2016 Managed School Choice Task Force Info ------------------------------------

I certainly hope we will see the RCSD and the City work together to rebuild neighborhoods. Extensive work was done in 2016 by the Managed School Choice Task Force headed by RCSD Board member Liz Hallmark. A major recommendation that came from that study was to stop NEEDLESSLY busing kids all over the city. We had no problem with "school choice" if the parent really has a valid reason to bus the student across town but most parents pick the school to get busing for their child for safety. As a result the current 1.5 mile state reimbursement formula is destroying our neighborhoods by separating parents from their child's school and destroying the cohesiveness of neighborhoods and the schools.

In 2016 I also recorded about 2/3 of the Managed Choice Policy Task Force meetings and they are on my YouTube channel. I started doing that so people who missed a meeting could look at the video and be ready for the next meeting. Getting parents to come to these meetings was always difficult. I hope this can be helpful. I hope this will help people review what was done.

I recorded part of the Managed Choice Task Force 4/18/2016 Summaries from break-out groups https://youtu.be/4CKvDVYiM_k

and part of the 2016 04 25 - Managed Choice Policy TF https://youtu.be/kENoi8yOpUg

I think the first one I fully recorded is May 3rd 2016, and they go through to October 6th 2016 for about 20 meetings

2016-05-03 - Managed Choice Policy TF - Discussion of Ralph Spezio Paper https://youtu.be/qJi34Z28SAU

2016-05-10 - Managed Choice Policy TF - Discussion of Dan Gildea's Placement Proposal https://youtu.be/RII7m-Eh_oU

2016-05-17 - Managed Choice Policy TF Conrow & Delehanty Review Recruitment & Marketing Proposal https://youtu.be/w5gC7DtFJbM

2016-05-26 - Managed Choice Policy TF - Community Accountable Schools Discussion - Boutet & Spezio https://youtu.be/0wLhMhvpc8g

I notice a link to the Boarddocs in that meeting description: The text of the Framework can be found at: " http://www.boarddocs.com/ny/rochny/Board.nsf/files/AABV837F710D/$file/Bucket%203%20-%20Neighborhood%20Schools%20Proposal.pdf ".

2016-06-02- Managed Choice Policy TF Cont. Discussion of Boutet & Spezio Community Accountable Schls https://youtu.be/dB5kuxEf03w

2016-06-09 - Managed Choice Policy TF Start of Requested School Data Review https://youtu.be/bN3E2qL0tlw

2016-06-16 - Managed Choice Policy TF Data Review & Lottery, School Selection process https://youtu.be/4TWIr4HOkpA

2016-06-23 - Managed Choice Policy TF Data Review with Adel Bovard and Kathy Hargis https://youtu.be/mLXZL1E0dko

2016-06-30 - MCPTF Data & MCP Review with Adel Bovard and Kathy Hargis https://youtu.be/G4kpaWNqg0A

2016-07-12 - MCPTF Data & MCP Review Molly Clifford and Kathy Hargis https://youtu.be/g6Ijxk9wjB0

2016-07-19 - MCPTF - Review of MCP Policy Questions with Kathy Hargis https://youtu.be/oLh770QAYIU

2016-07-28 - MCPTF - MCP Review with Mike Schmidt https://youtu.be/PinHLcLYXs8

2016-08-11 - MCPTF Focus Group - Survey Questionnaire https://youtu.be/sDuV4sGwiZ4

2016-08-18 - MCPTF - Focus Grp Policy Writing Sub Committee https://youtu.be/JfEQOGy9XAo

2016-08-25 - MCPTF - Focus Group - Survey Questionnaire Meeting #2 https://youtu.be/YThzmX1Yzvg

2016-09-15 - MCPTF - Concurent Focus Grps Survey Questionnaire & Policy Writing https://youtu.be/2z1f1X4fH2c