) Gaming Proposal. The purpose of this proposal is to raise funds for the Kids 4 Kenya program. The way I intend to raise money is to have a gaming tournament at Trillium in the multipurpose room. I would like for this even to happen before thanksgiving break but if it needs to happen after that is ok. This event will last 5 hours, the prep time will take 1 and a half hours and 1 and a half hours for clean up. SO this event will add up to a total of 8 hours. Projected attendance would be 20 to 30 people if it was an open event and 10 to 20 people if it was a closed event. A suggested donation of $10. The fee will be $5. I will also need 3 to 4 chaperones to watch over the event. If anyone would like to volunteer please find me. Permission slips will be required for students under teen. IT will be set for December 5th.(11/20/09)
 * 9) The Beautiful Trillium class would like to create several hanging murals for the front space. These murals will be temporary and will be hung on the green fence. There will be two 8x4 foot murals and two 4x4 foot murals. These murals will be painted on plywood by the Beautiful Trillium class. (Images of what these murals will look like will be projected on a screen at the All School Meeting). The class would also request $50 from the budget to cover the cost of purchasing the plywood and the outdoor paint.(12/04/09)
 * 10) We would like to host an upper school Valentines dance. It will be a masquerade ball. It will be held on February 11th. Thursday. It will be $2.00 at the door and $1 for a photo. It will be from 7-10. There will be decorations and snacks, but NOT dinner. We would like to borrow $60 from the all school budget to spend on decor and snacks. We would like any decorations and snacks to be given Ana, Tabitha or dropped off in Amy's room. Ana, Tabitha, Reggi and other helpers will come at 5:00 to help set up. Ana will DJ. You are required to wear a mask. If you don't have one you can make one at the dance for 50 cents. We would like permission to hang posters around the school to advertise the dance. People from outside of Trillium may come with a signed permission slip turned into Amy 24 hours before the dance.(01/15/10)
 * 11) The Fighting Flowers Team would like to host an all night upper-school gaming party to raise moneyso that we may register for the upcoming Frisbee Season. We would like for this event to take place on the 12th and 13th of February between 8 pm (on the 12th) and 11 am (on the 13th). We will charge $20. Please try to pay before the deadline of February 9th. Some of the $20. will go towards food, drink and the rest will go towards our Frisbee Season (registering, and food and drinks during the game). We will accept money at the door but the price will go up to $23. (It is important that we have the money before the deadline or else we can't plan out how to budget the food). Presently there is Alex Lilinquests mon, Jess's student teacher's husband and neighbor as chaperones. For the even to happen there has to be at least one Trillium Staff member present during the event as well as a staff member that helps with the money. (These can be the same people). James will also check in with Stephanie to see if the two chaperones can legaly be chaperones. THey may need to get background checks.(1/29/10) AMMENDED proposal from 1/29/10 I propose that a staff member shouldn't be necessary for hosting the gaming night as long as there is a responsible adult in charge that is educated in building responsibilities (as in how rooms were before the gaming night and making sure they're in order when we leave.) Reasons for me creating this proposal is because it's near impossible to find a willing staff member to stay the night through the gaming night and we are able to find more than enough willing adults. This is a one time exception. All those students who want to come need to have signed up by Wednesday so it is clear how many students attended.(02/04/10)
 * 12) I want to make a Valentine's Dance on Friday the 12th for the 3-4-5. The dance will be from 6:30-9:00. Primary aged kids can come if they bring their parents. The dance is free but Danny would accept donations for decorations. There will be 2 chaperones. Dani's mom and Lyndsey. (02/04/10)
 * 13) The 3-4-5 would like to have St.Patrick's day dance on March 19th from 6:30-9:30. We are asking for $50.00 for decorations and food (not dinner) just snacks, soda and sweets.(03/05/10).
 * 14) Our proposal is that Rob's class seed company can put posters up on the front and back doors of the school. (03/05/10)