okay Um I'd like to open the meeting with the pledge of allegiance to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Marty
could you read the mission and vision statement please or do you want Sue to do it because you have a mask okay Okay The Fab Public Schools create worldclass student learning experiences Our Clippers are empowered to pursue
their goals with curiosity integrity and resilience Uh the founders public school vision Clippers are creative inquisitive and engaged learners who participate in their community as socially responsible citizens Clippers effectively
communicate and solve problems that impact the world around them Okay Um I have to ask is anybody recording tonight the meeting okay Um so we will open with public comment
and I'm going to ask for it to be very tight tonight Okay Um we can't it's only three of you We're we have to wicked strip to the time limit tonight Okay So if you come up and state your name and your comment I'm going to do my usual 1
minute 45 seconds and then the 15 and then that'll be a little 15 second Okay Perfect Hello Welcome Sarah Bogdan Um it's incredibly frustrating to attend meeting after meeting rehashing the same discussions that could have been avoided with a more thoughtful approach from the
start Meeting with community families and teachers first could have resolved many of these issues from the beginning Instead families who have shown up time and time again are sacrificing time with their loved ones to do the work that should have been done by those in charge We've crushed the numbers We've done the leg work And frankly we've done more to
ensure the strong future for the children of this town than many of you have As elected officials you have a responsibility to ask the right questions and most of you don't There was a lack of accurate data presented No analysis of that data or where it came from and no meaningful questioning of how these decisions would impact an
already marginalized community The parents who raised concerns early on should be praised for highlighting the flaws in the process long before it officially began Their attention to the inconsistencies and gaps in the navigating the future proposals that simply didn't make sense was both thoughtful and precient Moving forward
with a plan that wasn't fully thought through and attempting to carry it out so swiftly within the schools would disrupt the education of some of our most vulnerable students What's even more disheartening is the way parents have been dismissed labeled as hysterical or being eyerolled after comments when all we've done is advocate
for our children The that's not hysteria that's love and that's commitment You were elected to serve this community That means listening asking tough questions and doing the hard work I hope this has been a learning moment and that you carry these lessons forward in future decisions And I also have a
letter from someone in your community that would like to know um the $10,000 sent by the state to hire a truency officer Where did the money go and I'll email that to you Thank you Thank you Thank
you Another person Hello Deianne Rockwood Last Thursday I attended the NASDAQ held at the high school I was struck both by the lack of audience members and that we had a consultant tracking and writing questions from the audience As at past
forums there was no opportunity to engage And once again we got to ask questions but got no answers I'm not sure why we paid someone to take notes nor do I understand why not all comments from those on Zoom were shared at the forum This doesn't seem transparent
Could that be why people aren't tuned in because they don't trust the process i believe this committee needs to start narrowing down some decisions so that the building needs task force can thoroughly vet the options in front of us Parents has have extrapolated data
from the NASDAQ report and apply it to all projections based on building capacity Three elementaryaries are not an option for us for at least 3 years to equitably redistribute both students and programs
Start the process of redistricting now Ask NASDAQ to look at the upper grade levels as well Can fifth go down not without redistricting And what's stopping us from tackling the issue of declining enrollment in the upper grades today i know families that are leaving
the district with their emerging fifth graders not because they want to but because this administration will not consider adding a morning YMCA program at Morris Pawn I thought we were surveying families to find out what we can do to keep them in our district
Lastly I've asked for school committee members to talk to staff and listen to our ideas and suggestions to no avail You've been invited to join FEA members at the rec center this Wednesday from 5 to 6 p.m You will hear the results of our survey and these findings could be
quite valuable when you evaluate the performance of Dr Durham After all Desi suggests our thoughts and feelings be included in such an evaluation Please don't miss this opportunity Thank you Thank you You're welcome
Melissa could you turn off the warning timer and it'll just take the two minute and I'll just stop when your two minute timer go Hang on Let me just add two minute No problem A my name is Megan Zodie I would like to review the law to begin MGL chapter 71
In section 83 school officials shall not abridge the rights of students as to personal dress and appearance except if such officials determine that such personal dress and appearance violate reasonable standards of health health safety and cleanliness As school
