On June 17 the Cabot School Sustainability Committee held its first community forum at the CSPAC. After an introduction by the members of this volunteer group composed of parents, teachers, school board and community members, the 30 people attending were guided by moderator Jeannie Johnson to discuss in small groups their perspectives on three basic questions:
What skills, knowledge and attributes should our kids develop through their education?
What is Cabot School doing well now to help kids develop those?
How could Cabot School improve to help kids develop those?
Responses from each table to the questions were shared and recorded. “Drop boxes” at several locations in town provided another way for people unable to attend the forum to share their input. The combined and collated responses from the forum and drop boxes can be viewed here:Community Forum Feedback
What’s next? The Committee is planning a second community forum in August to focus on several themes from the June 17th forum on ways to improve Cabot School.