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Port Townsend Empowered Teens Coalition
Meeting Minutes
November 23, 2021 3:30-4:30pm
Zoom Meeting
Purpose of meeting: Discuss cellphone use policy workgroup meeting. Review Coalition Assessment Tool.
Facilitator for this meeting: Lindsay Scalf
Sector Representative
Youth
Parents
Businesses
Media
Law enforcement Josh Ley
Religious or fraternal organizations Albert Scalf
Schools Holly McIlvaine
Civic/Volunteer groups LoLo Sherwood
Organizations serving youth
Healthcare Professionals Susan O’Brien
State, local, or tribal governmental agencies Greg Brotherton
Other organizations involved in reducing substance use Laura Tucker
Holly Gumm
Denise Banker
Time Activity
3:30 Called meeting to order
Approved minutes- Denise moved, Greg seconded, all in favor.
Approved agenda- Denise moved, Al seconded, all in favor.
3:35 CPWI program updates and Community updates
• Guiding Good Choices is in progress, training starts next week for Holly Gumm and
also a local parent/former participant to become trainers themselves, thank you to
our new facilitators!
• Community Survey- 147 responses so far, need to reach 180 before December 15th
• Onboarding for new Chimacum coordinator Andrew Fechenbach will start on
December 22.
• Holly Gumm updated the group on Quilcene coalition strategic planning.
• Denise updated the group on PAX Good Behavior Game, her and Rhi have called all
the legislators and the house committee on education.
• Lindsay updated the group on the position created at Port Townsend High School for
a Student Assistance Professional, hiring is in progress and those interested can
contact Ciela Meyer- cmeyer@oesd114.org.
3:50 Update on cellphone use policy meeting
• Lindsay and Greg summarized the workgroup meeting on November 8, and that
based on the difficulty school districts face in implementing zero digital device
policies, the workgroup indicated that we would table that advocacy for now.
• Discussed how stressful it is for teachers and staff to walk the line with maintaining
discipline and having a lot of compassion for students.
• Discussed how to bring a gesture of support to teachers/staff, kind notes or gifts of
snacks.
• Discussed how to support teachers in their confusion around what the guidelines
are for classroom hygiene management during COVID-19.
• Discussed general structure of school year and how much stress is caused by lack of
flexibility with testing and core curriculum.
Action items:
1. Card campaign for gestures of support for teachers, Laura will coordinate.
2. Look into how to advocate for guidelines for teachers classroom hygiene
management at the weekly state-wide superintendent meeting with health officer.
3. Continue to look into getting more mental health counseling hours at the schools.
4:15 Review Coalition Assessment Tool
Discussed results of Coalition Assessment Tool, though with two responses being such a
small sample size it is difficult to accurately interpret the results.
Those who haven’t completed the CAT yet can send it to Holly to increase the validity of the
survey.
4:30 Closed meeting.
Next meeting: December 28th, 2021 3:30-4:30pm via Zoom
Lindsay Scalf
Pronouns: she/her
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Coordinator
Jefferson County Public Health