F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Diversity and Enrollment Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Tuesday February 13, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Location
Library at Parker
Committee Members Present
G. Penna, L. Warner, M. Mestre-Price, S. Reinhorn, T. Sumner
Committee Members Absent
C. Igoe, J. Corazzini
Guests Present
Amy Hamilton, Pina Madera
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
L. Warner called a meeting of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Tuesday Feb 13, 2018 at 5:00 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
We will vote on minutes in March's meeting
II. Welcome New Members--Introductions
A.
Introduction and welcome new members
All members introduced themselves and we welcomed Piña Madera and Amy Hamilton to the Committee.
III. Diversity and Enrollment
A.
Debrief the Trustee retreat
G. Penna, T. Sumner and L. Warner debriefed the Board retreat and talked about strategic goals for the committee moving forward. T. Sumner gave historic information about the committee's charge and answered questions from new members. We discussed Parker's current demographics.
B.
Review Goal Setting Template
We worked in small groups to identify 5-year goals, and short and medium term action steps for 5 strategic objectives: diversify student body, diversify staff/teachers; explore legislative options for a weighted/stratified lottery; raise awareness of issues of equity, privilege and race at the Board level and diversify the Board by partnering with Governance. We will share these and talk more at the March meeting.
C.
Summary and next steps
We will work to solidify some of these goals and action steps at our next meeting. Between meetings, we will be working to provide targeted outreach and assistance to families on the wait-list or in the lottery. We may also provide meet and greet options during drop-off at the shadow days.
IV. 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 6:15 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
L. Warner