Minutes - July 15, 2009

Craftsbury Schools Community Collaboration
Steering Committee Minutes
July 15, 2009

Present: Annie Volmer, Ron Sanville, Tina Sweet, Harry Miller, Steve Moffatt, Perry Thomas

Announcements
Welcome to Ron Sanville, new steering committee member.
Letter from School Board and article by June Cook published in today’s Hardwick Gazette (HG) are first steps in media blitz.

Next steps in media blitz
Letter from Select Board to be submitted to HG, but first needs revision by Susie.
We are invited to include information about the collaborative process in the August mailing of Craftsbury Schools. Annie will submit a one-page explanation of the process.
Old Home Day
Booth at Farmers’ Market (organized by Perry & Annie, staffed by Tina)
Float for parade (Harry & Steve)
Documents explaining process to be posted on town website (Annie will get documents to Michelle)
Blog to document ongoing process (Perry)
Radio
WLVB before and after stakeholder group organization
Later: WDEV and VPR

Stakeholders
Important parts of the collaborative process are: 1) analyzing the community to determine different perspectives and 2) making sure broadest diversity of perspectives is included in stakeholder group. We brainstormed perspectives:
Teachers
School staff/admin
Craftsbury Academy (CA) students
Students who live in Craftsbury but attend school elsewhere
Students who tuition from elsewhere to CA
Homeschooled students
Parents of CA students (from pre-school through high school)
Parents of students who attend school elsewhere
Parents of students who tuition to CA
Parents of homeschooled students
CA alumni/ae
CA neighbors
CA trustees
Summer residents
Different businesses (Outdoor Center, Sterling, CCCC, Farms)
Long-time local residents with/without children
Recent transplants with/without children
Church congregations
Retirees (with and without grandchildren in schools)

Plans for an informational meeting
Important to hold open informational meeting(s) both as part of the media blitz and as a way to begin forming stakeholder group. Currently, we are considering holding two meetings: one before Labor Day and one during week following Labor Day.

Stakeholder commitment
The group considered expectations of stakeholders. The process needs to remain open, yet cannot stop and begin again if new stakeholders join part way through. Any stakeholders joining after initial meetings will be expected to read materials developed to-date and bring themselves up to speed.

Upcoming steering committee meetings
The next meeting will be held Wednesday, July 22nd, 7:00 p.m. at Stardust. The July 29th meeting may need to be rescheduled due to an event at Stardust.