HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-05-18-Hastings-minMeeting
Site Council- Maria Hastings Elementary
Date
Monday, May 18, 2015
Time
Attendance
7:45 am - 8:30 am
Patty McLaughlin, Bettina McGimsey, Sue Campbell, Debbie
Krasnow, Anne Knight, Louise Lipsitz, Dan Strollo, Pawan
Dhingra, Jane Kalinski, Curt Barrentine, Kris Spriano
Location
Library, Maria Hastings Elementary, 7 Crosby Road,
Lexington, MA 02421
Topics /Minutes
1.
Welcome
2.
Approval of April 15, 2015 minutes
3.
Lextended Capacity - Heather Hartshorn (director of
district program) will come in fall to give update about
district goals; goal to start Bridge program and looking
to add to each program, need additional classrooms;
looking to create middle school program. Also hope to
create before school program.
Lextended leases space from school (and owns a trailer
attached to cafeteria).
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Consider having Stephen Suduiko (site director) attend
a separate meeting because he could have Hastings
specific ideas
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Bridge does not have their own Lextended program
because of All Town Band
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Bus that takes kids to various after - school program
around town is very helpful; are adding an
administrative position next year to oversee that bus.
4.
Facility Update - notes from Thursday night's meeting
online; DiNisco Partnerships gave detailed
presentation of projects - exciting firm to work with;
understand MSBA and doing many projects.
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30 sections K -5 with and without preschool; with
preschool it diminishes open space on site as does
sufficient parking; DiNisco have option of green space
at each school; would be a 3 story school
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Other options for preschool are on parcel on
Harrington, one parcel on Worthen Rd on parcel on
Laconia Street
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DiNisco presenting at School Committee on Tuesday
June 16; coming to Hastings on Thursday June 11 at
7:30; sent out notice to abutters as well;
Town provides special education services ages 3 -22;
very different traffic pattern at preschool throughout
day given service delivery model; preschool is an
integrated model.
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Principals presenting School Improvement Plans at
School Committee tomorrow night. Louise will share
three stories: One, we wrote an LEF program grant to
bring in Howard Muscott who will work with team and
whole faculty supporting social emotional learning;
Two, ALICE training - (a national initiative) a different
way of looking at violence being perpetrated in
schools; our plan is to train staff, inform parents and
practice drills with students; Mary Ellen Dunn
conducted town -wide parent meeting this spring.
Three, cultural proficiency - leaders in our building
and Bridge spent this year alert, aware, sensitive to
conversation with people need to recruit faculty
members and educate ourselves; our own background
and experiences impact what we think about others
and behave; done a little work with full faculty but
want to expand;
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Candidates for Site Council - difficulty with email; no
responses.
• Parent representatives are organized by PTA
and everyone votes; could have a parent for one
year (There's nothing in regulations that would
prevent a one year term.) Deadline has passed.
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Mission /Vision and Guiding Principles - last year our
Site Council looked at document created by central
office. The guidelines about what drives us. Not
finalized yet.
Will bring to June 8 meeting for site council to review.
• Air quality control testing will take place next
week. See what results hold and make
decisions.
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Adjournment
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