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Home My WebLink About2025-10-24-HARRINGTON-minZM M A 17*;M 0 FM E 1- [E" M i"E N TA F111, Y Harrington Elementary School Site Council — Meeting Agenda 2024-2025 Academic Year Meetina Date/Time: Location: Friday, October 24, 2025 Harrington School Conference Room 8:30-9:30 am Recorder -Rory O'Connor Members Ms. Jackie Daley, Principal Meg Tabela, Family Rep. Melissa Lee, Community Rep. Rory O'Connor- Assistant Principal Rahnuma Wahid , Family Rep. Ms. Julie Scafidi, Faculty Rep. Denise Grant, Family Rep. Ms. Liz Class, Faculty Rep. Rachel Levy, Family Rep. Ms. Lisa Colagiovanni, Faculty Rep Agenda Notes Welcome Back to the 2025-26 School Year * Ms. Daley welcomed everyone back at 8:40 * Members present include Jackie Daley, Liz Class, Lisa Colagiovanni, Rachel Levy, Denise Grant and Julie Scafidi 2025-2026 * Ms. Daley reviewed the tentative schedule for Meeting Schedule the year * Team members agreed that the dates look Friday, October 24, 2025, 8:30-9;30am good so far for the year Friday, November 14, 2025, 8:30-9:30am Friday, January 9, 2026, 8:30-9:30am Friday, February 13, 2026, 8:30-9:30am Friday, March 27, 2026, 8:30-9:30am Friday, May 1, 2026, 8:30-9:30am Friday, June 5, 2026, 8:30-9:30am Opening Day -Focus for our work this year..PARTNERSHIP- Community Circles, SEL Curriculum • MCAS Overview- Spring Results for 2025 at Harrington • Review of the purpose of the Site Council team and our impact on the School Innovation Plan • We always try to align our goals with the other elementary schools in the district, in particular with curricular goals • Each year, we aim to focus on a strategic goal to work toward as a school • Ms. Daley shared a slide deck to review our goals at Harrington that focus on partnership, community circles, and a new SEL curriculum • When we look at the strategic plan, we look at the overarching trending theme/goal, and that is the disproportionality of academic achievement as it relates to black/brown students • Relationships are a critical factor, and the hope that with more a focus placed on that, students will feel better about school in general, and ultimately perform better • Restorative Justice is an approach that has gained great traction in the last several years; Ms. Daley, Dr. O'Connor and several other staff members have been formally trained at the Tier 1 level • We are not necessarily seeking to train all staff, but we are actively working to integrate the concept of community circles within classrooms o The overall concept with the approach is bring students together in a circle, use a talking piece, and establish common ground (especially when a conflict has arisen) • The goal is also to expand the concept across the school community as a whole • Restorative practices were defined to help understand what they mean in general as it relates to forging positive relationships with students • Ms. Colagiovanni spoke about her morning meeting with second graders where every student understands that only one person is allowed to speak at one time o She then spoke about a disagreement at recess where students were upset about a game and students shared some problem solving ideas in a circle, and because they were used to the format, it was easier to start and finish • Ms. Class said that practicing with low -stakes questions is a great way to build the routines, then transitioning to deeper questioning; it is really good to get into that routine and revert back to class norms so that if • Ms. Scafidi discussed sharing each morning, and students use an object to pass which signifies that person is able to speak; we have not gotten to a place where deeper issues have arisen and I feel confident using the approach • Members commend staff for taking on this work - multiyear, multigenerational issues; What does success look like in the short term? o Discipline is something we document and can track, so we could see shifts and changes overtime o It is difficult to say if Circle work is directly related to any changes o Looking at Student Growth Percentiles for academic changes • There are several students that have been identified that are very close to meeting expectations on MCAS • Discussion about the integration of training by Kurt Faustin that was secured through the METCO department; Harrington is one of the three LPS elementary schools where students who belong the METCO program attend school • Ms. Grant commended that it is extraordinary that we are doing this work as a work, and that this was not the way school handled things when she attended at the elementary level • Ms. Daley explained the Second Step SEL curriculum. Every teacher has access to online lessons as a teaching tool (how to be a good friend, how to solve conflict, etc.) o Ms. Grant wondered if there was a way to measure the efficacy of the program? Ms. Daley commented that we do review VOCAL student survey data when they complete data • Screeners were reviewed as well as academic performance that identify areas for growth • Resources were shared with the group on how to best support our efforts • Ms. Levy commented that this work is tremendous as it relates to our approach of restorative justice New business: • Next meeting to discuss possible ways to measure our outcomes Next Meeting: November 14th • Motion to approve by Ms. Daley at 9:33, seconded Dr. O'Connor and approved 7-0