March 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Bethel Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

• Congratulations to the Wildcat Indoor Track Team! They are the 2023 SWC Champions!
• Congratulations to Bethel NJROTC.  They placed 1st Overall at the NJROTC Northeast regional Brain Brawl academic competition.
• Congratulations to Bethel Cadet Jonathan Keener who won the Individual Award.  
• Congratulations to BHS athlete, Rosie Volpintesta, she set a conference record in the high jump, clearing 5' 21/4"
• Congratulations to BHS athlete, Talia Grahm, she won the 55 dash and set a new school record.

Rationale:  GIFTS:
Bethel High School
$1,000 for BHS Art Scholarship, Anne Breecher, Danbury, CT.

GRANTS:
The Bethel Education Foundation presented over $15,000 in Teacher Grants to support innovative projects in the Bethel Schools.

School	Teacher	Project Title	Grant Amount
BHS	Chris Troetti	STEM program support	$7,000
BMS	Scott Carrizzo	Laser Design	$2,994
BMS	Shawn Ingraham	BMS Rock Band	$810
Johnson School	Heather Farisello & Heather Barr	Building Thinking Classrooms with Vertical White Boards	$985
Berry School	Shelby Land & Jessica McGlinchey	Berry Makerspace	$2,680
Berry School	Shelby Land	Josh Funk Author Visit	$500
Rockwell School	Kerry Collins	Josh Funk Author Visit	$500
		TOTAL	$15,469

Rationale: 

• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Ellington BOE Legislative Platform 2023
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Concerns about the assigned book at Johnson School- Just Like Jackie - E. Abel
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Concerns about the assigned book at Johnson School- Just Like Jackie - C. Carver Response
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Re_ Book Bowl Follow-up - E. Abel
• Letter regarding BMS staff - K. Chauvin
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Awareness of incident at Bethel High School regarding aggressive service dog - Andrea Maney
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Recap of phone 2_23 phone call regarding 1_26 incident at Bethel High School - Andrea Maney
• Bethel CT Public Schools Mail - Fwd_ Recent incident at Bethel High School - C. Carver Response

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.)

Rationale: 

• ARPA School Mental Health Grant, I shared a while ago that Dr. Sipala wrote a grant to get some additional mental health support.  The original grant was for adding two social workers.  It looks like we got funding for 1.  We were only one of 20 districts in the state that got the grant.  We are pleased!
• CAPSS Public Policy Agenda & Blueprint Update 2023.
• Historical Budget Flyer 1983-1984

Rationale:  Monthly Data  -  We include in the BOE agenda the monthly data as requested by the BOE.  

Rationale: 
Job Description 6.18 - College & Career Center Associate

Rationale:  This is the final motion to close out the projects and direct the Superintendent to do the final filing.   

 

Rationale:  Cybersecurity
 

Rationale:  A reanalysis was conducted from last Spring to early Fall.  Mrs. Burns will take you through the recommendations and work we have completed.   The information to be presented should be kept confidential.