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r � <br /> B. Consent A eg nda <br /> Mrs. Webb asked if the committee wanted anything to be removed from the <br /> consent agenda. Mr. Boivin would like the anonymous donation, REF donation <br /> and the donation to Birch Meadow removed to be discussed separately. <br /> Consent A eg nda <br /> Accept a Donation to the Wood End School <br /> Mrs. Webb moved, seconded by Mrs. Borawski, to approve the <br /> consent agenda as amended. The motion carried 6-0. <br /> Accept a Donation from the Reading Education Foundation <br /> Accept an Anonymous Donation <br /> Accept a Donation to the Birch Meadow School <br /> Mr. Boivin asked if there were any strings attached regarding the anonymous <br /> donation. Mrs. Dowd assured him there were none. <br /> He also would like to have the letters from the sources on the Birch Meadow and <br /> REF donations. These donations will be added to the consent agenda of the next <br /> meeting. <br /> Mrs. Webb moved, seconded by Mr. Boivin, to approve the anonymous <br /> donation in the amount of$12,000 to be used for social emotional learning at <br /> the middle school level. The motion carried 6-0. <br /> C. Old Business <br /> Joshua Eaton School Improvement Plan Update <br /> Joshua Eaton principal LisaMarie Ippolito thanked her staff that were in <br /> attendance this evening. She began with School Improvement Goal#1 —Literacy. <br /> Joshua Eaton will continue to improve student performance in English Language <br /> Arts moving towards full adoption of the Readers and Writers Workshop model. <br /> The staff is working to achieve this goal by administering a staff survey to <br /> inventory the Reading & Writing workshop material each teacher has in their <br /> classroom. Provide access to new Units of Study in Reading by Lucy Calkins to <br /> all teaching staff and offer opportunities to unpack and become familiar with <br /> units, continue to plan and design standards-based units of instruction in Balanced <br /> Literacy to meet the needs of all children, implement and assess students' writing <br /> using Units of Study by Lucy Calkins according to an assessment calendar,utilize <br /> the Fountas &Pinnell Benchmark Assessment to track student progress three <br /> times a year, review and identify 2017 MA ELA Literacy standard for each grade <br /> level K—5 to align Calkin's units of study, teachers will implement Literacy <br /> Intervention Blocks targeting specific skills based on individual student needs, <br /> each teacher creates a goal to improve student literacy as part of their educator <br /> evaluation plan, utilize the Mystic Valley Elder Services adult readers in grades K <br /> —2 to support student reading,professional development for grades K-2 in <br /> Page 1 2 <br />