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    ‘Monroe Public Schools 375 Monroe Turmpke Monroe, Connecticut 06468 ‘Tuesday, January 19,2010 ‘Masuk High School Library Media Center 1014 Monroe Turnpike Monroe, Connecticut 06468 MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING AGENDA PM, i vu vm. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CONSENT AGENDA A. APPROVALOP WARRANTS B_APPROVAL OF MINUTES, ges 4.20 5, NonieaTiON oF RETIREMENT pages BIBLD TRIP REQUEST ps 41-8 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, ‘NEW BUSINESS ‘A. REVIEWOF 20102011 SCHOOL CALENDAR FIRST REVIEW, page 48 oun ausiness A. UPDATEON20102011 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT REPORTS AL STAFF REPORTS [oo KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2. KINDERACADEMY UPDATE 1B, BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS . SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT D. COMMUNICATION ADJOURNMENT a W. ‘CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ‘CONSENT AGENDA, ‘A. APPROVAL OF WARRANTS 1. Warant #24, Vouber #24652, for he 20082010 schoo year ated Janoary 13,2010 fn the amount of 21132528 2. Wart, Voucher #246533, fo the 200-2009 schol yea ated Janay 13,2010 in ‘he amount of 17709781 8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Enclosed for Board review are he minutes fom te Board of Education Budget Workshop held fon December 8,209, 2. Enclosed for Board review ae the mints from th Board of Bveston Budget Workshop helt on December 10, 2008 5. Baelosod for Boa eview seth mints from the Board of Education Budget Workshop held fon Dever 15,209, 4. Enclose for Board review are he minutes fom te Boat of Eduction Budge Worksop held on December 17, 209, 5, Baelosed for Board review are the minutes rom the Board f Edveaton metinghelé on ancy 4, 2030, ¢._REVIEW OF FUND ACTIVITY STATEMENT. "nelosed for Board review s the Fund Activity Statement fr the pid ending December 31, 2009 D. NOTIFICATION OF RETIREMENT Nancy Thursby, apical education eacherat Jockey Hllow School has submited a eter of erent, effective June 30,2010 — FIELD TRIP Enclosed is eld ripreguest by the Masuk Varsity Baseball Team to Cooperstown, NY, on Ssturday snd Sunday, Api 24 ad Apel 25,210 Recommended Motion: Tho Bos approves the onsen aged presente, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ‘Welcome tothe Monroe Board of Education Meeting. ‘The Board welcomes pul participation and aks tha speakers pleas init heir comments Observers are slays welcome, “The fillowing guidelines arto as ‘Speakers may offer objective comment of sehool operations and programs tat concer the, ‘The Board of Eéucation wl not pemit any expression of personal compat or defumatory comments shout Boar of Education personnel nd stents, nor agsns any person connected with the Monroe Public ‘School System. Thee wil bon response to commen’ fled open itgaton, State your name and adress forthe ecard. Sides sae name ony “The Board Chairman asthe dee int comment ine. General thee (3) minutes per speakers alloted. The air may allow atonal tne. \Weiten statment ar lays welcome snd are abways provided to Boar of Edveaton Member Immediate replies to quesdonsconserns should not he expected Board Chairman’ disertion), ¥. NEW BUSINESS ‘A. 20102011 SCHOOL CALENDAR FIRST REVIEW Enclosed for ft eve isa draft ofthe 2010-201 Seal Celends. vi, oLppusmiess ‘A. UPDATE ON 20102011 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT Vl, REPORTS ‘A. STAFF REPORTS 1, Kindergarten Orcntaton Mrs. Shella Cosine 2. RinderAcademy Update Mrs Shela Caine B. BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS Masok High Schoo! Stent Board Representative Repos ~ Peter Air, Max Gray, Mat iki ‘Boa’ of Fines Liaison Donna Lane CCommanicatons Commitee ~ Kelly Plunket, Thomas Taylor, Darell Trump, Alan Vaglvlo, Lee Coueh {Cooperative Educational Services Liison~ Mark Antnozei ‘Gare Council ~ Mar Antinozi, Mark Hughes Finance Commitee Lee Crouch, Deana Lane, Darel! Tramp, Alan Vagivle Monroe Youth Commission ~ Kelly Plunket Polley Commitee Mar Aatiozz, Mark Hughes ‘Town Coun Liason ~ George King Socto She Magnet School ~ Mark Aino © _ SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. D. COMMUNICATION Vill, ADJOURNMENT MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION Monroe, Connecticut Budget Workshop December 8, 2009 PRESENT: ‘Board Chairman Darrel Tramp Secretary Mark Hughes Board Member Mark Antinozzi Board Member Lee Crouch ‘Board Member George King, Il Board Member Donna Lane Board Member Kelly Plunkett Board Member Tom Taylor ‘Board Member Alan Vaglivelo Superintendent Dr. Colleen Palmer ‘Assistant Superintendent Richard Canfield Finance Director Nancy O'Dea-Wyrick Facilities Director Peter Holst. Principal Debra Kovac Principal Rebecea Kosisko Principal Susan Austin Principal Bruce Lazar Assistant Principal Leigh Ances Director of Pupil Personnel Services Oneita Alarcon CALL TO ORDER. Board Chairman Trump called the meeting to order with the Pledge of allegiance. Tonight was the first of the Board of Education Budget Workshops; all will be televised fon Channel 17. