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MSSA.W. Coolidge Middle School
Council Minutes
1 N APR I ; 2 Tuesday, March 31, 1998
The meeting was called to order in the Coolidge Media Center at 7:10 pm by John Carpenter.
Attending:
John Doherty, John Carpenter, Marie Pink, Diane Blume, Marge Pacino, Mary Ann Kozlowski.
Minutes:
The Minutes of the March 17'' meeting were approved as distributed.
Building Project Update:
John Doherty met with the architect and faculty. The architect will provide updated blueprints. The
school will decide on: 1) use of whiteboards or chalkboards, 2) the desired layout of the
classrooms, 3) the computer set up. Diane Blume wondered whether there could be a second
computer lab to be used for language instruction.
FY 99 Budget Update:
After Dr. Harutunian's latest presentation to School Committee, the 1999-2000 budget is pretty
much balanced. The school committee will vote on the suggested cuts. The Finance Committee
said there would be no supplemental budget requests.
Interim Assistant Principal:
- John Doherty will be advertising for an interim assistant principal and needs a screening
committee to review applicants for this position. He requested representatives from the School
Council and PTO for this committee. Mary Ann Kozlowski was selected as the parent
representative from the School Council.
School Improvement Plan:
We worked on Goal 3, Integration of Technology into the Classroom and Goal 4, Implementation
of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and Common Core of Learning. (Note, italics
denote changes to the text.)
To Goal 3, Integration of Technology, we made these changes:
Rationale: To the existing rationale statement we added, 'fiaure education, career pYeparednes,-
and global citizenship'.
Goal: We revised this to read: To provide the technology resources and training necessary for our
students and teachers to function effectively in the global society.
Objectives were revised as follows: C was deleted. D became C. E became D and F became E.
B was reworded as follows: Reevaluate the requirements and academic opportunities necessary to
maintain a state of the art Coolidge Technology infrastructure.
The Action Plan was reworked as follows:
47 becomes 1 with revisions. (Review, revise and implement the Coolidge Technology Plan,
including resources from Media One, RWS, and other district and town initiatives.
Responsibility: School Technology Committee, Architect and Director of Technology were added.
We deleted the old #1 and old 93.
#6 becomes #2. Supporting objectives are A and D. The architect was added to the responsibility
list. The Timeframe was updated to July 98 and on. The Status changed to ongoing.
#4 becomes 93. Supporting objectives are A, D, E. Timeframe updated to October 98.
42 becomes #4. Add Instructional specialists to responsibility. Timeframe updated to 98-99.
45 stays 95. Professional Development Committee added to responsibility. Timeframe updated to
summer 1998-1999.
Resources updated: 1998-2000 $9Million School Building Program
1998-1999 Professional Development Funds
To Goal 4, Implementation of the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and Common Core of
Learning we made the following changes:
To the Rationale we added: To graduate, students must demonstrate proficiency in all areas
outlined in the fra;•neworks.
To the objective [A], we inserted after staff, and community, to information, etc.,
We reordered tasks in the Action Plan as follows:
Delete old 91.
47 becomes 41. Continue implementation ofMath, World Language and Science Curriculum
Frameworks. To Supporting Objectives, add [E]. To Responsibility, add, Instructional
Specialists, PALMS Leadership Team. Adjust Timeframe to Beginning May 1997. Status is
ongoing.
New 42 reads: Form Groups to Review Frameworks for Language Arts, Social Studies, Health,
Fine Arts. Supporting objective is [A]. To responsibility add: Instructional Specialists. Adjust
Timeframe to May 98.
New 43 reads: Language Arts, Social Studies, Health and Fine Arts form Action Plans for
Implementation. Responsibility: K-12 Staff, Principal, Central Office & Instructional Specialist.
Timeframe: May 98.
New #4 reads: Language Arts, Social Studies, Health and Fine Arts Submit Plan for Approval
Responsibility: K-12 Staff, Principal, Central Office & Instructional Specialist.
Timeframe: 1998-2001.
New #5 reads: Secure funding for implementation. Same Objective, Responsibility, Timeframe,
Status as former 96.
Old #9 (conduct in service workshops) becomes #6. Adjust time frame to 1998-2001.Adjuist status
to ongoing.
Old 410 becomes #7 adding, change at end: Hear a report of progress on school's implementation
plans, activities and performance results. Add instructional specialists to Responsibility.
Next Council Meeting:
The next School Council Meeting is scheduled for April 15, 1998 at 7:15pm in the Media Center.
The following meeting is scheduled for April 28, 1998 at 7:15pm in the Media Center.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm.
4/13/98