HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-10-04-CLARKE-min.pdfPUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Jonas Clarke Middle School
School Site Council Meeting
October 4, 2023
7:00-8:00 AM
Main Office Conference Room, Jonas Clarke Middle School
17 Stedman Road Lexington, MA 02421
Agenda
Members present:
Dane Despres
Sarah Carter
Julie Connard
Laura Lewis
Rucha Londhe
Rebecca Fagan Gorospe
Jon Roy
Alison Stevens
Mary Barry -Ng
I. Call to Order, Welcome, Council Business & Public Comment
a. Review and Approve Last Meeting's Minutes
i. Principal provided an introduction for the group and legal
background as to the purpose of the group. A brief review of
the Innovation Plan (called by law the School Improvement
Plan, SIP)
ii. Parent questions regarding the origin of the Innovation Plan -
What year are we in? Beginnings?
iii. Principal - Plan is rooted in the heart of the four goals of LPS
and Dr. Hackett's Strategic Plan for the district. Every school
has their plan rooted in these goals. Everything we do is rooted
in this.
iv. Goal #1 - we have nine different initiatives in the school to
achieve this goal. Next meeting I will bring a more detailed plan
that will include measurable outcomes for each initiative. This
document is public information. The innovation plan should be
known by both parents/caregivers and staff. Trying to find
different ways to communicate this with staff, families and
students is important.
v. LPS: 2 Year Innovation Plans - an overview of this year's
timeline and objectives for the innovation plan that we should
tackle.
vi. Parent question - A year ago, we were still in the throes of trying
to figure out how we recover from major disruption (referring to
Covid). Do you have a sense of where we need to focus?
vii. Principal response - Since the innovation plan focuses on the
four goals of the district, we are not simply in recovery mode
from the pandemic. We are using real data - MCAS, the YRBS,
as well as data from the BU research that was collected over a
year ago in the middle schools. We also have a good amount of
internal data to reference as well.
viii. Parent question - Do you receive information from the MCAS
survey each year?
ix. Principal - Maureen Kavanaugh does provide us with MCAS
data each year.
b. Set Meeting Times for `23-'24 School Year
c. Public Comment
II. Parent, Staff, and Admin Check -Ins: Thoughts About the Beginning of
the School Year
a. Parents: Comments on this year.
i. Parent - So far so good. 8th grader happy to go to school.
Happier since cross-country has started. Parent app is providing
a lot of alerts, but no way to see more.
ii. Parent - information from teams not clear. My 6th grader has a
field trip this week and I don't know what is going on. Are we
packing lunch, are we not?
iii. Parent - problem is everyone is oriented around email. And we
are not able to get the information we need as easy as we used
to.
iv. Parent - I actually prefer this method. I switched away from
"digest" mode and it is better for me.
v. We deal with text messages, email, apps for work and phone
calls. Think about how many people can view or deal with all of
these methods. I would like one method.
vi. Parent - bottom line - we need an organized method for sharing
information.
b. Staff:
c. Admin:
III. Outlining Our Goals for `23-'24
a. Review and track progress on the `23-'24 Clarke School Innovation
W Uri
b. Developing the `24-'26 Clarke School Innovation Plan
IV. Adjournment