HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-10-14-Harrington-minSchool Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2016-2017 Academic Year
Meeting Date/Time:
Location:
Secretary:
October 14, 2016
Harrington School, Room 170
M.Wright
7:30 to 8:30 am
(151
floor conference Room)
In Attendance (Council Members):
0 Donna Bonarrigo, Principal
0 Ann Ostrowski, Parent Rep.
❑ Community Rep (TBA)
0 Rucha Londhe, Parent Rep.
0 Orietta Barletta, Parent Rep.
OMai Yang, Parent Rep.
0 Liz Class, Faculty Rep.
❑ Katie Evanson, Faculty Rep.
0 Shaun Dever, Faculty Rep.
0 Michelle Wright, Faculty Rep.
Invited/Ad Hoc:
❑
❑
Minutes
Agenda Topics Discussed
1. Organizational items
September minutes approved.
a. Approval of September
minutes
Certificate of receipt, Summary of
Conflict of Interest Laws
2. Parent Survey
• Preview Parent survey from 2013
• Rucha to provide results from past
parent survey
• #5. Eliminate question, replace with
question about desirable times for Lets
Chat, possible have children available at
the Lets Chat series, would increase
attendance. Explore option of child care
during Lets Chat. Propose Sth graders as
watching other children in a supervised
environment.
• Past Lets Chat were on Friday mornings
• Add question in regards to student
stress example homework.
• 2 other schools in LPS have no
homework assigned this year.
Estabrook, Bridge) discussed rationale
behind homework vs no homework at
elementary level.
• Harrington homework assignments vary
by teacher preference.
School Based Site Council at Harrington
Meeting Minutes
2016-2017 Academic Year
• How to tie in the Student survey with
Parent survey,ie stress or bullying.
• Student survey from 2015-16 data follow
up results, student did not receive
feedback as it was the end of the school
year.
• Make student survey results known to
students; repeat survey Jan. or,
suggested to use this year as
intervention year.
• Parent Survey: Include question of
parents' impression of stress level here
at Harrington.
• Divided by academic, prosocial ,"other"
rate scale - high, med, low, none.
• Revise #3.(parent awareness of HAWKS)
Eliminate #4. school improvement goals)
• Add open question for Lets Chat
• Rucha to revise survey.
3. Enrollment and facility Update D. Bonarrigo
• About 470 students, class sizes 19-26,
average 21-22 students/class.
• District continues to look at buffer
zones, about 10 students received at
Harrington from other geocoded
schools.
• Building at capacity at this time.
• 22 classrooms plus specialties
4, Traffic Signal update D. Bonarrigo
• Superintendent aware, and involved
with facilities and town to speed up the
process, high safety priority.
5.Playground update D. Bonarrigo
• $10,000 LEF funds, PTA to match funds.
• Potentially request $5,000 from LEF,
focus the $25000 to one space for a
"quiet" space.
• To redo whole space is estimated @
$100,0000
• Suggest inexpensive games and ideas, ie
more balls, tether ball, recess supplies.
Item Responsible Due
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Meeting Minutes
2016-2017 Academic Year
Agenda Topics Held for Future Discussion
• 7.Propose Thursday mornings for meetings next meeting November 17th
• Future lets chat dates and topic ideas.
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