May 6, 2008 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting #2
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I. Call to Order / Attendance
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II. Executive Session - 7:00 p.m.
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III. School Community Session - 7:30 p.m.
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III.A. School / Community Recognition
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III.A.1. Annual Day of Pi Celebration, Continental Math League - Brown Middle School; Jayson Tung Award Winner
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III.A.2. "eesmarts Middle School Essay Contest"; Kate Mazzeo, First Place Winner; Grade 6 Student at Brown Middle School
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III.A.3. Daniel Hand High School Interact Club - Rotary International Award for "Fair Earth Bazaar and Cafe"
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III.A.4. National Teacher Appreciation Day (May 6, 2008); Speech and Language Pathologists: Barbara Irzyk, Mary Megargee, Linda Rutledge, Tricia Winton
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III.A.5. National School Nurse Day (May 7, 2008) - Health Services Personnel: Joann Boulden, Deborah O'Connor (Jeffrey); Lisa Equi (Island Avenue); Stephanie Bulyk (Ryerson); Candace Cardoza, Shirley Rinaldi (Brown); Karen Owen, Sheila Judge (Polson); Donna Konarski, Karin Thelin (DHHS)
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III.B. Public Participation
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IV. Board of Education Student Representatives' Report
Speaker(s):
Emma Norris and Thomas Presti
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V. Superintendent's Report
Speaker(s):
David J. Klein
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V.A. Update: 2008-2009 Enrollment
Speaker(s):
David J. Klein
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V.B. Overview: K-12 Summer Reading List 2008 - Catch the Reading Bug
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin, Cynthia Schneider
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VI. Board Members' Comments
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VII. Reports from Committees / Liaison
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VII.A. Planning Committee
Speaker(s):
Members: Debra Frey, Chair; Bill Clorite, Becky Coffey
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VII.B. Personnel Committee
Speaker(s):
Members: John Dean, Chair; Becky Coffey; Robert Ruggiero; Holly Sellers
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VII.C. Policy Committee
Speaker(s):
Members: Harriet Gowanlock, Chair; Seth Klaskin
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VII.D. Finance Committee
Speaker(s):
Memners: Becky Coffey, Chair; Harriet Gowanlock; Holly Sellers
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VII.E. Community Outreach Committee
Speaker(s):
Seth Klaskin, Chair; Becky Coffey
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VII.F. LEARN Liaison
Speaker(s):
Liaison: John Dean
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VIII. Audience Response to Information Presented
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IX. Consent Agenda (Items 9.1 - 9.6)
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IX.A. Bills Payable: $40.67(06-07); $517,431.65(07-08)
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IX.B. Line Transfers: $84,651.80
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IX.C. Budget Expenditure Report as of May 1, 2008
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IX.D. Donation: $4,760.00 to J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School from Jeffrey PTO for Field Trips.
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IX.E. Applications for Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Program Mentors: Denise Earles and Claire Sullivan (DHHS English Teachers); Amber Bishop and Nancy Finch (Ryerson Special Education Teachers)
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IX.F. Textbook Adoption: Precalculus with Limits-Houghton Mifflin Publisher, DHHS Precalculus; The Practice of Statistics-Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, DHHS AP Statistics
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X. Action Item: Minutes April 22, 2008 Meeting
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XI. Action Item: Submission of the Connecticut State Department of Education Special Education Grant Programs Application for 2009
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XII. Old Business
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XII.A. Schedule Date for Board of Education Retreat
Speaker(s):
Chairman Hale
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XIII. New Business
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XIII.A. Textbook Adoption Preview (May 6-20, 2008) (Ref. Policy 6100.10)
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin
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XIII.A.1. An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic .Net; Lawrenceville Press Publisher; DHHS Topics in Computer Science
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin
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XIII.A.2. Weather and Climate-Science Explorer; Prentice Hall Publisher; Brown Grade 6 Science
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin
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XIII.A.3. Earth's Changing Surface-Science Explorer; Prentice Hall Publisher; Polson Grade 7 Science
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin
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XIII.A.4. Human Health and Biology-Science Explorer; Prentice Hall Publisher; Polson Grade 7&8 Science
Speaker(s):
Anita Rutlin
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XIV. Future Agenda Items
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XIV.A. Presentation on IMPACT Program
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XV. Meetings of Importance
Speaker(s):
Chairman Hale
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XV.A. May 15, 2008; Planning Committee; 7:30 a.m., Central Office Room B
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XV.B. May 20, 2008; Policy Committee; 5:30 p.m., Central Office Room B
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XV.C. May 20, 2008; Town / BOE Budget Referendum; 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Dist. 1 Surf Club, Dist 2, Brown M.S.
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XVI. Adjournment
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