HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-26-HARRINGTON-minHarrington Elementary School
Site Council –Meeting Agenda
2023-2024 Academic Year
Meeting Date/Time:
Friday April 26th,2024
8:30-9:30 am
Location:
Harrington School Conference Room
Recorder-Wei Ding
Members
Ms.Jackie Daley,Principal
Melissa Lee,Community Rep.
Wei Ding,Family Rep.
Denise Grant,Family Rep.
Rachel Levy,Family Rep.
Ryan Mack,Family Rep.
Rory O’Connor-Assistant Principal
Ms.Julie Scafidi,Faculty Rep.
Ms.Liz Class,Faculty Rep.
Ms.Lisa Colagiovanni,Faculty Rep
Agenda Notes
Welcome Jackie explained the meeting agenda briefly.
Approval of minutes from
February 8th,2023
found HERE
Minutes were approved.
●Placement Process for 2024-25
School Year
●Kindergarten Screening
●New School Innovation Plan HERE
The New School Innovation Plan is ready to be
reviewed with some additional revisions.All the six
schools use the same table of content structure for
the innovation plan.The whole district is working
together to create a robust system.The innovation
plan will be finalized by June.Family Rep.asked about
5th graders’grade distribution with respect to the
beachmark data.For example,did the students with
low scores were paid attention to?Teachers explained
that students who need help have received targeted
practice training to improve their skills.The school
has provided a parent portal for parents to
communicate with teachers.The process of informing
Red-flagged students to the parents was explained.At
the beginning year and in the middle of year,the
school will notify parents about the students who
received red flags.A physical data wall will be created
to show students’progress,identify trends and gaps
in both mathematics and ELA.Students will be
de-identified on the wall.And the data is confidential
to students.The Harrington Administration will meet
with the Fiske Administration to learn about
individual students transferring to Harrington.
Jackie explained the overall design of the Placement
Process.The Placement Process for 2024-25 is
thoughtfully designed.Spreadsheets were used to
facilitate the design of the Placement Process
planning.Blind placement strategy was used with
teachers’names suppressed.The rationale is that
students should be placed to build the cohorts of the
kids,and then teachers will be selected based on the
characteristics of the kids.
Rory explained the details used for the spreadsheets
for the Placement Process.Tabs were linked to
connect the changes and revisions among different
sheets in order to create optimal placements.
Teachers have met several times to assure the right
placements of students.There are certain constraints
among students that the school should follow in order
to create the best learning environment for kids.
The parents'forms distributed to the community was
the first step of the whole placement process.Jackie’s
team paid attention to the special requests from the
parents.And her team communicated with the
parents to inform them of the adjustment made.
Special needs students were carefully arranged.
Teachers inside and outside classrooms were
consulted to provide inputs for the placement
process.
Teachers always try to put kids who are familiar with
each other into the same sections.The school had
meetings before the April break to decide the
arrangement of sections.
Spreadsheets were designed among principles to
provide the overall picture of the whole LPS.
Family Rep.queried whether the school observed any
drop off of students enrollment due to the impact of
Covid-19.Harrington did not observe such a pattern.
Family Rep.asked how to evaluate the
communications cards provided by the teachers.
Teachers explained that they will contact the parents
if a problem needs to be addressed.Parents are
encouraged to contact teachers if they need help to
interpret the report cards.
New business:
Future Dates:
May 31,2024
Please email Jackie if any new things to be
discussed at the next meeting.