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TOWN CLERK
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Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
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School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2019-01-02 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Richele Shankland, Audra Cashin, Eileen Manning, Lynda Michel, Erin Saffen,
Amy Ropple, Andrew Spinal!
Members - Not Present:
Michelle Greenwalt, Annika Scanlon, Julie Joyce
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
I. Review minutes from the December 5, 2018,meeting.
-Add a portion of a data sheet to the minutes to show work being done
-Edit attendance for Audra Cashin. She was in attendance for the December 5,2018,
meeting.
-Audra Cashin made a motion to accept the December 5,2018,minutes with the above-
mentioned changes and Lynda Michel seconded the motion.
2. Update on School Happenings
-Winter concerts were excellent
-Gr 7 attended A Christmas Carol on a field trip to Northshore Music Theatre
-Interviews for gr 6 and 8 SS maternity leaves done before vacation and candidates sent to FIR for
paperwork
-Parker Service had a holiday party with the Tannerville residents
-Select Chorus took a field trip to sing at the Senior Center
-Parent visitation day on January 10(8:15-2:30)
3. Update progress on 2018-2019 SIP
-Since we discussed the progress at the last meeting in detail,we focused the meeting on
recommendations for revisions to the district wellness policy
4. Other
Review of the Wellness Policy
Middle School Allergy Guidelines-
-Page 3: Revise/remove nut free and establish allergy aware,wipes used on hands and
desks/tables if snacks in classroom.
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-Page 5: #1 Replace Provide with Ensure(bathrooms should be accessible for
handwashing)
-Page 5: Custodial Protocol
*Replace allergen free tables with ALL tables
-Page 5: Emergency Response Protocol
*Include contact school nurse
Student Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy
-Page 1: #1 Change grades 8,9,11 to grades 6-8, 9, 11.
-Page 4#II Taste tests of new entrees and surveys??
-Page 5: Top of page—The school district will make available a list of ideas for
acceptable fundraising activities. This does not exist??
-Page 5 K—Celebrations (one per month??)
Council discussed sharing the following concerns with PTO:
Most fundraisers are food-based
-Families with allergies don't participate in those fundraisers
-What about increasing dues/straight donation fee instead of all of the smaller
fimdraisers?
-Ricki will share with PTO tonight.
Next Meeting: February 6, 2019 at 5:30 pm
(PTO Meeting at 7:OOpm—Erica McNamara/RCASA presenting on vaping/e-cig)
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