HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12-16-Harrington-minSchool Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2014-2015 Academic Year
Meeting Date/Time: Location:
12/16/14 Conference room
In Attendance (Council Members):
x Elaine Mead (Co-Chair)
x Jean Kelley
x Michelle Motta Darden()
x Jen Roney
x Vanessa Wilson
Invited/Ad Hoc:
1. Approval of outstanding minutes
Kathy Martin
x Mona Potter
x Rucha Londhe
x Michelle Wright
x Micah Viana
Secretary:
M. Wright
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November minutes approved as amended.
Review + status of outstanding action items Overview of long term enrollment options
by E. Mead
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3. SBSC Roundtable- M. Motta Darden()
4. New Student Protocols
• Proposed 10 min ( per SBSC meeting)
dedicated to SBSC roundtable
discussion/information exchange
• Roundtable agenda for 12/17 is school
safety.
• Distribution information to roundtable
from SBSC comes from? Central
Administration
Stress levels indicated on the town youth
risk survey and surprised that schools do
not have designated social workers.
• Proposed budget for 2015-16 to include
3 social work positions to cover the 6
elementary schools.
E. Mead -reviewed office procedures for
new student registration including
residency, citizenship verification, health
information,
ELL survey
placement decisions based on age, grade
from prior school, ELL students in class if
possible.
School Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2.014 -2015 Academic Year
Parent Survey
PTA bilingual parent volunteers speak
with new families
Question to be explored: is it possible to
modify the district form to reflect other
languages spoken by f'ami'lies ( to be
used as resource for new families)
Survey return count 103
Survey monkey charge for only >100, R.
Londhe did not pay for over 100 as only
3 received above that amount.
What is the school family count?
354 families
question tf on survey- parent
perception of stress levels
item
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Future Topics:
Continued discussion of new families and adjustment to Harriington, how to streamline the
process.
Possible brainstorming session between SBSC and parents in regards to
midyear transitions.
Parent survey.
Next meeting : January 20, 2015
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