October 10, 2007 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

Rationale:  Barbara will be providing the Board with her annual report on the food services program and financial report.

Rationale:  In the Spring of 2006 we reported on the planned upgrades to the district's phone system.  As you are aware, the vendor was unable to deliver on the promises made and meet all the requirements of the contract; for the past year we have been making do with an inadequate system.  Last winter we started pursuing new options, this time in collaboration with the town, envisioning a town-wide voice-over-internet (VOIP) system (managed by our IT department) that would dramatically increase services and, in the long run, save money.  As the RFP process winds down, Greg will give you an update on the  status of a new phone system and any cost implications.

Rationale:  Joan Gardner will report on Killingly Central School news.

Rationale:  Update after the Town Council meeting on October 9 regarding our request for a supplemental appropriation.  I will also report on the DEMHS grant process, implementing the General Assembly's school security/infrastructure legislation.

Rationale:  Lynda will report on the NAEYC accreditation process recently completed at Goodyear.

Rationale:  Attachment details arrangements made to make water available at no cost to all students at lunchtime.

Rationale:  The Annual Board Calendar, as amended, is included for the Board's review and acceptance.  Obviously, this will change as we move through the year, but will provide a planning guide for administration and the Board.

Rationale:  The draft Operational Plan for the MCHS magnet was presented to the Board at its September meeting.  The plan, as submitted to the SDE, is attached (there are only minor, non-substantive changes to the document).  The Board is requested to approve the Operational Plan and to agree to become a partner district.  To fully achieve the goal of establishing the magnet school, approval by SDE,  the other partner districts (Plainfield, Putnam, Thompson, Windham) and the QVCC Board of Governors is required.

Rationale: 

The CABE Delegate Assembly will be held on November 15, prior to the CABE/CAPSS Convention.  You should or will be receiving a blue Booklet from CABE listing the 2008 Proposed Resolutions.

The Board needs to:  appoint a delegate to the Assembly; appoint alternates; and give guidance to the delegate on various proposed resolutions. 

Our November meeting is on the 14th, too late to select delegates/alternates, so I am recommending the Board make that decision at this meeting.  Discussion on resolutions will be placed on the November agenda.

Rationale:  The policy presented will bring us into compliance with statutory requirements.

Rationale:  Pending recommendations later from the ad hoc Governance Committee, this revision will clarify the process for agenda construction, adding items to the agenda, and public posting time necessary.

Rationale:  The Board voted to delete this bylaw at its September meeting, on a first reading basis.