HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06-11-Harrington-minHarrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes
2012 -2013 Academic Year
Meeting Date/Time: Location:
Secretary:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Harrington 1st floor conf /room Judy Cracker
7:30 --8 :30 am
In Attendance (Council Members):
x Elaine Mead (Co- Chair)
Micah Viana (Co- Chair)
x Judy Crocker
x Amy Chamberlain
x Michelle Matta Dardeno
. Rucha Londhe
Cindy Salarnone (absent)
x Geri O'Neill
x Nancy Taylor
Standing agenda items
Minutes
1. Approval of minutes from May 21, 2013
Approved as amended.
Agenda Topics Discussed
2. Feedback from Let's Chat Survey
Let's Chat was well received according to 41
parents who completed the survey.
Suggestions included: Named topics,
different meeting times, and location change
for improved acoustics (library). FY14 dates:
Oct (bullying prevention & intervention),
Dec, Jan, March, May.
3. Traffic Safety Plan
The School Committee's proposed traffic
mitigation plan and policy were reviewed,
including the status of an upcoming traffic
engineering study.
4. Loose Ends
a. Field Trips are experiencing: increasing
a. Field Trips
costs, PTA no longer finance buses due to
b. School Improvement Plan (SIP)
liability concerns, fewer chaperones dues to
cost, greater student nursing care, gift shop
pressure. Parents need to be educated on
how trips connect with the curriculum.
Suggested Harrington website link listing
enrichment activities and trips.
b. SIP includes mission, vision, and beliefs for
each school and the district. Need exists to
make SIP part of school language and create
a Harrington we site link.
S. Looking Ahead:
Kathy Martin (G3) will replace Cindy
a. Council Members for Next Year
Sala mone and Travis McCready will serve for
Harrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes
2012 -2013 Academic Year
b. Feedback on Meeting Dates /Times
a one -year term vacated by Khuarshida
Shahidullah.
6. Handouts provided to Council Members
Final copies of School Improvement Plan
Action items
Item
Responsible
Due
1. Place SIP into parent August packet.
2. Link class enrichment/field trips and SIP on website.
E. Mead
open
August
open
Next meeting: September 24, 2013