officials you are responsible for making sure the school is following policy according to Massachusetts state laws The court case Pile versus School Committee of South Hadley determined under settled law that dress codes like the one implemented at Lawrence School
unconstitutionally restrict students rights to freedom of expression This was a case that involved the school committee the superintendent and the principal of the school There is a reason why Lawrence School is a minority in the public schools of Massachusetts
implementing restrictive dress codes It is because it is against the law As school committee members you are school officials and you will have to make a decision about the dress code line by line on the items that students at Lawrence School are not allowed to wear You will need to ask yourself if these
items violate reasonable standards of health safety and cleanliness Here are some items on that list leggings shirts without collars corduroy variegated patterns jeans logos yoga
pants sweatpants red yellow or pink pants How do these articles of clothing violate reasonable standards of health safety and cleanliness i'm asking you to review the items that students at Lawrence School are not allowed to wear according to the handbook and ask
yourself if this dress code violates state law as I read I ask that you take this on as an agenda item and vote to remove the dress code as it is currently written at Lawrence School urgently Thank you for your time Thank
you Nobody else Okay Thank you as always for and and um adhering to the two minutes It's very helpful Okay The next item on the agenda is a presentation of Warren School highlights and Principal
Bushy are you going to speak or is Oh I'm sorry So this was our our presented in in November and um they will um they're not here today because every school goes once So it was just an error that it was on the Okay Sorry I
understood that I just didn't know if Mr Bushy was gonna Oh I don't think so Say I think you want to say something I'm sorry in the future of course Yes Okay Bulldogs here Something like that I think it would be fair that he has to do it right now Okay So then I can breathe
a little easier um with this time frame Um the time frame is in case the public doesn't know is because some of these members are town meeting members So that's why um the next item on the agenda is the re review of the superintendent school's progress
Thank you So um I will um go through u we've seen this several times So although it's not moving for me I don't know about hitting the button I know sometimes I've done it and then goes three slides ahead but it's
not moving Um did it disconnect from my phone well I'm on there Okay now it's done Okay so here we go Okay good Uh so just as a reminder July 1 through today uh is evaluation
timeline and goal one is the student learning goal uh it is to ensure equity audit uh results are addressed by strengthening the bright spots and creating a plan to address the areas for improvement selected by the school community Um just as a reminder um the
equity audit was done last year There are uh uh three equity goals districtwide and I made it one of my goals to ensure that the equity audit um uh goals are addressed by the district
Um so the standards that are being uh addressed are the data informed decision-m uh environment communication and cultural proficiency So the first um was the uh student learning experience goal I won't
read all of these I know we've we've covered these several times uh but it's uh basically uh focused on the curriculum and the professional development culturally responsive teaching and we will start here So and
of course that is in the way of me Okay So the ELA curriculum um for grades uh K to 6 has been selected I'm happy to say um Dr Ter has been giving uh updates throughout the uh year It was uh unanimously
selected uh by our uh the teachers that did the field testing and by the uh HQIM uh the highquality instructional materials team uh professional development will begin in May and will continue through next year and with an
implementation start uh in the fall with our new curriculum and the curriculum is L education Uh introduction of investigating history in grades five and six is underway Engagement with the community partners to bring culture
identity and stories into the classrooms uh has been going on all year collaboration among multi- uh multilingual uh educators general education uh teachers and special educators for materials selection and implementation So it was the
collaboration of working for grades uh 5 to 12 School-based equity teams are building a professional um resource library uh for teachers and families And the multi- uh tiered system of support is the other piece of this that we
talked about uh that really played in goal one and goal two But establishing reestablishing I should say we're renewing u the practice uh this school year principles engaged in uh extensive summer professional learning and then
ongoing monthly throughout the year Uh we've built MTSS school-based leadership teams Uh continued uh professional development with Dr Katie Novak Principles are leading facilitating providing professional development and
participating in the instructional support teams known as IST um process at the uh school level And if you'll just give me one second I got to move this Um and then the uh admin and teams conducted uh regular walkthroughs for
evidence of implementation of the MTSS um process Also looking at schedules and maximizing uh time on the subject and time for interventions for instance at our younger grades the wind blocks So all of that has been looked at and
