May 2, 2019 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting 2019 *Please note 7:30 start time

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

III.A. April 23, 2019 - Regular

IV. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

V. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - The Board welcomes public participation. Pursuant to our Board Policy, public participation is limited to no more than three (3) minutes per speaker and a total of no more than fifteen (15) minutes. People who wish to speak longer are encouraged to attend any and all related subcommittee meetings where most of the board’s groundwork is done. We value your input, but due to these time limitations, we ask you to be concise and please do not repeat a previous comment. We know you will observe the rules of common courtesy. Thank you. [9320(a) of Board Bylaws]

VI. BOARD AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMUNICATIONS

VI.A. Chairman’s Report

VI.B. Superintendent’s Report

VI.C. Student Representatives’ Report

VI.D. Committee Reports

VI.D.1. Curriculum (Dominic Cipollone)

VI.D.2. Policy (Samantha Mannion)

VI.D.3. School Start Time Ad Hoc (Rick Regan)

VI.E. Liaison Reports

VI.E.1. Permanent Building Committee (Ed Sbordone)

VI.E.2. Technology (Rick Regan)

VII. INFORMATION ITEMS

VII.A. Debt Service and Operational Savings for NFHS/Consolidated School Building Projects

VII.B. New Textbook Adoption (First Review)

VII.B.1. Chemistry in the Earth System

VII.B.2. SRA Essentials for Algebra

VII.C. New Course Proposal (First Review)

VII.C.1. Pre-Algebra

VIII. ACTION ITEMS

VIII.A. Personnel Report

VIII.B. New Textbook Adoption

VIII.B.1. High School Biology - The Living Earth: Integrating Biology and Earth Science

VIII.C. Board of Education Policies

VIII.C.1. Policy 4112.52 - Criminal History Record Information

VIII.C.2. Policy 5132 - Dress and Grooming

VIII.D. Closeout of School Construction Projects

VIII.D.1. 091-0029EC - New Fairfield High School

VIII.D.2. 091-0030RR - New Fairfield High School

VIII.D.3. 091-0031EA/RR - Consolidated School

VIII.D.4. 091-0041A/CV - New Fairfield Middle School/High School

VIII.D.5. 091-0043CV - New Fairfield High School

VIII.E. Approval of Grant Application

VIII.E.1. SDE IDEA 611 and 619 Grant

VIII.F. Leave of Absence Requests (This item will be voted on after Executive Session.)

VIII.F.1. Custodian Request #1

VIII.F.2. Custodian Request #2

VIII.F.3. Paraprofessional Request

VIII.G. Non-Resident Student Request (To be voted on after Executive Session.)

VIII.G.1. Request #1

VIII.G.2. Request #2

IX. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - The Board welcomes public participation. Pursuant to our Board Policy, public participation is limited to no more than three (3) minutes per speaker and a total of no more than fifteen (15) minutes. People who wish to speak longer are encouraged to attend any and all related subcommittee meetings where most of the board’s groundwork is done. We value your input, but due to these time limitations, we ask you to be concise and please do not repeat a previous comment. We know you will observe the rules of common courtesy. Thank you. [9320(a) of Board Bylaws]

X. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS

XI. EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUESTS

XII. EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING NON-RESIDENT STUDENT REQUEST

XIII. ADJOURNMENT