Communications Council for the Windham Southeast School District
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
The Communications Council of the WSESD will meet Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 12:00 Noon via Zoom:
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AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Minute Approval – September 4, 2020
III. Recognition of Visitors
IV. Agenda Additions/Changes
V. Progress on Email Sign-up Lists for Board and Committee Meetings
VI. Review Working With Central Office
VII. Review Website Improvement Goals
VIII. Development of Communication Council Calendar
IX. Leadership Council Support
X. Establish Recurring Communication Council Monthly Meetings
XI. Adjournment
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The Windham Southeast School District Board
Communications Council Meeting
Friday, September 4, 12:00 noon, via Zoom
MINUTES
September 4 Meeting Minutes
I. Call to Order – Michelle called the meeting to order at 12:30
II. Minute Approval – Robin moved, Jaime seconded All approved
III. Recognition of Visitors – none
IV. Agenda Additions/Changes
V. Communication Tools for District
a. Facebook Page –
There was a motion passed by the board at their August 19 meeting: “Approve the creation by the communication council members of a WSESD Board presence on social media”
Michelle created a WSESD Board Facebook page that was approved by the board at the Sept 3 meeting.
The WSESU chair, Kerry Amidon, who is also chair of the Vernon board, reached out to see how WSESU and Vernon could be included and represented.
Approval from other WSESD board members was given to share any district information on the social media pages. We may share school-specific events and news when appropriate, but need to have consistency and a manageable scope of information for schools across the district.
Will disseminate after next agenda is available – to school and PTO pages, parenting groups, and town/community pages
The need for press releases was discussed for the following kinds of information:
* Election details
* Annual meetings and related information sessions
* The possibility of hosting candidate forums for school board elections was discussed – questions could be developed by leadership councils.
The committee will need to create a calendar of when to do press releases for each of these.
b. Email – how is it working
Michelle will create a list of all the different committees that are part of the WSESD board structure and then Jaime will create a google form to collect data of which meetings people would like to be on an email list for. The google form can be sent out via schoolmessenger to all enrolled families.
c. Remote students – this was not discussed
VI. Leadership Council Summit
a. Pick a fall date and invite all members of leadership council to share ideas Superintendent would like to schedule a leadership council summit – this could help create a district wide understanding about what responsibilities the leadership councils are charged with and how they are structured.
The committee discussed communication to each school community and town community about leadership council meetings. Every meeting should be publicized to the school community and any non-school community members who are interested.
VII. Next Meeting: We will connect on 9/15 to plan a regular monthly meeting time
VIII. Adjourn – the meeting adjourned at 1:44pm
