December 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting - Hybrid via Zoom and In-person at Town Hall

1. Call to Order, Pledge to the Flag, Moment of Silence

2. Recognitions/Acknowledgements

3. Audience to Visitors

4. Consent Agenda

4.a. Financial Report

4.b. Enrollment Report

4.c. Food Service Report

4.d. Human Resources Report

5. Approval of Minutes

5.a. November 16, 2021 Regular Meeting

5.b. December 9, 2021 Curriculum Committee

6. Student Representative Report

7. Board of Education

7.a. President's Report

7.b. School Liaison Reports

7.b.1. Windsor High School

7.b.2. Sage Park Middle School

7.b.3. Clover Street School

7.b.4. John F. Kennedy School

7.b.5. Oliver Ellsworth School

7.b.6. Poquonock School

7.c. Discussion on Policies

7.c.1. Discussion of disciplinary policies P 5114 and P 5144 to     determine the need to strengthen them and to determine if the administrative regulations are sufficient to carry out the intent of the Policy.  There is no Administrative Regulation (AR) for P 5114 - all procedures are contained in the Policy.  There is an AR 5144 associated with policy P 5144, which may need modification to strengthen the disciplinary consequences. See AR 5144.

7.c.2. Motion to revise P 5131, section 3, to add that teacher authority in matters of discipline are to be supported by the administration, in that teacher recommendations for detentions, suspensions, or expulsions will be followed.  Additional motion to P 5131 Section 3 to add that the process for teachers to request an exclusion (detention, suspension, or expulsion) not require that the teachers do any more than report the incident to the administration along with their recommendation.  Contacting the parents should be done by the administrator.

7.c.3. Motion to add a Policy 5124 (Unusual Incidents) to require that all fights and Unusual Incidents be reported to the Board on a weekly or bi-weekly basis, with student names redacted. The Board Unusual Incident report should contain the location and nature of the incident, number of students involved, brief description of the incident, staff members involved, name of staff member who wrote the report.  Board members are to treat the reports with discretion. Note that our policies have no P 5124.  There is only an Administrative Regulation (AR) 5124 for Unusual Incidents.

7.c.4. Add a Board policy, or an addition to Policy 5114, prohibiting the use of cellphones by students in the schools at all times during the school day, including detention hours, lunch, and passing times.

7.d. Discussion of creating a curriculum that will build a career path into the emergency medical services (Police, Fire, EMS/EMT)

8. Superintendent's Report

8.a. Budget Assumptions, 2nd Reading

8.b. Curriculum Development, 1st Reading

8.b.1. Algebra I

8.b.2. Consumer Math

8.b.3. Physical Education 9

8.b.4. English 9

8.b.5. English 10

8.b.6. English Foundations

8.c. School Calendars 2022-2023; 2023-2024, 1st Reading

9. Committee Reports

9.a. Curriculum Committee

10. Other Matters/Announcements/Regular BOE Meetings

10.a. Next BOE Regular Meeting is Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 6:30 PM (Superintendent Presents Budget, Public Forum, Regular Meeting), Town Hall, Council Chambers

11. Discussion and possible action regarding collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Education and the Windsor Education Association

12. Audience to Visitors

13. Adjournment