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School Council -Wood End Elementary
Date: 2015 -01 -05 Time: 3:20 PM
Building: School -Wood End Location: Conference Room
Address: 85 Sunset Rock Lane
Purpose: Monthly Meeting for January 2014 -2015 School Year
Attendees: Members - Present:
Ken DlNapoli, Debbie Hattery, Lynda Michel
Members - Not Present:
Joanne King, Fred Van Magness, Alana Fustolo
Others Present:
None
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Lynda Michel
Topics of Discussion:
The fourth monthly meeting of the Wood End Elementary School was held in the Conference
Room of the Wood End Elementary School on January 5, 2015.
Call to order:
A quorum of members being present and the meeting having been convened at Wood End
School by the Wood End Co- Chair, Deb Hattery, had called the meeting to order at 3:20 and
proceeded with business. As several members were absent, the meeting was brief.
Public comment:
Meetings for the Wood End School Council are open to members of the public and are
posted In accordance with the requirements of the State's Open Meeting Law. Mrs. King
regularly advises parents in the Wood End community of upcoming School Council meetings
In her weekly family newsletter which is posted on Edline.
There were no members of the public In attendance at the meeting, so there was no public
comment.
Review and Acceptance of Minutes:
Members reviewed draft minutes from the last meeting, which was held on December B,
2014.
There being no discussion, Mrs. Hattery moved that the minutes be accepted as drafted.
Ken DlNapoll seconded the motion. The members then voted unanimously to approve the
minutes.
Vote: Minutes Accepted 3 -0 -0
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Updated Business:
Parent Workshops
Mrs. Hattery began the discussion of parent workshops and whether the time frame will still
work. The workshops are due to be held on Tuesday February 10, 2015. Mrs. DiNapoll
stated that she attended the Leadership Meeting and the teachers did have a lot of
questions at first; however, they felt that the Idea was a beneficial one for the school
community and were willing to support and help out if possible. Mrs. Hattery also offered to
assist during the workshops wherever possible i.e. advocating for the core values, seeing
student growth using the Lucy Calkins from a parent perspective. Mrs. Hattery also assured
the members that Mr. VanMagness would be willing to help out too.
Mrs. Hattery then began the discussion about advertising the workshops. She said between
her and Mr. VanMagness they could take care of advertising through social media sites for
the school (I.e. Wood End Face Book page). Other places for the school staff to advertise
Included utilizing the PTO, family newsletter sent out by Mrs. King, Wood End Tweets, Ed
Line, classroom newsletters and possibly an A -Frame sign during drop off and pick up times.
School Advertising Is tentatively set to begin the week of January 19, 2015. Mrs. Hattery
and Mr. VanMagness will tentatively begin advertising to parents and the community during
the week of January 12, 2015. Advertising dates are tentative due to final approval, from
Mrs. King, on the workshop date.
One last suggestion brought to the table from Mrs. Hattery was if it was possible to have the
workshops multiple times for parents that may have missed or could not make the original
scheduled workshop time.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the School Council adjourned at 3:55 with plans to meet
again on Monday February 2, 2015.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lynda Michel
Recording Secretary
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