improved and this was the equity goal that you have had updates from Dr tell your um three times uh two two three times during the school year right and we're going to be patient
You were my lucky charm before next to you Make it go Yeah I'm afraid if I hit it too many times it's going to like just jump too far ahead I could just like see maybe stop the stream
stop the stream starting to um don't have This is not good Okay Okay At least the
just say exactly All right So the second um uh uh step in the equity audit um was to look at our um student discipline and uh and the uh student uh code of conduct
So uh a consistent system uh the power school's behavioral support has been adopted this year uh across all grades K to 12 Uh we are working on consistent understanding agreement across all advent K to 12 We believe that we have
reached that um agreement uh work uh continues with the development of a guide uh that will outline the best practices for imple implementing uh MTSS the social emotional and behavioral interventions academic support and restorative practices All APS and
secondary principles meet regularly to ensure consistent implementation of applied behavioral supports and re uh referrals when warranted and this is using that power school's behavior support this year And then uh the elementary principles are aligning their
practices and will begin implementation next year So it was a two-year roll out Regular informal feedback uh from uh students staff and families for continued refinement and application of um the discipline uh
code The third step u oh and I should say that you've heard updates from um Henry St Julian on um the goal two around the behavior and the third step um we have heard from Sandy uh on a few
occasions about the two-way communication So here principles established quarterly routines for gathering ongoing feedback from families Um unfortunately has not yielded the number of responses that we were hoping for Um also continued efforts on ensuring
power school information is current Uh we are making uh great progress in in that area Um we're down to three undeliverable uh phone u phone numbers It's down from 28 in February and we
have three families um that still have no emails It's down from 11 in February So all year you can see that we have been making progress and um the uh there's right now there's 38 undeliverable emails in the system that is districtwide um and it's down from 50
in February So it was a goal we've um been actively trying to ensure that we have everyone's phone number and um email so that we can make sure that our communications are getting to them including anytime that we're putting out surveys so that we can get feedback from
everyone So great strides uh in that area Um the talking points Google translate and other platforms have been implemented by teachers admin and secretaries at a more sustainable level This year we're um increasing the use of translators at events meetings and
individual meetings with parents The platforms used by uh teachers and admin allow for um translation any communication not um that does not use a translation uh feature We're transcribing in multiple languages You'll see sometimes principles will
send out multiple languages uh in their Friday message and uh report cards are translated at the elementary level It is we still are not automated at the elementary uh level with report cards It is automatically translatable at the
secondary level Um we're still trying to um figure out what the next step is that but we but the report card is translatable So they do receive it It's just not electronic like the other grades Still working on
it So those that was goal one Goal two is the professional practice goal uh build capacity among all employees of the district to implement environmental stewardship and sustainability education and practices related to their goal in the
district The standards that um align with goal two uh is areas of the curriculum environment communications and continuous learning Goal um two step one is to grow uh opportunities to educate students
uh and environmental stewardship and uh sustainable practices And here we have courses like food justice initiative uh environmental science uh at the high school and then uh certainly part of um the subjects
there's modules throughout the uh district We also have our partners like uh NBL HOIE uh Noah Webner um MEES the Kunamescent uh River Trust that are all engaged in um sustainability practices
with our students part of this our scientific um community uh partnerships Uh we also uh have looked at uh Desi's innovative pathway Um we we now have environmental uh the
pathways environmental and life sciences which we have been working on uh and making changes to right now The discussions are ongoing Um we want to make sure that um the desi pathway if we do adopt it align to our vision and uh
that it doesn't change it too much because we have a lot focused on our blue economy um again food justice initiative the maritime um uh partnership that we have now and um you know all of our you know
as I talked about all of our living classrooms and our scientific community and if we're going to do this um you know we want to make sure if we joined another pathway that we are not losing the partnerships or our focus that we've already built So the conclusion is not
yet In addition because DESIE is currently revising their science standards so we're not thinking that this is the time to start uh anything new but we are continuing with all of our um uh work that we're doing in all this
area So the second um area is explore uh and improve new and existing strategies to reduce waste Um as you've heard with the steel cows we've not been able to move to that uh yet We're It is a procurement um uh issue as far as um who
