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Three goals for a school improvement plan from last year's council were <br /> presented-Communication, Identity, Discipline. A fourth goal, Academic <br /> Proficiency, will be formulated by this year's council. It will most likely <br /> focus on Math or Language Arts. <br /> The Won Way program for decoding words was discussed. This is a pilot <br /> program in two-first grades and one second and third grade this year. It <br /> has been very successful in the Barnstable school system. It will be tried <br /> for a few years so the results can be monitored. The results of last year's <br /> third grade reading proficiency test were discussed. There were 4 or 5 <br /> basic readers and 2 or 3 pre readers. All others were in the proficient or <br /> advanced category. <br /> The school improvement goals from FY'97 council will be presented in <br /> their entirety next meeting. <br /> The status of the playground was questioned. It should begin going up in <br /> two weeks. Eight thousand dollars was raised from the Pennies for <br /> Playground effort last year. There is an additional fifteen thousand <br /> dollars from a grant from Willowbend through the Educational Foundation. <br /> It was mentioned that collecting pennies was a slow and cumbersome <br /> method of raising money. Other fundraising ideas were presented. Selling <br /> engraved bricks for a walkway or pickets for a fence were suggested. The <br /> educational foundation may have a few hundred dollars to put towards <br /> some aspect of the playground. <br /> The potential liability of using parent volunteers to build the playground <br /> was discussed. <br /> Elections for Co-chairmen and Secretary took place. Donna McCaffery was <br /> elected Secretary and Sandra Reichel and Nancy Bowes were elected Co- <br /> Chairmen. The responsibilities of the chairmen include writing up the <br /> agenda, running the meeting, and posting and distributing minutes to <br /> council members and Dr. DeMoura. A mailbox will be put in the school <br /> office for Joe Cuzack to receive school notices and meeting minutes. <br /> The role of school councils was presented. <br /> 1) adopting educational goals <br /> 2) identifying needs of students <br /> 3) reviewing annual budget <br />