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Mansfield School Committee Meeting
Minutes for Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Town Hall, Room 3A&B
An Open Meeting of the Mansfield School Committee was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday,
December 6, 2016. The open meeting session was opened and called to order by Kiera O'Neil at
7:02 pm.
Members Present: Also Present:
Kiera O'Neil, Chair Zeffro Gianetti, Superintendent of Schools
Lynn Cavicchi, Vice Chair Teresa Murphy, Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Linda Fernando Edward Vozzella, Director of Finance and Operations
Jenn Walsh
Members Absent:
Lauren Scher
Video Tapine: None
Letter thanking community for their support in the Veteran's Day leaf raking
effort.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:
No update
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:
No update
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4,193,528.60
Linda Fernando made a motion to approve the warrant. Jenn Walsh seconded.
Motion carries 4 - 0.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Open Meeting Minutes of 11-15-16
A motion to approve the minutes was made lstby Linda Fernando and 2nd by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4-0
Executive Session Minutes of 11-15-16.
A motion to approve the minutes was made 1stby Linda Fernando and 2nd by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4-0
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Mansfield School Committee Meeting
Minutes for Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Town Hall, Room 3A&B
Superintendent Interview Minutes of 11-16-16.
A motion to approve the minutes was made ]stby Linda Fernando and 2nd by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4-0
Executive Session Minutes of 11-21-16.
A motion to approve the minutes was made ]stby Linda Fernando and 2nd by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4-0
FINANCE AND OPERATIONS REPORT:
The QMS modulars (siding) were repaired by Bob LaConte's staff. Doing the work on our own kept
the cost to under $3000.
The pumping station is expected to run approximately $60,000 and will go out to bid. An optional
solution was discussed using an easement option. However that cost is anticipated to be much more
costly and was declined.
OLD BUSINESS:
Sub Committee Updates
1. Audit: A meeting is scheduled for 12/15/16.
2. CIP: The school presentation to the group went well. The next meeting will be next week to
vote on priorities.
3. Budget: Big group has not met yet; however the smaller group has met to discuss.
4. Policy: Need to setup a meeting to prepare some policies for January.
NEW BUSINESS:
Coordinated Program Review (DESE):
Bernadette Conroy presented the work done during the past year on the three Coordinated
Program Reviews (CPR): Civil Rights (including McKenney Vento); Special Education and English
Language Learners. This was an incredibly large effort which involved many people across the
district. Overall, the review went quite well. For Special Education, 57 of 59 items were in
compliance while the remaining two items were partially implemented. The two items are: Hold
regularly scheduled Special Ed PAC meetings (now complete) and student documentation on
general education class participation (now complete.) Out of 26 Civil Rights points, 22 are in
compliance; 3 were in progress and 1 had not yet been implemented. Open items and their status
are: Students who do not graduate must receive written information along with their parents upon
the end of the school year (plan complete. Will start with this year's graduating class); Restraint
policy must be updated (complete); Non discrimination clause must be updated (complete);
Institutional self evaluation (climate survey) -currently working through how to implement. This
will be a huge effort. For ELL, Mansfield was compliant on 18 out of 18 recommendations. We were
also in full compliance on McKenney Vento.
In Three years, DESE will be back for another round of these reviews. Zeffro Gianetti thanked
Bernadette and all of the staff who worked on these audits.
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Approval of Food Services Contract.
This is a three year contract which started on 9/1/16 with a 2% increase for each of the three
years.
Motion to approve the 2016-2019 Food Services contract was made by Jenn Walsh and seconded by
Linda Fernando.
Motion Carries 4- 0.
Approval of Superintendent's Contract starting July 1, 2017:
Contract with Teresa Murphy was completed. The salary is to be $170,000 with standard
administrative clauses.
Motion to approve Teresa Murphy's superintendent contract effective 7/1/2017 was made by
Linda Fernando and seconded by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4 - 0.
Search for a new Director offinance & Operations. Tabled- Need further review.
FY18 Budget Review /Approval of Bottom Line amount:
Ed Vozzella provided a high level overview of the budget. Tonight is not about the details. In
January, he will go line item by line item with the principals and the school committee. The first few
slides were discussed starting with the consolidated spreadsheet for FY16 -18. Ed Vozzella
reviewed each high level item for the school committee
Points:
• Central Services up mostly due to the new bus contract.
• Buildings and Grounds increase due to utilities.
• Special Education costs are volatile. When a student requires outplacement or extended
services we must react quickly. It will always be hard to predict this number but it is on the
increase.
• Schools- Increase mostly due to technology.
• Salary- A calculation rolls forward and adds in lane changes, raises, steps, etc.
• Five additional FTEs are requested as follows:
o ESL Teacher due to increased enrollment needs
o Two adjustment counselors to meet the increased demand of students in crisis
o A library media specialist at JJ to return both elementary schools to full time
librarians
o Kindergarten teacher to reduce class size
• 85% of the budget change can be accounted for by contract obligations, special education
placement, new bus contract, technology, full day kindergarten minus staff reductions.
Motion to approve the bottom line budget amount of $50,005,951 was made by Jenn Walsh and
seconded by Linda Fernando.
Motion Carries 4 - 0.
Student Advisory Committee: Nithin Lankipalle provided an update on MHS. The students were
very appreciative of Mr. Connolly's offer of no homework over Thanksgiving Break. Winter sports
are getting ready to start. Nithin highlighted anew club that he started with another student called
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the Science Olympiad. Over 100 students attended the informational meeting. They are registered
in a state competition and are currently fund raising.
Citizens Comments: None
School Committee New Business:
It was determined that the December 20d, meeting could be cancelled.
A change to an April date was removed from the agenda because there is no longer a conflict.
School Committee Other Business:
Field Trips:
A last minute field trip was brought to the committee. The MHS girls basketball team has a
scrimmage that will take place in RI.
Motion to approve the field trip to RI was made by Linda Fernando and seconded by Jenn Walsh.
Motion Carries 4 - 0.
Documents Referenced:
FY18 Budget
Field Trip request for MHS girls basketball
Motion to adjourn by Linda Fernando at 7:45 pm; seconded by Jenn Walsh.
Motion U.C. 4-0
Respectfully Submitted,
Diane Nugent
Secretary to the
Superintendent &
School Committee
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