December 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

Rationale:  Congratulations to Mr. Dick Martin of the Killingly High School English department on publishing his book based on his mother's life, "Mae".

Possibility of Mr. Martin sharing his process with the board and how it helps him be a great teacher.

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Members of the Killingly community are encouraged to share their thoughts with the Board of Education and are invited to do so during this segment of the meeting. When appropriate to do so, members of the Board and the administration may respond to comments. However, in consideration of those in attendance and in an effort to proceed in a timely manner, follow-up discussion may need to take place outside of the meeting setting.

 

Rationale:  After the hearing at town council and the appropriate waiting period the work began in earnest at the site of the new central office on Westfield Ave.  Painting is almost complete and the electrical is wrapping up.  The carpets and furniture will be next along with the phones and I.T. construction.  I believe that we are on track for the central office to move to that facility by the middle of January with the PPS folks a couple of weeks thereafter.  I will be working closely with Mr. Mailhot and Brian O'Connell as well as input from PPS moving forward.

Thanks again to the Board and Town Council for supporting this move.

Rationale:  I have feedback from my administrative team and would prefer to share with all of you during the discussion on Dec. 12th.

Rationale:  It is my belief that a strong and collaborative school governance council would be beneficial at any school in our district.  I have been to two meetings at the high school.   Special thanks to Alexis Rich for providing the materials from the CABE/CAPSS conference to assist our School Governance Councils moving forward.

These materials are provided by Shipman and Goodwin, who also happen to be our attorneys.

In the coming weeks I will also be attending the School Governance Council at KMS.

Rationale:  that the Board approve the following consent items.
A. Field Trip to Las Vegas for KHS Student Chapter of the Home Builder's Assoc.
B. November 14, 2012 BOE Minutes
C. November 28, 2012 BOE Minutes
D. December 2012 Nominated EOM
E. December 3 2012 Monthly Financial Report
F. Approval of payment of bills for November 2012 in the amount of $1,166,485.98
G. Superintendent Authorization
H. 2013-14 Board Meeting Dates

Rationale:  Please move to remove this from Consent Agenda for discussion and vote.

Rationale:  Recommendation from Finance Director, Brian O'Connell

Rationale:  As required by law, the Board must approve its regular meeting dates for the 2013 calendar year.   Also on the attached calendar are tentative dates for January 2014 through June, 2014. We should keep these dates in mind as we develop the school calendar for 2013-14 in the spring.

The 2013 Calendar Year BOE meeting dates are:

January 9 & 23
February 13 & 27
March 13 & 27
April 10 & 24
May 8 & 22
June 5
September  11 & 25
October 9 & 23
November 13 & 27
December 11