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School Committee Minutes
Wednesday,July 17, 2019
Cohasset Middle-High School
Community Use Room
143 Pond Street
Cohasset, MA
In Attendance: Ellen Maher, Chairman
Jennifer Madden
Craig MacLellan
Ashley Colleary
Paul Kearney
Also in Attendance: Dorothy Presser, Field Director MASC
Call to Order and Roll Call-Chairman Maher called the meeting to order at 5:32 p.m. Roll Call:Ashley
Colleary-Present, Ellen Maher- Present,Jennifer Madden-Present,Craig MacLellan-Present, Paul
Kearney-Present
Ms. Presser reviewed our protocols and handbooks with us. She advised that we should
evaluate what we are doing well so we continue with those practices and then evaluate what
areas need improvement. Our end goals should be to have strategies and practices to ensure
student success.
Ms. Presser reviewed social media use by members. It must be used carefully as we are a
committee, with no one member to speak for the whole unless duly authorized by the
committee to do so. Social media for committee news is acceptable, it must be carefully
constructed to be a reporting tool and not be subject to interpretation as a deliberative tool.
Ms. Presser also discussed communicating in a crisis. Her recommendations, as much as
possible, plan in advance, rely on the Superintendent for information when it becomes
available, the Chair is the spokesperson, convey fact, not opinion or speculation, respect
confidentiality and be consistent in order to build trust.
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Ms. Presser provided the Committee with the Nashoba Valley Regional SC Handbook. The
consensus was the committee liked the format and content of the handbook as an update to
ours from August of 2015. Ms. Presser agreed to ask for it in Word form so we could edit it.
The committee thanked Ms. Presser and then continued with a review of our Protocols .
Changes were recommended and Mrs. Madden agreed to update the Draft. The Committee
then began the Goal Setting. Under the 5 pillars of the Strategic Plan, the committee
brainstormed on Goals for FY 20. Mrs. Madden agreed to format the ideas into our Goal form
for our next Goal Setting workshop.
On a motion by Mrs. Madden, seconded by Mr. MacLellan, Warrant 20-01S was put forth for
approval. Roll Call Aye Paul Kearney, Aye Ashley Colleary, Aye Ellen Maher, Aye Jenn Madden,
Aye Craig MacLellan.
A motion to adjourn at 9:35pm was made by Mrs. Madden, seconded by Mrs. Maher - All Aye
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