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<br />Estabrook School Site Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />December 21, 2009 <br />Present: Sandy Trach Absent: Ron Sanborn <br /> Kim Coburn Gretchen Saunders <br /> Lisa Nordman <br /> Carey St. Onge <br /> Pamela Tames <br /> <br />Next meeting: Monday, January 11th, 3:30-4:15, Estabrook Teacher’s Room <br /> <br /> <br />I. Announcements <br />We have added the January meeting to the schedule. The remaining Site Council <br />meeting dates are as follows: <br />th <br /> Monday, January 11, 3:30-4:15 pm <br />st <br /> Monday, February 1, 3:30-4:15 pm <br />th <br /> Monday, March 15, 3:30-4:15 pm <br />th <br /> Monday, April 26, 3:30-4:15 pm <br />th <br /> Friday, June 4, 3:30-4:15 pm <br /> <br />II. Discussion <br />The Site Council continued the discussion of the remaining points under Goal 3: <br />Promote a culture of home & school collaboration <br />Support recycling & district energy initiatives <br /> <br /> <br />The Lexington Facilities Management Department is working to improve <br />energy efficiency at a town-wide level. The staff, for its part, is publishing <br />a daily energy efficiency idea on the staff website (turn off lights when you <br />leave your room, keep the classroom door closed to help reduce <br />temperature swings, etc...). Some brainstorming was done for additional <br />ideas that we could pursue: <br />Find ways to recycle plastic in the classrooms from snacks/water <br /> <br /> <br />bottles – maybe just a plain cardboard box and then add a <br />recycling person on the classroom job chart who would be <br />responsible for emptying that bin at the end of the day. <br />Have more recycling bins available for community events <br /> <br /> <br />specifically for plastic <br />Ask for a copy of the monthly energy use report from Facilities <br /> <br /> <br />Management so that we can try to reduce energy use by targeting <br />high energy use months. <br />Increase awareness with fun programs like last year’s contest in <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />the 5 grade to see which class had the least amount of trash over <br />the course of a week <br />Find out about study results regarding the use of more eco-friendly <br /> <br /> <br />trays for cafeteria lunches <br />Review and explore past, current and future activities/enrichment <br /> <br /> <br />opportunities for students <br />At an early school leadership team meeting the question of before and <br />after school enrichments was discussed, particularly as to whether all <br />grade levels have appropriate opportunities to socialize and build <br />community. The Site Council could look to see what each grade level has <br />available to them both before and after school and determine what <br /> <br />