F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Diversity and Enrollment Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday March 14, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Location
49 Antietam St.
Committee Members Present
A. Hamilton, G. Penna, L. Warner, S. Reinhorn
Committee Members Absent
C. Igoe, J. Corazzini, M. Mestre-Price, T. Sumner
Guests Present
Piña Madera
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
G. Penna called a meeting of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee of F.W. Parker Charter Essential School to order on Wednesday Mar 14, 2018 at 5:00 PM.
C.
Approve Minutes
L. Warner made a motion to approve minutes from the Diversity and Enrollment Committee Meeting on 02-13-18 Diversity and Enrollment Committee Meeting on 02-13-18.
A. Hamilton seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
II. Information Sharing
A.
Information sharing
L. Warner explained DESE's new policy about not collecting any identifying demographic information about students in the lottery, and we discussed the implications for this on our goals. We discussed upcoming Trustee training and a recent trip by Parker students to the MCSPA offices, where they worked closely with students from other schools.
III. Decisions and Actions
A.
Prospective Students
We assigned roles--someone to craft a "script" (A. Hamilton) and decided that we would reach out, as committee members, to prospective families without siblings. This will help us refine our technique for next year. We also discussed the possibility of presenting to the MCPSA about our goals, and requesting that we be able to collect language and demographic data for outreach.
B.
Goal-Setting Template
We had some time to split into smaller groups to begin to talk about goals for diversifying our student body and our staff. We agreed to look more closely at the goals in April's meeting.
C.
Community focus group
We did not discuss this in the meeting.
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 6:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
G. Penna