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION-There was no public participation at tonight's workshop. SYSTEM WIDE OVERVIEW-Dr, Palmer said that members of the administrative team would present the system wide overview. Mr. Hols reviewed the Emergency Maintenance Program, Custodial Overtime, Custodial Services, Daily Maintenance Services and Maintenance Services. He stated that they have made a concerted effort to reduce custodial overtime and the reductions they have made will continue. Mr. Holst continued thatthe district has just contracted with Sonitrol which will provide electronic ‘monitoring to all the schools tht will eliminate weekend overtime. He added thatthe number of custodians the district curently has is where it needs to be; Mr. Holst directed Budge Workshop Page 103 Board of Bain December 8, 2008 Monroe, Connect the board members to the chart which showed the size of each building, the number of| custodians on days, on nights and the average square footage per custodian. Mr. Holst also reviewed the levels of cleaning; Monroe i at level 3; the level of cleaning that isthe standard for most school facilities. Itis acceptable to most stakeholders and does not pose ‘any health issues. A custodian can clean approximately 28,000 to 31,000 square fet in eight hours. Mr. Holst added that next year’s budget for custodial cleaning and supplies is lower than it has been inthe past 2 years. Though the emergency supply fund was adequately funded this year it has already boen reduced by $50,000 and he noted there have been many unanticipated repairs needed within the 6 buildings such as a boiler at ‘Masuk. He also addressed the 5 year Maintenance Improvement Plan thet isa list of items they would like to repair oF replace and noted they are way behind where they ‘would like to be. Nancy O'Dea Wyrick spoke on Food Services and Transportation, She said that Food Service does not affect the operating budget as it isa separate entity that is self sustaining. She noted thatthe Transportation Budget for next year includes diesel which is a contractual obligation to First Student. Ms, O'Dea Wyrick noted that one of the drivers in the Transportation budget is Special Education transportation; Dr. Palmer added that some ofthe children require an aid to accompany them and they are included in the transportation budget. Ms. Alarcon continued thet the number of children in Special Education requiring transportation can change throughout the year. ‘Dr. Palmer introduced the 3 elementary school principals: Debra Kovachi, Rebecea ‘Koslsko and Susan Austin as they presented their budget. She said thatthe principals work together throughout the year as a team and each school has an improvement plan as ‘continuous improvement isthe foundation of everything the district does. Dr. Palmer defined SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Sensitive) ‘and stressed that every goal set forthe distict, schools and teachers is measurable. Ms Kovachi said that at the heart of all ofthe schools i the people and she directed them to the staffing and enrollment figures. She also provided the board members with a copy of the Proposed Budget Summary by Expense Category and Resources Beyond the Classroom. Ms. Austin said thatthe classrooms in the elementary schools aze highly differentiated with small group instruction. She said that there are some students who need additional service and suppor; reading specilists and paraprofessional provide ‘hat suppor in reading though math intervention has been more limited and they have asked for additional support in each elementary school. Ms. Austin spoke of the ‘important role the school psychologists play in the elementary schools; they facilitate the PPT process, work with students and families, perform testing and spend time with children in counseling settings, Ms. Kosisko added the part-time guidance counselor at cach school is invaluable as they are responsible for the 504 meetings, assisting with facilitating SRBI, the pre-referral process as well as working with the increasing number of children and families in ersis. She added the guidance counselor is instrumental in ‘working with conflict resolution and they provide tremendous support to the administrators. Ms. Kosisko spoke about the paraprofessionals and reiterated they are integral to providing support to many students and not only to those with mandated services. There was a brief discussion onthe impact of No Child Left Behind on class size; Ms. Austin said that she currently has a class of 25 in the 4 grade and that its ‘imperative to maintain lower elas sizes to provide intervention and additional support. Budget Workshop Page 0f3 Bosrd of Eduction December 8, 209 Monroe, Coanect Dr. Palmer introduced Principal Bruce Lazar and Assistant Principal Leah Ances at (Chalk Hill. af. Lazar said that the school has gone from a middle school model to an ‘upper elementary to make the transition easier from the lower elementary schools and to provide more academic time. He directed the board members tothe page on Staffing; he ‘tid that they lost 4 staff members last year. ‘The student to teacher ratio is the lowest it thas been with a ratio of 24 students per teacher. Mf. Lazar stated the increase in the reading teacher has shown significant dividends through progress monitoring system and RIT. He also reviewed staffing levels and Chalk il’s Smart Goals; he noted that having adequate staff is necessary to continue with the progress they have made. Dr. Palmer reiterated