we're contracted with We are uh in conversations with them hoping that we will get the steel cows so that we can uh save on not having all the individual milk cartons Haven't been able to move to that Well that was good That was quite good Thank you We have not been
able to move that Um but the uh school and community composting um is going well uh and recycling just okay so the next one is increase energy efficiencies Um we have explored the uh federal and state grants
and tax credits Uh unfortunately there's just as not many opportunities out there um or it's the restrictions uh on these grants and tax credits um where we will still continue because we do believe it
will become um or hope at some point that it'll become something that is beneficial um for the districts to uh take advantage of Um there are challenges and solutions um somewhat to the electric vehicles Our challenge still is the distance that an electric
vehicle can travel Um but working within that there's a lot of places that um our electric van that we had um can travel and we're uh taking um advantage of that solar projects There's the article 21 on
the town meeting tonight um school uh committee approved that and so we'll see a town meeting uh votes tonight and that first project was at Balmouth High School and then the installation of high efficiency hand dryers has begun We just
uh installed two at um Morris Pond They are quite expensive We do know that it's better uh for our environment um but we will have to go at a little slower pace because of the cost at this point The next uh is the healthy schools
through partnership with farming felment uh to bring fresh nutritious food uh to the schools uh and increase uh green spaces So we participated in the uh uh the grant this year We still have a couple meetings left Uh we visited farm to schools working farm uh in uh
Martha's Vineyard Participated in the mass farm to schools retreat um participated in all of these are things that you heard at the mid mint um year We've participated in seven coaching Uh we have completed 100 100% of our strategic plan It is developed and we
are in implementation um stages Uh the cafeteria uh we are we've identified three local regional vendors that we're working with Uh identified local regional food um is being served We've identified how to
increase local procurement and we're uh implementing the harvest of the month as you know incorporating more local food and new recipes in the cafeteria Uh we are working on uh the classroom uh part of it is we're working on the sign signage in the cafeteria and focusing on
school gardens The community part is getting more community and um farming found give them a shout out they're coming in and looking at our gardens and um right now trying to figure out what infrastructure is needed We're working on grants Uh we have I think four to
date we have put out um we have I think we've heard from two or three we have not got any grants yet but we're still looking at grants to um bring our gardens up to speed make them uh easier for students to engage um and so we're looking at that funding
source Thank you Goal three um implement a communication strategy um focused um on the community engagement and two-way um uh exchange of ideas And so the entire um navigating the future through
the the fall through all the engagement was to get ideas You know sometimes as as leadership it's important that um you carry out with your plan and then there are times when you need to listen and change the course which is what happened
with goal three So we listened um and the community was asking for an assessment So we u stopped We said that there would be no implementation next year Let's look at the assessment And now we're you know giving the um uh
building needs task force all the time that they need uh to study the assessment and to um uh make any recommendations you know at some point We are moving forward as the school committee voted on the uh
Lawrence uh renovation and we will hear more about that The standards here uh are data informed decision-m the environment engagement and communications Um so a plan was developed that was all the beginning stuff Uh we did have an outside um uh
communications strategist help us with the communications set up the um community forms uh work on press releases and the the letters and that was Chris Horn communication And um and then we um did a preview with the school
committee and we made uh additional changes before rolling out That was step one which is completed Then implement the communication plan This is when we um as I said we started the idea was these were proposed plans
but we wanted feedback the um the the PowerPoint itself um allowed for interaction throughout the um presentation It also um allowed for um the community to discuss options within
uh the communication and then it became a point that we really needed to um to stop We listened as I said we are the last three are the uh the points we are now We did got the NASDAQ report back in March March 27th Um the needs assessment
uh or the needs building needs task force reviewed the NASDAQ uh and their assessment and then the community forum just happened last Thursday on April 3rd So even though uh some of the plan this is as far we as we are in the plan it's
in a good spot and I think um that rightfully so We changed courses and that's it Thank you Are there any questions or comments that any you like to
make okay Thank you Lori And I'm glad you got the technical issue settled Okay Now following up um will be a presentation Excuse me Following up on the presentation will be
