Leadership
Minutes
School Leadership Team Minutes
October 05, 2009
Present: Lisa Brody, Maria Cognata,
Tricia Kampton, Jeanne Kwok, Martha Mayorga, Barbara Martin, Liz
Morrow, Lois Olshan, Liz Schneider, Reva Schneider, Liz Spears,
Kathryn Thome, Amy Weiss, Amy Woo.
Agenda Items: Principal’s
Update, Our Progress Report, Swine Flu Plans, Future Meetings.
Meeting was called to order at 6:18 p.m.
Progress Report - P.S. 144 received
an Overall Grade of A- on the DOE Progress Report for 2008-2009.
We received an A in Student Progress
with room to grow in the other areas. We received a B in
those areas (School Environment and Student Performance).
Quality Review- The last Quality
Review of P.S. 144 was completed in November 2007. The
school is due for another Quality Review this year. It is
currently uncertain when the new review will occur. The
rubric for the reviews is being changed and there are reports
that if a school received an A on their Progress Report and the
previous Quality review was “Well-developed”, a new Quality
Review would not be done this year. This is the case with
P.S. 144. When Ms. Schneider receives more specific
information, she will share it.
Swine Flu – There has been no
written information received from the DOE yet about whether
vaccines will be given in schools (given with parental
permission only). Discussion was held about ideas for
encouraging good hygiene among the students. Plans
include: Notice about when to keep your child home from school
will be added to the PA Welcome packet, Poster contest for the
students will be held by Liz Schneider, Reva Schneider will talk
with the custodial staff about keeping the bathrooms stocked
with soap and paper towels and have them look into purchasing
wall hand sanitizer dispensers for key areas of the school.
Further ideas included teaching children in the lower grades the
routine for hand washing and having Student Council address the
issue of promoting good hygiene.
Playground – The school has received
a grant of $250,000 for renovation of the schoolyard. The
organization Out2Play will be doing the renovation. The
planning for the yard will occur this fall and construction will
begin in the spring. Most of the money will go to
resurfacing the large yard and areas, such as track lanes, will
be designated with paint. The rest of the money will go to
redoing the surfaces in the locked part of the playground.
In a partnership with Asphalt Green the school aides will be
given training in how to enhance the recess program. Exude
will donate $500 for balls and other playground equipment.
The issue was raised about what the children will do while the
playground is closed for renovations. Tricia Kampton and
Kathryn Thome will investigate the option of closing off the
block, similar to what Our Lady of Mercy does. Other ideas
about how to raise additional funding for the playground
renovations were discussed, including asking for donations from
the community and elected officials.
Auditorium Renovation – A grant was
previously submitted to Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi’s office for
renovating the small playground. $50,000 was approved but
was insufficient for the job. The grant was resubmitted to
use the money for replacing the auditorium seats. It was
approved and the $50,000 will cover 188 chairs. The chairs
cost $265 each. A discussion of ways to raise money to
replace additional chairs was held.
Partnership with Queens Museum of Art –
This year the school will have a partnership with Queens
Museum of Art for Parents as Art Partners. Events will
occur after school. The first event will be a reception at
the QMA on 9/16 from 4:00 – 6:00 for the artwork by Dorothea
Rockburne commissioned by the Foundation for Art and
Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) honoring General Colin Powell.
The QMA will provide one school bus to transport 6th
grade students to the reception.
Comprehensive Educational Plan – The
CEP now can be done online. The CEP’s for all schools will
be able to be viewed online. Work on the CEP for PS 144
began in May 2009. The draft of the CEP is due on 9/30.
Future SLT Meetings – The schedule
for the SLT meetings for 2009-2010 is as follows: 10/5 at
5:30 pm, 11/2 at 7:00 am, 12/7 at 5:30 pm, 1/11 at 7:00 am, 2/8
at 5:30 pm, 3/8 at 7:00 am, 4/12 at 5:30 pm, 5/10 at 7:00 am,
6/14 at 5:30 pm. Agenda items will be requested one week
prior to the meeting. Meeting will be held in the school
library.
Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Submitted by Lisa Brody