thatthe suppor staf are engaged in helping students succeed and ifthe district felt that a position was not necessary, they would have made a recommendation to remove it. There was a continued discussion on staff utilization and class sizes. ‘The workshop concluded at 9:00 pm, Respectfully submitted, ‘Mark Hughes [Board of Education Secretary Budge Workshop Page 3 0f 3 Board of Eaocaton December 8, 2009, ‘Monroe, Cannecest MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION ‘Monroe, Connecticut Budget Workshop December 10, 2009 PRESENT: Board Chairman Darrell Trump Seeretary Mark Hughes Board Member Mark Antinozzi Board Member Lee Croueh Board Member George King, IIL Board Member Donna Lane Board Member Kelly Plunkett Board Member Tom Taylor Board Member Alan Vaglivelo Superintendent Dr. Colleen Palmer Assistant Superintendent Dr. Richard Canfield Finance Director Nancy O"Dea-Wyrick Principal Jack Ceceolini ‘Assistant Principal Laura Fernandes Principal John Battista Assistant Principal Joe Kobza ‘Assistant Principal Mark Schorarz. ‘Athletic Director Brian Humpa Athletic Dietor John DeGennsro CALL TO ORDER- Board Chairman Trump called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance, Tis is the socond of four budget workshops; they will ll be televised on Channel 17, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. There was none at tonight's meeting. JOCKEY HOLLOW- Principal Ceccolini said there was much to celebrate at Jockey Hollows; test scores have increased for Grade 7 reading, writing and math though there ‘was an unacceptable dip in scores in grade 8 reading. He suid thatthe addition of a reading specialist has allowed them to provide language arts intervention to struggling readers and the majority of teachers are trained in Columbia University's Readers and Writers Workshop. Principal Ceccolini stated that class size and intervention are the highlights of the Jockey Hollow budget and he is concerned with the proposed loss of 3 team leaders and hopes the elimination ofthese positions will be reconsidered Budget Workshop Page of Board of Eduction December 10, 2008 Monroe, Connect He listed the 2010-2011 Initiatives as: Mathy/Reading/ Writing Intervention Scientific Based Research Intervention (SRBI Medel) World Language increase in offerings Comprehensive Middle School Experiences for all students ‘Advisor/Advisse (Mentee Program) Positive Behavior System expansion of program ‘The requests to meet the initiatives include: 7-12 Math, Science, Language Arts coordinators necessary to coordinate delivery ‘of instruction, data collection and intervention scheduling. Reading Specialist-provides small group remediation in reading and has a direct impact to provide SRBI Reading Consultant Provides professional development and modeling for staff. Also provides small group remediation in reading, Math Consultant/Specialist provides intervention to mest the needs of struggling leamers in math and model instructional strategies for teachers Principal Ceccolini noted the Key Challenges for 2010-2011 Any significant reduction in staf (aside fom the potential reduction of one language arts teacher) will have an impaet on the delivery of instruction at Jockey Hollow. Class size must be maintained to insure appropriate differentiation of instruction and to ensure that SRBI and intervention strategies have the greatest opportunity to succeed, Aside from Language Arts, reduction in any other academic area will result in large class sizes due to scheduling constraints Reduetion in staf, ineluding language ats coordinator, reading consultant, reading specialist, or intervention tutors will impact the ability to provide initiatives that include Readers/Writers Workshop, Professional Development, Scientific Research ‘Based Intervention (SRBI and individualized small group remediation in reading Reduction in Unified Arts has a significant impact on class size and scheduling ‘opportunities. This ean include larger and/or more fequent study halls for students Reduction in physical education staff may result in larger class sizes, less instructional time with larger and more frequently scheduled study halls. Class sizes will increase ifthe curent alternate day schedule is in place. For an academic team of 120, class sizes would be approximately 40 per teacher. With a concem for safety, scheduling classes every third day eould reduce clas sizes to 30 but would cause a student to have two periods of study hall on the opposite ays. Since study halls would increase in number and staff is reduced, the study halls would take place in a large area such as the auditorium or cafeteria with the potential for 90 students in a study hall atone time, ‘Budge: Workshop Page 20F6 Board of Eavcaton December 10, 2009 Monroe, Connect MASUK HIGH SCHOOL-Principal Batista sad he wanted to share some of Masuk's ‘accomplishments including significant improvement on the CAPT tests. He added that Masuk is 1" in the DRG and 2" in the state for science, there are now 12 AP courses and college aveeptances inereased tothe mast competitive schools. ‘The Key Initiatives for Masuk ae: ‘+ To provide «rigorous curriculum fo the students st Masok High School by implementing the recommendation ofthe Coneetcu Plan fr Secondary School Reform. ‘+ To haveall Masuk todents be aceptd int the best post highschool programs availabe to them, ‘+ To provide appropriate and consistent feedback to professionals in the building. 