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Board - committee - commission - council: 2021 MAR 30 PM 2: 23
School council -waiter S Parker Middle
Date: 2021-02-24 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: School - Parker Location:
Address: 45 Temple Street Session:
Purpose: Monthly Meeting Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Marianne Downing, Richele Shankland, Christine Lusk, Andrew Spinah, Justin
Raimo, Maya Liteplo, Miguel Borrero, Erin Gaffen, Ann Ozanian
Members - Not Present:
Sherilla Lestrade, Kimberly Bernazzani
Others Present:
Brendan Norton, Assistant Principal
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Review and vote on minutes from the January 13, 2021,meeting
Spellings of names will be corrected in the minutes. Christine Lusk motioned to approve the
January 13, 2021 minutes and Marianne Downing seconded the motion.
2. Continue Handbook Equity Audit
a.) Finalize Changes to Rubric
a. Some of the revision comments were more"outcome"based instead of
components of an equitable handbook.
b. Mr.Norton read/shared the changed portions of the rubric
c. Revised Rubric shared by Mr.Norton is HERE.
d. Comments by council members
i. Added economics to last indicator under Family, Community and
Partnership
ii. Added race to 4" indicator under code of conduct,behavior and
attendance
iii. Is this document editable as we go through the process?
1. We can note where we ran into complications.
b.) Identify Major Areas of the Handbook
a. Mission&Vision statements being drafted by We The Change students who
will come and present their drafts in March(or April)
b. Attendance
c. Communication
d. General Expectations
e. Code of Conduct
f. Academic
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(Ricki and Brendan will put the handbook into sections that match the sections of the
rubric better in order to prepare for the next steps.)
c.) Next Steps
a. Each group will have a section of the rubric, go through the handbook,score
each indicator and find evidence of inequity/equity.
b. Groups of 2 look at one part of the rubric while in their same group,another
pair would do the second part of the rubric and another pair would do the third
part of the rubric.
c. 6 people fill out one full rubric so we have 2 full rubrics completed in the end.
d. Identify additions, extractions, edits.
e. We The Change students will draft the school mission and vision statements.
3. Other
1. Should we recruit more staff, students and parents to join the next 3 meetings to
support this work?
a. Ricki will recruit in the newsletter for parents, staff,community members
and will reach out to students.
Meeting adjourned at 6:48pm.
Respectfully submitted by Richele Shankland
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