a report from the evaluation subcommittee um headed by Linda and we'll break down the form that's used so the public and the school committee can um yes so thank you Terry the
subcommittee was actually headed by chair Welch and Margaret Soua and I are members of that subcommittee And since um Kelly could not be here tonight um Margaret and I will um will present and
this is going to be a very quick overview just in the interest of time So um superintendent evaluation process This is the overview Um it's a cycle self assessment uh which began in
the summer uh analysis goal setting and plan development which we voted on as a school committee Implementation of the plan uh which um the superintendent gave us an overview of her implementation of
her goals We had a formative assessment evaluation meeting and now we are at the point where we are doing the summitive evaluations and um the overview briefly All members
review and track the evidence that demonstrates progress toward the superintendent's goals Um every presentation from lawyer staff that is tied to to a goal or standard observations of meetings events
communications that are tied to a goal or standard and evidence in a tracking document which I will show you the link for Um all members of the uh community have met with the superintendent at the midyear mark to discuss her progress and
now all each member and all members are completing year end evaluation Um I'm going to skip over the formative evaluation since that was essentially just meeting with the superintendent and going over uh her progress and we've
already done that the summitive evaluation Each school committee member will prepare an end of cycle summitive evaluation report and as um Terry and Melissa had um informed me we will be
getting those uh blank documents to each school committee member hopefully by the end of the week um so that you can um start to um collect your thoughts Um it's an assessment of the superintendent's progress on goals
performance on each of the standards and an overall rating of her performance I'm going to show you the links on the document that will bring you to the evidence that the superintendent has collected um toward
her progress um and additional data And then you'll complete an endofear end of cycle summation evaluation report Okay this is a quick quick quick walk through Um these are the four indicators
uh exemplary proficient needs improvement or unsatisfactory And again each school committee member will be getting this slide deck so you can uh dive into the uh descriptions of those But um those are the the
ratings Um the superintendent must be rated on each of the four standards In order to receive an overall proficient rating the superintendent must receive a rating of at least proficient on the instructional
leadership standard Um so this is the document Again you will get a blank uh document to start to um work on this hopefully be by the end of the week And it will
include a link that you see here to the um superintendent's goals and her evidence Oops So hopefully I can get back to where I was Okay there we go So that's the
form the links and then this is the um superintendent's performance rating for instructional leadership and the link is to the desi rubric There's my arrows which is there and
then for the um operations standard which the link again is to the Desi information and engagement and communication and then for professional culture again the links will be to the
desi information and then this is the last page in the um evaluation And from what I understand um and correct me if I'm wrong um the each
member does not need to sign it um to submit it because we're submitting these electronically to uh chairperson Welch who will um who will uh coate them and um produce
the the uh tallies and then Margaret is going to be reviewing those tallies Um and then we sign them in Sharon's presence Is that correct Sharon yes So um is there anything anybody wants to add
just one little pointer You said this was the last page and that's correct Even though it's the first page you do the data gathering on the other pages first And um if you have any specific things you don't understand what um
indicator goes or how to explain it or whatever um you can email anybody on the evaluation committee and they can give you further um guidance Yes And I
anybody and there's I'm sorry there's the timelines So um just for um just for edification so we're having this meeting on the 7th The deadline to submit your um individual
evaluation is April 23rd And then um between the 28th and May 2nd the superintendent will meet with each of us regarding our evaluations And then um if there are any amendments May 2nd is the last day to do
that And then the other dates um that are are less pressing at this point We will um be presenting this information at future school committee meetings And here are some other links to DESIE
and mask documents And as Terry had said don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions So that that is it Okay Thank you very much to the evaluation subcommittee for putting that together and showing the
timeline And the 23rd is closer than you think Yeah it it jumps up on you Even on the 22nd a lot of people probably not me of course I'm getting my done way But okay Um next item on the agenda will
be to act on the memorandum of agreement concerning assistant purchase and Lori will explain that to us please Yes and thank you We've um already talked about it So just to reiterate um we are adding an assistant um coach to
