Submitted by: Clair

Ordering for Next year

1. Celeste
   1. I’d love to turn the tech lab back into a lab for things like Yearbook, tech lessons, etc. 
      1. Having just a few students in there would be great (so socially distanced)
      2. Is this a possibility with the CDC saying things don’t really spread on surfaces
   2. If not
      1. Can we get laptops– we’re down to like 4 out of what was 20+
      2. Everytime a device breaks or we have a coverage person, we give them a device from the circulation cart– we need more here if we can’t use the Tech Lab for tech 
   3. Printer
      1. Can we get a new color printer for the tech lab? 
         1. Or an in-between model that would offer both scanning and color printing that’s a bit more robust than lab scanner
2. Clair
   1. Is there one single inventory of all of the devices that went out last year, this year, and where they are now? 
      1. Candace’s laptop is a perfect example– did we know that was outstanding? 
      2. If we do this for next year, we need to get everything back, cleaned, inventoried, and accounted for
      3. Hotspots? Other devices? 
   2. I’d like to collect them all for summer. They need to be wiped, cleaned, and prepared; 5-8th grade. 8th grade devices can be retired for the most part, or put in backup 
3. Joy
   1. The status of minis? 
      1. Do we have any for the HS/can we get the ones that are having issues in the LS/MS wiped and reset? That would help bolster the circulation numbers up again 
      2. Can we get them wiped and upgraded?
   2. If we continue to use the library as a classroom next year
      1. Printing needs to be thoughtfully examined
         1. Right now printing is happening in the faculty lab for the kids
         2. Are we going to move those printers to a different space? If we have them in public space they need to be in a place that’s not a classroom and won’t be a traffic issue
      2. We don’t really have a way to circulate equipment right now
         1. Matt has kids drop/pick off devices in a red basket behind Adria’s desk– this is a pretty big security issue
         2. We don’t lend chargers, we don’t lend mice, keyboards, etc.– is it even necessary?
      3. Matt is handling laptop distribution and management
   3. Summer agreement in the HS for devices– if someone breaks it over the summer, they have to pay for it
      1. How will we manage summer devices this year? 
   4. We need a master document of all of the equipment that is being handed out and what’s in every room
      1. When were certain minis installed? How old are they? What are their serial #s and specs? 
4. Cross-Divisionally
   1. We would like an inventory system that’s a database: we need one centralized system where what we know what everyone has, where things are, and what their information is
   2. Can we plan for what the summer will look like? Can the young alum be hired for the summer to check on, maintain, upgrade and provision devices?
   3. What does the classroom sound look like for next year? With the idea for next year being no remote teachers but still possibly stome remote students, what might that set up look like? 
   4. Can we design some sort of cross-divisionally remote survey– what has your experience been like? What are the issues you’ve had and how are they now? What is your emotional experience like too? 
      1. If the audio isn’t making them feel more connected, what would? 
      2. Remote only pods? 
5. ECFS Conversation with Joy
   1. Surveyed students about cameras on or off
      1. Mixed bag– wide range of feelings 
      2. Some students felt like they didn’t want people in their homes, body image or gender dysmorphia
   2. Opt In policy allows students to decide today we’ll have it on, and they don’t have to ask to turn it off
      1. Some resistance from the teachers you’d expect
      2. They had some resistance from families at first 
         1. Had a series of meetings to explain why we’re doing this, and what it means for their education, how you can support them
         2. Working with teachers who are used to lecturing that they need to do something different
      3. We might be in a good position to try this
         1. Most HS teachers are teaching in models that aren’t purely lecture based
      4. They’re meeting with their faculty next week to hear about how it’s going and talk about it with them all. We are welcome to go/invited
         1. Joy is talking with Alison and Margaret about it as well 
         2. I brought it up with Susannah as well as part of her support team role and learning specialist expertise
         3. LS– the norms here are cameras on; ECFS has it for all three divisions
            1. If a kid has their camera off and aren’t doing the work, there needs to be another way to assess that they’re not doing it other that “their camera is off” 
      5. They are planning on there being some remote learning next year