May 10, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

Members of the Killingly community are encouraged to share their thoughts with the Board of Education and are invited to do so during this segment of the meeting. When appropriate to do so, members of the Board and the administration may respond to comments. However, in consideration of those in attendance and in an effort to proceed in a timely manner, follow-up discussion may need to take place outside of the meeting setting.

 

 

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National School Nurses Day- May 10, 2017.

In 1972, the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) created national School Nurse Day to recognize school nurses and acknowledge their role in the educational setting. We applaud the contribution school nurses make every day to improve the safety, health and academic success of all students. We believe that all teachers deserve to have school nurses in their buildings so that teachers can focus on instruction and students ' individual educational needs; and parents deserve to feel secure that children are safe at  school and their health needs are met every day by specialized school nurses. School nurses have the skills to plan and implement care for students with chronic and medically complex conditions and prepare school staff to recognize and respond appropriately to potential emergencies. Prevention is key in school wellness and safety, but planned emergency response and disaster preparedness is an essential; part of the important role school nurses play. Healthy children learn better is a simple truth, and school nurses work to remove barriers to learning.

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KHS Students who participated in the 2017 CT Eastern Regional Festival in January at UCONN *

and Students who participated in the New England Festival of Music in March in Norwalk, CT **

and Students who also participated in the CT All-State Festival, in March in Hartford. ***

*Terren Allen
***Samuel Antonelli
*Benjamin Brower
**Jordan Chenette
*Hailey Jimenez
**Aeron Sampson
*Arianna Moulton
*Isabella Notarantonio
***Brynly Rich
*Sedona Pratt
*Allison Levesque
**Kory Seiden
***Jennifer White
***Nazmia Dionis
**Alyssa Dotson
*Autumn Jefferson
**Logan Moyer
*Michael O’Conner
*Emily Robinson

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Option #2-Exemption for Food Items.

Section 10-215f of Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.) requires that each local board of education or governing authority for all Connecticut public school districts participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) must take action annually to certify whether all food items sold to students will or will not meet the Connecticut Nutrition Standards (CNC).  In the past several years, the Killingly Board has taken action  to vote on Exemption for Food Items that do not meet the CNS to be sold with 1) an event occuring after the end of the regular school day or 2) on a weekend, the sale is at the location of the event and 3) the food items are not sold from a vending machine or school store.

School event examples; soccer, football, baseball or  basketball games, school plays.

Rationale:  The BOE Curriculum Committee met on 4/18/17.  Administration reviewed current practices at KHS regarding the half-credit model.  Administration shared a brief review regarding how KHS assigned 0.5 credits for traditional full-year courses.  In March of 2014 the KHS Principal, proposed  changing to a half credit model, which was supported by administration and the BOE Curriculum Committee. The intent was to reduce the number of “F’s” students were receiving and to provide more opportunities for students to get “back on track." In April of 2014, the concept was shared with the BOE for informational purposes.  The current administration reviewed the positive and negative impacts this grading practice has had on the failure rates at KHS.  Administration discussed recent efforts to reduce the current number of Fs an Ds at KHS.  KHS procedures requires all advisory teachers to monitor and report on efforts to support any student receiving an “F.” The administration shared the negative impacts of the current model out weigh the positive impacts.  It is the recommendation of the administration team to return to a traditional full credit model.  The concept was supported unanimously by present curriculum committee members.  The concept will be shared at a full BOE meeting by the curriculum committee.
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Rationale:  Board of Education approval for transfer of funds is requested for technology purchases, including the replacement of a virtual server and staff workstations.  The current virtual server is experiencing issues impacting critical systems including email and the nursing software.  Remaining funds will be used to replace workstations for custodial, nursing and secretarial staff.  Funds within the Information Technology department budget totaling $52,674.61 will be transferred for the purchase of hardware.
 
From:    100-150-00-22300-5430  IT Repairs/Maintenance Services              $14,000.00
From:    100-150-00-22300-5612  IT Instructional Supplies                          $17,000.00
From:    100-150-00-22300-5691  IT Office Supplies                                   $  1,750.33
From:    100-150-00-22300-5730  IT Non-Instructional Equipment               $  5,706.67
From:    100-150-00-22300-5731  IT Instructional Equipment                      $14,217.61
To:        100-150-00-22300-5734  IT Computer Hardware                          $52,674.61