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May 29, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Members in Attendance: Jen Turner, Sam Bosbach, Dan Strollo, Emma Burtenshaw, PK Shu,
Remy Coombs, Jenny Wright, Curt Barrentine
Approval of 4/25/19 Minutes: Approved
Principal's Report:
• End of year activities
• Staff PBL
• Review of MCAS test
• New Clarke Principle (Dane Depres)
• Quebec Trip ongoing
• Ubuntu Club Mural in front lobby
• Construction punchlist finishing (???) over the summer
o Landscaping(?)
• Taiwan and Spanish trips next year? \_(`J)_%
o Re Spanish trip: possibly not Spain? Considering a Western Hemisphere trip
o Re Taiwan: mixed reviews in the past
o Local options?
• School Improvement Plan 2019-2020
o No formal update this year. District Strategic Planning superseding site planning.
Jen updating Super with progress
o Theme for next year: Building Bridges (draft)
■ How to ensure that committee work is not insular but rather holistic
o Ongoing growth and changes of the DRUM work
o Diversity work- anti-racism work? Coalition building? Building accurate
narratives?
o Traffic problems - Pushing for a new traffic study
■ SHAME works
■ New signage coming
• 3 seats open to community members next year!
Staff Report:
• Team Fuji Museum Building PBL (World Geo, English, Life Science)
o Reflection of practice year-to-year
o More pre-teaching key content
o Cost to academic learning - how to balance content and skills
o Management- More adults? Parent involvement? Community members?
o Logistics of space if/when more teams start doing more PBL
o Feels authentic, yet messy
• Discipline Committee work ongoing. Staff processing.
o New form for discipline referrals to close communication loop with admin and
staff. Demographic data tracking.
Member Input:
• Inconsistency with field trips across teams. Anything to do about this?
o No desire to require alignment. Conversation for department heads. PBLs may
be have components to this. In school field trips?
Adjournment 7:58 am
Next Meeting: Happy Summer!