October 6, 2021 at 7:00 PM - Regular BoE Meeting

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

1. September 15, 2021 Regular Meeting
 

Student Representatives from Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern will share activities, surveys, suggestions, and topics of interest in their respective schools.

Bristol Central                                                          Bristol Eastern
Sydney Rodriguez - Senior                                        Trisha Mohan - Senior    

Chair Jennifer Dube will update the Board and the public on topics related to the Board of Education.

Dr. Carbone will report/update the Board on:

1. District Priorities

a. Learner Focus

1. 1. 1. BAIMS
      2. Alliance Grant
      3. Parent-Teacher Conferences

1. 1. 1. Reimagining BPS 2023 - Update of Town Council Presentation
      2. First Student Update

DeFeo, Melissa - EDGE - IST Literacy Coach

Castles, Anna - MTV - Special Education Teacher effective September 7, 2021
Kelley, Jillian - CHMS - Special Education Teacher effective October 2, 2021
Marsella, Shea - ID - Speech and Language Pathologist effective August 2, 2021

Baronowski (Shea), Rebecca - BECC - Speech and Language Pathologist effective September 20, 2021
Boswell, Samantha - WB - Grade 1 Teacher effective October 12. 2021
Fedorchick, Jennifer - SSS - Grade 1 Teacher effective October 13, 2021
Holmes, Tyrell - BCHS - Special Education Teacher effective September 27, 2021
Nelson, Kyle - EPH/BPA/SSS - .4 PE/Health Teacher effective September 20, 2021
Voisine, Stephanie - CHMS - Grade 8 Math Teacher effective October 1, 2021

Martino, Rocco - WB - Webmaster

Hoyt, Sara - MTV/WB - Music Teacher - effective August 24, 2021 through January 2, 2022
Mercier, Elena - STAF - Social Worker - effective December 3, 2021 through May 2, 2022

The Bristol Alliance Grant focuses on resources to support Talent, Climate, Academics, and Operations initiatives within BPS. Funding will support literacy coaching for teachers (5.75 literacy coaches) and support for students in grades K-3 who are reading below the Bristol reading benchmark (6.8 Instructional Support Teachers). In addition, we fund 13.5 kindergarten teachers, 5 mathematics coaches, 5.0 Library Media Specialists, 3.5  Deans, a .5 STEM Supervisor, 3 IT Specialists, a Pre-K teacher and para-educator, 4.8 SSW, a Communication and School Partnerships Director, 2 Family Liaisons, 1 Inclusion Specialist, 1 School Psychologist, 2 School Climate/Security Personnel, 2 CREC Teacher Residents, .5 CTE Teacher, Student Support and Math Interns at NEMS and portions of salaries in the grants office. Employee benefits for these positions are also funded. The grant goals must be measurable and aligned with the State Accountability Plan.

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:

Before a Remote Meeting

1. Send your comments to: susaneverett@bristolk12.org
2. Be sure to put PUBLIC COMMENT – BOE in the subject line.
3. Include your name and address.
4. Direct your comments to the Board Chair.
5. Your comments will be read at the meeting by the Board Chair.
6. All comments should be written in an appropriate manner, particularly if concerning a personnel matter.
7. Any comments not adhering to the guidelines will not be read at the meeting.

During a Remote Meeting

1. Everyone is requested to address the Chair for recognition.
2. Each speaker must state his/her name and address.
3. All speakers must observe rules of common etiquette.  Personalities are not to be injected. Anyone violating this rule will be denied the floor. Unless waived by the Chairperson or a majority of the Board,
4. Each speaker shall limit his/her remarks to three (3) minutes.
5. A speaker will not be recognized for a second time on the same topic.
6. Each speaker must concern himself/herself with the topic under discussion.  Anyone digressing from the topic will be ruled out of order.
7. Written statements and materials may be made available, in advance of comments, for distribution to Board members.
8. Speakers shall state their positions on the subject being discussed.
9. Board members will not respond directly to comments during the Board meeting. The Superintendent will direct the question to the appropriate staff member for follow-up.

Any communications/information regarding building projects

1. i. MBIAMS Update
2. ii. South Side School HVAC Project

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

This month Commissioners at Middle and K-8 schools will share their reports.