November 4, 2020 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

Rationale: 

Please note the personnel report as you will find updated employee information reflected in it.  

Please take note of the enrollment report as we have had some changes in enrollment since last month. In-house enrollment is now 1280 (a decrease of 3 students from last month this time).
 
Our first edition of the Focus on Education for the year is expected to be out soon as an insert in the Lyme Times. Please keep your eye out for it.   I think you will be pleased with the content and the presentation.  

Ray Belval has coordinated a donation from Bikes for Kids in Essex.  I will share the details of this wonderful gift for our students.

LOLHS was awarded the Great Schools 2020 College Success Award. According to GreatSchools.org, "Award winners are determined by calculating a school-level score and applying a threshold to delineate which schools receive an award and which do not. This school-level score is comprised of three components:

College Preparation, which includes the percentage of students from a 4-year cohort who graduate from high school as well as measures of College Entrance Exam (ACT or SAT) performance.

College Enrollment, which includes school-level metrics that vary by state. Some states report this data as “Percent Enrolled In Any Postsecondary Institution Within 12 Months After Graduation,” others as “Percent Enrolled In Any Institution Of Higher Learning In The Last 0-16 Months”

College Performance, which includes remediation and persistence metrics, which also vary in availability by state. The remediation metrics capture the percentage of students needing remediation for college either for 2-year or 4-year institutions. Measures of college persistence are for the percentage of students returning for a second year at both 2-year and 4-year institutions."

I will update the Board on our plans for snow days this year.

I will share more financial information regarding the turf field that had been requested after the the turf field forum.

I will provide an update on our district goals.

 

Rationale:  Mrs. McCalla will provide a year to date budget and revenue status report as well as a contingency fund report.

Rationale:  Each principal will provide a brief update on progress for this year.

Rationale:  The earlier we set a graduation date, the earlier Safe Grad can reserve a spot for their program.  As such, we are recommending the last Friday of the school year for this year's graduation.  This requires Board action.

Rationale:  LOLHS is recommending the addition of two new courses.  This requires Board action.