2022-10-20 School Committee Minutes

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Ms. Hayes reported that the Field Hockey team is currently #1 for D2, academic lab has opened, a student trip to DC, PSAT's were held the past Saturday, Q3 ending and early applications due for college. 2. Dr. Stys updated on District Improvement Plan, part of the focus is the development and managing the community partnership, we have been joined by Karen Hall to help ensure all of our multilingual learners have access to all the things that Reading has to offer; YMCA receiving ARPA funding to support adaptive programing and lessons, in conjunction with the schools, Communitas just held a teen craft night and they will have and adult program as well as other programs throughout the fall for all Reading residents. S. Dr. Milaschewski—shoutout and recognition to Jayda Hayes, has been named as a 2022-2023 College Board National African American Scholar. Congratulations on behalf of the district on this incredible academic accomplishment. Recognizing Dan McGrath RMHS Boys Soccer Coach, as MIAA Coach of the Year. Staffing update, there are a significant increase in multilingual learners, it's exciting and in response we have increased our staffing to support these students. Also there has been a PD for our staff, for grades 3-8 for mathematics, through Moth Labs with a consultant they talk through the lesson and the different teaching moves we will be following, and then go into the class with the consultant and work through the strategies. Teachers are learning through their actual work and collaborating with their grade level peers. 6. Ms. Gaffen - SEPAC met and discussed program reviews, it was a well -attended meeting, they elected the board for the year as well. There are 3 returning members and 1 new board member. The next meeting is in November, and it will be a parent workshop. PAIR met, also well attended hybrid meeting, there were updates from subcommittees, setting of goals, and the subgroups will not be meeting separately it will all be on the same day as the PAIR meetings, they are working on a newsletter as well. Next meeting is in November. The first in a series with Dr. Chatterjee and LT Silva they will be holding a program called Reading Reflects, open to all Reading residents. November 2, 6pm in the PAC. Mr. Robinson - REC Committee met, it was lengthy, two public hearings one being Reading Little League, and the other was on pickle ball courts, no vote was held at the time of the meeting. Mr. Wise— RAAC Meeting the allocations were distributed to various programs and departments in the community. Finance committee met and voted on the percentage allocations. Ms. Nazzaro— Ms. Nazzaro along with Ms. Bottan attended an MSBA Meeting at the Hildreth School in Harvard, there were 2 sessions. Session 1 was going through the process and how its important for the learning needs to be the driving force, session 2 was working with the community.