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School Council Meeting Draft Minutes from October 23, 2008
Present: Jen Shapiro and David Summergrad - Co-Chairs Rosemary McElroy, David Godes, Ben Chang, Mike Noble, Teresa Gallo-Toth, Jim Stoddard, Danielle Halwick, Michelle Bernstein
Absent: Maxine Hunter
1) Opportunity for the Public to Speak – no one present
2) Minutes from September 25th approved unanimously
3) Possible new member through January 2009: Jen will share the name with David who will invite that person to join through the January elections
4) Facility Update: Things are moving forward!
ThinkMath Presentation:
Michelle Bernstein, math specialist at Runkle, led us through a presentation that gave us a netter understanding of the materials and sequence of the ThinkMath program. She described the professional development that teachers have had and continue to have to learn to use ThinkMath effectively. She reminded us that ThinkMath is a program for K-5, not the whole curriculum. The Brookline Learning Expectations and Massachusetts State Framework describe the curriculum.
We may invite Hope Wallace (from the publisher, Harcourt) to come to a School Council meeting. (she is attending on December 11th!)
For next meeting:
AYP Draft Plan and Presentation (David will invite the AYP Assistance Team from the district)
MCAS results and Adequate Yearly Progress
The School Council is required to be part of the creation of an action plan to support improving our MCAS testing since two of our “sub-groups” did not achieve AYP for two consecutive years. This plan will be developed by staff and town-wide coordinators, and then shared with the Council for input and further development. The plan will be part of a School Improvement Plan amendment.
Book recommendation: Reason to Write by Douglas Reeves
Proposed Agenda items for 11/13: Approval of Minutes from 10/23/08 New member? AYP discussion and draft plan Facility Update Brookline’s 5 Core Values RC quick sheet (from Teresa and Danielle)
Future item: Wellness ideas: guest on December 11th?
We will vote on these minutes at our meeting on 11/13, then send them to Jenny Murphy, Runkle’s ETS, for web posting.
School Council Meeting Minutes from September 25, 2008 Approved Unanimously: 10/23/08
Present: Jen Shapiro and David Summergrad - Co-Chairs Rosemary McElroy, David Godes, Ben Chang, Mike Noble, Teresa Gallo-Toth, Jim Stoddard, Danielle Halwick, Maxine Hunter, Michelle Bernstein
1) Opportunity for the Public to Speak – no one present
2) Possible new member through January 2009: Jen will check on the person who was the runner up in January’s election
3) Committee Updates:
Wellness:
Jen Schultz and Katherine Reynolds Cohen Co-Chairs, and Rosemary McElroy
Initiatives from last year: grant for pedometers; signage for cafeteria, celebration day in the spring
New initiative: include Recycling under the topic of Wellness (talk with staff members: Michelle, Maxine, and Teresa, as well as Susan Barrett from the PTO)
Safety and Respect:
Jen Shapiro, Danielle, Maxine, and Teresa
Monitor and publicize the 2nd year implementation of Responsive Classroom Parent updates, evening presentations, special “event” One-page talking points document: Teresa will produce it Shared reading for the community
Math:
Mike Noble, Jim Stoddard, Michelle Bernstein, David Godes
The task before this committee is to “tune” the ongoing implementation of ThinkMath and to look at the Brookline Learning Expectations
We will spend a large portion of the meeting on October 23rd with a presentation on ThinkMath by Michelle and the other specialists
Better understand the terminology and practices (e.g.: copying materials, etc.)
Facility:
David Summergrad, Tom Reed, Paul Saner, Arthur Segel, Christina Suh, Vanda Khadem, Marian Voros, Scott Newman, Emily Leonard, Karen Breslawski, David Redgrave, Cliff Brown, Jen Shapiro, Deanne Dixon, Tracy Paradise, Teresa Gallo-Toth
MGT (the firm hired to create a master facility plan for Brookline) scored Runkle’s building as a:
76/100 for the physical plant 43/100 for meeting program
The MSBA has been favorable about our project:
Chosen as one of 80 out of 460 proposed projects in the state Selected as one of 14 out of 80 projects to move forward
We are still hoping to meet the July 2010 target to begin construction.
