2010-QUASHNET RIVER SCHOOL COUNCIL

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2010-2011 Quashnet School Council Minutes ' Meeting held on Thursday, November 4, 2010-3:15 PM to 4:15 PM Quashnet School Conference Room Present: Patricia DeBoer(Principal), Jackie Rastallis (Teacher), Cary Marshall (Teacher), Barbara Cotton (Parent), Jack Phelan (Community Member) Absent: Jane Dolan (Parent) Note: Parent Maria Cortez has volunteered to fill the one year remaining on the three-year term of parent Calean LaCroix, a parent who resigned from the Council due to work obligations. Maria was unable to be at today's meeting but has received a packet with all 2010-2011 Quashnet School Council information. Aoenda/Minutes 1. Sharina/Update—Friends of Mashpee Public School"arbara Cotton Barbara shared the philosophy of the group and its goals. The members want be informed so that they can then share clear and accurate information with our parent population. Parents should not primarily rely on articles that appear in the Mashpee Enterprise as their source for school information. The "Friends" group wants to be able to help parents better understand issues, decisions, and the impact thereof. They are also working to link all four schools together and to develop a network that will facilitate positively promoting the schools and helping to get more people actively involved. (mpsfriends@yahoo.com) 2. 2010-2011 Quashnet School Improvement Plan 1SIP"oals/Format Council members approve of the proposed one-page color-coded format for the 2010-2011 School Improvement Plan. Additions to the draft are listed below. The next step will be to gather staff input on our proposed 2010-2011 School Improvement Plan. Proposed additions: Goal#3--Include specific reference to the Falcon Five under"Actions" Goal#3—Under"Actions"—Emergency Preparedness section—Add: Meeting statewide standards Goal#3—"Measurement of Progress" section Add: Fewer discipline referrals Track the number of"Right Choice"tickets issued Data from Anti-Bullying Plan surveys—Staff, Students, Parents Goal#4-2Measurement of Progress" section Add: Data from annual measurement of student BMIs Inner Resilience Rubric—Compare baseline to end-of-year Recess Walking Club—Track number of participants and distances walked 3. PersonneUProaram Plannina FY12 We realize that the budget picture for FYI looks bleak (level-funded?). 1. Based on the current population in grade 2 at the K.C.Coombs School, an additional teacher will be needed at the third grade level for SY11-12. 2. We are proposing having a full time Instructional Technology/Librarian position for the Quashnet School for SY11-12. Note: We currently have a half-time librarian. 3. We will carefully look at our special education population and the needs thereof for SY11-12. We may need to add an additional special education teacher to provide pull-out academic services to fifth and sixth graders and to support inclusion learning needs in all grade levels. 4. Other Ann Bradshaw confirmed that School Council members do not need to complete the State of Massachusetts ethics training. Good luck to Council member Jack Phelan on his upcoming triathlon on November 13th Please email me with any feedback or suggestions. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday. December 2. 2010.