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Meeting Agenda
1.   ↵  ↵CALL TO ORDER/ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE/MEETING NORMS
2. STAFF AND STUDENT RECOGNITION
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4. COMMITTEE REPORTS
5. CHAIR REPORT
6. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
7. CONSENT AGENDA
7.1. PERSONNEL
7.1.a. New Administrative Hire*
7.1.b. Teacher Resignations
7.1.c. New Teacher Hires 
7.1.d. A-1 Hire - Effective August 23, 2022*
7.1.e. Sixth Year Salary Credit - Effective September 1, 2022
7.2. GRANTS
7.2.a. Alliance Grant 2022-2023
7.2.b. Barnes Foundation Donation to South Side School 
8. PUBLIC COMMENT
9. DELIBERATED ITEMS/DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORTS
9.1. Request Board of Finance to Transfer FY 22 General Funds and request a set aside of funds in the Board of Education General Fund
9.2. Request Board of Education to consider $3,000 Donation to Bristol Eastern High School
9.3. 2023 Redistricting and Enrollment Updates*
9.4. Special Services Report
9.5. Discussion and possible action regarding the temporary suspension of Board Policy 1316 entitled, Relations Between Public and School Personnel Conduct on School Property
10. CURRICULUM REVISION
10.1. BAIMS Elective: Illustration, 9-12, Curriculum - Second Reading
11. POLICY REVISION
11.1. Policy 6145.2 - Extra Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities
12. NEW BUSINESS
13. BUILDING REPORTS
14. INFORMATION/LIAISON REPORTS 
15. ADJOURNMENT
Agenda Item Details Reload Your Meeting
Meeting: September 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM - Regular BoE Meeting
Subject:
1.   ↵  ↵CALL TO ORDER/ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENCE/MEETING NORMS
Rationale:
  1. Josephson, Carl - Hall and In-School Suspension Monitor - Bristol Eastern
  2. McKearney, Harold - AV Technician - Board of Education*  
  3. Maggipinto, Joseph - Teacher - South Side and Greene-Hills and Principal - Ellen P. Hubbell
  4. Parenti, Nicholas - Student - Greene-Hills School
Subject:
2. STAFF AND STUDENT RECOGNITION
Rationale:

Peyton Troth - Grade 10 - BEHS - Teens in Action Competition 
BAIMS Staff - Introduction and Welcome of New Staff
Subject:
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Rationale:

1. August 17, 2022 - Special - Meet & Greet
2. August 17, 2022 - Regular BoE Meeting 
3. September 1, 2022 - Special Meeting - Meet & Greet
4. September 1, 2022 - Special BoE Meeting
Attachments:
Subject:
4. COMMITTEE REPORTS
Rationale:
Communication & Community Relations Finance Operations Personnel Policy Committee Student Achievement
Kristen Giantonio,
Chair		 Dante Tagariello,
Chair		 Eric Carlson,
Chair		 Dante Tagariello,
Chair		 Kristen Giantonio,
Chair		 Todd Sturgeon,
Chair
Shelby Pons Kristen Giantonio Russell Anderson Eric Carlson Shelby Pons Kristen Giantonio
Russell Anderson Karen Vibert Chris Wilson Karen Vibert Todd Sturgeon Chris Wilson
           
Alternates:          
Eric Carlson Russell Anderson Todd Sturgeon Todd Sturgeon Dante Tagariello Dante Tagariello
Subject:
5. CHAIR REPORT
Rationale:

Chair Jennifer Dube will update the Board and the public on topics related to the Board of Education.
Subject:
6. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
Rationale:

Dr. Carbone will report/update the Board on the following topics:

1. District Updates
  • Start of the 22-23 School Year Information and Update
  • Overview of Alliance Grant 22-23
  • Web-based COVID Reporting
2. Reimagining BPS 2022
  • Redistricting Map and Timeline
  • BoE Special Meeting Date - Redistricting
Subject:
7. CONSENT AGENDA
Subject:
7.1. PERSONNEL
Subject:
7.1.a. New Administrative Hire*
Rationale:
Keane, Alissa - WB - Dean of Students - Effective October 1, 2022
Subject:
7.1.b. Teacher Resignations
Rationale:

Bailey, Amy - SS - Special Education Teacher effective September 1, 2022
Colbert, Brittnee - MTV - Social Worker effective August 16, 2022
Duffany, Susan - WB - Special Education Teacher effective August 17, 2022
Folino, Nicole - WB - Social Worker effective August 22, 2022
Italia, Romina - BCHS - Science/Chemistry Teacher effective August 23, 2022
King, Brendan - NEMS - Special Education Teacher effective September 30, 2022
Mathena, Kelly-Lynn - EDGE - School Psychologist effective August 23, 2022
Siegel, Liza - DW - Music Teacher effective September 17, 2022
Subject:
7.1.c. New Teacher Hires 
Rationale:

