August 15, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Rationale:  Keith Edward Dubay - Chairman Board of Education - 1976-1979

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The Board of Education should vote to approve any Regular or Special Meeting Minutes:

1. July 11, 2018 – Regular Meeting Minutes

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Communications & Community Relations	Finance	Operations	Personnel	Student Achievement	Policy Committee
Jeff Caggiano, Chair	Karen Vibert, Chair	Karen Hintz, Chair	Thomas O’Brien, Chair	Jennifer Dube, Chair	Tina Taylor, Chair
Joseph Grabowski	Karen Hintz	Jeff Caggiano	Jeff Caggiano	Joseph Grabowski	Jennifer Dube
Tina Taylor	Kristen Giantonio	Thomas O’Brien	Karen Vibert	Tina Taylor	Karen Hintz
					Kristen Giantonio
Alternates:
Jennifer Dube	Joseph Grabowski	Karen Vibert	Jennifer Dube	Kristen Giantonio

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Chairman Wilson will update the Board and the public on:

1. CABE/CAPPS Convention

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Dr. Moreau will report/update the Board on the following district topics:

1. Opening School Convocation - August 27, 2018

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Ricciardone, Kristy – CHMS – Dean of Students/Assessment Coordinator

Sarli, Samantha – Citywide – On-Call Administrator/Supervisor of Fine Arts

Rationale:  Nettleton, Linda – ID – Grade 4

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Block, Richard – MTV – Physical  Education – effective July 30, 2018

Lennon, Peter – WB – Music – effective July 20, 2018

Mayer, Kate – CHMS – Wellness – effective July 20, 2018

Riley, Alexander – EPH – Grade 5 – effective August 3, 2018

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Broderick, Colin – BEHS – SPED teacher

Brown, Hillary – EPH – SPED-Extended R.R. teacher

Bryden, Hayley – BCHS & BEHS (split) - Psychologist

Davies, Jammy – BEHS – SPED-GOAL teacher

Kelaita, Kara – WB - Psychologist

Latour, Rebecca – BEHS – Science teacher

Lowell, Anthony – WB – Physical Education teacher

Michaud-Maltese, Melissa – BCHS – SPED teacher

Palmero, Carolynn – NEMS – Gr. 7 & 8 Math teacher

Troche, Steven – BCHS – Spanish teacher

Woods, Kristine – GH – Library Media Specialist

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Behrendt, Sarah (resignation) – CHMS – Orange Team Co-Leader

Fish, Pat (retirement) – NEMS – Yellow Team Leader

Hanson, Lynn (retirement) – WB – 6^th Grade Team Leader

McCormick, Mary (resignation) – CHMS – Green Team Co-Leader

Stellmach, Matthew (resignation) – NEMS – Red Team Leader

Rationale:  Longo, Kelley – BEHS – Guidance Department Head

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Adams, Wendy – BEHS – Assistant Drama Advisor

Carroll, Lisa – BEHS – Drama Head Co-Advisor

Kelly, William – BEHS – Drama Head Co-Advisor

Lomaglio, Angela – NEMS – Performing Group Advisor, Choral

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Archibald, Kathy – BCHS – 2022 Class Advisor

Rochester, Anya – BCHS – 2022 Class Advisor

Rationale:  Birsch Kenney, Janet – BEHS – Instructional Resource Coordinator

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Name	Assignment	Transcripted Course Work	Total Credits
Adams, Wendy	BEHS - Social Studies	30	30

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The Board of Education annually appoints, upon recommendation of the Superintendent, personnel to fill the athletic A-2 positions in the contract. The attached list reflects those individuals being recommended.

Vacant athletic A-2 positions will be posted and filled as required by contract.

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IDEA funds are federal funds awarded to districts for the provision of special education and related services, and/or prevention and intervention services. We have received preliminary award letters in the amount of:

IDEA 611 - $1,885,329

IDEA 619 - $55,852

Rationale:  FRCs requested funds to help address the shortfall with the loss of 100k of funding from the State Department of Education.  The request listed FRC services not currently funded at South Side School FRC for next fiscal year July 1- June 30, 2019. A breakdown of cost was submitted under three FRC service areas:  Basic Needs, Early Childhood Education, and Resource & Referral Activities.

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Kids be Kids Play & Learn Group was designed by our FRC Child & Family Advocate to ensure that kindergarten students, enrolled in the after school program, have an opportunity to relax, play and de-stress. It is a long day for these Kindergartners who are at school from 6:30 in the morning to 6 at night.  Our West Bristol FRC has a large kid friendly room filled with age appropriate toys, props, dress up, manipulatives, play dough, a couch, bean bag chairs, and stuffed animals galore. This grant will serve approximately 20 kindergarten students giving them an opportunity to come and play in the FRC room twice a week. Researchers and educators know that these playful activities benefit the development of the whole child across social, cognitive, physical, and emotional domains….Yet, while experts continue to expound a powerful argument for the importance of play in children’s lives, the actual time children spend playing continues to decrease.   The FRC has found that kindergarteners currently participating in this program have less challenging behaviors during the school day and are better behaved at the b/a school program. It is also more appropriately addressing the social-emotional needs of these students by providing an opportunity for free play, and offering a less structure/demanding environment of the regular school day & b/a school educational program.

