Nicole Shedden wanted to speak on the 1:1 Device Policy

She comes often to volunteer and is concerned with the amount of time students are playing games and not doing school work. 

Look at the whole school browsing history - 15 different URL’s to the same link and she believes that after playing games, it is hard for them to get back to learning 

Older students take devices home and it does not make her comfortable having it in her home being that it isn't hers.

What can we do before next year?
 

Allison Lentz presented her report.

Ohio School Safety: July 25-26 in Columbus and there are many PD opportunities in that

Site Visit - She came last Thursday and caught up with Jessica and Phyllis about testing and it was wrapping up. She also interviewed a few parents and the report was sent to leadership and Teri. They are happy in improvement with communication and they appreciated the board jumped on a Fireside chat as well.

No red flags on financials 

11.6 - 75% attendance rate and is tracked on board on track. 

Teri asked about the renewal process and timing and Allison will keep them in touch on dates.

Document was not uploaded.

Sarah O'Bryan is keeping an eye on PSi as it is a large expense and there seems to be an increase of identified students 

We are tight on OT budget and she will update as needed. 

Teri Harrison asked if there is there documentation that qualifies them to receive services and suggested that the student may require a service from the meeting 

Phyllis Robinson presented her report.

There have been many school wide activities with SEL services 

She has been receiving a lot of great feedback regarding communication and activities. 

Orders have been placed for more equipment for social spaces and outdoor recess equipment 

NYC field trip next week for the 4th floor

Art Gallery this weekend showcasing Intersession Projects and Mr. Cycyk's art classes

Jessica Wilcox presented her report.

Window for OST is still open - kids were out of town but they will finish taking them.

Math and Science Results - May 16

ELA - May 22

They are wrapping up post conferences with teachers.

PD in April - Responsive classroom strategies and everyone enjoyed her based on the Google Form responses.

4th floor created a PD from OAGC for next year

Baldwin Wallace - Students and coordinators come to Menlo for like a meet and greet

State competition for NHD is in Columbus this weekend 

Deborah Zeffren presented her report.

Deborah Zeffren asked Nicole Shedded to please reach out to her and talk about public comments 

There has been a decline in food orders and she does not know the cause. Tiffany Randle stated thee is a Facebook thread about kids complaining about not liking the food.

They are still looking for different ways to use the grant money 

Drills: 

Tornado: 1 minute

Fire: 6 minutes

Teachers felt comfortable and Admin made sure before the drills that everyone had everything they needed 

Lockdown drill with teachers at PD day to test everything out will be on May 8

Deborah Zeffren shared what this Safety Grant would do for our school.

Extra panic button 

Curtains for teachers to pull down during lockdown 

Classroom lights that would connect to PA system 

Jennifer Ingraham presented her report.

69% of goal of enrolled 

422 enrolled as of now 

She is holding monthly info sessions as well as testing monthly - summer will be during the week with more testing dates open 

They also started pushing out a referral program.

Fundraising: 

Walk a Thon - May 12 

Launch summer reading program in the afternoon and BOGO scholastic sale 

June 17th is the new Scavenger Hunt date 

Marketing:

Cleveland School Fair May 6 as a vendor 

Twana asked where she feels like we are at with reenrollment? Are we on track? Jennifer stated that we are behind but is reaching out and personally talking to those that have not responded and giving them confidence to renoll 
 

Tiffany stated that she did not get annual appeal letter and other members agreed, so Jerry is resending.

Susan Dornan asked Jennifer Ingraham to send the Registration forms to everyone and will be a vote next meeting.

Twana Rogers presented her report. 

The quarterly meeting on is on April 30th.

Twana would like to work more closely with PEC going into next year so that they are knowledgeable about what Menlo does.

She said a thank you to Jenn - great idea to get people in the building year round.

Twana would also like to put together a fundraising team with Jenn because it's a place that needs a lot of focus 

Tiffany Randle presented her report.

She met with Ariana Miller because she is interested in joining DEI committee. It was a more informational gathering and what she has seen and done in other schools. 

The SEL Program can create a diversity calendar. There is a lot of things that happen every month, so this way the whole school has visibility to different celebrations.

No parents that have expressed interest in this committee

Tiffany Randle presented her report.

3 parents expressed interest and will have committee meeting next week 

The main three key topics are: Visibility, Budget and Audits

Teri shared that we are the 5th least funded school.

Teri Harrison presented her report. 

She asked to please be thinking of the kind of things you want within your committee

There will be 2 or 3 versions of budget. Can adapt to one that we are at now and can adjust accordingly based on enrollment numbers

1. Goal -  600 students 
2. Middle (Realistic) - 500 students
3. Pessimistic - 400 students 

If we don't have enrollment numbers - there will be cuts 

Twana Rogers asked what the ideal student teacher ratio is? K-3 22, 4-5 24, 6-8 26 but Teri stated that the smaller the class size, the better for learning

Susan Dornan presented her report.

Many of her items are votes and will discuss later when that time comes.

Walkthrough and review of lockdown procedures and see if everything is okay and make any changes and start focusing on training 

The leadership team will take a Narcan training to be able to distribute for next year.

She is looking into having Metro Health do a mass shooting training 

CPR training is $10 per person 

Twana shared that the Dept of Justice has a rollout program for 7th and 8th graders about trafficking to make kids aware. She will send it over and they will review.

Deb stated that the staff has training on similar situations as well.

Shruti Aring presented her report.

She stated that her and Jessica have spent a long time going through Program Guide. They have broken down questions and feedback that she has been getting from teachers and is wanting to start tackling these items one at a time.
 

Current approved curriculum for K1 for ELA is not working for various reasons. William and Mary is 2nd grade gifted and above and they would like to find another plan.

Phonics in motion is not appropriate for our students and they would like to look into other options for the 1st floor. It is an OKR.