Wewelcome Steve Tamari Ô77 to the School Committee.
Wethank Sharon Haworth and Michael Resman for the time and energy they have giventhe school and the community. We appreciate their service. The clerk will orhas written them both thank you notes.
Theclerk has shared the letter of resignation from Michael Resman. [See attachedletter]
Weapprove the minutes of our meeting on 12 December 2010.
Weapprove the changes for the Development CommitteeÕs responsibilities suggestedfor the School Committee Handbook. We will ask for final approval at our nextmeeting.
Thenew job description is as follows:
TheScattergood Development Committee supports the efforts
ofthe School to secure financial support and advance our mission. This Committeeis responsible for reviewing and recommending changes in
schoolpolicy that pertain to fundraising and outreach to the wider
Scattergoodcommunity. This includes policies regarding the kinds
andforms of gifts accepted, communication with donors, as well as
reviewand recommendations of changes to the annual development
planand appropriate sections of the Long Range Plan. This Committee
isalso responsible for marketing and publicity policies as they pertain
todevelopment.
ThisCommittee is responsible for taking a leadership role in any new
orspecial fund raising activities or campaigns, once the initiative has
receivedapproval from the School Committee as a whole.
ThisCommittee is responsible for ensuring that the entire School
Committeeis educated and involved in development efforts and lends
supportto Scattergood staff involved. This includes encouraging
financialcontributions from all members.
Weapprove the Enrollment Sub-committeeÕs responsibilities, as follows:
The Enrollment Subcommittee is responsible forrecommending
policies to the School Committee and forreviewing the SchoolÕs
performance in the areas of admissions and newstudent recruitment.
In admissions these include policies relating toadmissions standards,
financial aid, application and interviewprocedures, and application
review and acceptance procedures. In the area ofnew student
recruitment, the subcommittee is involved withpolicies related to all
aspects of the promotion of the school toappropriate pools of students
and their parents. Responsibility forpromotional policies is shared
with the Development Subcommittee.
The Subcommittee will review the SchoolÕsperformance related to
its areas of responsibility, including annualenrollment goals, budget
allocations to the admissions and promotionfunctions, admissions
process quality, and student retention. TheSubcommittee will report
periodically to the School Committee on criticalissues related to its
areas of responsibility. Subcommittee membershave a responsibility
to educate themselves about the activities ofthe School and
best practices in the larger world related tostudent admissions
and recruitment.
employment on the basis of race, sex, color,religion, age,
sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, ethnicity, or
national origin.
Each school committee member is asked tocomplete a travel
reimbursement form on the day of the meeting.Mileage will be
reimbursed at the current IRS rate and hotel accommodations
(in the event the Berquist House is full) willbe reimbursed up
to $50.
Scattergood Friends School Committee
This isthe current job description for use by the Yearly
Meeting nominating committee in selecting newSchool
Committee members.
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4.2 Frequencyand agenda. The School Committee shall
meet as needed to conduct its business. Theannual calendar
of meetings shall include meeting in September(fourth
Saturday), December (first Saturday), January(fourth Saturday),
March (fourth Saturday and Sunday), May (thirdSaturday),
and July (third Saturday).
accommodatethe school calendar.The following will be
standard items of business at these meetings:
September/October
á ApproveConsultation Committee Report for
á ReviewCommittee rules and orient new
á Reaffirmschool mission statement and non-
Discriminationstatement.
á Meetnew and returning staff.
á Enrollmentupdate.
á Updatelegal issues.
á Recommendtuition for the following school year.
á Approveannual budget.
á
December Ð
á Evaluateaccomplishment of goals in long-range plan.
á Discussupdating long-range plan and, if necessary,
Appointa person or committee for this task.
á
January Ð
á
á Executecontract with the Head.
á Approveor modify updated long-range plan.
á Appointworking group to plan March Retreat.
March/April Ð
á Hearresource person or have Committee Retreat.
á Hearsummer plans.
á Hearstaff needs for coming year.
á Receivean enrollment projection for coming year.
á Hearfrom graduating seniors.
á Getan enrollment update.
á Undertakeevaluation of CommitteeÕs work.
á Reviewannual report to yearly meeting.
á Hearstaffing and student projections.
á Reviewpreliminary budget for coming year.
á Decidehow much money to ask the Yearly
Meetingto give the school this year.
á
á
Weask Ginny Winsor to present a capital budget to us in March.
Weapprove the budget for the school year 2009-2010 with thanks to Eryka andGinny.
Ifanyone is interested in being part of the Human Resources Committee, please letthe clerk know.
CallieMarsh, recording clerk
ISACSwill be here for our review in September next fall, and requests that we have ameeting while they are here. We will therefore have our first meeting inSeptember, not October. Bring your calendars to the March meeting, please.
6March 2010 ScattergoodFriends School Committee Meeting
30May 2010 Graduation
January25, 2010
DebbieGalusha
4922Chicago
Omaha,NE 68005
DearDebbie,
Iam resigning from the Scattergood School Committee. This decision came aboutafter examining my leadings and personal history. IÕve pondered and prayed aboutwhat God would have me do ever since I received GinnyÕs head of school reportin October.
Theissue is my personal ethics. I spent my career first at a state hospital thatwas later shut down as part of a system considered to be poorly serving patientÕsneeds. I then worked in an under-funded special education department, where Iwas aware that studentÕs werenÕt getting the services they could and shouldhave been receiving. I was good at what I did and my patients/students werebetter off because I stayed. Yet by staying, I was part of systems thatshortchanged them. I wonder at what point I should have stepped away andrefused to be part of a flawed system.
Thatline was crossed for me at Scattergood by GinnyÕs October report which said,
ÒMoleand mildew in several buildings seem to be affecting the health of students andstaff.Ó I confirmed with her during our December meeting that these issues hadnot been addressed, and would in fact be difficult and expensive to fix. Afollow up email to Russ confirmed that there are no plans to quickly eliminatemold and mildew. A further issue was NicoleÕs report that several staff housesare without water for part of each winter. To hear that staff considered someof their housing substandard jarred my sensibilities.
Iam not comfortable being part of a governing body that canÕt provide for thehealth and safety of students, staff and their families. It became clear duringthe strategic planning process that monies arenÕt available to solve theseissues in the immediate future. While I have no doubt that they eventually willbe addressed these issuesÑalong with what looked to me like damaged asbestosceilings in the art buildingÑto me are emergencies. In the public schoolsetting I came from, the affected areas would be vacated immediately and notused until the health issues had been resolved. It would be too painful for meto sit through committee meetings for many months, knowing that I was in partresponsible for a health risk.
AlthoughI was processing this issue during the December meeting and recent conferencecall, I didnÕt say anything. This is a personal issue, one that I needed totake in prayer. I wish you all the best. I will inform the Clerk of NYM thatthe position is open.
GodBless,
MichaelResman