Next Steps

Working Headline/Theme	Next Step
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS	Community Outreach PTO subcomittee
	Sharing with a larger audience, School Committee led and supported by PTO
	Collaborative Committee that includes: Comm/Town/FinCom/School Com/PTO, look for freebies
	Fund and develop Community Connections Coordinator.
	Keep community conversation going. Have email follow-up and a meeting again in the spring.
	More community connections, mentors, tutors, etc., Enrichment
MARKETING	Communicate and "market" what is happening in school
	Attach marketing strategies for young families
UTILIZE CHANNEL 17	Press marketing TV cable for all the Arts/All Activities- group of comm. producers
	Film to Ch. 17
	Bring school to community via television (hire staff vs. existing)
	Add more student content to BSC meetings so it is on tv for the community
NEW ENDOWMENT FUND	Dan Rabold and Richard Hoffmann start endowment fund
NEW PARTNERSHIPS	Seek out a partnership with Woods Hole, Coastal Studies, IFAW and CC Museum of Natural History
CONNECTION WITH ELDERS	Build connection between schools and elders. Create intergenerational event/social. Invite elders for activities in schools
GIFTED/TALENTED	Endorse emphasis on individualized education
	Gifted and talented programs created and marketed
PRESCHOOL	Preschool spaces more available and marketed
	Universal preschool and extended day discussions
REGIONALIZATION	Regionalize discussions should continue at all levels
FOREIGN LANGUAGE	Add 1 afterschool foreign language class (K-5) per week
	Foreign language integrated.
TECHNOLOGY	Include and integrate TECH in classrooms- networked
	Find resources for computer, technology upgrades: opencape?
	Technology strategic plan for district
TEACHER RECRUITMENT	Teacher recruitment to fill retirement spaces, mentor system
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING	Alternative funding e.g. comcast
BUILDING USE	Move grade 3 to Stony Brook and COA to Eddy
	Discussions about school use for the good of the children led by the school, town administrators
RETIRED TEACHERS	Retired teacher substitutes (keep people involved in schools that have been involved)
	Get school committee to authorize retired teachers and Nauset volunteer "reunion"
OUTSIDE FUNDING	Outside funding for playground, technology
	Community sponsorship
GARDEN/GREENHOUSE	School Garden/Greenhouse: Myka Sokoloff, Grants for Greenhouse, Connect to new Wellness Policy changes, guest chef- talk to Dianne Carrera
$ COMMITTEE	Committee should be formed on how money should be spent (perhaps technology)