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BRIDGE SCHOOL SITE BASED COUNCIL 9/27/13 <br />ATTENDANCE: Lynnette Allen, Nimisha Asthagiri, Russ Bosbach, Angela Chang, <br />Meg Collela, Betsy Conway, Erin Maguire, Susan Orenstein, Naomi Priver, Deb <br />Sabin, Deidre Schadler <br />• Update Renovations <br />• Library opening next week <br />• gym almost all set (classes have been outside) <br />• will utilize stage for assemblies so student will fit on floor <br />• 2 new classrooms should be done on Monday -- one for resource room, other for <br />PALS special eduction class <br />• old resource room will be swing space for art, music for Kindergarten as will have <br />storage unit for things which were to be stored in there <br />• after TLT done, 65 days to finish punch list; if not done then Facilities Dept to <br />complete and bill TLT <br />• things look good <br />• after school activities will be held here at Bridge, unless TLT will need to do work <br />which impacts the building; all big PTA events will be held here <br />-How best to use this time in SBC <br />-direction from Meg what teachers want <br />-review by dates what by law has to be done with School Improvement Plan <br />(SIP) <br />.we reviewed in the winter, look at it for feedback, then due in May <br />-lots of jargon in SIP, to have "cheat sheet" of what the abbreviations <br />mean; Nimisha had spoken with Dr Ash <br />•is a school -used document so those within school understand <br />-first 2 is <br />are the same across all schools <br />-also jargon in schools, Deb mentioned an article about "why I can't understand <br />my parent- teacher conference" so many assessments which aren't meaningful to <br />parents <br />.yesterday staff meeting Meg spoke with teachers to communicate the <br />ideas not necessarily the terminology <br />.?to have newsletter explaining the assessments, maybe when setting up <br />the conference sign -ups <br />-have a coffee, often not have large turnout but last year we proposed the <br />math coffee and it was well attended <br />-if target younger grades the parents will know as they progress through <br />the school <br />-also our population has changed and international families really do not <br />know what assessments are being done /what it means <br />-PTA breakfasts /coffees can join with SBC to have coffees to spread the words <br />-academic topics seem to have larger turn out <br />-change in standards aiming for the middle <br />