4 Implement te SRBI mode The Key Challenges for Masuk are ‘+ Class Size, There were six certified staf members cut in the 2009-2010 school year and there will ban increase of 43 students in the 2010-201 school year. Extra efforts will need to be made to balance classes which can result in scheduling conflicts for students [46 classes inthe $ academic areas have 28 or higher students} ‘+ Implementing the SRBI model of support will require additional resources to meet the requirements of the SRBI model and the additional support for Masuk students in reading, writing, and mathematics, (Mr. Batisa continued thatthe impact of last year's cuts also included limited course offerings, combined classes such as German I and I, the math labs are no longer supported by certified teachers and the Reading and Writing lab is only staffed by a certified teacher § periods rather than the 8 periods it was covered last year. He added that the budget atempis ‘wo maintain class size, provide additional reading intervention and continue increased AP enrollments Mf: Battista said the fulltime drug and alcohol counselor position was eliminated when the grant ran out; they are presently using the Altemative Education ‘counselor | day at Masuk and they would like to increase it to 2 days, Mr. Batista said that the drug and aleohol counselor is a spevialized position and though it was asked if guidance counselor could be utilized instead, he noted tht guidance counselors focus on act demic planning, academic and school issues as well asthe college process. He continued there are 2 psychologists but reiterated a drug counselor is specifically trained in adietion and can work With outside agencies. Mr. Batista stated he felt it was essential that Masuk doesnot lose Staff again this year. Board Member Crouch asked what resources would be needed forthe NEASC Accreditation; Mr. Batista responded that there wil be 15-21 people staying inthe area from Sunday-Tuesday and the district needs to provide lodging and meals. Mr. Battista explained the difference between Altemative Education and Project Real in response to questions from the board members. He said that Project Reali designed for stents with substance and addiction issues and that we share the program with Trumbull, Last year, we received approximetely $120,000 from Trumbull forthe program. Mr. Batista said that Trumbull has advised them that if Project Real is moved to Masuk, they wil pull out ofthe program as its ther thinking that having an Alternative program housed inthe same building as the high school program it eauses a ot of disruptions forthe students in the Budget Workshop Page 3 of Board of Education December 10, 2009 Monroe, Connecticut Alternative Education Program. Mr. Batista reiterate his recommendation that Alternative Education remain offsite and though Valley Regional isa valuable program that provides nother opportunity for Monroe, getting rid of Altemative Education would bea disservice to the town ‘Mb Batista provided the board members copies ofthe athletic audit as wel asthe budget. ‘The proposed Athletic budget is $59,000 and some ofthe increases were in stipend increases, bus prices, oficial fees and athletic trainer costs. There was a discussion on corporate sponsorship and Mr. Battista said they will be bringing it othe Chamber of Commerce for assistance in marketing the plan ‘The workshop concluded at 9:10 pam, Respectfully submitted, Mark Hughes Board of Education Secretary Budge: Workshop Page of4 Board of Easestico December 10,2009 More, Connect -10- MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION ‘Monroe, Connecticut ‘Budget Workshop December 15, 2009 PRESENT: ‘Board Chairman Darrell Trump Secretary Mark Hughes Board Member Mark Antinozzi Board Member Lee Crouch ‘Board Member George King IIL ‘Board Member Donna Lane Board Member Kelly Plunkett Board Member Tom Taylor Board Member Alan Vaglivelo Superintendent Dr, Colleen Palmer Assistant Superintendent Dr. Richard Canfield Finance Director Nancy O"Dea-Wyrick Director of Pupil Personnel Services Oneita Alarcon Assistant Ditevtor of Pupil Persounel Services Kay Moser ‘Technology Director Dr. Craig Tunks CALL TO ORDER- Board Chairman Trump called the meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance, ‘This isthe 3° budget workshop and it will be televised on Channel 17, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION-Gabriella DiBlas! asked if a spending freeze would be {mplemented. Dr. Palmer responded there has been a 60% freeze since the beginning of the fiscal year and all purchases ae carefully reviewed and scrutinized, SPECIAL EDUCATION-Dr. Palmer sad that spevial education isan area of the budget that can change daily. A large driver of the increases inthe proposed budget includes guidance, psychologists and special education as there are rising costs and decreased funding in these areas. Dr. Palmer continued that all students deserve a quality education and special education is rot as compartmentalized as some would think. There are federal and state mandates that protect the rights of special education students and itis our obligation to identify those students who

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