Kayla Nikkole Gibson, Dax Rich, and Samantha Tickey will be recognized for performing at the Advanced level on all four sections of the 2010 CAPT - math, reading, writing and science.  They are among a small group of students statewide that have achieved at this high level, and we want to acknowledge their accomplishment!

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.

KMS has been part of a literacy "Best Practices Initiative" under the auspices of the State Educational Resource Center (SERC) for the past several years, and was selected to be a model school site for the 2010-11 school year.  The purpose of the initiative was to create models of highly effective literacy teams and data teams to improve language arts instruction in elementary schools.  Marilyn Oat will share the results of the school's participation in the project.

The Danielson Rotary Teacher of the Year dinner, honoring the 2011 teachers of the year from Killingly, Brooklyn and Ellis Tech will be held on Thursday, November 4 at 6:00 p.m. at the Imperial Room.  Tickets are available from Joni.

The community open house, and dedication of the building and the Edward P. Allard, Jr. Media Center, will be held on Saturday, November 6 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  The dedication ceremony will be in the auditorium at 2:00 p.m., and will be hosted by Gary Osbrey of WINY radio.  That short ceremony will be followed by a separate dedication of the media center, tours of the building, and a variety of student and staff presentations.  Individual invitation letters have been sent to numerous donors, elected officials, and former teachers, administrators and board and town council members, and fliers distributed to elementary and middle school students in Killingly and Brooklyn.  We are hoping that many community members will take advantage of this opportunity to see our outstanding new building.

Annually, superintendents present awards to students who demonstrate exemplary achievement in academics, co-curricular activities, or community service.  This year the ceremony will be held at Killingly High School on Monday, November 15 at 7:00 p.m.  Killingly awardees will be honored at the December BOE meeting.

I will give a brief update on the status of punch list, FF&E and technology items at the new high school.

This year's free/reduced lunch count, 42.03%, is the highest in the eleven years we have been collecting data in a consistent way; it is a 34% increase over that time period.  An increase of this magnitude has significant impact on the services we need to provide to support students academically and socially.

Typically, Strategic School Profiles are available in late October, and by statute we are required to present them at the first board meeting after their release.  As you can see from the attached letter from Commissioner McQuillan, software changes at the state have delayed this year's report.  The anticipated date for release is mid-November.

MOTION:  to approve the consent agenda:

a.  regular meeting minutes of October 13, 2010 and special meetings of October 20, 2010 and October 27, 2010
b.  payment of bills information will be provided at the meeting
c.  Employee of the Month for November 2010

A tentative agreement has been reached with the KEA on a successor agreement.  The KEA is planning their ratification meeting for the afternoon of Tuesday, November 9.  The Board ought to ratify soon after; I would recommend a short special meeting on either Tuesday, November 9 or Wednesday, November 10.

You received in the mail a copy of the CABE proposed resolutions for the Delegate Assembly on November 18.  (The Board selected Richard as delegate and Jennifer as alternate at the last meeting.)  If there are particular resolutions of interest that you'd like to discuss with the Board, please bring them with you.  Action by the Board on a particular resolution is only necessary if the Board wants to bind your designated delegate to a particular position on that resolution at the Assembly.

This is the second reading of the policy.  Changes are required due to statutory changes in the mandatory age of attendance (through age seventeen, starting July 1, 2011).

This is the second reading of the policy.  Changes are required due to statutory changes in the mandatory age of attendance (through age seventeen, starting July 1, 2011).

This is the second reading of the policy.  Changes are required due to statutory changes in the Federal IDEA legislation and CSDE regulations governing special education programs.

This is the second reading of the policy.  Changes align the policy with our current practices, and reduces the required notice for special meetings to 24 hours.