HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-02-28-Harrington-minHarrington Elementary School Site Council —
Meeting Minutes 2011 -2012 Academic Year
Meeting Date /Time: Tuesday, Feb
Location:
Secretary:
28, 2012 @ 7:30 am
Harrington 1S floor conf. room
Michelle Motta Dardeno
In Attendance (Council Members):
D Elaine Mead (Co- Chair) ❑ Suzanne Cherenson (Co- Chair)
D Judy Crocker ❑ Amy Chamberlain
D Michelle Motta Dardeno ❑x Rucha Londhe
[X ]Cindy Salamone ❑x
[X ] Nancy Taylor [X ] Micah Viana
Invited /Ad Hoc:
❑ ❑
Standing agenda items
Minutes
1. Approval of outstanding minutes
Approved with no edits
2. Review + status of outstanding action items
none
Agenda Topics Discussed
3. Parent Survey funding
Unanimous agreement to apply grant for $24.00
through SC via PTA
4. Initial Student survey results
Initial impressions
• Even response distribution across all grade
levels
0 80% parents expressed interest in the School
Improvement Plan (SIP) due to little knowledge
about it.
• HAWKS is better known than the School
Improvement Plan
• 70 chose to respond to the first open -ended
question (what Harrington is doing well)
• 74 chose to respond to the second open -ended
question (what Harrington could improve on)
S. Safe routes to school: Art /Slogan contest
Reminder of the contest and clarification of what the
"What's the Fuss /Ride the Bus" K -12
committee is looking for from students.
6. SRTS update
Article 4 — endorses subsidized busing for Estabrook
students during construction
Article 17 — district subsidy towards parents fee, not
operating
Of note: there is no Harrington partnering with SRTS yet
(no parent rep).
Harrington Elementary School Site Council —
Meeting Minutes 2011 -2012 Academic Year
7.
School council training
4/1/12: 3:15 -5 @ high school
8.
LPS district -wide goals
Need to review and determine how to implement
Action items
Item
Responsible
Due
1.
Dedicate March meeting to review, understand and discuss
EM
Prior to next
how to implement LPS district -wide goals at Harrington. First
meeting
pass distribution prior to next meeting
2.
Share SRTS contest school wide
3.
Garner support for SRTS Harrington Representative
MD -to contact
Lowell St crosswalk
team for interest
Others?
4.
Next meeting: March 28 th , 2012
Agenda Topics Held for Future Discussion
1.
Student Survey
2.
Faculty Survey
3.
Child development pamphlet series adapted from Yardsticks