THE ARLINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008
7:30 P.M.
TENTATIVE AGENDA
7:30 – 7:40 1. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
7:40 – 7:45 2. CONSENT AGENDA – all items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the committee so request, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence.
*Approval of Warrant dated 12/11/2007 in the amount of $595,084.59
*Approval of December 11, 2007 Regular minutes
*Second Reading of the following policies:
LBC-R RELATIONS WITH HOME SCHOOLS, change date
BDFA-E CONDUCT OF SCHOOL COUNCILS BUSINESS, recoding as BDFA and renaming it “School Councils” and aligning the scope of the new BDFA to the scope of MGL 71:59C
BDFA-E-1 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, consolidating with BDFA-E-2 into a single revised BDFA-E-1 titled “ School Improvement Plan, adding, per subcommittee discussion the provisions that the committee received (but not approve) these plans each year.
BDFA-E-2 SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, eliminating the old file.
7:45 – 7:50 3. RECOGNITION Susan Lovelace
7:50 – 9:20 4. Tough Choices or Tough Times David Driscoll
§ Presentation and Discussion Administrative Team
9:20 – 9:35 5. PROGRAM OF STUDIES Charlie Skidmore
9:35 – 10:05 6. BUDGET DISCUSSIONS Nate Levenson
§ Special Education Trends
§ Vote Bottom Line Budget Figure
10:05 – 10:15 7. CHAIR’S REPORT Susan Lovelace
10:15 – 10:30 8. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT Nate Levenson
10:30 – 10:40 9. SUBCOMMITTEE
§ Policy & Procedures Ron Spangler
First Reading
To delete polices: ADA- School District Goals and Objectives, AD-E Educational Philosophy (for Arlington High School) and ADA-E Arlington High School Missions Statement and AE: Commitment to Accomplishment.
Replace policy: AD- Educational Philosophy in its entirety with a policy titled “Vision and Mission”.
Revise policy ADDA - C.O.R.I Requirements.
§ Budget Sean Garballey
10:40 – 10:45 10. SECRETARY REPORT Jeff Thielman
10:45 – 10:50 11. NEW BUSINESS
10:50 11. ADJOURN
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