Agmon, Sarah - STAF - Speech and Language Pathologist - effective August 29, 2022
Bieu, Richard - WB - School Psychologist - effective September 26, 2022
Buchenholz, Jessica - WB - Grade 4 Teacher - effective August 29, 2022
Cook, Brandy - WB - 6-8 ELA Teacher - effective August 24, 2022
Cyr, Kaitlynn - ID - PreK School Readiness Teacher - effective TBD
Diaz, Elaine - BEHS - Family Consumer Science - effective August 23, 2022
Hill, Ryan - DW - FTE 1.2 Art Teacher - effective August 31, 2022
Ieronimo, Amy - BCHS - Biology Teacher - effective August 24, 2022
Levesque, Sarah - BCHS - Spanish Teacher - effective September 12, 2022*
Livingston, Michael - STAF - Grade 1 Teacher - effective August 23, 2022
Rode, Theresa - CHMS - Extended Resource Teacher - effective TBD
Schuster, Gerry - BECC - PreK Special Education Teacher effective - September 9, 2022*
Tevnan, Abbryann - BECC - PreK SPED Teacher - effective September 8, 2022
Trottier, Christine - EPH - Grade 5 Teacher - effective TBD
Wright, Stephanie - SSS - School Psychologist - effective September 6, 2022
 
Attachments:
Subject:
7.1.d. A-1 Hire - Effective August 23, 2022*
Rationale:

Blancq, Shelly - BAIMS - Grade 7 Team Leader
DeVito, Margaret - BAIMS - Grade 8 Team Leader
Subject:
7.1.e. Sixth Year Salary Credit - Effective September 1, 2022
Rationale:
Name Assignment Transcripted Course Work  Total Credits
DeLucia, Domenico WB - Special Education Teacher     12 12
King, Elizabeth CHMS - TESOL Teacher 30 30
Kulig, Sara ID - Math Coach K-5 30 30
Loi, Marisa ID - Grade 5 Teacher 30 30
Meyer, Erin BEHS- Biology Teacher 30 30
Attachments:
Subject:
7.2. GRANTS
Subject:
7.2.a. Alliance Grant 2022-2023
Rationale:

The Bristol Alliance Grant focuses on resources to support the areas of Talent, Climate, Academics, and Operations within BPS. All positions and programs help to increase academic performance and support district climate initiatives.  Grant funding supports literacy coaching for teachers (5.75 literacy coaches) and support for students in grades K-3 who are reading below the Bristol reading benchmark (7.8 Instructional Support Teachers). In addition, we fund 13.5 kindergarten teachers, 6 mathematics coaches, 5.0 Library Media Specialists, 4.5  Deans, a .5 STEM Supervisor, 3 IT Specialists, a Pre-K teacher and para-educator, 4.8 SSW, a Communication and School Partnerships Director, 2 Family Liaisons, 1 Inclusion Specialist, 1 special education teacher,1 School Psychologist, 7 School Climate/Security Personnel, 2 CREC Teacher Residents, .5 CTE Teacher, a Math Intern at NEMS, substitute services, and portions of salaries in the grants office and all employee benefits associated with positions listed previously. Annually BPS submits a grant proposal to the SDE aligned to the goals of our district strategic plan and performance indicators, this year's grant award totals, $7,726,902.00. which is an $1,242,074.00 increase from FY 22.
 
Subject:
7.2.b. Barnes Foundation Donation to South Side School 
Rationale:
The Barnes Foundation has offered to provide $15,000 in grant funding for a pilot program of academic intervention and support that will provide a tutor for our K-3 students who are not achieving at grade level.
Subject:
8. PUBLIC COMMENT
Rationale:
 

Members of the public are invited to comment to the Board on any topic related to school business. Items requiring consideration by the Board must be approved as an agenda item by a 2/3ds vote of the Board members present.  Such items may be referred for further study and not necessarily acted upon at this meeting.

Anyone wishing to address the Board should adhere to the following procedures:

Before a Remote Meeting

  1. Send your comments to: susaneverett@bristolk12.org
  2. Be sure to put PUBLIC COMMENT - BOE in the subject line.
  3. Include your name and address.
  4. Direct your comments to the Board Chair.
  5. Your comments will be read at the meeting by the Board Chair.
  6. All comments should be written in an appropriate manner, comments regarding personnel or confidential student information shall not be discussed under public comment.
  7. Any comments not adhering to the guidelines will not be read at the meeting.