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The FRC is applying for a grant to cover the cost of PEP program offered at Bristol Family Resource Center's school sites (WB, GH, SSS). The FRC will submit a grant to the Main Street Foundation requesting $5,000 to cover the cost of these PEP parent leadership training.  People Empowering People Program is a twelve week curriculum designed to train parents in advocacy skills including setting goals along with devising and implementing an action plan that increases parent involvement in the schools and the community. PEP is designed to build on parent strengths and recognizes the unique life experiences and capacities of each person.  The ultimate purpose of this training is to encourage parent involvement in the school and work towards the elimination of the achievement gap. This is a one year grant (September 2018 - May 2019).

Rationale:  The Quality Enhancement Grant is being submitted to the Bristol School Readiness Council (BSRC) for the purpose of enhancing the services provided by the Family Resource Centers (FRC) at Greene-Hills, South Side and West Bristol Schools.  The FRCs are charged with the responsibility of providing comprehensive family support services and building a strong school-family-community partnership that strengthens healthy family living.   This grant request supports the Kith and Kin Services program.   Kith & Kin refers to families using informal childcare arrangements between or among relatives, friends and neighbors.  The Comprehensive Family Services program supports parent leadership workshops, health fair activities and the Road to Reading program which distributes free books to preschoolers enrolled in BSRC programs.  The grant funds assist in the continuation of these programs that are consistent with the basic goals of the FRCs.  The FRC has been fortunate to receive these funds, yearly for the past eleven years.

Rationale:  Stafford School applied for and received a Spring 2018 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant from Lowe's Charitable and Education Foundation (LCEF). The grant total is $4,000.

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Bristol FRC’s in collaboration with Imagine Nation, A Museum of Early Learning  are requesting funds for an Ages & Stages Screening (ASQ) grant for the United Way funding cycle 2018-21 (3 year grant). This grant from United Way will provide Ages & Stages Screenings (ASQ) to approximately 125 children ages birth to five served by the FRCs and Imagine Nation.  FRC Staff will conduct ASQ developmental screenings and ASQ Social Emotional (ASQ-SE )screenings at the FRCs and at Imagine Nation.  The ASQ & ASQ-SE are designed to screen children for developmental delays and social emotional challenges during the critical first 5 years of life. The ASQ has high reliability and validity with strong evidence supporting it as an effective early detection tool.

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BACKGROUND:   Members of the public are invited to comment to the Board on any topic related to school business.

Items requiring consideration by the Board must be approved as an agenda item by a 2/3ds vote of the Board members present.  Such items may be referred for further study and not necessarily acted upon at this meeting. 

Anyone wishing to address the Board should adhere to the following procedures: 

1. Sign in on the Public Comment sign-in roster.
2. Wait to be recognized by the Board Chair.
3. Proceed to the speaker’s microphone.
4. Preface your remarks by stating your name and address.
5. Direct your comments to the Board chairman.
6. Please limit your comments to three minutes.
7. Any comments should be made in an appropriate manner, particularly if concerning a personnel matter.

 Board Policy #1120(a)

Rationale:  Dr. Galloway will update the Board on the status of district hiring.

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As part of the proposed subdivision, it is proposed that the western end of the existing Arcadia Road right-of-way from the western property line of Lot 21 be discontinued.

This road is a dead end street that buses cannot go down and this discontinuance will not affect the BOE or transportation. 

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Stafford School applied for and received a Spring 2018 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF). Grant Award: $4000

Project Description: Stafford Reading Garden: Where Minds Grown

Our outdoor learning garden will be built on a private area in the back of the school where staff can gather students to teach various academic and social-emotional learning lessons.  The area will also be used for mindfulness activities to allow students and staff to take time to enjoy the present moment and focus on positive ways to reduce stress and anxiety.

We will be building a concrete foot pad of approximately 20’x30’ with ADA ramp accessibility.  We will add raised flower beds, benches, yoga mats, and kindness rocks painted by students and staff along the border of the concrete.  We may also add some sort of shade covering if we have enough funds. The area will be large enough to accommodate more than one classroom at a time.

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In June, CABE provided us with facilitators to discuss how we may launch a community conversation about equity and culture. The first step in this process is convening a planning committee of 10-15 members comprised of Board members, administrators, and community members. This group will meet several times and generate meeting agendas for the community conversations.

Rationale:  The Automation and Robotics curriculum was last revised and approved in 2005.  The broad goals of the course ensure that students understand the history, development and applications of machine control in automation and robotics.    Hands-on activities are designed to develop introductory skills necessary for students to design, create, and test robots and machines.   Students also will learn the basics of programming for robotic behaviors and Computerized Numerical-machine Control (CNC) while developing an understanding of electrical principles and logic.  This course will be the second course of a three course pathway leading to a manufacturing design course that will allow students to earn a certification in Mastercam, a desirable certification in the manufacturing industry

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The Board of Education will discuss any old business proper to come before the Board.

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The Board of Education will discuss any new business proper to come before the Board.

Rationale:  Any communications received or any questions by Board members concerning items not on the agenda.

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Commissioners will report to the Board on any groups/organizations in which they serve as Board of Education Liaisons.

Rationale:  There being no other business to come before the Board of Education the meeting should adjourn.