The Runkle School Building Committee has met once; next meeting on October 6th
The facility sub-committee will meet on October 14th
4) MCAS results and Adequate Yearly Progress
The School Council is required to be part of the creation of an action plan to support improving our MCAS testing since two of our “sub-groups” did not achieve AYP for two consecutive years. This plan will be developed by staff and town-wide coordinators, then shared with the Council for input and further development. The plan will be part of a School Improvement Plan amendment.
We will vote on these minutes at our meeting on 10/23, then send them to Jenny Murphy, Runkle’s ETS, for web posting.
Proposed Agenda items for 10/23: Approval of Minutes from 9/25/08 New member? ThinkMath presentation AYP update Facility Update Brookline’s 5 Core Values
School Council Minutes - April 17, 2008
Present: David Godes, David Summergrad, Jen Shapiro, Ben Chang, Rosemary McElroy, Mike Noble, Tom Reed, Michelle Bernstein, Teresa Gallo-Toth, Emily Gaberman, Maxine Hunter
Absent: Lauren Smith
1. Approval of minutes from March 20, 2008: unanimous – sent to Jenny Murphy to post
2. Opportunity for the public to speak – no one present
3. Review of the draft SIP: We made some small changes to the draft that we had sent out; new iteration to go to the Supt. on 4/29/08
(re: math - Mike shared some information about his meeting with Angela Allen – more on 5/15 at our next meeting)
4. Facility Update: With the renovation/addition ground-breaking still approximately two years away (July 2010) we are on a fast track to add 2 portable (modular) classrooms to Runkle to relieve the immediate space crunch. These will be located at the far end of the present kindergarten hallway: public meetings are set for 4/29 at 8 am and 5/13 at 7 pm
5. Curriculum overview document: Teresa and David S. will meet before 5/29 to review the readiness of the document
Special Announcement: The new staff member joining the School Council, replacing Lauren Smith in September, will be Danielle Halwick, teacher in grade 1. Welcome Danielle!
Dates of note:
SIP and Narrative drafts due to Dr. Lupini: 4/29
Next meeting is 5/15 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
SIP public presentation: May 29th at 7:30 a.m.
School Council Meeting in June: 6/12 at 5 p.m.
School Council Minutes - March 20, 2008 Present: David Godes, David Summergrad, Jen Shapiro, Ben Chang, Rosemary McElroy, Mike Noble, Tom Reed, Michelle Bernstein, Teresa Gallo-Toth, Emily Gaberman Absent: Lauren Smith Resigned: Marian Voros Members of the Public: Katherine Reynolds Cohen, Jen Schultz (co-chairs of the Wellness Sub-Committee of the School Council 1. Approval of minutes from February 14, 2008: unanimous
2. Opportunity for the public to speak -none
3. Report from Wellness Committee: Jen Schultz & Katherine Reynolds Cohen presented two basic goals for their sub-committee's work:
a) To improve signage and communication about the daily menu in the cafeteria to improve participation
b) To write a grant for pedometers for grade 6 (in conjunction with Maxine Hunter, 6th grade math and science teacher) to be integrated into the curriculum, to be a pilot program at Runkle School.
Rosemary will be added to the Wellness Sub-Committee
[Note: School Council members have been invited to join David to sample the school lunch ñ dates to be determined]
4. Facility Update: With the renovation/addition ground-breaking still approximately two years away (July 2010) we are on a fast track to add 2 portable (modular) classrooms to Runkle to relieve the immediate space crunch. These will be located at the far end of the present kindergarten hallway.
5. SIP Review: please review the changes to the SIP document in its new slim form. Emily, Jen Shapiro, and David S did some streamlining and rearranging. What's missing? Is it more user-friendly? Weíll take this up at our meeting in April.
6. Curriculum overview document: Teresa and David S. will meet before 4/17 to review
7. Safety and Respect Vision Statement: the final version is going out to the staff (3/21) and to the community in the Runkle News (4/11)
Special Announcement: The new staff member joining the School Council, replacing Marian Voros, will be Maxine Hunter, teacher in grade 6. Welcome Maxine!
