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School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2019-03-06 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Audra Cashin, Michelle Greenwalt, Julie Joyce, Eileen Manning, Lynda
Michel, Erin Gaffen, Brendan Norton, Amy Ropple
Members - Not Present:
RiChele Shankland, Annika Scanlon, Andrew Spinal!
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Minutes from the December 5,2018, and January 2,2019,meeting were reviewed and
accepted. (February Meeting was canceled due to low attendance.)
2. Update on School Happenings
-Review of the happenings: Or 8 course selection,Music Man,Jr.,Bridge students
visited RMHS, Cradles to Crayons/Project 351, YRBS administered during Wellness,28
Parker students qualified to compete at Jr. Districts, Collette DiVitto/Understanding
Disabilities Assembly,AWOD students doing anti-bias activities in grade 6,Players for
Parker raised over$1000 for PTO,Quebec Trip meeting on 3/11
-Questions raised about how students were selected for the NAEP, whether it was a cross
section of the school. There were also questions about whether the intemet social media
safety presentation would be presented to the whole school or if it would be presented
and tweaked for each grade.
3. Update progress on 2018-2019 SIP
-Q2 Data mtgs completed,meetings with staff re: 2019-20 scheduling, social media
presentations (TBD end of March), Instructional rounds/advisory surveys completed(will
discuss in leadership and staff meetings
-Question was raised regarding if passing time had been discussed in scheduling
meetings. es on was also raised about if some students might be having time to
complete It ework during advisory. A discussion began explaining the uses of team
time,exten d homeroom,advisory, and enrichment. There was also a discussion of the
issues with the schedule we are trying to address,which is predominantly enrichment.
4. Honor Roll '..
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-Discussion off Honor Roll numbers and how they have been impacted by the
adjustments made to the process. General feeling was that the numbers were still high.
Question was raised about re-takes impacting/inflating student grades. Should student be
able to re-take test to improve their grades? Should there be a limit on the amount of re-
takes kids can do? How much do students get caught in a cycle or retakes? Do retakes
help students eventually realize what they should be doing before they take a test, or does
it cause them to blow off studying. What are other ways students can show mastery
without re-takes? How can we impact general grade inflation?
5. Other
Next Meeting: April 3, 2019 at 5:30 pm
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