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Meeting Minutes RECEIVED
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Board - committee - commission - council:
School Council -Joshua Eaton Elementary 2615 APR I I AN 9: 01
Date: 2018-03-13 Time: 1:15 PM
Building: School 'I Joshua Eaton Location: Conference Room
Address: 365 Summer Avenue Session: Open Session
Purpose: School Council Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
LisaMarie Ippolito, Co-Chair, Erin Gaffen, Co-Chair, Susie Libby, Jaime Quinn
Members - Not Present:
Liz Gustaysen
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: LisaMarie Ippolito
Topics of Discussion:
1. Call to order
2. Old Business
A. January minutes accepted
3. New Business
a. Updates to the school Improvement Plan Action Steps
- Discussed the progress of all three goals towards the SIP
- Some action steps are ongoing at this time
b. New PTO Format for Meetings
- These changes are in progress
- Tonight's meeting is at Nero,they are varying the locations to promote collaboration
among families.
- Eboard meetings will now include executive positions and chair positions
- Shortening the number of meetings, parents have shared wanting to participate in
things, but too many events going on.
- Putting the parent cafa in the meeting
- Using direct feedback from the parents
c. Calendar of events
- Posted and up to date on the Joshua Eaton Calendar and within the Jaguar Tracks
- Trying to put events together on similar days, per parent feedback
d. WASH Update
- Head Smart came in to talk to grades 4 and 5,for helmet and bike safety
- WASH will now fall under PTO, be given a budget
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4. Items for next meeting
- Global Learning
- The Future of Teaching
1) Adjourn
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