02/16/2005 SCHOOL COUNCIL - KC COOMBS SCHOOL Minutes

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K. . Coombs School Council Meeting February 1 ,2005 I.The meeting was called to order at 3:40 PM the music morn at the K. C. Coombs School. H. In attendance were Mrs. Doyle,Mrs. Nye,Mrs. LeFavor,Mrs. LaCroix,Mrs.Burleln-Pitz,Mrs. Lewis-lice, and Mrs. Iinkey, III. The rru'nutes from the December 15, 2004 K. C. Coombs School Council meeting were reviewed. Mrs.Lewis- Rice made a motion to accept the rninutes.Mrs.Bulli -Pitz seconded the motion. The minutes were unanimously approved. IV. Open Forum- A.Mrs. Doyle explained the procedures for open forum to the K. C. Coombs School Council members. B.Mrs. Benda Coughlan, at parent of a child at the K. C. Coombs,was present for the open f ru nn. I. Mrs. Coughlan addressed the K. C. Coombs School Council regarding a recent discipline incident where her son was sent to the principal's office. . Mrs. Coughlan requested that Council look at disciple at a time other than recess. 3. Mrs. Coughlan wanted d to know if there was a standard policy regarding noise in the Caf6 during lunchtime. i.e.:Do students have to be silent during lunchtime or ai-e they allowed to talk with their peers`. were students expected to follow different lunch rules/expectations from different teachers each day at lunchtime . Mrs.Coughlan wanted to know under what circumstances parents are notified that a student was hurt on the playground. 5. Mrs. Coughlan requested Council members look into having CORE cbecks conducted in the spring and not in the fall. V. New Business: A. Mrs. Doyle reported that following an audit at the Town Fall, it was revealed that duce months of the K. C. Coombs School Council n inutes were missing. Traditionally,the K. C. Coombs School Council minutes were collectively filed with the Town Hall at the end of the year. New polio dictates that the K. C. Coombs School Council Minutes should be sent to Town Hall, following their approval,at the end of every month, B. The K. C. Coombs School Council members discussed Mrs. Couohlan concerns that were raised during open forum. I. There are no standard policies regarding when students have to miss recess as a punishment. If at all possible,teachers try to avoid keeping a student from x i sing recess.Teachers do look at discipline options and make sure that the punishment fits the given misdeed. However, there are rare times where a student may have to forfeit recess due to a given discipline issue 2. Inclement weather requires indoor recess. D. Measures that are currently being used during indoor recess that allow students to burn off excess energy include allowing groups of students: to use the gyne; to wally around the school corridors with teachers/aids- to play board games with their peen in the classroom. . The students are allowed to talk to their peers utilizing an appropriate conversational volume. Yelling and screaming are not allowed. Students are periodically relTninded to monitor thee'volume. Teachers will ask stridents to be silent at certain points of the Zurich, so that all Students can hear/litems to dismissal directions 5. All lunch groups have consistent teacher/aide presence during lunch. Students have the same teachers assigned to their lunchtime every day. . Many of the playground incidents are not reported to staff,by the students. when staff are notified about a possible injury,the staff mmember sends the student to the nurse's office.Due to sheer numbers students that the nurse sees daily,there is very little time for her to personally contact even parent. pai-eats will be immediately notified,by the nurse or Mrs. Doyle, that their child has been hurt when there is ars injury.