Dates of note:
Next meeting is 4/17 from 4 p.m. ñ 7 p.m.
SIP and Narrative drafts due to Dr. Lupini = 4/29
School Council Meeting in May is 5/15 at 5 p.m.
SIP public presentation = May 29th at 7:30 a.m.
School Council Meeting in June = 6/12 at 5 p.m.
School Council Meeting Minutes - February 14, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Present: David Summergrad, Ben Chang, David Godes, Teresa Gallo-Toth, Lauren Smith, Emily Gaberman, Mike Noble
Absent: Michelle Bernstein, Jennifer Shapiro, Marian Voros, Rosemary McElroy, Tom Reed
Members of the Public: Elena Olson was at the meeting after 5:15.
1. Opportunity for members of the public to speak no one was present to speak at 5 pm.
2. Minutes of 1/16/08 approved unanimously (with edits)
3. New members were welcomed: Michelle Bernstein, Ben Chang, David Godes, Rosemary McElroy, Mike Noble
We spent a portion of the meeting reviewing School Council documents and our meeting norms.
4. Jennifer Shapiro was elected co-chair, unanimously.
5. We voted to send cards of gratitude to the out-going School Council members: Cliff Brown, Elena Olson, Barbara Kellman, Tanya Paris
6. SIP timeline and revision - Jennifer, Emily, and David will meet on 3/4 after school (3:30 - 5:00?)
7. School Council sub-committees: - we'll update these lists on 3/20/08 Math: Emily Mike, Michelle, David G Curriculum: Teresa, Jennifer(?) Wellness: Jen Schultz and Katherine Reynolds Cohen, Co-Chairs, Jennifer (?) Elena Olson(?)
We will invite the co-chairs to our meeting on March 20th to report on their SMART goals Safety and Respect: Emily, Lauren, John McTaggart, Deanne Dixon Facility: David S, Tom, Marian, Teresa, Vanda Khadem, Arthur Segel, Emily Leonard, Jennifer, Paul Saner, Cliff Brown(?), Christina Suh(?) Communication: Jennifer, Teresa(?)
8. Next meeting: March 20, 2008 - 4:00 - 7:00 a) Budget Report from David b) SIP report from Jennifer, David, and Emily c) Wellness Committee report from Jen Schultz and Katherine Reynolds Cohen, Co-Chairs d) Curriculum Overview - "final" draft ready to vote to accept(?)
School Council Minutes - January 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm (approved unanimously 2/14/08)
Present: Jen, Barbara, David, Tom, Teresa, Emily, Tanya, Marian Absent: Cliff, Lauren, Elena
Public: Mike Noble, Scott Murphy, Dan Jacobson, Ben Chang
Math ñ successful parent meetings are being led by math specialists Next parent meetings: 1/24 for grades 5 & 6 2/5 for grades 3 and 4 (8 a.m.) David and Emily need to review and reduce our SIP gird by 2/14
Safety and Respect ñ Responsive Classroom is in place in 15 rooms we have had many fewer office referrals David and Emily need to review and reduce our SIP grid by 2/14 Wellness ñ Jen Schultz and Katherine Reynolds Cohen have met Priorities are being set and a meeting is planned Curriculum ñ Teresa is almost ready to publish the curriculum overview
Facility ñ we await the work from the SBA after the meeting on 1/31
4. Elections - PTO is organizing ñ we have 5 open seats for parents
Next meeting: 2/14 at 5 pm
School Council Meeting Minutes September 19, 2007, 5:00 pm
Present: Jen, Glenn, Marian, David, Barbara, Emily, Elena Absent: Lauren, Teresa, Cliff, Tanya, Tom
Opportunity for the Public to Speak: no one present
Minutes from 6/14/07 approved unanimously
School Council training (for co-chairs only) 10/2/07
Each sub-committee should try to meet before our next meeting on 10/25/07; so we can include an item for goals for each sub-committee ñ Jen and David will create a sub-committee template. David will send out the list of sub-committee members from last year.
Sub-committee Review:
Next meeting on 10/25 at 5:00 pm. Early Agenda:
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