South Kingstown School Committee Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

 

South Kingstown High School Cafeteria

215 Columbia Street

Wakefield, RI  02879

5:30 PM

 

Attendees - voting members

Roland Benjamin - Chair  

Maureen Cotter - Vice Chair

Michelle Brousseau

Alycia Collins

Stephen (Scott) Mueller-arrived 6:15 PM

 

Members Absent

Raissa Mosher

 

Attendees - other

Kristen Stringfellow, Superintendent

Pauline Lisi, Assistant Superintendent

Maryanne Crawford, CFO

 

Stephen Alfred, Town Manager

 

Margaret Healy, Town Council

Joe Viele, Town Council

Bryant DaCruz, Town Council

Abel Collins, Town Council

Liz Gledhill, Town Council

 

 

1. Call to Order

            A. Call to Order

            Roland Benjamin called the October 17, 2017 work session to order at 6:00 PM.

2. 6:00 PM - Work Session

            A. Education Community Summit

 

Robert Hendriks provided an overview of the research findings to date.

 

Robert Hendriks conducted a community summit on facilities, which included heterogeneous groups of community members working at ten different tables, brainstorming the skills that SKHS students graduating in 2018 need to be successful.

 

The groups rotated in a "world cafe" to another table to hear from a different table leader and add thinking to the brainstormed list, but for students graduating in 2028.

 

Groups then rotated in a "world cafe" to a third table to hear from a different table leader and add thinking to the brainstormed list on "What must our schools do to meet those emerging demands?"

 

Table groups then returned to their original table leader and developed a vision for program, pedagogy, and facilities.

 

Each team reported their vision.

 

3. Adjournment

            A. Adjourn work session

 

            The work session adjourned at 8:59 PM.

 

                                                                                                Respectfully submitted,

 

                                                                                                Kristen Stringfellow

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