School Without Walls emergency LSAT meeting
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Anonymous
| Why is SWW calling an "emergency" LSAT meeting about next year's enrollment numbers? |
Anonymous
Anyone who posts LSAT information on this site is in violation of the committee. |
Anonymous
Aren't the meetings open to the public? |
Anonymous
| I would bet DCPS is trying to significantly increase the school's enrollment for next year. The HS was just told that students in the junior class would NOT be split and sent to the FS campus ( a proposal in the merger), so I'm sure following DCPS logic, they would then increase enrollment. The left hand never knows what the right is doing. |
Anonymous
Punishable by what???? How will you know who to imprison????? LMAO…... |
Anonymous
LMAO!!!! |
Anonymous
Increase enrollment in the PK-8 program or the high school? It sounded like it was a high school LSAT meeting from PP. If they don't move high schoolers to FS, then the HS couldn't increase enrollment. I hope this means that there will be more than 19 PK3 spots. |
Anonymous
I don't think so, not unless it includes personnel info. Minutes of the LSAT meetings are supposed to be made public, through the school website or the central DCPS website. |
Anonymous
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The emergency LSAT meeting and enrollment numbers are only for the HS. FS gets separate enrollment numbers.
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Anonymous
| As a parent of a child applying to SWW for 9th grade next year I'm certainly curious. Please update if you learn more. |
Anonymous
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From the latest LSAT Guidelines. There is no confidentiality except for specified personnel matters.
Trust and Confidentiality From time to time, Local School Advisory Teams have the need to discuss sensitive and confidential personnel information. The principal will set clear expectations at these junctures and explicitly inform Team members when discussion topics must be kept confidential. Team members must abide by the principal’s judgment. In cases where Local School Advisory Teams include students, there may be additional sensitivity around certain topics. In some instances, the high school student may be asked to excuse himself or herself from the meeting. Sound judgment and respect for those who may be impacted by decisions being discussed are imperative for all Team members. Certain kinds of highly confidential personnel information cannot be shared with the Local School Advisory Team. Information about individual students and personnel information must not be disclosed to or discussed by Local School Advisory Teams. Transparency of Local School Advisory Team Meetings and Meeting Minutes With the exception of matters like those described in the previous section on confidentiality, Local School Advisory Team meetings are open to observers, and all minutes will be posted within 20 school days of the meeting date. The Local School Advisory Team should establish rules for open meetings and for dispersing information on meeting discussions. Options include but are not limited to: ? setting aside a portion of the meeting time to take comments and/or questions from observers; ? regularly including a report on the most recent Local School Advisory Team meeting on the agenda of the parent organization’s business meetings, and ? holding quarterly community meetings in order to provide an update for the larger school community. Observers may attend meetings in a non-voting capacity and are allowed to participate in meetings at the discretion of the Local School Advisory Team. Taking and Approving Minutes 1. The secretary keeps minutes for each meeting. 2. Within 5 school days, the secretary distributes minutes to team members and the principal. 3. Within 5 school days of receiving the minutes from the secretary, the principal and team members must approve the minutes. 4. Within 5 school days of receiving the minutes from the secretary, team members may comment on the notes to improve accuracy. 5. Within 20 school days of the meeting, after approval by the LSAT members and principal, the notes will be posted on www.dcps.dc.gov and in the front office of the school. Failure to respond to a request to approve shall be taken as assumed consent. 6. Minutes may also be posted on the school’s website and distributed via school newsletter or other means that the Local School Advisory Team deems fit. Minutes will include a general overview of issues discussed during the meeting including any difficult or contentious ones. Confidential information shall not be included. http://www.dc.gov/DCPS/About+DCPS/Budget+and+Finance/FY12+Fiscal+Report+Card/LSAT+Guidelines |
Anonymous
There is an open house afterwards where you could ask about it. |
Anonymous
So how could the HS increase enrollment, if there is no more space since no one will be going to FS? |
Anonymous
This is because an enrollment increase comes from DCPS as part of the budget process. DCPS is averse to logical thinking. Haven't you noticed that renovations and capacities don't correlate to enrollment? Look at Dunbar, Janney, Deal, Cardozo....... |
Anonymous
Touché! I don't know why I assumed that DCPS would operate with any sort of logic. |