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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSC May 10, 2011 OS.pdf diftMINUTEMAN A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE MINUTES May 10,2011 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Members: Dore Hunter Acton Present Laura Morrissette Arlington Absent Jack Weis Belmont Present Hannes Klein Bolton Absent Cheryl Mahoney Boxborough Absent Mariellen Perugini Carlisle Present(arrived 7 11pm) David Bearg Concord Present Ford Spalding Dover Present(Chairperson) John McGarity Lancaster Present David Horton Lexington Present(Secretary) Kemon Taschioglou Lincoln Present Jeffrey Stulin Needham Present Alice DeLuca Stow Present(Vice Chairperson) David Maniarrez Sudbury Present Mary Ellen Castagno Wayland Present David Harmon Weston Present Staff Dr Edward Bouquillon Superintendent Present Camie Lamica Dir Bus&Ops Present Jim Laverty Asst SI/Principal Present Student Rep: Shannon Cain Present CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 7 00 p.m. by Chairperson Ford Spalding A motion was made by Dave Horton, seconded by Dore Hunter,to approve the School Committee minutes of April 5, 2011 with the following edit All in favor 10; absention 1 Motion passed Edit—Align the word "Boxborough" Mary Ellen Castagno stated for the record that she expects to be included in all communication with the Town of Wayland and that she expects an administrator to attend the Wayland Town Meetings Dave Horton reviewed with the School Committee the"Documentation Tracking"sheet that includes each member's length of term information, Ethics and Conflict of Interest receipt, and Open Meeting Law acknowledgement SKILLSUSA Jim Laverty introduced Jannine Baker and the SkiIIsUSA participants to the School Committee. Students approached the podium, introduced themselves, and provided background information about their towns, the competitions they entered, and the awards they received. Jannine Baker presented to the School Committee the proposal for traveling to the annual National SkiIIsUSA Competition at the SkiIIsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference to be held June 20-25 in Kansas City, Missouri, at a cost of$22,850.29. 1 dielt MINUTEMAN A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL MOTION A motion was made by Alice Deluca, seconded by Dore Hunter, to approve the cost of overnight travel to the annual National SkiIIsUSA Competition in the amount of$22,850 29 All in favor. 12, opposed. 1 Motion passed Mariellen Perugini suggested that parents help fund the SkiIIsUSA National Competition trip, as they are able to contribute in a voluntary, tax deductible way. Edward Bouquillon said this would not happen To which Mariellen Perugini called a point of order that this is a School Committee vote, not up to the Superintendent Ford Spalding suggested this could be explored for future years, not for the present trip MOTION A motion was made by Alice DeLuca, seconded by David Bearg,to approve the Late Night/Overnight Travel Proposal as written for the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference All in favor unanimous. Motion passed. PUBLIC COMMENT A citizen addressed the School Committee about their child and spoke for 10 minutes about a bullying incident they claimed their child was subjected to. Mariellen Perugini requested that New Business be added at the end of the agenda.The School Committee agreed to add this topic TREASURER'S REPORT Kevin Mahoney addressed the School Committee and reviewed the Treasurer's report He highlighted that the number of accounts has been reduced. He stated Minuteman will be meeting with Bank of America to try and reduce some fees that would be effective for FY12 The Treasurer also spoke with the Finance Subcommittee about financial policies Mr Mahoney also stated that he is the chair of the Retirement Board and will be forwarding a letter to the Chair on its behalf. CHAIR'S REPORT Ford Spalding recommended that David Lindsey be added to the Regional Agreement Task Force as a voting member MOTION A motion was made,then seconded by Jack Weis, to approve David Lindsey from Bolton as a voting member on the Regional Agreement Task Force All in favor 13, abstentions 1 Motion passed STUDENT REPORT Shannon Cain—no report REBRANDING Jack Foley addressed the School Committee He gave an overview of the rebranding of the school and provided context on how the"Skills"and"Benefits"were derived He also introduced the tagline and the revised logo ADMINISTRATION REPORT SUPERINTENDENT Dr Bouquillon stated there is no new information on the MSBA He reported that the Regional Agreement Task Force met yesterday The Regional Agreement Task Force discussed two capital assessment models and the impact analysis of each Under Model A, capital assessment is calculated by using 50% enrollment figures(3 year rolling average, October 1st data)and 50% Chapter 70 Combined Effort. Under Model B, it is calculated by using 50% enrollment figures (3 year rolling average, 2 i ftot? MINUTEMAN A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL October 1st data), 25% Chapter 70 Combined Effort, and 25%total K-12 student population in the District Dr Bouquillon reviewed both models on the distributed spreadsheet. Dave Manjarrez requested the Internet links to Massachusetts Law(MGL)and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)that state the allowable out-of-district tuition rates School Committee members who attended the Regional Agreement Task Force meeting provided their perspectives of the meeting The School Committee continued to discuss the two capital assessment models (A and B)and their impacts on their respective towns PRINCIPAL. Jim Laverty stated that Minuteman has an increase in student applications New Student Orientation Day will be held on Saturday, May 14th Mr Laverty stated that an invitation to the Class of 2011 Awards&Commencement Ceremonies has been distributed to School Committee members He requested that the School Committee RSVP attendance at the ceremonies to Grace Brueckner MOTION A motion was made by Alice DeLuca, seconded by Dore Hunter,to approve the 2011-2012 Student Handbook All in favor 10; abstentions 3 Motion passed MOTION A motion was made by Alice DeLuca, seconded