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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-06-12-CLARKE-min `O%3 MORN 1775 � r N W Z V D Z o APRIL 19TH 3JonasMiddle are School <<`XI NG1O� 17 Stedman Road Lexington, Massachusetts 02421 Anna W. Monaco,Principal Office: (781) 861-2450 Mary B.Barry-Ng,Assistant Principal Fax: (781) 674-2043 Jonathan R.Wettstone,Assistant Principal School Site Council Meeting June 12, 2019 7:00 AM/Main Office Meeting Minutes In Attendance: Anna Monaco, Principal; Mary Barry-Ng, Assistant Principal; Jonathan Wettstone, Assistant Principal; Dane Despres, ELA Dept (and Incoming Principal). Headjiffany Zides, Teacher; Lauren Jigarjian, Teacher; Anne Witti; Teacher, Megan Kilpatrick, Teacher; Jennifer Roney, Parent; Jennifer Velis, Parent; Rucha Londhe, Parent; Amy Selinger; Parent I. Welcome II. Approve Minutes from April 10, 2019 a. Minutes approved III. Introduction of New Principal,Dane Despres a. will be sending personal introduction to parents/students with availability for parents to speak with him during the summer b. Examined the draft of the SIP, and looked at where we are. Noted that we are continuing our growth and no ma j or changes, simply continued growth. c. Mrs. Monaco noted the strength of the site council and the IV. Mr. Heyphets (6th grade Parent) • Mr. Heyphets expressed concern that his child has been hit and bumped into in the hallways, stairwells and fields at Clarke and would like the issue to be addressed. How can unstructured environments be kept safer for students so that these incidents do not happen? He is asking the question if Clarke has a discipline issue? V. Draft of School Improvement Plan (2019-2020) a. Mid morning Break- we discussed this at faculty meeting. Not enough time to fully discuss. Over the summer, administrators will be working on this to figure out how best to achieve this for all (e.g. stagger the break times, 1 x a week) b. Laid-back-lunch: Still looking for a better spot and larger spot for this to occur. Possibility of four lunches to decrease the population and provide for a laid-back-lunch. c. Scheduling- we do have a lack of core space. Additionally, the Program of Studies provides students with everything. At some point, might need to make a choice and select one class over another in order to be able to provide students with enough down time. d. Technology- equity; will be providing 1:1 for all students come fall. Additionally, there will be a tech forum e. RTI - SRT (Student Response Team) - want to maintain this within the SIP. Additionally, this team is looking at all aspects of student concerns. The team includes a variety of specialists who volunteer their time and collect data, make recommendations and track students. Idea of this team continuing and accessing team notes. Recommendation of teams to share notes with SRT f. Attendance issues this year. Have used the juvenile court, SRO, and probations officer to assist with the school attendance this year. g. SRT training - idea of sending SRT members for professional learning in specific areas. One idea that was suggested was exploring the online bullying and peer leadership training for students to work to combat online bullying. Suggestion to work this into technology as well as school culture portion of the SIP. h. School Climate Committee - meeting yesterday with consultant Jeffrey Benson. We have done a great deal of work on building relationships with students. The idea is that if every student has an adult they can turn to. i. Parent comment: student is in a WIN block to learn how to play an accordion because a teacher found out a student played the accordion and wanted to learn. Now this is a class that both the teacher and students take (learning from another student). g. Surveys - would like to continue to conduct the Panorama survey to gather data and inform our practice. i. YRBS data-will be available next year. Suggestion to Mr. Despres to continue to share this data with the Site Council. VI. Meeting Adjourned - last meeting of the 18-19 school year.