LSAT Minutes: 2024-2025

• Emily led with welcome, introductions, and quick ice breakers sharing bucket list items for the fall.
• Emily led us through a review of meeting norms.
  • -  Meetings typically 3rd Monday of each month from 5:45-7 pm held onZoom.
  • -  Members have all received the DCPS Guidelines for LSAT committeesand should keep that on-hand for future meetings
  • -  Members received link to LSAT Collective and should also review andreference this site for meeting preparation
    o Resourceforclarifyingissuesandtogetsupport/advicefor

    advocacy

  • -  Ward 3 Council Member Matthew Frumin has an Education Councilwhich will be linked to on Basecamp
  • -  Members received via email and Basecamp LSAT Topics Year at a Glanceas additional reference for work this year
  • -  Mr. C added LSAT has ability to impact the school in a profound wayexamining what is and what could be. Encourages committee to dig in, enjoy the challenges, embrace the conflict, move obstacles to opportunities to maximize benefit for the kids. LSAT is a safe place to share thoughts and voice.
  • -  LSAT works in partnership with HSA (HSA rep is Sarah K.)
• Nominated and Elected Chairs and Secretary- Tara Souza, Teacher Chair
  - Emily Blake, Parent Chair
  - Dena Kahn, Secretary
  - Chairs will coordinate with Mr. C for meeting agendas, meeting materials,

  and meeting participation
  - Additional LSAT position to fill: Community Representative: send

  suggestions to LSAT chairs

• Discussion of Sharing Communication with Murch Community

- Agreed that it is worthwhile to have paper versions of important

information accessible and distributed along with email and web postings

Murch LSAT Committee Meeting Minutes 9/16/24

- Add meetings notes and solicit input on upcoming LSAT topics from teachers by adding to Ms. Eckstein’s weekly sta_ email bulletin.

o Holdin-personLSATforumssimilartoHSACo_eeswith particular focus on bridge building, Chancellor’s 5-year plan, budget advocacy and feedback on community needs

o Workforatimewhenteacherscanattend
o GetinfofromHSAastowhathasbeenmostsuccessful

historically in making connections and getting input

• -  Teachers and LSAT members can use end-of-day/pick up interactions toencourage feedback and participation in LSAT
• -  Explore other ways of sharing and discussing such as google groups
• -  Mr. C and LSAT chairs will calendar outreach opportunities

• Comprehensive School Plan (CSP)
  • -  Principal Cebrzynski led committee through highlights of CSP Goals andVision that all personnel are asked to follow o GOALS:

    1. Academics:MathandReadingachievementareuniversal, measurable goals

    2. Attendance:O_toagoodstartwithchronicabsenteeism 4% lower than this point last year and school is aggressively working to further lower this
    3. SocialEmotionalCurriculum:continuedpartnershipwith Transcend to further approach of education with whole child in mind

    4. NextSteps-thisislessclearandbeingdevelopedinhouse o VISION:Emotionalandphysicalsafetyforallstudentsand

    celebrate unique identities of students and families
    o MISSION:Knowourfamiliesandmeetthewholechild

    1. Befullyinclusive
    2. Provideequitableeducation
    3. Celebratelearning
    4. Bringfamiliesin(Grandparent/SpecialPersonDayand

    informal access to class learning as well)

  • -  CSP has to be signed, submitted, and published by Sept 30