by Dore Hunter, to approve the last day of school as Tuesday, June 21, 2011 All in favor unanimous Motion passed MOTION A motion was made by Alice DeLuca, seconded by John McGarity, to approve the Bullying Prevention & Intervention Plan amendment All in favor unanimous Motion passed Dr Bouquillon provided a report on his first impressions of the China trip He gave a brief description of the topics the Chinese administrators were interested in, the locations he visited, and made comments on workforce development in China DISTRICT GOALS 2011-2012 Ford Spalding reviewed the draft of the School Committee Goals that was distributed in the packet Mary Ellen Castagno stated she thinks the Action Items Tracking forms should be added to the list Dave Harmon and Mariellen Perugini each suggested goals to add to the list Ford Spalding requested that Dave Harmon and Mariellen Perugini send via email the language for the goals they propose The request was extended to all School Committee members John McGarity stated that there should be a way in which to measure each goal He also added that there should be a School Committee retreat Grace Brueckner will distribute to the members an electronic version of the draft of the School Committee Goals and the two proposed Regional Agreement Task Force capital assessment models SUBCOMMITTEE/TASK FORCE REPORTS Personnel Subcommittee. John McGarity stated that Dr Bouquillon emailed the Special Education Director contract. He also reported that the Superintendent's Evaluation is available on Zoomerang corn, but that the programming of the comment field is limiting Ford Spalding suggested that lengthy comments be typed in a Word document and then submitted with the evaluation Grace Brueckner will coordinate the distribution of the Word document and deploy the Zoomerang Evaluation to the School Committee members 3 dpMINUTEMAN A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL MOTION A motion was made by Dave Horton, seconded by Dore Hunter, to approve the Superintendent's Evaluation process and document All in favor 11; opposed 1, abstention 1 Motion passed Finance Subcommittee* Jeff Stulin stated that the subcommittee has made a lot of progress on a goal, which is financial oversight, in particular, oversight of the revolving accounts. He will provide the revolving account report and ask the School Committee to vote on the reporting template at the next meeting Mary Ellen Castagno requested that subcommittee materials be made available to all School Committee members and that their availability should become one of the District Goals Ford Spalding responded that she should send via email the language she proposes for the goal MOTION A motion was made by Dave Manjarrez, seconded by Jack Weis, to continue the School Committee meeting after the 10.00 p m stop time All in favor 12; opposed* 1 Motion passed Policy Revisions.Alice DeLuca reviewed Section J MOTION A motion was made,then seconded by Dore Hunter,to approve Section J for Final Reading All in favor. 7, opposed 4, abstentions 2 Motion passed. MOTION A motion was made by Dore Hunter, seconded by Jeff Stulin,to approve Policy IMG for Second Reading All in favor 12, opposed 0, abstention 1 Motion passed MOTION A motion was made by Jeff Stulin and then seconded for BEDG for First Reading All in favor unanimous Motion passed The School Committee members discussed the policy on Minutes and the timeline for distributing approved minutes NEW BUSINESS Mariellen Perugini read a prepared statement about ways the School Committee is being controlled and inhibited from its rightful responsibilities to be informed decision makers and to maintain appropriate oversight of the school It was requested by Dave Harmon that the statement be entered into the record and distributed to the School Committee by email MOTION A motion was made by Alice DeLuca to enter into Executive Session to discuss strategy for Personnel Negotiations and to review Executive Session minutes, not to return to regular session All in favor Kemon Taschioglou/Lincoln Jack Weis / Belmont John McGarity/Lancaster Alice DeLuca/Stow Dave Horton/Lexington Ford Spalding/Dover Dore Hunter/Acton Jeff Stulin /Needham Mary Ellen Castagno/Wayland 4 l MINUTEMAN 1. A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL Dave Harmon/Weston Dave Manjarrez/Sudbury David Bearg/Concord ADJOURNMENT The regular meeting of the School Committee was adjourned at 10 40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Grace A Brueckner Recorder David Horton Secretary 5 ftMINUTEMAN A REVOLUTION IN LEARNING FINAL MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ATTACHMENTS TO THE MINUTES May 10, 2011 • May 10, 2011 School Committee Agenda • April 5, 2011 School Committee Minutes • School Committee Document Tracking Sheet • SkilisUSA Minuteman Annual Report • SkillsUSA Winners • Late Night/Overnight Travel Proposal • SkiIIsUSA Minuteman Projected National Expenses • Donald Low Letter David Lindsey confirmed as voting member of Regional Agreement Task Force • 2011-2012 School Year Applications • Draft School Committee Goals 2011-2012 • Evaluation Process and Methods of Submitting Evaluation • Superintendent's Evaluation Zoomerang.com Printout • Treasurer's Report. Bank account Balances as of March 31, 2011 and February 28, 2011 • Health Insurance Memo from Came Lamica • Group Benefits Strategies Mass Bay Health Care Trust • Policy J • Policy IMG • Policy BEDG • Staff and Students At Minuteman Career &Technical High School in Lexington Collaborate to Raise Funds for Japan Disaster Relief • Minuteman Career &Technical High Grad Tastes Success While Helping Our Troops • Massachusetts honors 50 outstanding vocational technical students • NEASC Letter Deliberations of Commission on Technical and Career Institutions • Thank You Letters: 1. National Defense University's Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 2 Parent of an Alumnus Distributed at Meeting • Statement by Marielien Perugini • Action Item Tracking and Follow Up Form • Revised Superintendent's Evaluation • District Goals Status • Application Comparison May 2010 and May 2011 • Awards and Commencement invitation • Voc-tech• Good for what ails education • Regional Agreement Task Force Models • SkiIIsUSA Champions 6