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[quote=calexander]Hello all,

Here is my quick-take on this week’s MacFarland Middle School Community Cabinet meeting which took place this past Tuesday.

•	There will be a community meeting on Tuesday, November 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30pm in the Powell Elementary School atrium to discuss the 6th grade dual language program at MacFarland Middle School, opening next year.

•	The school logo and colors are nearly finalized. These were chosen by groups of students at the feeder schools.  See a low-res scan here:  [img]http://i.imgur.com/iuqTKvq.jpg[/img]

•	The school is likely to be named, “MacFarland” permanently. On top of the planning staff’s general reluctance to go down the path of changing the name, they do need to begin marketing the dual-language program very shortly.

Outside of those discrete items, most of the meeting was taken up by a lengthy “vision” conversation. I’ll post the notes when they are published next week, but here are the major responses and requests (from the cabinet members) that I remember:

[b]Question: What is your vision for MacFarland MS?[/b]

A diverse school to reflect the extremely diverse community
Positive school culture (leadership)
Rigorous academics
Engage teachers
Child-centered
Cohesive culture of respect
Dynamic program for both the Dual Language program and the neighborhood school
Integration between the dual language program and the neighborhood school
Robust extracurricular activities
What are you going to do to market to non-dual language families?
Teachers who are fully bi-literate
Diverse staff and teachers who are fully bilingual and bi-literate.
Recruitment of native Spanish speaking teachers
Advanced programs without segregation

As a parting gift, several members gave the staff some pushback regarding parent burnout over having to fight downtown too often.  An example given was a perceived lack of support by the central office for several beloved Spanish language teachers who were not retained because of visa issues.

Best,

Christopher
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