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School Council -Arthur W Coolidge Middle
Date: 2015 -05 -07 Time: 2:50 PM
Building: School - Coolidge Location: Conference Room
Address: 89 Birch Meadow Drive
Purpose: Coolidge School Council Meeting
Attendees: Members - Present:
Lisa Tighe (parent), Sarah Marchant (principal), Lauren Ream (parent),
Laura Warren (teacher), Jennalee Anderson (teacher).
Members - Not Present:
Paul Guidetti (teacher)
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Jennalee Anderson
Topics of Discussion:
I. School updates
a. Core values assembly
i. Cards from parents
ii. Behavior matrix
II. Quebec trip
a. Lauren reported her children enjoyed the trip
b. Complimented Mrs. Klein on her diligence
III. Prindle Pond
a. Sarah reported her child had a great time on the trip
IV. PARCC from parent perspective
a. Some students reported having easier passages than others
b. Is Oliver Twist appropriate for 8th graders to read independently?
c. Does it make sense to have 2 rounds of testing?
d. Laura -it's an experimental year
e. Test sessions seemed shorter
V. Vision Discussion
a. Would it be most productive to have Sarah write a new draft and then
collaboratively revise?
VI. Data
a. Sarah shared data from parent survey
b. Strategic relationships" kept coming up as something to consider
c. Sarah asked how we can get more parents and students involved in school
council?
i. Timing is a concern
ii. Need to present more opportunities where parents can be a part of the
school community
d. Morning coffees with team-"meet the teachers" at Parker
i. Could this be something we do?
ii. Inviting parents to team assemblies
e. PTO meeting during open house?
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What would parents want to see in school?
i. Greek Day
ii. Science Olympiad Day
iii. Inviting parents to presentations in school
iv. Shared learning experiences where students and parents are learning
together
v. Community read - everyone in town reads the book when the author
visits
vi. Incorporate parents in the roundtable discussion with kids
1. Observe /participate in roundtables
Sarah shared administrator survey data done by teachers
i. Discussed areas of strength and areas to work on
ii. Some areas are not part of our culture as a school (i.e. the principal
reviews lesson plans)
Overall feedback on surveys
i. Data overload?
ii. What is data used for?
1. Helps identify strengths and weaknesses
2. Given to parents /community /teachers in piecemeal not all at
once
iii. Trend
1. Teachers who have been here longer have had lower ratings
than those who have been here shorter periods of time
i. Action steps
i. Read handbook for next time and think about changes /edits
ii. Write draft of vision statement
iii. How do we get new parents /community members into school council?
1. Sarah will reach out to the town library
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