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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-12-19-HASTINGS-min Location: Library, Maria Hastings Elementary, 7 Crosby Road, Lexington, MA October 31, 2016 Present: Brenda Rich, Curt Barrentine, Rachel Harrington, Louise Lipsitz, Lance Conrad, Bettina McGimsey, Sue Campbell, Lisa Contre, Anne Knight •Agenda •Review and approve minutes •Update on School Improvement Plan •Update on Hastings building project •Member initiated discussion 1.Review of minutes: Motion to approve by Bettinna motion second by Brenda. All approved minutes of October 28 and November 28 unanimously. 2.Next meeting Friday, January 27, 2017 3. Staff and community meetings were held at Estabrook on December 15, 2016. We are not following the model building program 3.School Improvement broken into four categories: Academic Ï Continue work with Teachers College; this year focus on Readers Workshop, shifting from Writers Workshop for last several years. Hastings is paired with Bridge; powerful professional development geared to what teachers need in Lexington. Our goal for spring is to create our own labsites with coaches and teachers. Labsites have happened in mathematics. rd Lexington hosted 3 annual Lexington Learns on election day. We have held unconferences here at Hastings focusing on technology. To th prepare for MCAS in 4 grade on technology, Betsy Peterson, Technology Specialist met with that team. Following the recommendations of the district wide Response to Intervention task force. We focus on studentsÔ most important need and expand our repertoire of interventions. Second round of meetings today. Social Emotional -- we have a new member of mental health team. Social worker .5 at Hastings and .5 at Hastings. Mental health team meets weekly with administrators. Have discussed gender expansive issues. In January someone from state will meet with staff. There will be one student gender neutral bathroom allocated on each floor in new building design. PBIS Ï Hastings Hero program, emphasizing and celebrating our core values Safety, Responsibility, Respect and Determination. Successful this year. Creating a bulletin board in front office Welcoming New families Ï continue to welcome families. Two in last two weeks and two more in January. We anticipate more in spring. Grade 2, three classes of 25. Grade 5, two at 25 and one at 26. Kindergarten we are overmax in two of four classrooms. Grade 3 is smaller than others. Net increase of approximately 20-25 students this academic year. ELL population has grown tremendously. Approved for an additional 1.0 ELL teacher. Safety Ï updated training on ALICE protocols in fall. LPL and AK met with Sandy Trach from central office. Building issues and other topics which are time sensitive Park, Lock and Walk. Program initiated last June -- a police officer visits the building about once a week. Members of the police force who are on patrol. Walk the building, goes out to recess. They interact with kids a bit Ï see them as valued and approachable community helpers. Has been helpful for police officers to learn the layout of the inside of the building. Facilities Ï next steps presentation to school committee tomorrow night. Options renovate and bring up to code Ï not a viable Renovation and addition Ïconstruction cost very similar to new building New building; architects have three locations on the property. The preferred location maximizes green space. Thursday night permanent building meets and approves school committee vote. Binder sent to MSBA on January Review of floorplans. Goal to be LEEDS certified. School could be a place to go in case of emergency. Motion to adjourn by Betinna. Seconded by Curt There are folks in town who are proponents of model school. There is a third option called a hybrid, which allows for additional changes. Next steps is field trips, lots of folks should tour Estabrook. LPL will take a small group to a variety of schools in different towns built by a variety of designers. Hopefully override vote would be early fall 2017. The town may be asked to vote on several projects at the same time, which can be a challenge. Likely open in late 2019 or early 2020. Permanent building meetings are public. Curt Barrentine and Andrew Clark are Hastings representatives. 11/1/16 at 11:00 am MSBA Hastings kick off meeting, including a tour. This process is time consuming yet helpful to review our educational program closely as we design the facility for next approximately 50+ years. Student Assignment Ï buffer zones. Supt is looking for flexibility to allow for student assignment based on school enrollment. Working on centralized registration process, very beneficial to the schools. Topic of school committee meeting 11/1. All Kindergarten classes have over 20 students (only Ks in district with over-max aides). ELL population over 80 currently, up from approximately 50 last year. Hiring another full- time ESL teacher (2.3 FTE). Next year three full time teachers. Community celebration for Halloween Party was very successful, though attendance down. Motion to adjourn: Louise Lipsitz requested a motion to adjourn. Jane Kalinsky made the motion and Rachel was a second. All members said aye.