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20.11-2012 QUASHNET SCHOOL COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting: Thursday, December 1, 2011-3:15 PM to 4:15 PM Quashnet School Conference Room Present: Patricia DeBoer, Principal; Diana Littleton, Teacher; Dianne Louf, Teacher; Dan O'Neill, Parent; Maria Cortez, Parent; Liz Vieira, Parent; Jack Phelan, Community-at-large member Our Four Maior Areas of Responsibility: 1. Adopting educational.goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards 2. Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school 3. Reviewing the annual school building budget 4. Formulating a school improvement plan Meeting Handouts: ■ Agenda • SYI 1-12 Quashnet School Improvement Plan(Final) ■ Summary of November 2011 Student Uniform Dress Web-based Survey MINUTES 1. Review/Discuss Final Version SYII-12 School Improvement Plan (10 minutes) The final version of the SY11-12 Quashnet School Improvement Plan was reviewed. All members of the Council were in agreement with its content. The SIP will be presented to the School Committee on December 8h. 2. Uniform Dress Code for Ouashnet Students-00 minutes) We reviewed the results of two web-based surveys-11/27 and 11/29. The data specific to Question #4 (Are you in favor of having students at the Quashnet School dress uniformly—wearing reasonably priced fitted chino style pants, skirts, shorts, or capris in khaki, blue, or black color and a solid color polo style shirt—long or short sleeved—without emblems, logos, or designs?) is as follows: 11/27 Survey: Families YES-62% NO-38% (Total # of Responses-94) 11/29 Survey: Families YES-67% NO-33% (Total # of Responses-109) Spring 2011 Paper Survey: Families YES-75%* NO-25% (Total # of Responses-251) *Note: Paper Survey "YES" responses includes those who responded "possibly." Next Steps: A. Plan parent meeting to discuss uniform student dress Proposed date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 (6:00—7:00 PM) Provide babysitting service and snacks Time limit for speakers Student models wear the proposed uniform school dress (Children of Council members and/or others) B. Create informational brochure (to be distributed at parent meeting) Include feedback from Falmouth and data about other public schools Include local and online sources for purchasing the uniform dress items—including prices C. Council members established a target of 75% of our families saying"YES" in order to move forward with having Quashnet students dress uniformly.