Katrina updated the group as to the slight change in planning for the Community Conversations.  Having the conversations be class-wide would make it difficult to do small group work and might make finding places to hold these events challenging.  For these reasons, we have decided to provide 8-10 sessions in different communities that families can choose to attend.
Todd discussed the creation of a draft of a facilitation plan for these sessions.
Discussion centered on making sure we include the following:
-What are the limitations of our current facility as is?
-We have high expectations of our students and we need to provide an environment that supports that.
-We have an ACTIVE CURRICULUM and you can't do that well with such drastic changes in the environment (such as temperature)
-We don't just sit at desks at Parker.
-This year we will be doing an integrative ask- for capital and operating.
-August/September and May/June will be greatly affected by these improvement.  It will increase productivity and allow for longer attention spans
-Aligns with our values around greening our planet
-Invite future hosts to the first gathering so they can get a feel for how their evening/session could go.
 

-Board of Trustee thank-a-thon- agreed that we should do this again with a script for a phone call and then a follow up email.
-PLP Days we will staff as we can (Hannah offered for October 11th)
-November Thank You Days- talked about limiting to Monday-Wednesday
-25th celebrations- May 1-2, 2020.  Katrina briefed the group on the planned activities