April 3, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Regular BOE Meeting

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National Anthem:
Performed by Northeast Middle School Chorus

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The Board of Education will recognize the following Staff and Students:

CAS Awards - Heaven Gerena and Ian Mastropiero – Hubbell, Grade 5 students

Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra - 2019 Person of the Year honor  - Michael Coderre

NAMM - 2019 Best Communities for Music Education - Bristol Public Schools recognition

YWCA Women in Leadership - Taylor Dominique – Senior - Bristol Eastern H.S.

Unified Sports and Possibility Theater Fundraiser - Ashlynn Rain Jefferson- Senior - Bristol Eastern H.S.

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The Board of Education should vote to approve any Regular or Special Meeting Minutes:

1. March 6, 2019 – Regular Meeting Minutes
2. March 11, 2019 – Special Meeting Minutes

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Communications & Community Relations	Finance	Operations	Personnel	Student Achievement	Policy Committee
Jeff Caggiano, Chair	Karen Vibert, Chair	Karen Hintz, Chair	Thomas O’Brien, Chair	Jennifer Dube, Chair	Tina Taylor, Chair
Joseph Grabowski	Karen Hintz	Jeff Caggiano	Jeff Caggiano	Joseph Grabowski	Jennifer Dube
Tina Taylor	Kristen Giantonio	Thomas O’Brien	Karen Vibert	Tina Taylor	Karen Hintz
					Kristen Giantonio
Alternates:
Jennifer Dube	Joseph Grabowski	Karen Vibert	Jennifer Dube	Kristen Giantonio

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Student Representatives from Bristol Central (Katherine Funk or Abby Tijhuan Grant-Christie) and Bristol Eastern (Lori Chen) will update the board on recent activities at each of their schools.

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Dr. Moreau will report/update the Board on the following district topics:

1. Budget Update

2. MBIAMS Update

3. Update on priorities

Rationale:  Settle, Lois – GH – Grade 7 Special Education Teacher – Effective June 30, 2019

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Kearney, Katie – WB – Grade 8 Science Teacher - Effective March 6, 2019
Lundquist, Jessica – CHMS – Grade 7 Language Arts Teacher - Effective March 27, 2019

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McCormick, Mary – CHMS – Green Team Leader – Effective March 12, 2019

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Elliott, Sheryl – BEHS – Sophomore Class Co-Advisor – Effective March 10, 2019

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Bagley, Kenneth – BEHS – Spring Musical Advisor (2^nd semester only) - Effective February 20, 2019

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Zadrozny, Patricia – SSS – Co-K-5 Technology Leader - Effective March 7, 2019

Rationale:  This grant provides educational and basic needs services to students in Bristol who are homeless. The funds are used to meet needs for tutoring, clothing, school supplies, extended-day and extended-year program.

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BACKGROUND:   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 microphone.
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)

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Bristol Special Services department was recognized at The State Capitol for our efforts on behalf of students and families in Bristol. Students in Bristol’s Unified Theater program did a scene from a recent performance.

Bristol TRAMPS awarded $1,000.00 to Bristol’s Unified Sports programs.

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Traditionally the closing day of school has been set at the April meeting along with the high school graduation date.

Promotional exercises at the middle schools take place in the morning of the last day of school, Friday, June 14, 2019.

High school graduation will be scheduled for the evening of Friday, June 14, 2019.

Summary of Closing Information to Date:

School Closed:  11/16, 2/12, 3/4

Late Openings:  1/22, 1/30, 1/31, 2/13, 2/21

Early Dismissals:  1/30

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The School Year Calendars for 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for Bristol Public Schools were recently approved by the Board of Education.  Once the school year calendars are established, school administrators and supervisors meet to set the parent conference and marking period dates for these two school years. 

There are no changes to the number of dates that will be available for parent conferences.  Parent conferences in the fall at the high school level will all be held in the evening. 

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Attached are the brochures that will be distributed to over 20 schools in the area advertising the Secondary Summer School Program to be held at Bristol Eastern High School.

Rationale:  The Elementary Summer Enrichment Summer Program is a self-funded program that is hosted at Ivy Drive School and will run for five weeks this summer, from June 24^th through July 26^th.

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City Council voted to refer the request to defer sidewalks at 359 Broad Street owned by Skytop Motors, LLC to the BOE.

On March 19, 2019, the Operations Committee voted unanimously to defer sidewalks at 359 Broad Street and to send to the full board for approval.

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The current grade 9 academic World History textbook is over 10 years old. There are not currently enough copies in the district to allocate to all students as texts have been damaged or lost over the years. Additionally, teachers are in need of more online access for students with the ability for students to use eBooks.

The curriculum for World History has been recently revised to meet the new CT Social Studies Frameworks (approved by the State in 2015, approved by the district in 2016). The revised curriculum requires that students learn content across four social studies disciplines (civics, economics, geography, and history) within each course and adopt an inquiry approach to learning social studies skills and content.  The change in curriculum, coupled with the current status of our textbooks, required that we seek another resource for our students. Teachers were looking for more multimedia resources to engage students, inspire inquiry, and facilitate the development of historical thinking skills.

The textbook being recommended is The Pearson World History: Modern Era.  This book offers a variety in-text and online resources to engage students in the content area, encourage historical investigation, and provide access to content to all students. This textbook program is organized in a four part framework that encourages students to connect, investigate, synthesize and demonstrate understanding.  Embedded activities include interactive maps and charts, audio versions of the text, and proprietary access to NBC Learn videos for every topic. The Pearson online platform (Pearson Realize) supports both web-based and app-based access which allows students to download the ebook, take notes, highlight, engage in discussions with other classmates around teacher-posed questions, and complete teacher assignments on any device. The Pearson Realize also has a proprietary contract with Google Classroom. Teachers will be able to create and assess assignments for students digitally on either platform.

This textbook is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the C3 Social Studies Framework, and Bristol Public Schools objectives. There are multiple opportunities within the text and through the additional provided research to provide practice to strengthen their 21st century skills.

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The Board of Education will discuss any new business proper to come before the Board.

Rationale:  Any communications received or any questions by Board members concerning items not on the agenda.

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Commissioners will report to the Board on any groups/organizations in which they serve as Board of Education Liaisons.

Rationale:  There being no other business to come before the Board of Education the meeting should adjourn.