LSAT Meeting Minutes
Tues. Feb. 6, 2018
5:30pm
In attendance: Alicia Garfinkel, Dan Hayden, Lauren Miller, Sophie Schwadron, Vicki Otten, Emily Kallaur, Chris Cebrzynski, Maurice Werner, Eugene Branch, Megan Lavin, Richard Nugent
Administrative
Review meeting minutes from Jan. 2018
- Approved by all
- Welcome to new LSAT members Eugene Branch and Daniel Hayden
Items for Discussion
- Principal’s Update on Budget Process
- Mr. C attended a meeting about non-Title 1 schools to discuss finding ways to support us since we don’t get additional funding
- Found lots of common ground with other NW schools
- Survey results
- Reviewed why we did the survey to give new members background info
- Took a detailed look at Survey Monkey printed results
- Anything surprising to teachers/Mr. C?
- Mr. C — Priorities for next year was resources – focused on Spanish program (wanting it more than 1x/week) and wanting resource classes for PreK
- After-school programs — Is it expected for us to host these programs and it be part of our budget dollars?
- Get teachers more involved again instead of FLEX like old system?
- Anything surprising to teachers/Mr. C?
- Technology – priority for staff in budget process, and in DCPS communication – Was also somewhat high as something chosen by parents as something to improve on
- Consider doing this survey each year
- Next steps
- Communicate some info out to parents from survey results – i.e.: info about Spanish, after-school activities
- Mr. C will put something in the Weekly Blog about it and will reach out again later on about results
- What should LSAT do next?
- Mr. C will send out budget information about past, current and future information (specific salaries and per pupil $ amounts) to us
- Review it prior to next meeting
- Maurice will tease out numbers and send out
- Work on specific recommendations/considerations in a small group on Wednesday at 3:30 (a few teachers and parents)
- Dig deeper into high priorities and tease out specific information (i.e.: pre-k resource vs Spanish resource)
- Figure out specific focal points
- HSA and technology?
- Mr. C will send out budget information about past, current and future information (specific salaries and per pupil $ amounts) to us
- Communicate some info out to parents from survey results – i.e.: info about Spanish, after-school activities
Minutes respectfully submitted by Alicia Garfinkel