F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
Enrollment Committee
Date and Time
Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan (remote), C. Beasley (remote), E. Sturgis (remote), H. Pierpont (remote), M. Beganski (remote), P. Gordon (remote)
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
Roll Call | |
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C. Beasley |
Aye
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B. Harrigan |
Aye
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P. Gordon |
Aye
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E. Sturgis |
Aye
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M. Beganski |
Aye
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H. Pierpont |
Aye
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II. Enrollment
A.
Discuss current enrollment status and activities
B.
Discuss strategies for meeting committee goals
First step will be to determine what questions we want to answer and then we can start to pull data together to help answer those questions. We will focus on applications and acceptances. Discussed pulling together focus groups of current families to help us obtain data we don't currently have.
C.
Plan for parent ambassadors meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 6:30-7:30
We will ask ambassadors to come to signup to help on panels during information sessions in January and February. We'll also tell them of the need for parents to help on the mornings of shadow days after the lottery to answer questions from parents. Additionally, we'll ask them to share whatever recruitment social media we post with their networks.
Currently at 386 students. 9th grade overenrolled with waitlist. 7th and 8th grade waitlists exhausted with 6 offers pending reply and 2 new students starting now. There maybe room in 7th and 8th grade for second semester, so we could consider a midyear lottery. Should consider effort involved. Committee is in favor of a lottery but administration will decide after hearing about pending offers. If a midyear lottery occurs, the application would be open from early December to early January with one info session for applicants just prior to application closing. Start date would be beginning of second semester.