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Human Rights Commission Minutes <br />March 20, 2013 — Draft Minutes <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />47 <br />48 Commissioner Brisbois agreed, noting the reception location worked well. <br />49 <br />5o Proposed Process for 2014 Student Essay Contest: Commissioner Groff questioned if a word <br />51 or page limit was set on the essay contest. Ms. Curti stated at this time, the only requirement was <br />52 that the essay not be longer than three pages. <br />53 <br />54 Commissioner poneen suggested a word limit and recommended font size be set in the <br />55 requirements for 2014. She then reviewed a proposed essay contest scoring process for the HRC <br />56 to consider for next year. The new system would assure there was equity between both middle <br />57 schools while also having a diversity of essay topics within the semi-finalists. She then requested <br />58 comments or questions from the Commissioners. <br />59 <br />6o Vice Chair Brisbois indicated she awarded three or four perfect scores on the essays this year, <br />61 and her number one essay ended up in sixth place. She suggested while the scoring was being <br />62 completed that the Commissioners also rank their top three essays. <br />63 <br />64 <br />65 <br />66 <br />67 <br />68 <br />69 <br />70 <br />Commissioner poneen agreed with this recommendation stating the rubric could be amended to <br />add this fourth dimension. <br />Commissioner Becker was in favor of amending the rubric and suggested originality be placed <br />on the spectrum. Commissioner poneen commented this was within the rubric and was a <br />component of the analysis piece. <br />71 Chair Grefenber�agreed with Commissioner Becker. He was also'�^�'�°r°�"�"''�° �^+ <br />72 concerned that the top three finalists have to cover °°�°^*^�� ^� separate-topics. He suggested <br />73 instead that this be more flexible to � onlv require two out of the three finalists have a��g <br />74 different topic. He also recommended the term "categories" be removed from the essay contest <br />75 ���rules.- <br />76 <br />77 Commissioner poneen indicated this ���g�a�€ provision could read the essay was to address <br />78 human rights issues and concerns and the HRC would wark to have the two middle schools be <br />79 €a�l�represented in the finalists. Ms. Curti added that in the past she �s-had sought essays <br />8o from home schooled youth as well. She indicated another option for next year would be to <br />81 collect the essays from each teacher to assure there was a fair representation of each classroom. <br />82 She stated in the past six middle school teachers have submitted essays. <br />83 <br />84 Ms. Curti explained another option far the grading process would be to seelc comments or <br />85 recommendations from the teachers on the current rubric. Vice Chair Brisbois agreed with this <br />86 suggestion. <br />87 <br />88 Chair Grefenberg �� recommended that the number of honorable mentions not be limited <br />89 to two entries. Commissioner poneen agreed �_��*'� *'��� r°��mm°ra�*;�r and s-�added <br />90 that a representative from each class could be selected for next year. <br />91 <br />