September 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM - Bethel Board of Education Regular Meeting

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Congratulations to Johnson School staff.  R.M.T. Johnson School has been named an official Special Olympics national banner Unified Champion School!

 

Gifts, Grants, & Bequests:

 

Bethel High School: 

 

•  Installation of new flooring on the stage in the BHS auditorium, $11,950.05, GoodHouse Flooring, LLC, Danbury, CT.
• Storage for BHS Theater Arts Program, $3,700, Jeff Bruno, Bethel, CT

 

Bethel Middle School: 

•  Tree & professional planting service, to replace dead tree dedicated to Reynold (Ray) Martin, $425, Anonymous.

Districtwide:

• 10,500 disposable adult face masks, Air Force Reserves, facilitated by Ethan Draper, Bethel Alumni, Class of 2014.

 

2019-2020 Staff Recognition 

CHAMP(S)

1. Kyler Barr

2. Wesley Johnson

3. John Parille

Friends of Bethel

Public Site & Building Committee, Town of Bethel

 

10 Years of Service

 

20 Years of Service

30 Years of Service

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• Email - Racial Injustice Update, Jacqueline Chiappetta 

Rationale:  (Please note:  The Board welcomes Public Participation and asks that speakers please limit their comments to 2 minutes.  Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them.  The Board will not permit any expression of personal complaints or defamatory comments about Board of Education personnel and students, nor against any person connected with the Bethel Public School System.)

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2020 CABE/CAPSS Convention Postponed, Committee Chair Bryan Hall on behalf of the CABE/CAPSS Convention Committee:

It is important for superintendents and board members to remain focused on creating a strong learning environment for students in this unprecedented time.  Because of this, planning for a multi-day Convention would be a distraction from that work. The Committee has decided to postpone our November Convention. We will continue our robust professional development offerings and work with individual boards, and plan to gather in the spring.

As the Bonnie B. Carney Excellence in Communications and CABE Board Recognition Awards are both recognized at the Convention, the entry process of both is being delayed to allow you, your staff, and Board to focus on reopening schools and to coincide with a spring 2021 program.

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(Policy is dual coded to cover both personnel certified and non-certified, and students.) 

Policy 4118.237/4218.237/5141.8 -  Use of Face Coverings

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4118.234P

This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as it aligns with current practice and state law.  

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as they align with current practice and state law.  

4147.1P

4147.1R

4147.1 Appendix 

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

Rationale: 

This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as they align with current practice and state law.  

5140P

5140R

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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As part of our overall policy review, the Health Coordinator and all of our School Nurses reviewed all of our health policies.  Policy 5141.21P, Administration of Medication, was last reviewed in 2016.  There were only small adjustments made in the areas of possession of medication under certian circumstances and eliminated the review of orders by medical advisor.  This is not law or practice.  

5141.21P

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

Rationale: 

This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as they align with current practice and state law.  

5141.22P

5141.22R

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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5141.23P

This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as it aligns with current practice and state law.  

 

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

Rationale: 

This policy is being reviewed as part of our overall cycle of policy review.  This policy was reviewed  by our School Nurses and Health Coordinator, no changes were made as they align with current practice and state law.  

 

5141.24P

5141.24 Appendix

 

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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The policy was reviewed by our School Nurses, Athletic Director and Health Coordinator.  There were only minor changes made to the Appendix.  

5141.28P

5141.28 Appendix

(recommending that Mark Caron also review this in terms of athletics.)

 

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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This policy was reviewed by the School Nurses and Health Coordinator.  It was last reviewed in 2015.  Updates were made based on current laws and practice.  

5141.3P

5141.3R

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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This policy was reviewed by our School Nurses, Health Coordinator, Athletic Director,  and Athletic Trainer.  They made a number of adjustments to the policy, regulation, plan and consent form.  Please see suggested changes that are outlined in the document.   

5141.7P

5141.7R

5141.7 Plan/Form

5141.7 CIAC Concussion Parent Consent Form

 

(1st reading at 6/17/20 BOE meeting.)

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Key Points of the Briefing:

* We have filed our annual EFS on September 1, 2020 and the outside auditors have begun their work. Upon filing there were unexpended funds of $385,834 for the year end June 30, 2020. Knowing that we continue in fluid times regarding the COVID 19 ongoing expenses during 2020-2021 and unknown future emergencies and opportunities, we recommend that the Board of Education deposit all unspent funds to the Unexpended Education Funds Account which was established for emergencies and opportunities in the future.

Upon BOE approval we will bring it forward to the Board of Finance for a motion to approve.