uh golf and we are also on paper adding assistant tennis coach in case we ever need one in the future Um those are the only two sports that we um do not have uh on in the contract So uh with an MOA
with the union uh FEA um we've agreed that um we have assistant golf coaches They should be paid per contract So that's what we're waiting on for the amote Thank you Okay So is there a
motion to make a motion i second that Okay All right All those in favor say I Any opposed any abstensions looks like carries unanimously Okay next is an update from the
superintendent who I'm holding to the timeline to Well thank you Um I will be I'll be quick but I do have um a couple exciting things to talk about Uh one I want to give a shout out to the model UN staff and students Uh first I can't say
enough about Danielle Blesic um she has taken on the model UN which is quite a bit of time and preparation but it's an opportunity for our students and not all high schools actually have a model UN um but we do uh and so it's very exciting
and I'm going to share here just I want to show you here are students um that went to Clark University uh in their um opportunity at the conference uh the model UN conference and just a little bit about it We had about um 18 uh
students Uh they participated and uh students took a role of a delegate from a specific country or historic character During the day they attend general assembly meetings and crisis committees Students can be recognized for being highly engaged collaborative and
creative in their problem solving as well as demonstrating um excellent public speaking skills Now I'm going to give a shout out for three specific students right here So we have Sam Goldstone uh won a verbal accommodation
as a delegate from South Korea in a summit on modern humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan Um uh Kariv and I hope um that Kariv I've actually said your name um correctly
Karie White won uh won a honorable mention as knight um Bernoff in a crisis committee on the shattering of the um Elden Ring Moss Junker and this is um this in order here So Moss Junker won a
verbal accommodation as a delegate from France and a summit on the Dutch East India Company So they do have it's quite in depth There's a lot of prep and a lot of work um that goes into this but uh congratulations to our three award winners all of our students who
participated and a special shout out to Daniel Bless for giving this opportunity to our students Okay Uh and then I just want another update I've been trying to give consistent updates about the Lawrence renovation We're in our final draft form uh to be submitted uh due at the state
this Friday We will have it turned in Um there are no surprises uh in this whole assessment and prep and getting ready It's uh within the scope and the cost that we predicted last uh spring and summer Uh we are within um uh so we're
totally within the range Um something special uh Paul um Tom Bushy um Don uh Drew Steve Habib from the Habib and Associates who conducted the assessment and James Ricefelder which uh is our project manager They're creating a video
that's explaining the work of the assessment and the application Uh so it'll be available on the website We will have both the application and you'll get to see this video of all the information about it The timing did not allow for a presentation tonight because we were in a hurry Um but it's going to
be presented uh Friday So we thought this was a way a way that um not only the school committee but our community could also see We didn't certainly didn't want to wait till May 13th um to share information So we're going to do something a little different and that'll be up on the website uh probably not
Friday It's submitted Friday but this week sometime Okay Thank you Lori Okay The last item on our agenda is to conduct routine business which would mean approving the minutes Do I have a
motion to accept the minutes um as March 25th like the draft edit version Yeah I'll make the motion to approve this Second Okay Okay Um all those in favor say I I
Abstaining Okay One extension And any objections Thank you very much Thank you And now I'd like to take a motion to adjourn the meeting Make a motion Oh excuse me Does anybody have something before that sorry
Uh Glenda I I just wanted to very quickly I think it's important for the um community to know I want to thank you Terry We're having an upcoming um retreat workshop on communicating with the um the public but with uh
information from legal counsel to guide us by what we are um legally allowed to do So I appreciate the input from the community that has prompted us to do it and I appreciate Terry following up and
scheduling that Thank you Okay Also we're going to take a refresher so you know we can um smooth out Robert's rules a little bit We're going to um get a complete update on topics from our
wonderful Sean Castello is our field manager from um we're in division 7 of MASC and he's we're going to put together specific list for him and polish up the daily operations as well So thank you Okay Does anybody else have
any comments i'm sorry Um yeah I wanted to ask just um the the agenda item that Mike had put forward that we pushed to the 13th Somebody I forget who had suggested seeing if we could do that as its own special thing so it doesn't like
make the meeting huge I don't remember who suggested that Okay but we'll put it under um I don't I don't know exactly how to present that but that was an idea New business maybe suggested Okay we'll list it under that where we look into
things Yeah sure Okay I'll make a motion to Okay second Okay All those in favor any abstensions or nos okay Thank you Thank you