Agenda 12/20
1) Approval of minutes
2) Reports
3) Summary of headphone motion
4) OEC bylaw revision
5) Tech motion – homework
Council Minutes 12/13/13
11) Approval of minutes
22) Reports
(Treas)- Co-curric funds are now at
$2,111.25 after the money allocation passed last week.
(Admin)- We are working on details for the MLK
assembly.
(SA)- We are working to change how winter carnival
signups are done. We might need help from more council members.
(Curric)- We are bringing back restorative justice
the Friday after break.
(Historical records committee)- We are starting
to meet. Anyone who is interested contact Sarah Siegel or Ms. Addante!
33) Weekend homework discussion:
•The upperclassmen seemed to think it was less
work than past years
•The freshmen seemed to think it was a lot
•Many students voiced that they thought we
have too much homework assigned on regular weekends (this is something to look
into)
-Need
time to look at regular weekends
•We need to find out if it’s one teacher assigning
things over break- if so we need to inform them about what the handbook states.
•We need to have more discussions around this in common
ground
-We should touch on the quality of homework
assignments
•We should follow up after holiday break
and see how the students feel
“I
move to suspend this discussion until after holiday break.”
Debate
closes.
Motion
passes.
44)
Headphone Motion
Motion:
“I move to require the use of headphones in the atrium.”
•This is an imposition of taste- you’re assuming
everyone around you likes your music when you're not using headphones
•There is a power struggle between staff and students
•This motion would prevent any sound to be played unless with
the use of headphones.
•Would acoustic café be affected by this?
•What would happen if someone does not have
his or her own headphones?
•The library does not lend them outside of
the library.
•How would this be enforced?
•This is trying to address too many things
at once
•Is the café involved in this? Or only the
atrium?
•If people want a quiet place they should
find another area in the school (library, silent study, resource centers)
•The real issue is the loud speakers being
played – the speakers shouldn’t be allowed.
•Teachers should be able to stand up to
students
•We shouldn’t have another rule
•People are generally reasonable
•”A poor choice on a small number of people
shouldn’t ruin it for everyone else in the atrium because they’re not
respecting others.”
•As council members we need to make this
aware to the student body and hopefully they will respond well and be more
reasonable about the loudness of their music.
•The atrium is a unique gathering place
(different from other schools)- it's a place for people to talk and socialize.
Sharing music and videos is often involved with this.
•In most circumstances this can be solved
with communication.
•Our school is about personal
responsibility.
•We will talk about follow up steps for
this particular issue.
Debate
closes.
Motion
fails.
Meeting Adjourns.
Meeting Adjourns.