During a Meeting

  1. Everyone is requested to address the Chair for recognition.
  2. Each speaker must state his/her name and address.
  3. All speakers must observe rules of common etiquette.  Personalities are not to be injected. Anyone violating this rule will be denied the floor. Unless waived by the Chairperson or a majority of the Board,
  4. Each speaker shall limit his/her remarks to three (3) minutes.
  5. A speaker will not be recognized for a second time on the same topic.
  6. The public may speak as agenda topics come up for discussion or information.  Anyone digressing from the topic will be ruled out of order.
  7. Written statements and materials may be made available, in advance of comments, for distribution to Board members.
  8. Speakers shall state their positions on the subject being discussed.
  9. Board members will not respond directly to comments during the Board meeting. The Superintendent will direct the question to the appropriate staff member for follow-up
Subject:
9. DELIBERATED ITEMS/DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM REPORTS
Subject:
9.1. Request Board of Finance to Transfer FY 22 General Funds and request a set aside of funds in the Board of Education General Fund
Rationale:

In accordance with CT General Assembly P.A. Sec. 10 248a (https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_171.htm#sec_10-248a), the Bristol Board of Education voted at its meeting held on September 14, 2022, to request a transfer of funds from its general fund surplus to a separate Sinking Fund account in order to re-invest into the Bristol Public Schools.
Subject:
9.2. Request Board of Education to consider $3,000 Donation to Bristol Eastern High School
Rationale:

A BEHS football team alumni wishes to donate $3,000 dollars to provide weekly team dinners for the BEHS football team.
Subject:
9.3. 2023 Redistricting and Enrollment Updates*
Rationale:

Reimagining BPS 2023 Phase I will be completed by the end of the 2023-24 school year, with the opening of a PreK Academy at Edgewood, and the redistricting of Edgewood elementary student and all students in PK-8 aligned to the four goals of the Reimagining Plan:
  1. Renovate old and outdated schools;
  2. Redistrict to create parity in class sizes and demographics;
  3. Adopt consistent grade configurations and instructional models across all schools aligned to the developmental plane of the child; and
  4. Increase access to full-day prekindergarten programming
Using current enrollment and projected enrollment SLAM consulting will present the next steps of the redistricting plan. 
Subject:
9.4. Special Services Report
Rationale:

Dr. Kimberly Culkin, Director of Special Services will update the Board regarding Special Services programs and topics.  
 
Subject:
9.5. Discussion and possible action regarding the temporary suspension of Board Policy 1316 entitled, Relations Between Public and School Personnel Conduct on School Property
Rationale:
The board will discuss and take possible action regarding the temporary suspension of Board Policy 1316 entitled, Relations Between Public and School Personnel Conduct on School Property, specifically the provision regarding the consumption/possession/being under the influence of alcoholic beverages on public areas, as defined by Bristol Municipal Code 15-46, of the Bristol Arts and Innovations Magnet School, for the limited purpose of allowing a third party vendor to serve alcohol to guests, age 21 years or older, during the Mum Festival from September 23 through September 25th only.
Subject:
10. CURRICULUM REVISION
Subject:
10.1. BAIMS Elective: Illustration, 9-12, Curriculum - Second Reading
Rationale:

In this course, students will learn basic drawing skills, color theory, figure and character illustration, and the different applications of illustration in sequential art, literature, advertising and editorial work.  The five units are outlined below:

  1. Basic Drawing Skills will reinforce the elements and principles of art including form, value, perspective and contour;

  2. Color Theory will be a deeper exploration of the color wheel including primary, secondary and tertiary color; 

  3. Figure/ Character will be a study of the canons of the human figure as well as the creation of unique and personal character design;

  4. Types of Illustration will explore sequential, narrative, Informative, advertising/persuasive, and editorial genres;

  5. Presentation will focus on the presentation and curation of one’s work.

Like all of our curriculum, Illustration is aligned to the National Core Arts Standards.  
Attachments:
Subject:
11. POLICY REVISION
Subject:
11.1. Policy 6145.2 - Extra Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities
Rationale:

Policy 6145.2 - Extra Curricular and Co-curricular Activities required clarification of scholastic eligibility. The Policy Committee voted to move the policy clarification to the full board for a vote.
Attachments:
Subject:
12. NEW BUSINESS
Rationale:

The Board will discuss any new business proper to come before the Board.
Subject:
13. BUILDING REPORTS
Rationale:

Any communications/information regarding building projects:

1. MBIAMS Committee Update
2. High School Culinary Project Update
3. ESSER/ARP Building Committee Update
Subject:
14. INFORMATION/LIAISON REPORTS 
Rationale:

Commissioners will report to the Board on any groups/organizations in which they serve as Board of Education Liaisons and information pertinent to the Board.

Commissioners at middle schools and K-8 will give a report.
Subject:
15. ADJOURNMENT
Rationale:

There being no other business to come before the Board, the meeting should be adjourned.

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