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
A. Call to Order
Roland Benjamin called the October 17, 2017 work session to order at 6:00 PM.
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.
A. Adjourn work session
The work session adjourned at 8:59 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Kristen Stringfellow