October 5, 2011 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board template

Rationale:  Kimberly Gentile – ID – Kindergarten – Effective September 15, 2011
Christina Macioci – GH - .5 Kindergarten – Effective September 28, 2011
Keagan Radziwon – MBMS – Science, grade 7/8 – Effective September 19, 2011
Nicole Siegel – STAF – Kindergarten – Effective September 6, 2011

Rationale:  Nancy Petrokansky - BCHS - Newspaper Advisor

Rationale:  Linda Edwards – Volleyball Coach – MBMS, effective 9/20/11
Brian Godbout – Assistant Football Coach – BCHS, effective 8/20/11
Ryan Broderick – Assistant Volleyball Coach – BCHS, effective 8/23/11

Rationale:  Brian Archibald – Assistant Football Coach – BCHS, eff.: 9/9/11
Stacy Fournier – Assistant Girls Soccer Coach – BEHS, eff. 9/22/11
Nathan Jandreau – Assistant Girls Soccer Coach – BCHS , eff. 9/16/11
Nicole Shook – Assistant Volleyball Coach – BCHS, eff. 9/9/11

Rationale: 

Members of the public are invited to comment to the Board on any topic related to school business. 

Items requiring consideration by the Board must be approved as an agenda item by a 2/3ds vote of the Board members present.  Such items may be referred for further study and not necessarily acted upon at this meeting. 

Anyone wishing to address the Board should adhere to the following procedures:

 1.  Sign in on the Public Comment sign-in roster.

2.   Wait to be recognized by the Board Chair.

3.   Proceed to the speaker’s table.

4.   Preface your remarks by stating your name and address.

5.   Direct your comments to the Board chairman.

6.   Please limit your comments to three minutes.

7.   Any comments should be made in an appropriate manner, particularly if concerning a personnel matter.

Board Policy #1120(a)

Rationale:  With the opening of the new K-8 schools the Administration has engaged in a thorough review of the middle school program to ensure that we have consistency across the city but also to take this unique opportunity to make changes in that program that are necessary.  The Administration will discuss these changes with the Board and they are detailed in the Executive Summary attached.

Rationale: 

Teachers trained to serve as TEAM (Teacher Education and Mentoring) mentors and cooperating teachers provide assistance and support to student teachers and first year beginning teachers in the district in areas such as lesson design and classroom management and provide feedback and support in the areas of instructional planning and student assessment. Cooperating teachers are those teachers who are trained to work with student teachers. We need to increase the number of cooperating teachers in the district in order to meet the need of student teachers. Mentors must be assigned to first-year teachers to provide mentoring and support to newly certified teachers; this program is required by the State Department of Education. Approved teachers must attend a three day training program and update their training every three years. 

Teacher	Assignment
Ken Bagley	Music Teacher, NEMS/Citywide Music Department Head

Rationale:  Public Act 11-55: An Act Concerning Discrimination, was revised to include a definition of gender identity. Our student non-discrimination policy is included in Policy

Rationale:  The age at which a student may leave school with parental consent has been raised from 16 to 17.

Rationale:  This policy was last revised in October 2010. Revisions discusses at the September 14, 2011 Regular Meeting have been made, and are in red.

Rationale:  1. Student Expulsions
2. BFT Negotiations Update