8am, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18; YOU ARE INVITED: FAMILY & COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

You are invited to the NEXT Family & Community Connections (F&CC) Meeting: 8AM, WEDNESDAY, January 18, King School, 211 Square Street.

(Use the intercom to enter through the front door. Or the parking lot side door is also open at this hour.)



Agenda:
· Updates on:
o King School Visit by Congressman Richard Hanna.
o King School Quality Review and Report.

· Prospects for establishing a health care center at King School, including program partners, space requirements, draft facility plan.

· King School community garden, including draft plot plan, funding application(s), operations management and supervision.

· Discussion, decisions, and action regarding:

§ Programs / Activities
§ Results / Consequences
§ Needs Served
§ Funding

All interested persons are invited and encouraged to attend, engage, and participate. Inquiries by phone or email taken by:

Mark DeSalvo 792-2175 mdesalvo@uticaschools.org
Tim Trent 525-5591 timtrent@usa.net

Principal Mark DeSalvo has asked community agencies to use F&CC sessions as a forum to coordinate with each other and with school staff about their programs, activities, challenges, and successes at MLK Jr. School.

Please Note: Whenever possible, F&CC meetings are held at 8:00am on the third Wednesday, every month, in the MLK, Jr. Elementary School Library.

Family & Community Connections (F&CC)
“Working Together To Make Our Community Better”

PREVIOUS Meeting Summary:
November 16, 2011 at King School, 211 Square Street

Present: Tony Colon, Mark DeSalvo, Venice Ervin, Lynne Gates, Barbara Gibbs, Laurie Hotaling, Langston Leslie, Darby O’Brien, Tim Trent

Agencies Represented: BSA (Boy Scouts of America); Community Residents; King Elementary School; MVCAA (Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency); NIA (Neighborhood Investment Association); Oneida County Youth Bureau; Perinatal Network; MVLA (Mohawk Valley Latino Association); Technologic Solutions, Inc.; Thea Bowman House; Utica Public Library

Key discussion points included:
· Lynne Gates announced that the Perinatal Network will intensify efforts to open communitywide access to health resources. (The agency recently was awarded a grant to serve as a community health advocate.)

· Mark DeSalvo urged planning now for community gardens in the King School neighborhood. Spring is fast approaching. Now is the time to prepare for community garden construction, supplies, and planting. Also, the community gardening leadership circle needs a replacement is needed for Quinton Babcock. (Quinton recently assumed new responsibilities in a professional position elsewhere.)

· Lori Hotaling led discussion of dance and afterschool programs being developed by NIA (Neighborhood Investment Association).

· All were reminded that developing King School as a community center will take compelling messages, active community voices, and vigorous advocacy.

King School Executive Advisory Committees and Members--
Email Phone
Partnerships—
Christine Ervin cmervin@mvcaa.com 733-4873
Cristel Byrne cbyrne@uticaschools.org 792-2205
Dianne Dimeo ddimeo@rpcn.org 7937612
Tim Trent timtrent@usa.net 525-5591
Langston Leslie lleslie@bsamail.org 735-4437
Kelly Domizio kdomizio@johnsonparkcenter.org 982-1403

Curriculum / Data—
Darby O’Brien dobrien@midyork.org 735-2279
Kelly Domizio kdomizio@johnsonparkcenter.org 982-1403
Langston Leslie lleslie@bsamail.org 735-4437

Events / Functions—
Sherry Drake sdrake@uticaschools.org 792-2175
Meghan Klausner mklausner@uticaschools.org 792-2175
Langston Leslie lleslie@bsamail.org 735-4437

Communication—
Tim Trent timtrent@usa.net 525-5591