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School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2019-11-06 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location: Conference Room
Address: 45 Temple Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Marianne Downing, Erin Gaffen, Eileen Manning, Vonda Gauthier, Elisabeth
Bean, Richele Shankland, Sherilla Lestrade, Andrew Spinali
Members - Not Present:
Christine Lusk
Lynda Michel
Jeanne Duran
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review and vote on minutes from the October 2, 2019, meeting.
a. Erin Gaffen motioned to accept the minutes from October 2, 2019 and
Eileen Manning seconded the motion.
2. Discuss draft of 2019-2020 School Improvement Plan
a. Ricki will re-draft the School Goal in order to stress what our focus is for
THIS year only, since this is a one-year goal.
b. Remove initiatives that are now regular practice unless new components
1. Data meetings are regular practice but using a new dashboard—
will rewrite
2. Use intervention tracker consistently(to fidelity across teams)
3. New purpose/format of teacher to teacher observations
c. Elaborate on attendance benchmarks
d. New math and reading diagnostic tools ordered for use with individual
students prior to intervention(FAM/FAR)
e. Eliminate teacher"efficacy"which is too hard to assess
3. Other
a. New draft will be shared once input is given by staff/leadership team
b. Ricki mentioned not including a school vision until there is
opportunity/focus as a school on writing a vision statement
c. Next year, there will be a focus on `the vision of the graduate"at all levels
Respectfully submitted by,
Richele Shankland
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