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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-01-16-CLARKE-min`O%3 MORN 1775 � r 3 APRIL 19TH Jonas Clarke Middle School <<`XI NG1O� 17 Stedman Roado* Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 Anna W. Monaco, Principal Mary B. Barry -Ng, Assistant Principal Jonathan R. Wettstone, Assistant Principal School Site Council Meeting January 16, 2019 7:00 AM / Main Office Meeting Minutes Office: (781) 861-2450 Fax: (781) 674-2043 In Attendance: Anna Monaco, Principal; Jonathan Wettstone, Assistant Principal, Anne Witti,Teacher; Tiffany Zides, Teacher; Lauren Jigarjian, Teacher; Meghan Kilpatrick, Teacher; Jennifer Roney, Parent; Jennifer Velis, Parent; Rucha Londhe, Parent. I. Welcome II. Approve Minutes from November 28, 2018 a. Minutes approved II1. SIP Goals and updates for 2018-2019 a. School Climate Committee i. Principal discussed the receipt of the LEF School Community Grant this year to work on school climate. This came out of the discipline disparity data discussion last year and the district's focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion this year. Clarke is working with Jeffrey Benson, an author and consultant to many schools with regard to discipline, school climate and the policies and routines that support both. A Climate Committee has been established made up of about 15 Clarke teachers who are meeting with Mr. Benson monthly to do this work. They have established the working theory that creating a school climate where all students feel safe, respected and welcomed will reduce behavior referrals. This will be done through creating and implementing systems and routines school wide. This work is ongoing. The next steps will be to look at the Pandora survey data around school climate which verifies the need to make some changes. b. Pandora Survey results i. Principal walked the site council through the Pandora results online. The online interface is easy to use and visually appealing. We looked at the results in the areas of "Sense of Belonging" and "Diverse and Equitable Actions", noting that not all students feel they are connected to adults in the building and that the students who responded favorably to these questions are generally doing well academically and do not have behavior referrals. ii. Parent brought up the idea of the dot exercise which is to have staff put a dot next to any student in the building with whom they have had a recent and meaningful connection to or interaction. The visual impact of this exercise is powerful. Members discussed how this could be done with such a large student population - maybe by team but we would want the input of exploratory teachers as well. IV. Questions, comments, concerns and other topics not specified V. Adjourn