HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-19-Harrington-mineeting Date/Time:
May 19, 2015
School Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2014-2015 Academic Year
Location: Secretary:
Conference Room Mona Potter
In Attendance (Council Members):
X Elaine Mead (Co-Chair)
X Mona Potter, Community Rep
X Jean Kelley
X Kathy Martin
El Vanessa Wilson
Invited/Ad Hoc:
x Michelle Motta Dardeno (Co-Chair)
Jennifer Roney (PTA Liaison)
I Rucha Londhe
x Micah Viana
x Michelle Wright
Minutes
1. Approval of outstanding April minutes approved as amended.
2. Review + status of outstanding action items
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Overview by E. Mead
3 School Council Membership for 15-16
4. School Committee Meeting, 549-15, at 8pm
5, Follow-up on .t's Chat - May 15th
• The terms of two parent representatives
expire this year.
Determined a timeline and created an
action plan for recruiting and selecting
new parent representatives
o Approved blurb for recruiting
o Determined multiple ways of
informing parents
o Election June 12-20th
Discussed ways to structure the voting
process to maximize response and
maintain anonymity
Distributed finalized copies of the
Harrington School Improvement Plans to
site council members
Discussed highlights and future plans to
discuss at the meeting
• Open dialogue topics included:
o Placement process for rising 1
graders
o Updates on the Lexington
schools construction process
and progress
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School Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2014-2015 Academic Year
() Improvements to the
playground
Transition to 5th grade, social
media education and support
(7, Impact of MCAS on students
6. LexSBSC Roundtable Update • No Roundtable meetings since the last
Site Council meeting
Volunteers needed in order for
Roundtables to continue
Established June 161 as new date for the
next site council meeting
Discussed future agenda item: Map out
Let's Chat for next year
7. Future Topics for Agendas
Action items
Item
E-mail message from principal to recruit potential
parent representatives
Responsible Due
Elaine May 19th
Note in Harrington Happenings to recruit potential Jen May 24th
parent representatives
Send recruitment blurb home in students backpacks Elaine May 26th
4. Create a recruitment poster to be displayed at Michelle D May 31st
Harrington Spring Fair
5. Talk with PTA president about process of e-mail blast, Jen May 24th
voting process, and election window
6. Send PTA all bias submitted for the election Elaine June 12th
7, Aspen blast to inform parents of upcoming election of Elaine June 12th
parent representatives
Handouts/Documents
• Harrington School Improvement Plan 2014-2015 Year End Report
• Harrington School Improvement Goals 2015-2016
Next Nleeting: June 16, 2015
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