School Governance Council

What is a School Governance Council?

School Governance Councils were created by the state’s recent education reform law (Public Act 10-111) to enable parents, school staff, students and community leaders to work together to improve student achievement in the state’s schools. School Governance Councils serve in an advisory capacity and are charged with assisting the school administration in making programmatic and operational changes to improve the school’s achievement.

Who is on the School Governance Council?

The School Governance Councils required under C.G.S. Sec. 10-223e must be established through school-wide elections and they have very specific membership requirements. Students, teachers/staff and parents must be elected to the Council. The student members have to be elected to the council by the current students of the school. Seven parents, five teachers, two students and two community members comprise the SGC.

What are the goals of the School Governance Council?

The School Governance Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Principal. They help to further the goals of the School Improvement Plan.

What are the goals of the School Improvement Plan?

1. To increase math proficiency by a minimum of 10 % as measured by CMT/CAPT in order to meet or increase AYP targets established by the Connecticut State Department of Education for whole group and sub-groups.

2. To increase reading and writing proficiency by a minimum of 10% as measured by CMT/CAPT in order to meet AYP targets established by the Connecticut State Department of Education for whole group and sub-group.

3. To actively engage parents of students in the educational process and planning for students

4. To meet the AMAO targets established by the Connecticut State Department of Education for achievement in English Proficiency

Click here to see the School Governance by-laws

Meeting Dates:

Carrigan’s School Governance Council meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month. The dates for the 2014-2015 school year are:

October 6, 2016
November 3, 2016
December 1, 2016
January 5, 2017
February 2, 2017
March 2, 2017
April 6, 2017
May 4, 2017
June 1, 2017

Members:

Administrators: Frank Paolino, Richard Weber, Twana Shirden

Christina DeCrescenzo

Erin Blake

Tracy Barletta

Robin Cannon