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BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL-BASED SITE COUNCIL
<br /> 55 Middleby Road, Lexington, MA 02421
<br /> 781-861-2510
<br /> SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 MEETING MINUTES
<br /> APPROVED DECEMBER 21, 2018
<br /> PRESENT: Lynnette Allen,Amelia Brower, Erin Cerat,Jon Cunha, Kristen Gray, Kimberly
<br /> Hensle Lowrance, Ruth Litchfield, Zeba McGibbon, Deirdre Schadler, Kira Sevene, Maria
<br /> Totniou, and Shawn Wood.
<br /> ABSENT: Lucia Brower, Megan Brown, Meg Colella,Allison Gullingsrud,Amy Kvaal, Huan
<br /> Liu, Beth Murnaghan, Sejal Petal, Debbie Side, and Melanie Tanionos.
<br /> The Bridge Elementary School School-Based Site Council (SBC) met on Friday, September
<br /> 21, 2018 in the Bridge School Library. The meeting began at 8:00 AM, and was led by
<br /> Kristen Gray, assistant principal, stepping in for SBC chair and Bridge principal Meg Colella.
<br /> Kimberly Hensle Lowrance, SBC Co-chair, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone.
<br /> Meeting attendees next introduced themselves to one another.
<br /> Kristen explained the purpose and scope of SBC. This is a state-mandated group for every
<br /> public school in the Commonwealth.At Bridge, school leadership uses the SBC "as needed,"
<br /> which means that the topics addressed during SBC meeting are timely and necessary for
<br /> the school community.Additionally, each year,the SBC reviews Bridge's School
<br /> Improvement Plan and offers feedback. SBC is an open meeting, and anyone in the Bridge
<br /> community can come at any time,though the council does need equal parts staff and
<br /> parents.
<br /> The June Meeting Minutes were approved by the SBC.
<br /> An outstanding issue from last year was an update on the parking lot/drop-off process.
<br /> There had been reports of people driving unsafely during drop-off and pick-up (e.g., driving
<br /> too fast, not stopping for kids in the crosswalk, etc.) Kristen reported that Bill, our crossing
<br /> guard, keeps her apprised of how things are going, and so far,this year, it's going well. She
<br /> added that, at dismissal, it helps that there's only one bus to going to afterschool programs
<br /> at Hayden and Empow. Not having separate buses for off-site afterschool programs helps
<br /> decrease the traffic at the school.
<br /> She added that staff members do have to remind parents coming for car pick-up that you
<br /> cannot enter grounds until 3 PM, and that you cannot park in the lot and then cut into the
<br /> live car pickup line. Parents are also not supposed to park on Middleby Road to wait until 3
<br /> PM. This is unsafe, especially for people using the bike path. It was noted that some of the
<br /> cars parked on Middleby Road belong to high school students participating in Ultimate
<br /> Frisbee,which practices at Bridge. Kristen will follow up with high school leadership to see
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