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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.