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Meeting Minutes
April 28, 2020 3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Purpose of meeting: Check-in during COVID19 closures, Updates on programs, Community Survey results,
Action Plan
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf In attendance: LoLo Sherwood, Al Scalf, Julie Russell, Denise Banker,
Karen Obermeyer, Tessie Ottaway-Chang, Tasha Newcomb,
Time Activity
3:30 Call meeting to order
3:35 Introductions
Check-in with members, shared updates on programs during COVID19
Discussed how to support teens during school closures?
Personal note from ETC to honor PTHS graduates?
Line sidewalk from BHM to PTHS with balloons etc…
Denise will check with Chimacum to see what they might do to support graduates
Youth are in mourning, missing so many interactions and expectations and rites of
passage, it would be helpful to find some way to recognize their experience, show
that the community recognizes this is a big step for graduates and all youth really.
Senior parent organization or ASB or Skillmation group
Tasha will be sending out notes to let students know ESD is still there for them
Consensus on supporting/partnering with groups doing this- Patrick Gaffney Kirsten
Bledsoe, Lindsay will reach out to them.
3:45 Community survey results
Reviewed high rate of people answering ‘don’t know’
Identified high rate of parental approval of alcohol use, lack of parental engagement
in the issue, misperceptions of alcohol harm
Discussed a community perception that alcohol use is a normal rite of passage for
teens
Denise mentioned that this year’s survey is much more representative than past
years, as so many more sources took the survey
4:00 Plan to review past year’s programs and develop action plan for 2020-2021
Discussed that while it is difficult to know what next year will look like, it would be
good to continue with the CPWI model, as there will be new challenges to teens
Discussed establishing an action plan workgroup
Discussed wellness committee, who might appreciate some support from this
coalition
Discussed including students more, can we pay them? For childcare during
programs, or by doing a project to develop marketing for the coalition?
Decided to reach out to Sarah Rubenstein to establish school district involvement in
action planning, and to discuss how can we become a part of the place based
learning projects
4:30 Closed meeting
Next meeting: May 26, 2020 3:30-4:30pm