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Bridge Elementary School
School -Based Site Council
April 15, 2025 Meeting Minutes
Attendance: Kristen Gray, Zeba McGibbon, Tara Mayes (note taker), Paige Hall, Jeremy Bowman,
Alfredo Millan, Traci Jansen, Amanda Weiner
The Bridge Elementary School School-based Site Council will determine its next meeting through
email communication with the SBC. It will be held in the Bridge conference room or Library on a
school day between 8:15 - 8:45 am.
Agenda:
1. School Innovation Plan 2024-2026 Review (updated March 2025)
2. Review of Placement Process
Potential Future Topics for Meetings
• How to utilize SBC parent volunteers as liaisons to the Bridge Community about pressing
issues and vice versa as needed
Meeting Notes:
• Zeba McGibbon made a motion to approve the minutes from November 1 2024
o Seconded; approved by all
• Zeba McGibbon made a motion to approve the minutes from January 30, 2025
o Seconded; approved by all
• School Innovation Plan:
o Discussion of School Innovation Plan: Goal to have less than 20% of students receiving
tier 2 & 3 interventions for phonics. As of March '25 we are meeting this goal with only
15% in tier 2.5-3 ESL students being included.
o Math intervention. Sarah Majors just returned from maternity leave and she is the math
coach. There is also a 1/2 time resource. Teachers attended a continuing ed class last
week which was taught in part by Mrs Majors focused around how to use questions to
lead math thinking.
o For both literacy and math support, there are data collection meetings 3x a year with
progress monitoring in between so there are multiple opportunities for students to be
given the support that they need throughout the year.
• Regarding MCAS being on the chromebook: Discussion around chromebooks and typing.
Students start using a chromebook in second grade and start accessing Typing Club
(computer program/app) in 3rd grade. Typing club is available to help students learn how to
type and there are different opportunities throughout the school day for students to spend time
practicing.
• Discussion of placement process steps and considerations;
o Parent input form: a chance for parents to give input on their child's needs and what
works well/what doesn't work well for them
o Secondly considerations on the student's behavioral and work style are added in along
with whether or not they are on any special plan( 504, IEP etc)
• SBC Support of Broader Community: Group discussed the possibility of spreading the word to
more parents on the need for more parent volunteers to support teacher -led events like literacy
night along with programs such as Understanding our differences and Big Backyard. One
parent suggested a calendar of all events needing volunteers with some type of indicator of
which events were more in dire need of help so that parents are able to understand the biggest
areas of need.
o Possibility of an educational night for parents to understand the importance of
volunteering.