Dear CAISL Community,
Last night (Tuesday, February 7), the Board of Trustees held an "Open Forum" for parents. Trustee Open Forums are held twice a year and are an opportunity for the parent community to sit with the three Trustees to ask questions about the school and the role of the Trustees. There is never a set agenda and the meetings are a dialog of questions and answers. Last night, 3 parents came to the Open Forum and there was a wide-ranging question-and-answer session with the role of the Trustees explained by Michael de Mello, Board President, and a further exchange in which the parents were asked to share with the Board their experiences at the school. A suggestion was made that perhaps an opportunity could be arranged for the PTO and the Board to meet together at some point. Further discussion was held about the upcoming visit of the Accreditation Teams from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Council of International Schools which occurs at the end of March. Once the Visiting Team has shared its preferred schedule with us, more will be posted on this blog about the Accreditation Process and the opportunities for parents to meet with the Visiting Team.
The next "Coffee Morning" will be held on Wednesday, February 29, at 08h45. Because we are turning the "old" elementary cafeteria into the "new" Early Childhood Library over the next couple of weeks, we will need to find a new meeting place but I will figure that out and announce it before we meet.
Please post your suggested agenda items on this blog which will be open for agenda items or general comments until Thursday, February 23. The agenda items will then be posted in the Friday newsletter that week. If another parent posts a comment, question, or agenda item which interests you, please post a comment expressing your interest. This way I will have a sense of the level of interest in particular issues which arise. I will not respond immediately to posts as I do not want to cut off discussion and an exchange of ideas but, when a question is posted, I will wait a week or so (to give other parents time to comment as well) and then I will post a response.
I look forward to hearing from you. All parents of the CAISL community are welcome to attend (and, in fact, encouraged to attend) the Coffee Mornings.
Blannie Curtis
Director
