Iteration #1.1, Session #4

Agenda:

• • Check In

  • Proposals -- lunch?

  • Circle discussion: how are Listening Sessions going? What successes have we had? What barriers are we encountering?

  • Phase 3: Mini Designs (facilities, food, governance)

  • Circle Discussion: school visits

  • Check out/ eval

Notes:

• • Roles:

    • Facilitator: Stefano

    • Timekeeper:

    • Notetaker:

  • Scribe:

    • Peacekeeper:

• Check in -

  • • Stefano shared "student vs teacher" video

      • S: "how you gonna make a school for the future, if that future doesn't exist yet" -- this is the main reason why we're designing Milestone

      • A: seen it before, it's cool

      • Sean: curious to see how people's experience

      • D: liked it

      • G: "made me reflect - I am a good student, I like competition and being in the front. That's how I was raised, to get good grades. In LA countries, the goal is always to follow other people's stories, get good grades, go to college, get a career. But am I learning something?"

• Listening Sessions

• • Gersely is ready, but parents are often unavailable or not able/willing

    • Will try to reach out to other parents (one from Togo)

    • Majority of people I could ask would have the idea of a traditional school with grades etc -- how to avoid the old school mindset?

  • Alex: People are not willing to talk

    • Success: Teddy the delivery driver!

    • Not a lot of connections... could try to contact kids from other schools

  • Stefano: doesn't think parent input will match our own values -- they're not the ones that experience it -- Milestone should be student built

    • But: (Gersely) parents still have a stake in it

    • Also: we don't HAVE to take their advice

  • Idea: Sean will invite a bunch of stakeholders to our next meeting to do a bunch of listening sessions all at once.

• School Visits

• • Looked at MMSD schedule -- talked about best days to take off

  • Everyone is willing to make arrangements to miss school

  • Agreed to pursue visits to:

    • Tallgrass Sudbury

    • the Met

    • Eagle Rock

    • Escuela Verde