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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 School Based Site Council at Harrington 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. 3