[Unapproved Minutes]
SUBJECT: REGULAR MEETING
ATTENDANCE
HERE ATTENDEE AFFILIATION
Y Frank Carrano – Chairman Board of Education
Y Dr. David Squires – Vice Chairman Board of Education
Y Judith Hotz—Secretary Board of Education
Y Dr. Linda Barr Board of Education
Y Peter A. Berdon, Esq. Board of Education
Y Ann C. Caruso Board of Education
Y Michael Krause Board of Education
Y John Prins Board of Education
Y Marie Watson Board of Education
Y Dr. Kathleen Halligan, Superintendent Central Office
Y Dr. Mary Peraro, Assistant Superintendent Central Office
Y Jenna Grande, BOE Student Representative Branford High School
Y Taryn Mockus, BOE Student Representative Branford High School
Others present: Arthur Lombard, Former Board Member; Elizabeth Taylor, Walsh Science Teacher; Lee Panagoulias, BHS Principal; James Wygonik, BHS Assistant Principal; Michael Griffin, BHS Horizons Department Head; Clint Kennedy, Chief Technology Officer.
BUSINESS ITEMS
ITEM DESCRIPTION
CALL
01 Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Carrano.
02 (Prins/Watson) Motion to add an Executive Session to agenda after the Regular Meeting:
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
03 (Prins/Krause) Motion to approve Minutes of the November 19, 2008, Regular Meeting.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
HONORS & TRIBUTES
The Board honored Elizabeth Taylor, Walsh science teacher, as Branford’s 2009 Teacher of the Year for 2009.
The Board recognized Arthur Lombard, past Vice-Chair and Board member, for his service to the Board and the Branford community from 2003 to 2008 with a resolution and a gift.
PRESENTATION
Clint Kennedy, Chief Technology Officer, and Elizabeth Taylor, Walsh Intermediate School Science Teacher, gave a presentation on 21st Century Learning.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The following Branford residents gave budget input: David Jenkins, Eve Volt, Peter Brown, and Kate Marsland,
PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
Lee Panagoulias, Branford High Principal, and Michael Griffin, Horizons Department Leader, gave a presentation of the Horizons Program.
Dr. Mary Peraro, Assistant Superintendent, presented her Full-Day
Kindergarten Evaluation.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Dr. Halligan reported that Ben Dean, Walsh Intermediate School teacher, won a strings award and Walsh Intermediate School student, Luke Arnsenault, won the billboard contest.
DISCUSSION/ACTION AGENDA
04 (Prins/Krause) Motion to approve second reading of Policy No. 9160 Student Representation to the Board of Education.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
05 (Prins/Watson) Motion to approve BHS Swim Team field trip request to Florida from February 12 to 19, 2009.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
06 (Prins/Watson) Motion to Walsh 8th grade field trip request to Washington, D.C. from June 3 to 5, 2009.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
07 (Krause/Prins) Motion to approve child-rearing leave extension from the third week of December to June 30, 2009 for Jennifer Stackpole, BHS health and physical education teacher, returning to work for the 2009/2010 school year.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
08 (Prins/Watson) Motion to approve construction plan of the
elementary School-Based Health Center at Mary T. Murphy School and
authorization for Dr. Halligan to sign School-Based Health Center contracts,
as well as the Bond Fund contract for the School-Based Health Center.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
09 (Prins/Squires) Motion to approve 2009 Board of Education Meeting Schedule.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
CONSENT AGENDA
10 (Krause/Hotz) Motion to approve the appointment of Patricia Scully, Board Secretary.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
(Prins/Watson) Motion to accept, with regret, the following retirements: Anthony Cavallaro, Pupil Services Director, System-wide, effective February 28, 2010, and Judith Johnson, 10-month Administrative Assistant, Mary T. Murphy School, effective June 24, 2009.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
COMMITTEE REPORTS
PERSONNEL & FINANCE
NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, January 7, 2009, at
6:30 P.M., Walsh Intermediate School Faculty Lounge.
COMMUNICATION
NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, January 7, 2009,
at 8:00 P.M., Walsh Intermediate School Faculty Lounge.
TEACHING & LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, January 14, 2009, at 6:30 P.M., Walsh Intermediate School Faculty Lounge.
12 (Prins/Krause) move to Executive Session to discuss pending litigation at
10:30 P.M.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
13 (Watson/Hotz) Motion to return to Regular Session at 11:37 P.M.
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
14 (Hotz/Prins) Motion to adjourn at 11:38 P.M..
MOTION PASSED/APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Hotz
Judith Hotz Prepared by
Secretary Patricia Scully
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