Attendees:

• Josh Smith
• Becky Cook Shyovitz
• Aaron Schumacher
• Stacey Larracey
• Rebecca Hunt

Notes

• Lottery seats have been offered even for seemingly “full” levels; discussion about whether this is an issue
  • Josh reached out to LSAT outreach person
    • She reached out to DCPS enrollment folks (“headquarters enrollment team” is the folks who set the number)
  • Number set at 24 for PK4, 20 for K and 19 for 1st; if nobody leaves, seems like too many people
  • Answer:
    • Summary: The number allows for attrition, and for that not all lottery seats will end up converting to new students
      • Detail: “Lottery seats that were submitted are based on the school’s historical trends and waitlist offers. We offered these seats citing that we anticipate annual attrition. Matches that schools receive from seats submitted do not convert to a 1:1 enrollment rate. Therefore, schools then need to leverage their waitlists. By anticipating attrition and the waitlist offers the schools will ultimately make on the front end, we are then able to prevent mass movement of students in the summer which has possible negative impacts on other DCPS schools. Through this methodology we have no concerns about over-enrollment at Payne but will continue to monitor throughout the spring and summer. For more data and historical trends, please see the screenshot of Payne’s MSDC Year End Report”
    • Isn’t there a waitlist? Don’t the seats get re-offered down the list?
      • There’s a waiting period; the school doesn’t start calling people on the waitlist until late September/early October
      • Also required to save a certain number of seats per class for students with disabilities (for ECE) – protected until end of December
    • Josh anticipates parents will ask about this in the future
• LSAT election
  • Checking nomination period as per Ms. Brown (referring to LSAT guidelines)
  • Three-week nomination period; notify at start of May
  • Then one-week election process, to close at PTA election (on June 13)
    • Open election June 6, close on 13th
    • Open nomination first week of May, close by end of May
• Aaron traveling for May 16 LSAT meeting; probably can’t make the meeting
• Stacy willing to be chair of LSAT next year

Actions

• Election plan
  • Nomination: May 9-31
    • Announce at May 9 PTSA meeting
  • Election: June 6-13
  • Send out to:
    • Remind
    • Listserve
  • Copy and re-use nomination/election forms from last year

Attendees:

LSAT

• Josh Smith

• Becky Cook Shyovitz
• Aaron Schumacher

Observers

• N/A

Agenda

• Election discussion/planning

Notes

• Election
  • Last year: emailed, had google form, had box out
  • Becky technically running the election (as PTSA)
  • Challenges in getting all groups represented
  • Shanelle nominated
  • Josh aims to not be on LSAT, or at least not be chair
  • Could have parent/teacher co-chairs
  • Chair not determined in election, but in initial LSAT meeting
  • Use April 11 meeting to do plug (in-person PTA meeting)
  • In-person PTA meetings: April and June
    • Elections expected in June
  • Does Steve want to be on LSAT next year?
• Aaron to get notes ready to be posted

Attendees:

LSAT

• Principal Byrd
• Josh Smith
• Aaron Schumacher
• Becky Cook Shyovitz
• Tiffany Brown
• Stacy Larracey

Observers

• N/A

Agenda

• Budget discussion

Notes

• Playground: Don’t be on it before 6pm
• There was a prior meeting devoted to the budget
• Budget is now done and submitted
• Principal Byrd shares a deck summarizing budget
  • Payne is doing okay budget-wise
• Josh: Budget feedback from community
  • One person wanted to ensure funds granted for at-risk students are used to benefit at-risk students. Josh shared that this is the case.
    • Principal Byrd adds that funds are used for two science teachers (which is an equity issue especially for students who are at risk) a special education teacher and a social worker
• Other feedback?