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RECEIVED LEXINGTON kdkk 12 May, 1226 pui °m ° � �/ )eIp� � 'h TOWN CLERK � t �u � � �„„.0 �� 11 LEXINGTON MA Andrew Stephens, Ed.D. (781) 861-2320, ext. 69103 Principal astephens@lexingtonma.org Twitter: PLexingtonHSMa Minutes for the LHS School Site Council Meeting on April 11, 2022 from 6:00-7:30 PM. Present: Andrew Stephens, Daren Griffiths, Liz Curtin, Jen Loney, Suzanne Lau, I .C. Zheng,Alix Fox, Date Filey 1. Approval of the March, 2022 draft meeting minutes 2. Note that people are eligible to apply for 2 open seats on the LHS site council starting in the 2022-23 school year. This process is run by the LHS PTO. 3. School Innovation Plan Discussion a. Innovation Plan Draft to date —Andrew has made some format changes for the first two goals to more easily see how they tie into the district strategic plan. b. Much of tonight's discussion centered around Andrew's presentation to the School Committee about examining graduation requirements. i. Concern from some parents that more flexible graduation requirements will mean a loss of rigor. First of all, this is the beginning of a discussion, and much feedback will be gathered. We can have both flexibility and rigor at the same time, so if we can do that, why wouldn't we engage in that investigation... school works for most kids, but why not try to make sure it works for all kids? ii. Discussion that we're talking about following the MassCore standards, which are recommended by the state for college readiness, and are much higher than the baseline state graduation requirements. iii. Much of the flexibility that we're talking about having (electives, internships, etc) requires this flexibility in graduation requirements to even get started. iv. Potential alternate pathways allow for more areas of opportunity to access, and we need to make sure to look at equity of access. Andrew says that's partly why the timeline is so long; the CIT is going to be really important in terms of helping to drive that, as well as engaging kids. Alternate pathways will give kids some agency in figuring out how to get more agency, which is cool. V. Specifically in the context of science, if you only let juniors and seniors take APs, that allows students to take an intro level science course first and then choose to take the AP class in that subject. vi. Comment that concurrent enrollment classes allow kids to decide their second semester if they want college credits, so they can choose based on where they're going to college. vii. Much discussion about science requirements, sequencing, electives, etc., as well as the difference in credits/time between science classes and other classes. Lexington High School 1 251 Waltham Street I Lexington,MA. 1 02421