Role of the School Council
The name of the governing body of the Graham and Parks Alternative Public School is the School Council. The School Council, which represents both staff and parents, is the policy-making body of the school. The business of the Steering Committee is to manage the school. It deals with all matters affecting the school, except with issues which are decided exclusively by the School Committee, Cambridge Teachers' Association, and the Superintendent of Schools.
The purpose of the School Council is to:
- Provide for the continuing development of Graham and Parks as a JK-5 alternative school, under the jurisdiction of the Cambridge School Committee, the School Department and the Superintendent of Schools, in accordance with the modern informal/open education theory and practice, and for the continuing purpose of advancing the theory and practice of informal/open education;
- Assure that the composition of the student body and staff are as representative as possible of the Cambridge student population and that the classes in the school are heterogeneously grouped;
- Involve the parents and the staff in the operation of the school. The School Council seeks to balance the interest of both groups in the decision-making process of the school and to be the major forum where individual and group differences are worked out;
- Assure that all individuals within the community are treated with respect and encourage an atmosphere in which diversity is seen as adding to the richness of the school.
View Members of the Council | View the Bylaws (pdf)
Meetings are held monthly in the first floor conference room,
typically on Thursdays, 5:30 - 7:30PM, with an occasional exception.
Meetings are open to all. Childcare is available by advance reservation.
Contact Lauren Morse to reserve at 617.349.6577 x115.
Meeting Information
To view the current meeting schedule, please click on the orange button. To view the archive of meetings from 2019 and on, click on a tab below.