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Minutes of Site Based Council <br />January 20, 2012 <br />Attendance: Erin Maguire, Lucia Gates, Naomi Priver, Nimisha Asthagiri, <br />Michele Welch, Meg Colella, Lisa Diamant, Liz Mancuso, Stephanie Gray, <br />Rebecca Moore <br />Meg opened the meeting with a discussion of dismissal procedure. She had <br />previously posted a note to ask parents not to enter the building during the ten <br />minutes before dismissal. Parents had been going to classrooms and into the <br />office at this hectic time. It made dismissal very confusing. The note has been <br />taken off the front door and we will see how it goes from now on. The <br />renovations should help with this problem because there will be an area in which <br />parents can wait inside during cold or inclement weather. <br />A discussion of a survey that was done several years ago had communication as <br />an issue that needed to improve. There has been improvement in this area. It <br />was noted that not all parents read the information that is sent home or on the <br />website. The PTA has links on their website and hopes to mesh other links in the <br />future. <br />Rebecca mentioned that the PTA is not allowed to send mailings out in the <br />beginning of the year. They do invite people to subscribe to Bridge to Home, list <br />serve, and more needs to be done to get more parents to take advantage of <br />these informational sites. It is more important if the renovations take place <br />because there will be changes in traffic patterns and other issues. <br />Nimisha said that new kindergarten parents were not aware of Bridge to Home. <br />A suggestion was made that a subcommittee should be formed to help get <br />information to as many parents as possible. Perhaps parents would be able to <br />go to one site instead of four. <br />Meg said that maybe a summer mailing with information about signing up for <br />Bridge to Home, list serve could be included when the class lists go out. <br />Lucia thought that information for new parents should be looked at. Rebecca <br />mentioned that last year magnets with contact information were given out. <br />Meg said that the more information is given the better and a committee could <br />help streamline this process. <br />Naomi said that there is variability between teachers in posting information on <br />websites or sending newsletters. <br />Rebecca said that more help is needed to get out the vote on January 24 <br />Lisa asked whether the site based council could get parent volunteers to help <br />staff pack up and unpack if the renovations take place. This is a large job and <br />help will be needed to do this in a timely manner. <br />Next Meeting: February 17, 2012 <br />7:45am at Bowman <br />