We "tuned" an activity for the full May BoT meeting.  We did an activity around identity, watched a video about kids talking about their own identities and then looked at some guiding questions. 

We discussed reaching out to families and students in a survey form to then assess interest in participating in a future focus group.  

The Committee discussed priorities for the end of the school year and the fall.

June:
Are there any questions we would want to add to the year-end survey that goes out to families? Should we wait and do it with a different survey?
Is there anything we want in the registration packet that goes out over the summer?
Fall tasks and important dates:

• Revise lottery form/data collection procedures to make it easier to get a list of families to call post-lottery (work with Cindy Johnson/Cathy Kennedy); include a check box—is it okay for a current Parker parent to contact you if your child is accepted or high on the wait-list?
  • Amy had a question about using an online system, similar to Sizer’s

• MCPSA—join Todd at a meet of the charter school association to present our work, talk about the idea of a weighted lottery, and see if we can generate some interest/find some partners in this

• Outreach to families:
  • 8/29—Registration
  • 9/13—Back to School Night
  • 10/12—PLP day

There are some key dates in the fall where we could connect with families.  They could take a short paper survey, they could do a quick online survey on ipads or laptops, and we could try to generate interest in helping recruit/do enrollment sessions, join a focus group or join a larger conversation about race, equity and privilege.

• Student focus groups
• Parent/family focus groups

 

We began to draft questions for a survey for advisors to pilot.  This survey will be designed to:

Board:

1. Better understand the student perspective and/or current experience here at Parker, and give us some insight as we prepare to step up our efforts towards enrollment and recruitment next year, aiming to increase our racial/ethnic, linguistic and socioeconomic diversity
2. Do an initial pass to look for a student focus group

Race/Equity Working Group:

1. Get feedback about advisory conversations
2. Better understand the student perspective and/or current experience here at Parker
3. Possibly pair with the Board to run the student focus group??