The Soldotna Area Schools Reconfiguration Advisory Committee met on Tuesday, September 24. The meeting agenda was:
· 5:30 Recap 9-10-13 meeting
· 5:40 Define our parameters
· 5:45 Example – collective proposal (again, this is not a real proposal but may include elements the committee moves forward on)
· 6:00 Split up into small groups to produce proposals
· 6:30 Small groups present proposals to large group.
· Set agenda for following meeting
The example I produced was a collage of input received from students, staff, and community members. The time set aside for the small groups to produce proposals representative of their perspectives was not sufficient. Only two groups presented their proposals. The third group will present early in the next agenda. Following the last presentation, our whole group will reassemble and look for common elements in the proposals. If there are common elements, these will be set aside from discussion and our focus will then turn to elements that are not common. We will open the discussion for debate among the committee. Our goal will be to reach consensus on all school names, colors, and mascots. If time allows, we will continue the meeting with discussion on preserving culture and history.
The next Advisory Committee meeting will be held on October 8th at 5:30pm at the SMS library. These meetings are open to the public for observation. If audience members or any community member has questions or would like to present input, please email: dhayman@kpbsd.k12.ak.us.
