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School Site Council Hearing

The School Site Council will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the Jeremiah E. Burke Library at 60 Washington Street, Dorchester.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda

    6: p.m. - Mr. Hill Presentation/ Holland Dedication

    -Burke Alumni wanted to have our gym named after Dr. Albert Holland who the former principal of the Burke from 1982-1993

    -Dr. Holland was instrumental in transforming the Burke; he established caring and nurturing school environment

    -Dr. Holland stood for Equity and Restorative Justice

    -Dates that are in mind are June 1-12

    • They would retire Brandy's jersey
    • In order for this to move along, the support of the SPC/SCC would be needed
    • All 5 members that were present, voted to push this initiative along to the higher up/school committee
    • Mrs. Forbes also stated that she would write a letter of support for the name change 6:30pm - Dr. Lillis- Pathway Designation Day

    -Pathway Day will take place on 5/3/23; same day as open house

    -Our school offers 4 different pathways- Bio Tech, Design & Visual Communication, JROTC and Mass Core Flex

    -Dr. Lillis will send email to all the 9th grade parents regarding pathway day and needs assistance with making calls to the parents/families

    -Ms. Mickle asked if the emails would be sent out prior to the parent's making phone calls

    -We'll our SPC/SSC meeting the day before on 5/2/23

    • For the open house/ pathway day- we'll host the food pantry on the same day
    • Dr. Lillis asked Parents to start making phone calls by next Wednesday/ Thursday

    -Dr. Lillis will send out scripts for the parents helping to make the calls

    6:45 p.m. - Ms. Cabral

    Advisory Revision

    -The district says that we must have advisory in all student's schedule

    • We've added advisory to Monday and Friday's schedule

    -The school held an Equity Roundtable Meeting- some staff reported that advisory works great on Monday but by Fridays, students are less likely to engage in advisory

    • We're currently looking to have a longer advisory period at least once a week

    -Maybe on the half days (Wednesday) for 40minutes instead of 30mins

    -The next step would be to take it to the grade level meetings + student focus group Early Release

    • There's also discussion regarding moving our half day to Friday from Wednesday

    -PD will remain on Wednesday Dress Code

    The school has been having discussions about the possibility of developing a dress code.

    We're not looking to adopt a school uniform policy but to have a dress code that all students follow. Students are wearing inappropriate clothing which is not conclusive to the school's learning environment. Ms. Mickle suggested that they work on a dress code and school-based rules.

    Send letters home to parents with this new dress code plan.

    Also have conversations with students regarding appropriate clothing Ms. Mickle- Maybe students can host a fashion show to demonstrate what appropriate clothing would look like. Ms. Forbes suggested that she will reach out to Dress for Success.

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