March 7, 2012 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board template

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Reception and presentation of certificates to the Scholastic Art Award Recipients.

Reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the awards are presented near the start of the BOE meeting. Recipients and their families are dismissed after the award presentation.

The Bristol award winners (teacher, student, category, award) follow:

Bristol Eastern High School

Kristine Monaco, Christa White, Ceramics and Glass, 2 Gold Key
Deborah Thaler, Francesca Souza, Ceramics and Glass, 2, Gold Key
Deborah Thaler, Francesca Souza, Ceramics and Glass, 2, Honorable Mention
Deborah Thaler, Roberto Pedraza, Ceramics and Glass, 2, Honorable Mention
Sharon Williams, Michael Garcia, Drawing, 2, Honorable Mention

Chippens Hill Middle School

Peter Kosciukiewicz, Julie Ciralli, Drawing, 1, Gold Key
Peter Kosciukiewicz, Angela Daley, Drawing, 1, Honorable Mention
Peter Kosciukiewicz, Kelsea Paradis, Painting, 1, Gold Key
Honorata Szymczyk, Jacob Kreciglowa, Ceramic and Glass, 1, Honorable Mention
Honorata Szymczyk, Georgia Ogonowski, Printmaking, 1, Honorable Mention
Brian Troccolo, Edgar Ortiz-Hernandez, Drawing, 1, Honorable Mention
Brian Troccolo, Allison Jones, Painting, 1, Silver Key

 

Memorial Boulevard Middle School

Joseph Johnson, Jessica Capezzone, Printmaking , 1, Gold Key
Joseph Johnson, Nicole Wolf, Printmaking, 1, Gold Key
Joseph Johnson, Justin Carrier, Printmaking, 1, Silver Key
Joseph Johnson, Kevin Thai, Printmaking, 1, Honorable Mention
Mary Kilduff, Molly Watstein, Painting, 1, Gold Key
Mary Kilduff, Taya Watson, Painting, 1, Silver Key
Mary Kilduff, Mone’t Naha, Painting, 1, Honorable Mention
Mary Kilduff, Colin Savino, Painting, 1, Honorable Mention


Northeast Middle School

Sarah May, Muhammad Ridhwan Abdulsalam, Printmaking, 1, Honorable Mention
Sarah May, Courtney Anderson, Printmaking, 1, Honorable Mention
Sarah May, Connor Maguire, Printmaking, 1, Honorable Mention

Rationale:  Members of the Odyssey of the Mind group will be present to share information with Commissioners. 

Rationale:  February 1, 2012 - Regular Meeting
February 14, 2012 - Special Meeting

Rationale:  Gretel Cote - BOE - Supervisor of Budget and Finance

Rationale:  Merrill Ebner - WW - Math
Courtney Dunlap - BCHS - Guidance
Kimberly Gentile - ID - Kindergarten    
Wayne Kukucka - BCHS - Science
Justin Tacchi - MBMS - Language Arts

Rationale:  Janice Rustico - CHMS – Language Arts
Geoffrey Sinatro – BCHS – Special Education

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Bristol FRC’s in collaboration with The Bristol Community Organization is applying for a $25,000  (per year for 3 years) grant from United Way to provide Ages & Stages Screenings (ASQ) to approximately 150 children ages birth to five served by the FRCs and BCO.  FRC Staff will conduct Ages & Stages screenings at the FRC and at BCO.  The ASQ is designed to screen children for developmental delays during the critical first 5 years of life.  The ASQ is completed by the parent and a certified FRC Parent Educator who reviews their child’s development across these developmental domains: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social. The Parent Educator scores the ASQ and reviews findings with the parent and makes appropriate referrals and recommendations to the parent.  The ASQ has high reliability and validity with strong evidence supporting it as an effective early detection tool. 

The grant request is for $25,000 and will be divided between the agencies as 70% to FRCs ($17,500) and 30% to BCO.  If funded, United Way would disburse fund to BCO as the official 501(c)3 agency partner.  BCO will remit payment to the BOE, on a monthly basis to cover the FRC responsibilities/cost under this grant for fiscal year July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013.

Rationale:  The Bristol Lacrosse Association presented information to the Student Achievement Committee on February 6, 2012 on the history of lacrosse, their request to add lacrosse as a high school sport in Bristol, and their cost analysis. The Supervisor of Health, Physical Education and Athletics also presented the cost for adding lacrosse at the Student Achievement committee meeting. The Student Achievement committee voted to bring this topic to the full Board for discussion.

Rationale:  Phase IV of the building project is the design and installation of playground equipment. This is the final phase of the Forestville Building Project. The Board must approve the plans and project manual prior to review by the School Facilities Bureau.

Rationale:  Bristol Central High School will be undergoing its decennial accreditation review with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) in the Spring of 2014.  In accordance with NEASC standards, high schools must have an ongoing process to review and amend its mission statement and learning expectations.  With the input of Bristol Central faculty, students and parents, we have created these new statements to reflect the 21^st century learning expectations contained in the seven NEASC accreditation standards.  We present them this evening for your review.

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The changes to this policy are all regarding changed nomenclature. That is, the school lunch program is now referred to as school Food Service Program and the wording of legislation has been changed from School Lunch and Nutrition Program to Child School Lunch and Nutrition Program.

 

The state required these changes to our policy manual. This policy has not been revised since 1994

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The changes to this regulation are all regarding changed nomenclature. That is, the school lunch program is now referred to as school Food Service Program and the wording of legislation has been changed from Food Program Administration to Child Nutrition Program. This regulation has not been revised since 1994. “Meals for Needy Children” has been renamed free and reduced priced meals. The word lunches has been changed to meals as we now provide a breakfast program.

 

The state required these changes to our policy manual.

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In previous years, AP Calculus AB/BC has been offered to a couple of students as an independent study.  We now have enough students to run at least one section in Bristol.  As a result, a plan was made to create an up-to-date, high-quality mathematics curriculum for this course. The AP Calculus AB/BC curriculum is to provide consistent district-wide implementation of the BOE approved curriculum as we increase the availability of AP Calculus AB/BC.  This curriculum is aligned to the College Board guidelines to ensure student access to the AP exam and course credit.   Current state and national standards are not provided for this level of mathematics.

The document submitted here is based on work by AP teachers Benjamin Oksanen, David Bittel and Marlene Lovanio.

Rationale:  1. Student Expulsion Update
2. Non Renewal for Reduction in Force