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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-02-26-Harrington-minHarrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes 20112 -2013 Academic Year Meeting bate /Time: Location: Secretary: Tuesday, February 25, 2013 Harrington 1st floor conf/room Nancy Taylor 7:30 — 8:30 am In Attendance (Council Members): _x Elaine Mead (Co- Chair) _xMicah Viana (Co-Chair) _xJudy Crocker x_Amy Chamberlain _xMichelle Motta aardeno 'Rucha Londhe _x Cindy Salamone _Geri O'Neill _x Nancy Taylor _xKhuarshida Shahidullah Invited /Ad Hoc: Standing agenda Items Minutes 1. Approval of outstanding minutes Amended and approved 2. Review + status of outstanding action items Agenda Topics discussed 3. Budget update — . We will sustain no cuts in school year • 2013 -2014 There will be 20 classrooms We will have a full time assistant principal 4. School Council Grants Balance . We had $1500 to start, $196 was spent for the HAWKS bulletin board. There is money left until June. We will inform teachers that there is money left. * School bus rates will stay at $300 until May 11, 2013, then rise to $500 until June 30 and rising to $722 thereafter. 5. discussion: • Ms Mead shared that many of our staff School Improvement Plan members had received training in Goal #2 — Pro - Social - Update "Responsive Classroom ". She said on a professional day many of our IAs and administrative aides had attended a day workshop. 0 She also shared that our assistant principal meets with our support staff monthly to discuss matters and provide ongoing training. • Games have been taught in P.E. to help Harrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes 20112 -2013 Academic Year at recess and support staff has learned the games as well. IAs also have weekly meetings with their special educator. • Our HAWKS group met in the summer and created our Behavior Support Team. The organization of the team was discussed. Its goal is to support teachers. It is made up of our school psychologist, a special educator and teachers. It exists along side our Child Study team. • Ms Mead summarized the pro - social and approaches to learning data from the December report card. In response to the data energy is being focused on grades 1 and 2. An initiative is in place in the specialist areas. Classrooms can earn hawks for their classrooms. The Hawks are presented to the classroom during morning meeting. • It was felt that this type of information should be shared with parents. 6. Discussion: * February Let's Chat was cancelled School Improvement Plan * There was discussion about including the Parent Education — SIP goal #3 pro - social information in the March Let's a. Let's Chat Jan 11— safety Chat that is focused on Health and Wellness. b. Let's Chat Jan 24 — literacy * It was decided that we would leave the c. Let's Chat March — PE and wellness March Let's Chat as is and include title the April 26 Let's Chat "The Year in Review" and have an hour meeting (8:30- 9:30). The focus would be responses to the report card and our School Improvement Plan. 7. Future Agendas: • March — update on academics, plan final Let's Chat • April — traffic safety, field trips, Harrington Elementary School Site Council -- Meeting Minutes 20112 -2013 Academic Year Action items Item Responsible Due 1. Make a feedback sheet for April 26 Let's Chat Rucha March 26 2. Email Eammon 'Sheehan about Wellness Let's Chat 3. Find out what field trips grade levels go on each year Ms Mead Cindy (3 -5) Geri (K -2) March 26 March 26 Agenda Topics Held for Future Discussion 1. 2. - Next meeting: March 26, 2013