EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES
The Education Committee of the
Board of Education of Rich Township High School District 227 met on
Mrs. Brookins called the meeting
to order at
Present: Brookins (Chair), Moten (Member)
Also Present: Mrs. Owens, Mr.
Hunigan, Dr. Leak, Mrs. High, Mrs. Treichel, Mrs. Kriha
Mrs. Brookins turned the meeting
over to Dr. Leak, who went over a draft of the District Improvement Plan. She noted there were four sections to the
plan: 1) Data; 2) Action Plan;
3) Who Helped with the Plan; 4)
Board Action. She noted that the
District Improvement Plan needs to be approved by the Board at the
There was discussion on
differentiated instruction/cooperative groups.
Dr. Leak noted that statistics show that black students learn better if
they can talk and work together.
Mrs. Owens noted that the
District needs to have incentives to get parents involved. Mrs. Brookins asked about the percentage of
parents who attend Open House and the percentage of parents who attend Parent/Teacher Conferences.
Mrs. Kriha mentioned that, in
her opinion, the best thing the District has begun is use of the EZ
Communicator. Mrs. Owens asked that the
District collect the number of hits the EZ Communicator receives.
Mrs. High asked that the
District do a marketing job for its web page.
She noted that Rich Central puts its announcements on its web page.
Mrs. Moten mentioned that the
District needs to add Technology Training for Parents to its Plan.
Dr. Leak added that the plan
will be revisited at the end of the next school year.
Mrs. Brookins brought up the
possibility of having a parent mentoring program - pairing up parents with
other parents who are new to the District.
This could be done through the PTSOs.
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Mrs. Owens added that this could
be done through the website.
There was discussion about
re-engaging a parental involvement policy.
Mrs. High brought up the
possibility of having parent academies.
Mrs. Owens added that parents
need access to computers at the building level.
Mrs. Moten mentioned that Media
Centers need to stay open later.
Dr. Leak noted she would add
re-engaging parental involvement policy, technology training for parents, and
parent academies to the District Improvement Plan.
There was discussion on the
Career Fairs at each campus. Mrs. High
noted that a lot of parents have interesting careers which should be
highlighted at the Career Fairs.
At 8:15 p.m. the meeting
adjourned.
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Chairperson