Tonight’s CEC meeting at 6:00 pm is at PS 25 on Stanton Street between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets.
This is just around the corner from PS 20, where we originally announced the meeting would be. Very sorry for the error.
(Tonight’s PA meeting will still be held at EVCS.)
The evening of Wednesday, February 15 brings two meetings of interest to parents:
The first is our regularly scheduled Parent Association meeting at 6pm in the auditorium. Several things are in the works that we’d love your help with: the upcoming Gala, our big spring event for parents; our March read-a-thon, a new fundraiser this year; Food/Nutrition Committee initiatives; reactions to our PA-sponsored enrichment programs (Spanish, music, theater); and more.
The second is a District 1 CEC meeting at which there will be another presentation on the ongoing negotiations among our building’s three principals about how classroom space can be equitably distributed. Problem is, this meeting is also at 6pm, at PS 20 on Essex Street just below Houston.
Both meetings are important to EVCS, so you will need to decide which one is more important to you. (There will be child care available at both meetings.)
Are you concerned about what your child eats at lunchtime? Do you want the best possible food served from our school’s cafeteria?
Then join the food committee! Their next meeting is Tuesday, January 24, right after drop-off in the lunchroom.
Our school has fought hard to improve the food in our cafeteria. We need your support to continue to make our school a healthy learning environment for our children! Here’s what our nutrition committee has accomplished so far:
Now the committee is planning to introduce some new Meatless Monday meals freshly cooked by our kitchen staff, and they need parents’ help to encourage kids to eat the main course option on Mondays. (Next Monday’s hummus will be sampled this Friday, so that students will have a chance to get used to food that may be unfamiliar.)
Please come to the meeting on Tuesday or volunteer to help serve the hummus samples on Friday. (Contact Vanessa Solomon at vansol@earthlink.net if you can’t make the meeting but would still like to participate.)
The School Leadership Team (SLT) is a committee of school administration, staff, and parents tasked with creating and evaluating EVCS curriculum and educational goals.
The SLT writes and revises school policy, cooperatively plans the school year, and co-writes the Comprehensive Education Plan at the end of each year, among other projects. The parents on the SLT are responsible for communicating SLT business to the entire parent body and reporting back to the SLT.
Meetings are open to all parents. The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 24 at 3:30pm in Roberta’s room on the 4th floor.
The PA Executive Committee met yesterday morning and received an update from Robin about allocation of classrooms in our building. The DOE’s survey last fall determined that classroom space is not being equitably distributed among the three schools that share space in our building. In addition, EVCS is poised to add three classes over the next three years as the upper grades expand to two classes each. After EVCS rejection of the DOE’s proposed move to a building on Henry Street, these issues need to be resolved internally among our building’s three principals.
Robin reports that there has been some progress. In particular, P94, which occupies the fifth floor, has indicated some flexibility in their use of space. Children’s Workshop School is revising its enrollment projection, so further meetings will be needed to determine exactly how to allocate space to meet their needs as well. It’s been agreed that all shared spaces (library, movement, art) will also be evaluated for more efficient use. The goal is a true 3-year plan, so that these problems don’t need to be revisited each year.
We’ll keep you updated as these meetings move forward.
Official minutes from the November PA meeting are now available here.
Why are these minutes always a month late? Because each meeting’s minutes are not officially approved until the following month’s meeting. So these November minutes were only approved by the PA in December.
Hope you are having a wonderful relaxing holiday break.
Just a quick note to thank everyone for their generosity and participation in 2011. With a record breaking amount of family donations and a couple of very successful events, we are well on our way to meeting our 2011-2012 fundraising goals.
Just a quick reminder after the three-day weekend … our January Parent Association Meeting will be held on Tuesday right after drop-off. We’ll be in the cafeteria (or the auditorium, if we’re lucky). Please join us!
