August 19, 2009 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board template

Rationale:  Jean Bachman - Mathematics Teacher - September 1945 to June 1984

Rationale:  Margaret Shapleigh - STAF - Special Education - Autism  - Effective July 31, 2009
Catherine Sosnowski - BCHS - English - Effective September 11, 2009

Rationale:  James Antonucci – BEHS – Music, Band – Effective August 24, 2009
Sally Cadwgan – NEMS – Guidance – Effective August 24, 2009
John Couture – BCHS – General Science – Effective August 24, 2009
Cortney Dunlap – BCHS – Guidance – Effective August 24, 2009
Dennis Griffin – CHMS – Language Arts, grades 6/7 – Effective August 31, 2009 *
Monica Humphrey – EDGE - .5 Art – Effective August 24, 2009 *
Jennifer Lavoie – MBMS – Language Arts, grades 7/8 – August 24, 2009
Walter Lewandoski – SSS – Art - August 24, 2009 *
Leslie-Ann Matts – STAF – Special Education - August 24, 2009 *
Jonathan Maule – BEHS – ASEP III – Effective August 24, 2009
Tiffany Mikalavicius – CAB – Special Education, Goal – Effective August 24, 2009
Kristine Monaco – BEHS – Art – Effective August 24, 2009
Justin Tacchi – MBMS – Language Arts, grades 7/8 - Effective August 24, 2009
Debra Vitale – City Wide – Elementary Math Coach – Effective August 31, 2009

Rationale:  See Attached

Rationale:  Sarah Behrendt - EDGE - Gifted Coach
Steven Gaudet - BCHS - Team Leader, Nobel

Rationale: 

Jennifer Chase a full time art teacher at BEHS has been hired as a .5 art teacher City Wide.

Lyndsey Hazzard a full time kindergarten teacher at ID has been hired as a .5 kindergarten teacher at ID.

Rationale:  Jacqueline Albert - EPH - Grade 3

Rationale:  Danielle Rivard - BEHS - Mathematics

Rationale:  Christine Anderson - NEMS - Language Arts
Ryan Mertel - BEHS - Special Education

Rationale:  Catherine Sosnowski - BCHS - English

Rationale:  Michael Bakaysa – Asst. Football Coach – BCHS - Effective July 31, 2009
Edward Rapacky, III – Asst. Football Coach - BCHS - Effective August 7, 2009
Bryan Wood – Asst. Football Coach – BCHS - Effective August 7, 2009

Rationale:  See Attached Listing

Rationale:  At the meeting of the City Council on July 14, 2009 it was voted to refer the sidewalk waiver at Lot 91-1 Stafford Avenue for Best Built LLC. to the Board of Education for review.

Rationale:  At the meeting of the City Council on June 9, 2009 it was voted to refer the sidewalk waiver at Lot 13 Prestige Lane for Industrial Development Corporation to the Board of Education for review.

Rationale: 

The grade 8 science curriculum has been revised to align student objectives with the recently released state “Grade Level Expectations,” to incorporate “Big Ideas” and “Essential Question” and to differentiate between the academic and accelerated courses.  In the revised curriculum, there additional learning objectives, a greater variety of teaching strategies, and expanded assessments.   

The revised curriculum was presented to the Student Achievement Committee on July 29, 2009.

Rationale:  The curriculum for English I, II, III and IV was last revised and approved in September 2006.  After two years of full implementation, we recognized a need to revise the curriculum to further address content related to writing instruction.  The curriculum committee has written eight additional writing units, two units per course, to incorporate into the current curriculum.  In these units, students will build upon their writing skills within the writing process; learn how to write for a variety of purposes and audiences; and deepen their knowledge of strategies and content related to the act of writing.

Rationale:  The new Health/Wellness curriculum was approved for grades 6, 7, and 8 in the fall of 2006.  The revisions made to the curriculum align with the new Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework and the Comprehensive School Health Education document published by the State Department of Education.  Since the adoption of the new curriculum, teachers have been creatively using handouts, worksheets and resources to disseminate the critical content information.  There is no text book per se.  With the change in the Food Pyramid, most of these resources are now outdated and incorrect.  The new text being presented aligns nicely with the new state standards and our curriculum document and would become the primary resource.

The recommended textbook is: Teen Health by Mary H. Bronson, Betty M. Hubbard, Michael J. Cleary, Woodland Hills CA; McGraw-Hill Companies, 20-09.

Rationale: 

Revisions to this policy are proposed in order to differentiate between co-curricular eligibility and extra- curricular eligibility and to add specific information into the policy about middle school eligibility for co-curricular and extra- curricular activities.

Because we would like to implement these policy revisions at the start of the 2009-2010 school year, we are asking the Board to consider waiving the second reading of the policy.

Rationale:  Each year the Board of Education must vote approval for the Bristol Public Schools to participate in the National School Breakfast, Lunch and After School Snack Program and be eligible to receive commodities.

Rationale:  It is being recommended that school lunch prices increase .25 and school breakfast prices remain the same as last year. The revised prices follow:

Grades 1-8                 $2.75 Type A Lunch*
Grade 9-12                 $3.00 Type A Lunch*
Reduced Prices               .40 Type A Lunch
Milk                               .40
Adult Lunch                $4.00 *
Grades 1-8                $1.25 Type A Breakfast
Grades 9-12              $1.55 Type A Breakfast
Reduced Breakfast     $  .30

Rationale:  Included are route assignments through formal bid process administered by Roger Rousseau, City of Bristol to vendors for Out-of-Town transportation for our special education students.  Calculated cost per vendor are based upon available information provided by Special Education Department at time of contract review.

Rationale:  1. BESA Negotiations Update
2. 2267 Negotiations Update

Rationale:  It is being recommended that school lunch prices increase .25 and school breakfast prices remain the same as last year. The revised prices follow:

Grades 1-8                 $2.75 Type A Lunch*
Grade 9-12                 $3.00 Type A Lunch*
Reduced Prices               .40 Type A Lunch
Milk                               .40
Adult Lunch                $4.00 *
Grades 1-8                $1.25 Type A Breakfast
Grades 9-12              $1.55 Type A Breakfast
Reduced Breakfast     $  .30