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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSchool Comm Minutes 9/9/2014Mansfield School Committee Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Town Hall, Room 2A & B An Open Meeting of the Mansfield School Committee was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. There was no executive session. The open meeting session was opened and called to order by Chairman Michael Trowbridge at 7:04 p.m. Motion U.C. 5 - 0 embers Present: - roll call vote to enter into Open Session: Michael Trowbridge, Chair yes Kiera O'Neil, Vice Chair yes Lynn Cavicchi yes Linda Fernando yes Wayne Smith, Jr. yes Also Present: Zeffro Gianetti, Superintendent of Schools Edward Vozzella, Director of Finance Ms. Dana Hourigan of 15 Evan Circle was taping the meeting. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: Personnel - None APPROVAL OF WARRANTS: Warrants Warrant #'s Dates Amount Salary & Wages 2015 -1 07/02/14 122,866.23 Salary & Wages 2014 -23 07/17/14 850,119.82 Salary & Wages 2015 -2 07/18/14 253,064.33 Salary & Wages 2014 -24 07/31/14 827,170.77 Salary & Wages 2015 -3 08/01/14 317,276.48 Goods & Services 2015 -1001 08/05/14 691,700.78 Salary & Wages 2014 -25 08/14114 822,100.82 Salary & Wages 2015 -4 08/15/14 345,559.79 Goods & Services 2015 -1004 08/20/14 245,330.64 Salary & Wages 2014 -26 08/28/14 820,222.11 Salary & Wages 2015 -5 08/29/14 249,457.49 $ 5, 544, 869.26 A motion was made to approve the warrants. 1st by Wayne Smith and 2nd by Linda Fernando. Lynn Cavicchi and Kiera O'Neil abstained from voting. Motion Carries 3 -0 -2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: School Committee Minutes of August 4, 2014 A motion to approve the minutes was made 1St by Kiera O'Neil, 2nd by Wayne Smith. Motion U.G. 5 -0 A motion to reconsider the minutes 15t by Wayne Smith, 2nd by Kiera O'Neil. Motion U.C. 5 -0 Meeting Minutes amended as follows: Motion to close meeting 1st by Wayne Smith, 2nd by Linda Fernando. A motion to approve the minutes as amended was made 1st by Wayne Smith and 2nd by Kiera O'Neil. Motion U.C. 5 -0 School Committee Minutes of August 19, 2014 A motion was called to approve the minutes 181 by Kiera O'Neil, 2nd by Wayne Smith, Linda Fernando abstained. Discussion: Modification needed to page 4 Web Page discussion:... Mrs. Cavicchi to be placed on the district website. Motion Carries 4 -0 -1 School Committee Minutes of August 26, 2014 A motion was called to approve the minutes 1St by Kiera O'Neil, 2nd by Wayne Smith. Linda Fernando abstained. Motion Carries 4 -0 -1 Old Business Budget Update: Ed will add 2 new buses for the mid -day Kindergarten runs which will shorten the lengthy bus routes. This will add a cost of $16,000. A question was raised as to why we needed to pay an additional fee for buses if we contract them out for the day. Ed advised that this was in line with the structure of the contract. Wayne Smith asked if we would be able to look at realigning buses in the future with expected lower enrollment. Ed advised that this may be valid but not in the near future. Current busing figures show that 2 out of 3 students do ride the bus with a total ridership of 2750. Total is down 200 from last year. Half of these students pay and the other half do not. Ed will meet with Bernadette Conroy to get an update on Special Education Placements. Superintendent's Search: An ad will be out soon. A very aggressive time line has been put in place. October 151h is the deadline for applications. School Committee then chose who would represent the committee along with Michael Trowbridge. Lynn Cavicchi, Wayne Smith and Linda Fernando withdrew their names. A motion to place Kiera O'Neil and Michael Trowbridge to the search committee was 1St made by Wayne Smith and 2nd by Lynn Cavicchi. Motion U.C. 5 - 0 Sub Committee Updates: Audit Committee: Bob Krentzman has been appointed as an "at large' member for the audit committee. CIP: Gearing up for September 30th. Mike Ahern, Zeff Gianetti, Bob LaConte and Ed Vozzella who will tour all buildings and devise a detailed review and