June 23, 2016 at 7:00 PM - Bethel Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
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1.A. Roll Call for Quorum
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1.B. Pledge of Allegiance
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2. Board Recognition/A Salute to Excellence
Rationale:
Gifts to School System Rockwell School - $500, Ability Beyond Disability, Bethel, CT
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3. Consent Calendar
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
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3.A. Approval of Minutes
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3.A.1. Minutes - May 12, 2016 - Special Meeting
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3.A.2. Minutes - June 2, 2016 - Special Meeting
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3.A.3. Minutes - June 7, 2016 - Special Meeting
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4. Correspondence
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
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5. Audience Participation
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
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6. Administrative/Board Member Update
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
Rationale:
We have been selected to participate in the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Programs (NAEP) in grades 4 and 8. The tests are anticipated to be administered between January 30th and March 10th. I have recently been elected as the President of the Western Connecticut Superintendent Association for a two-year term. Dr. Barile from Brookfield was named the President Elect.
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6.A. SAT Summary 2016
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As you are aware, the Governor and Commissioner changed the testing protocol for high school students last year. Instead of taking the SBAC, the State of Connecticut made the Scholastic Aptitude test mandatory for all 11th grade students in March of 2016. The results of this SAT are unique in several ways, making them impossible to compare to previous years results. First, it is the first administration of the new assessment (aligned to the core standards). The format and types of questions are very different than what we took in school. Second, the results now include all students. In previous years, only students who were thinking of attending college would participate in the testing. Below is a summary of the results. We can compare our data to the state and nationally, but comparisons to the DRG and surrounding communities are not available yet. There is a lot to be proud of in the results. First, Bethel far out performed the state and nation. In addition, the gap between literacy and mathematics is not as wide. I would like to thank Dr. Issa, mathematics teacher at BHS for putting together this information for our review.
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6.B. CABE/CAPSS Publications 2016
Rationale:
CABE and CAPSS just released two revised documents (2016):
Both documents are attached. The first document outlines school governance in terms of roles and responsibilities between the Board of Education, Superintendent and Administrative Team. The second document revises the current CABE model for Superintendent Evaluation and for the BOE self assessment. |
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7. Reports to the Board
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7.A. Policy
Speaker(s):
Policy 9310,9311,9313
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7.A.1. First Reading
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7.A.2. Second Reading
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7.A.2.a. 5141.21 - Administration of Medication
Rationale:
Over the past several years, there have been multiple legislative changes to Policy 5141.21, Administration of Medication. The most recent change is Public Act 15-215. The Act went into effect July 1st and the district has complied with the requirements since that date. Essentially, the law allows for qualified school employees to administer anti epileptic medication to students with medically diagnosed epileptic conditions that require prompt treatment, with written authorization of the students parent, and written order by a physician. When reviewing our old district policy and compared it to the Shipman and Goodwin model policy, the team concurred that the model was much more streamlined. Therefore, the administration is recommending using this new version. The policy was reviewed by our Health Coordinator and Director of Pupil Personnel before going to the Committee for a first reading.
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7.A.2.b. 3542.22 - Food Services Personnel Code of Conduct
Rationale:
Policy 3542.22, Food Service Personnel, Code of Conduct is a new policy. The US Department of Agriculture, which regulates food service programs requires policy to develop and implement a Code of Conduct for Food Service Employees.
The code of conduct is to prohibit employees from soliciting from prospective contractors any kinds of gifts, travel packages, and/or other incentives of value. However, the code of conduct must provide for gifts that are unsolicited and of nominal value which may be accepted by the employees.
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7.B. Finance
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7.B.1. Budget Transfers
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7.B.2. Budget Reductions - (BOF $75,000 Cut)
Rationale:
Summary of the Briefing: 1) The Board of Finance reduced the Board of Education operating budget by $75,000. The Administration recommends the following account reductions: 2) The ECS (Educational Cost Sharing) from the State of CT has been reduced for Bethel Public Schools. The difference between what was budgeted as revenue for the Town vs. new amount due from State is a shortfall of $57,106. As a result of completing negotiations with all the remaining bargaining units and, where appropriate moving employees to the Connecticut Partnership Plan 2.0, we have savings in next year’s budget of approximately $150,000. Therefore it is recommended that we plan to return at least $57,106 to the Town at the end of 2016-2017 to offset the loss of revenue to the Town. No motion is currently needed.
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7.C. Personnel
Speaker(s):
Policy 9326
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7.C.1. Job Description - 2.07 - Literacy Specialist
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Rationale/Summary of the Briefing: The Literacy Specialist Job Description has not been revised since 2011. To ensure continuity of our intervention programing, we felt it was important to revise the Literacy Specialist Job Description at this time. We have included the old Literacy Specialist Job Description for your review. However, in order to ensure alignment of services, we utilized the recently created and Board approved Mathematics Specialist job description as the basis for this revision. The revisions made to the math specialist job description include:
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8. Recommended Executive Session
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8.A. CT General Statutes 1-200(6)(A)- Superintendent's Evaluation
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8.B. CT General Statutes 1-210(b)(2)Negotiations - Superintendent's Contract
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9. Adjourn
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