Minutes 1.4.17/Agenda 1.25.17

Post date: Jan 31, 2017 3:55:19 PM

Agenda 1.25.17

Council Minutes 1.4.17

“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it” -Chinese Proverb

“I move to add to the responsibilities of Public Relations Person in the Council bylaws under Article V, section F“Is responsible for organizing a school visit designed to inform Council members about practices at other schools at least twice a year”; Add to the responsibilities of Student Life Committee under Article VII, Section H, Subsection 2 of the Council Bylaws “To support the Public Relations Person in organizing school visits designed to inform Council members about practices at other schools.” ; Add under Article III, Section A, Subsection 2, Sub Point b  of the Council Bylaws in the Membership Section

“All members are recommended to participate in at least one school visit organized by the Public Relations Person and Student Life Committee. This will help to inform Council members about practices at other schools.”

“ I move to make the following changes to the Handbook...Under the heading “Introduction to the Handbook” insert the phrase “Hanover High School” in front of the first appearance of “Handbook”; strike “Hanover High School Policies” and replace it with “school practices”; replace the phrase “a democratic school” with “our democratic school”; Under the heading “Delayed Opening” strike the phrase “ Alertnow” and replace it with “automated phone call”; strike “and children dismissed only at the discretion of their parents or other responsible adults”; Under the heading “Lunch” strike “can snack and eat” and replace it with the word “may eat” and strike “or during an x hour”; strike “a teacher demonstrates that eating in class creates a danger” and replace it with “prohibited for reasons of safety or subject matter”; Under the heading “Unscheduled Time” replace “appropriate” with “recommended”; replace “the school can” with “HHS may”; replace “parents can also” with “parents may”; Under the heading “Activity Periods” strike “Thursday” from the list of days with Activity Period” and after “11:15 am” add a sentence reading “On Thursdays that time will be used for Common Ground meetings and on Wednesday there is an extended unscheduled period during which Council meets from 10:15 a.m to 11:00 a.m”; Under the heading “Common Ground” strike “promote the ideal that” and replace it with “provide”; strike “can have” and replace with “with”; strike “belonging to”; Under the heading “Schedule Conflict” pluralize “conflict”; strike “by getting” and replace it with “through the use of”; strike “resolve” and replace it with “resolution”; strike “from a guidance counselor” and replace with “available in Guidance”; Under “Suggestions for Juniors and Seniors” strike “New Hampshire Educational Improvement and Assessment Program (NHEIAP) tests all NH sophomores in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, given in May”; Under “Section 4: School Governance” strike “Curriculum Committee” and replace it with “Committee on Instruction”; Under the heading “Class Committees” replace “he/she” with “they”; Under the heading “Committee on Instruction” replace bullet three with “Approval of all additions, deletions, and substantive changes of courses listed in the Program of Studies”