F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Meeting
This meeting is hosted online. http://parker.school/deicommittee
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan (remote), C. Beasley (remote), E. Moura (remote), K. Grabarek (remote), K. Kintzing (remote), L. Hayner (remote), T. Testa (remote)
Committee Members Absent
M. Silva-Rosa
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
T. Testa called a meeting of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Tuesday Sep 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
K. Kintzing made a motion to approve the minutes from DEI Committee Meeting on 06-08-26.
K. Grabarek seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED to approve the motion.
II. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A.
Opening Connections
B.
Review PD Modules
C.
Tuning Protocol for First Module
- Committee members reviewed the Facilitation Guide and Slides
- Warm feedback – where does it connect?
- We are learning an important skill – that will be useful later on
- Appreciate that we applied the learning to real work – SOA data
- We did something similar last year – we are doing this again with clarity and conviction
- Mindset practice – to be applied in the work of your subcommittee
- Doable ask – thinking about the work that the subcommittee is doing, but through a different lens
- Cool feedback – where does it not connect?
- Not sure this session is about identifying systemic barriers. This is about building and practicing skills to do that later in the year in your subcommittees.
- Clarify how and why we want to use the SOA data – is it for information sharing or deep analysis? Brian said more for info, to be applied to the work to follow.
- Slides may be clearer with less info – separate the “Practice” slide into two
- Clarify how homework will be shared in the next meeting. Be more explicit on how people share the results of their homework so everyone does it.
- It may feel a little odd to apply this to our subcommittee work.
- The second meeting will include recap and discussion of homework. Perhaps we pair BOT members across subcommittees for lookback discussion
- We can ask subcommittee members to share equity discussions when presenting goals
- Are there other skills that need PD? Yes, to be embedded in sessions 2 and 3. All of the sessions are responding to needs identified by the BOT in last year’s survey.
III. Closing Items
A.
Adjourn Meeting
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 6:56 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
T. Testa
Yes, who is served well – and who is not – by the work of this subcommittee?