new S year plan. Budget: Initial talks will begin in October. Policy: In progress. Many changes are being worked out with Zeff Gianetti. These changes will be prioritized and will be introduced at the October meeting. Sick Bank: No updates. A review of all subcommittee members was discussed and identified as follows: Audit - Kiera O'Neil CIP - Wayne Smith, Michael Trowbridge Budget - Lynn Cavicchi, Kiera O'Neil Policy - Lynn Cavicchi, Linda Fernando Sick Bank - Wayne Smith, Michael Trowbridge A motion was made to approve that all subcommittee members remain as is 1st by Wayne Smith, 2nd by Lynn Cavicchi. Motion U.C. 5 - 0. New Business Opening of Schools: Zeff Gianetti reported an extremely good start to the school year. Buses were timely with the exception of the mid day kindergarten run. Buildings were in great shape thanks to the custodial staff. District Open House Day went extremely well. Robinson update: John Nleratko reported that the window installation went extremely well. PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is in place and clear expectations have been set. RTI is ready to go. Class sizes are good. Fire drill on Tuesday was successful. Roland Green update: Joanne Jordan reported a good start to the Friday opening. Jordan Jackson: Teresa Murphy reported a drop of enrollment of approximately 100 from last year's start. Open house was successful and the first day was smooth. PBIS is in place with a rollout celebration scheduled for October 1st. Fire drill was successful. Over the summer, Officer Lattanzio worked with the school on a safety assessment. As a result of the assessment, Classroom numbers can now be seen from the outside via the windows. QMS: Suzanne Ryan reported that the school was off to a great start with curriculum night occurring next week. Several new staff members are on board and settling in well. RTI is in place and there are discussions with teachers to make more effective use ofASB time. Many clubs are starting with more to begin next week Fire drill was successful. Suzanne will be working with Officer Lattanzio on lock down drills. MHS: Michael Connolly reported a very smooth start to the year thanks to the entire staff. Over 90% of the students received their first or second choice for their schedules. Class sizes are reduced. Currently working on policy changes to reflect the New State Discipline Bill. There will be an announced lock down drill in September with unannounced drills to occur later in the year. Officer Lattanzio will be working with Mike Connelly on a safety assessment in the near future. Fall sports are underway with 521 students, up from 498 last year. Sarah Nash and Derek Lynch will be the two student representatives this year to the School Committee. Zeff Gianetti thanked the entire administrative staff for a great start. Michael Trowbridge thanked Lori Letendre and her staff for the work on the new phone system. District Enrollment: Members had a quick discussion on enrollment numbers for the start of the year. Approval of Superintendent to BICO: A motion to appoint Zeff Gianetti to BICO was 1st made by Wayne Smith, 2nd by Lynn Cavicchi. Motion U.C. 5 - 0. Field Trips: Cross Country (Boys /Girls) to Warwick, RI on 9/27/14 for a Track Meet. A motion was made to approve this trip 1st by Wayne Smith, 2nd by Lynn Cavicchi. Motion U.C. 5 - 0 High School Representative Report: None Citizens Comments: None School Committee New Business: Members discussed a modification to start times of meetings. School Committee meetings will start at 7:00 and if an Executive Session is required it will be held at the end of the Open Meeting. Consensus was that this was acceptable. Motion to adjourn: Chairman Michael Trowbridge called for a motion to adjourn the School Committee meeting of September 9, 2014 at 8:02 p.m. for the sole purpose of adjourning. A motion was made to close the meeting 1st by Linda Fernando and 2nd by Wayne Smith . A roll call vote to close: Michael Trowbridge yes Kiera O'Neil yes Lynn Cavicchi yes Linda Fernando yes Wayne Smith yes Motion U.C. 5 -0 Respectfully Submitted, Diane Nugent