Notes from Communication Committee

Here are the notes from the Communication Committee meeting. (The chair e-mailed me the notes, which I could then copy and paste here.) In fact, this is putting into practice a suggestion that came up in that meeting. I think this is an example of our School Renewal Committees working at their best--when each committee is tackling challenges or moving the school forward through the filter of their own committee.

Communication Committee:

The Communications Committee felt that the wearing of flip-flops was an item that should be allowed. Therefore the student handbook should be changed by deleting "flip-flops" from the "not-allowed" list of clothing.

On the subject of gum being allowed, it was pointed out that gum was listed on the state list as one of those things that should not be allowed because of health issues. The committee agreed to "stick" to that policy with the state although we didn't agree with the idea that gum was actually a health problem!

Our committee agreed that a good way to use the "blog" for communication would be for each committee to send notes from their meetings to Dr. Buck. Dr. Buck could then put the information from all committees on the blog. This would provide everyone with a knowledge of what decisions are being made throughout the school. This would be a good communication link for the school faculty, staff, and parents.