Nick Round opened the meeting at 2:40. Marybeth Tenne, who is the newest parent representative was introduced and welcomed.

Constituents were asked to try to prioritize Goals; the following list was reported for the

Student Achievement Goal:

Scheduling/Class size; inconsistent size of classes/try to balance numbers

AIS Effectiveness

Seeking parent involvement; it was suggested that an article be published in the next Newsletter to get parents involved

Transition for all seniors

o PBL

o Mentorships

o Blackboard Workshop series

All felt that scheduling and class size should be most important in this group.

An Ad-Hoc Senior Portfolio Committee will be organized, headed by Roger Wells as committee chairperson. Those who have already shown interest and volunteered to be on the committee are: Kim Everts, Carmen Ross, Patricia Dow, Michelle Fournier, Nara Buck, Sheila Brock. All others interested should contact Roger Wells.

AIS Effectiveness: Dave met with all of our AIS Lab teachers to discuss how our program is going this year. He reported on the meeting and expressed the concern teachers have for the needs of individual students at each level. AIS is for all students, including special education students. It is for support in addition to resource time. Resource teachers could act as AIS teacher but it must be in addition to their scheduled time and rarely is there enough time in the teacher’s and/or student’s schedule for both. All AIS students are tracked through MMS and are given a letter-grade for the AIS lab (English, social studies, science, math, and/or foreign language). The committee is gathering feedback from other schools – the how’s, the why’s, details to parents, etc. Nick Round volunteered to be on a committee to follow-up.

Discussion of Blackboard – Dave explained how Blackboard has become a very important tool of learning and more and more of our teachers are using it in our classes. Students will also be using it throughout college. Student members were asked to interview the student body to see how well the program is going and to get feedback about the program.

Student Portfolios – Some constituents voiced approval of the idea of keeping portfolios over a four-year period. Tammy Darby will be asked to come to next meeting to explain a new program she has started this year in her guide room where she has started individual portfolios for her students.

Rigor Survey Results – Dave distributed a summary of the Rigor Survey which was taken by our faculty at the last faculty meeting. The report was discussed and it was decided that a similar survey would be added to the next Newsletter for parents to take and return to us. Members were reminded to give consideration that the averages used represented 33 surveys returned. However not all answers were answered each time so that the averages may not be exact.

Discussion for next Staff Development Day: Ideas for another staff development day included a stress management day were Yoga, nourishment, conflict resolution, stress relief, team-building exercise, Up Yonda Farm perhaps, etc….. may be done on March or May Staff Development Day.

Dress Code Issue – Some constituents have voiced concern about students wearing trench coats and bandanas. However, most members felt our dress code is sufficient and working much better for us this year.

Multi-cultural Experience – It was suggested that we pursue student exchanges with students within the country perhaps from…New Orleans, New York City, etc. … or by Virtual Field Trip.

Parent Constituents – There is parent concern about how to get information to and from parents. It was suggested that an article be added to the next Newsletter to ask parents to contact their parent-rep through e-mail. This will be done in the December Newsletter.

AGENDA for next meeting on December 12^th:

Committee on Senior Year Transition

Middle States – give thought to various committees for each person to serve on

Rigor Survey – discuss with constituents – numbers of answers to be considered