Ms. Martin reported out on what steps the school leadership team had taken in response to the end of year parent survey results. The response rate is slightly lower than last year, although still in the 70 percent range. The main feedback that the leadership focused on was around communication with families regarding operational issues like dismissal and notification of key events. The school has also invested in a new software program called POSSIP, which asks for feedback via text from families every other week on how the school is doing and requests for any follow up around parent questions or concerns. The results are compiled for the leadership team so they can respond and take action.

Ms. Martin gave an update about our staff. We are fully hired except for one Associate Teacher position.

We discussed our standards-based grading system and its relationship to the end of year MCAS scores.

The committee created a plan to share multiple data points over the course of the next several months:

August:  How did we do on our internal goals and what we are doing about it ( the accountability plan) % HW completion, % of students getting Cs or better, % of classrooms scoring above the network, % of teachers being satisfied with coaching and development.  Ms. Clark will prepare this to share.

September: High level headlines about the new MA accountability system (Rebecca), share state level data with a focus on the accountability level, % proficient and SGP. Ms. Clark will prepare this to share.

October: State results will be public, we will look at comparative data, ,meet Jonathan, and focus on SpEd and ELL subgroup data. Mr. Swan and Ms. Clark will prepare this to share.

November: Share parent data, progress check on how we are doing with our internal accountability goals. Ms. Clark and Ms. Soto will share this.