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.
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Next meeting: March 26, 2013