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UUU 2021 APR 20 AM 11: 31
Board - committee - commission - council:
School Council -Walter S Parker Middle
Date: 2021-03-24 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 Spinali, Justin
Raimo, Maya Liteplo, Miguel Borrero, Erin Gaffen, Ann Ozanian, Sherilla
Lestrade, Kimberly Bernazzani
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Brendan Norton, Assistant Principal, Bryan Fernandez, Addis Sintayehu, Ilka
Walkley, Amy Koehler
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Richele Shankland
Topics of Discussion:
1. Reviewed and voted to approve minutes from the February 24,2021,meeting.
2. Welcomed and introduced additional attendees joining the meeting to support this work.
a.) Bryan Fernandez
b.) Addis Sintayehu
c.) Ilka Walkley
d.) Amy Koehler
3. Continued Handbook Equity Audit
a.) Reviewed process to follow in groups
b.) 3 breakout groups
Groups:
#1 Miguel, Andy,Erin,Addis(NOTES
#2 Maya,Justin, Sherilla,Christine,Kim,Ricki(NOTES
#3 Brendan,Marianne, Bryan, Grace,Amy, Ilka(NOTES
Additional notes shared by group 3:
Students are invited vs students are allowed.
Present and prepared. Eliminate positive.
Change the language—Parcm/s
Re absence—Take out Reading police will be called.
Home is inequitable—contact caregiver,etc...
Students are strongly encouraged to seek out extra help before or after school,or at some
other mutually agreeable time if they need assistance from a teacher. Evidence of
inequity re transportation.
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Change he/she to they or change child/student to children/smdents where the natural
pronoun is they.
The handbook sounds punitive.
The Student Handbook could be changed to the Community Handbook
Introduce restorative justice language rather than using punitive language,exclusively.
a. Each reviewed their 1 or 2 sections of the rubric
b. Rated each indicator
c. Documented evidence of their ratings
c.) Discussed how it went
a. Realized the rubric may need broader scope but identifying that and working
around it is important(needs/revisions to handbook go beyond racial lens)
d.) Identify next steps
a. Next meeting—meet in breakout groups to finish ratings
b. Start sharing out by group& getting feedback
4. Other
a.) By request,we quickly discussed return to fall in-person starting April 26.
a. More details in weekly newsletter
b. Using every space in the building including library,multi-purpose mom,
computer lab,etc to maintain 36 small groups. Right now,we have 18 small
groups in the building at a time.
c. Maintain safety protocols, including 6 ft distancing.
d. Lunch: cohort A in caf6,cohort B in gym—safety shields between students so
we can have more students in those spaces.
e. Similar schedule: long blocks, general music and instrumentals will not
continue and will be replaced by team enrichment(extension activities by
team). Students who have health Q4 will be folded into PE.
f. We have 2 part-time volunteers that will support some of these team
enrichment blocks. We have a couple of other volunteers who can help out but
not consistently. Much thanks to our parent volunteers!
Meeting Adjourned at 7:1 Opm
Respectfully submitted by Richele Shankland
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