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Board - committee - commission - Council:
School Council -Arthur W Coolidge Middle
Date: 2020-11-05 Time: 3:15 PM
Building: School - Coolidge Location: Conference Room
Address: 89 Birch Meadow Drive
Purpose: Session: Open Session
Attendees: Members - Present:
Sarah Marchant, Brie Karow, Chris Friberg, Eric Castriano, Kate Goldlust,
Theresa Wiggins, Michael Maday
Members - Not Present:
Marcellus Koster
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Eric Castriano
Topics of Discussion:
I. Welcome and Introduction
II. Review goals of School Council and School Committee Policy on School Councils.
. New teaching environment as well as equity.
III. Determination of a parent co-chair.
Theresa Wiggins offered to be parent co-chair. The group approved this
position.
IV.Review School Council goals for the year.
. Review school improvement plan and handbook which will include equity
this year
. A member brought up zoom and the handbook. Should the handbook say
something about zoom backgrounds and attire?
V. School Improvement Plan: Review Draft Goal and Strategic Objectives.
3 District Strategic Objectives
o Redesigning School
o Coherent instructional systems
o Supportive and safe learning environment
. Reviewed the mission statement
o Discussed the word individuality and if we should add the word
culture to mean the school will honor individuality and culture of
every student.
o Discussed removing productive and changing it to
empathetic/flexible thinker/global thinker.
o Changed the last sentence to encourage students to continue to
grow.
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• Reviewed school goal for 2020 - 2021
o Discussed the word interrupted and if another word should be used
• Reviewed Coolidge Strategic Objectives
o Teaching and Learning in a remote setting
I Connections, Identify and Empathy
o Equity, Inclusion, Anti Bias and Anti-Racism
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