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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-01-26-Harrington-minHarrington Elem ntary School Site Council — Noleeti 2015-2016 Academic Year eeting Date/Time: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:30-8:30 am n Attendance (Council Members): X Elaine Vlead, Principal X Mona Potter, Community Rep X Jennifer Roney, Parent Rep. X Elizabeth Class, Faculty Rep. X Shaun Dever, Faculty Rep. vited/Ad Hoc: °cation: Harrington School, Room 170 (1'' floor conference room) g V1inutes Secretary: Jean Kelley X Michelle Matta Darden°, Parent Rep. X Rucha Londhe, Parent Rep, X lViai Yang, Parent Rep. X Jean Kelley, Faculty Rep, X Michelle Wright, Faculty Rep. Documents/Exhibits Distri utecl: Agenda; December Minutes; 2015-2016, Stu 1. Approval of outstanding minutes 2. Review + status of outstanding action items /,;777:74 477:77,7 ( ent Survey Dra Decern er minutes to be approved at Feb. meeting . Success Through Connection meeting 4. Student Survey tudent survey i..... 7%,/ Brief discussion of town wide meeting that ' \4--as‘-heidat----- stabrook School. Parent representative, IV1.1Yang, shared his experience at tis meeting of how he got involved in the Harrington Site Council. Determined the amount of surveys needed for students in Grades 3-5, so we will need to upgrade to paid version of Survey EVIorikey_ A motion and consensus was made to use funds for upgrade_ Discussion about the gradients on the survey (EX. Completely vs. strongly.). The council agreed to the gradients : Completely agree-agree-disagree- cornpletely • isagree Discussion that there should be some language/text showing at the beginning of the survey to explain to students, as well as a short paragraph with an explanation to teachers_ M. Motta Dardeno volunteered to write these two pieces of text. Discussion about the benefits of knowing at what grade_ students started at Harrington. Would results Harrington Elementary School Site Council Meeting Minutes 2015 -2016 Academic Year differ for a student who was fairly new to Harington vs. a student who started in Kindergarten? Council members agreed to add statement asking what grade the student started at Harrington. The order of questions on the survey was determined. The rollout dates for the survey were finalized: February 1, 2016 — explain survey to teachers at staff meeting. February 2 February 12th - time frame to complete survey in classrooms ...m E. Mead brought up a few topics to consider for the future: 1. DESE school report card. An email blast was sent to parents and the link is on the school website. Results could be reviewed and discussed. 2. What is the role of Community Service within a school and what impact does it have? A volunteer created a Playground plan. What does this plan look like? What impact does it have on the social /emotional climate of the school? We need to look at students with differences. What are their experiences at Harrington Schoo All students need to understand differences. Topics Plans for upcoming months: 1. February: initial highlights of student survey results and start discussion about inclusion 2. March: continue discussion about student survey results and continue conversation about inclusion /student differences . April playground plan Item ite header text_ .....� ._ .. / for Survey Monke y and additional information /explanation of survey for teachers. Apply changes to proposed student survey R. Responsible otta ©ardeno ondhe Due 1/26/2016 .......... 2/112016 2 Harrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes 2015 -2016 Academic Year 3. Student survey results will be emailed to site council members before the February meeting so members can be prepared for the discussion on February 23, 2016 4. Grants for teachers. $1500 - Create proposal and description R. Londhe To be determined 2/22/16 Money needs to be used before the end of the school year. 3