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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-26-Harrington-minHarrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes 2015 -2016 Academic Year Meeting Date /Time: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 7:30 -8:30 am Location: Harrington School, Room 170 (15t floor conference room) Secretary: Jennifer Roney In Attendance: II Elaine Mead, Principal II Michelle Motta Dardeno, Parent Rep. II Mona Potter, Community Rep. II Rucha Londhe, Parent Rep. II Jennifer Roney, Parent Rep. ❑ Mai Yang, Parent Rep. II Elizabeth Class, Faculty Rep. II Jean Kelley, Faculty Rep. II Shaun Dever, Faculty Rep. II Michelle Wright, Faculty Rep. Documents /Exhibits Distributed: Agenda; March Minutes; Student Survey data; Open -ended survey responses Standing Agenda Items Minutes Approval of outstanding minutes March minutes approved Agenda Topics Discussed 1. Organizational Items Mrs. Mead updated the Council on the School Committee's recent meeting about student assignment. Mrs. Mead updated the Council on the leadership transition. The new principal, Ms. Bonarrigo, will be working with staff to hire an assistant principal. Mrs. Mead is screening potential new teachers and will send a "first cut" of teacher candidates for Ms. Bonarrigo's review. Ms. Bonarrigo will visit Harrington on May 31 and again on kindergarten visit day (June 9). She might also attend the School Council meeting on June 7 (but that visit is not yet confirmed). 2. Survey Results The Council reviewed and discussed the open -ended comments from the student survey. The Council appointed a subcommittee (M. Dardeno, M. Potter, E. Class, and R. Londhe) to draft presentations about the survey results for faculty and parents. Mrs. Mead will select a time to present the survey results to faculty (probably June 6). She will also try to find a Let's Chat date after June 6 for sharing the survey results with parents. A parent representative also suggested sharing survey responses involving food with Whitsons. 1 Harrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Minutes 2015 -2016 Academic Year 3. Current Anti - Bullying Response and Curriculum Faculty representatives invited Harrington teachers to share their suggestions and curriculum ideas regarding social /emotional learning, kindness, anti - bullying, etc. Responses were limited, but some approaches to those issues currently being used at Harrington include greetings at morning meetings; "bucket- filling" discussions (all classrooms have a book on this topic); read -aloud tie -ins; "catch you being good jars "; HAWKS /Kindness sightings (school- wide); and lessons from the school counselor. Suggestions included additional lessons about understanding differences, and on ways to respond to teasing, conflicts, and bullying. Some older children seem less excited about the "HAWKS" program; maybe that program could evolve for the upper grades? 4. School Improvement Plan Draft Input and Process The Council appointed a subcommittee (E. Mead, M. Yang, S. Dever, J. Kelley, and J. Roney) to start work on drafting the School Improvement Plan. 5. Plan for May 20 Let's Chat The Council would like to move the May 20 Let's Chat until after June 6. Mrs. Mead will investigate possible new dates. Future Topics School Improvement Plan; Survey results presentations; PTA money allocation Action items Item Responsible Due 1. Set date for faculty discussion of student survey E. Mead 5/17 2. Find new date for Let's Chat (after June 6) E. Mead 5/17 3. Begin drafting presentations of survey results R. Londhe, M. Dardeno, E. 5/17 for teachers and parents Class, & M. Potter 4. Begin drafting School Improvement Plan E. Mead, M. Yang, S. Dever, J. Kelley, &J. Roney 5/17 2