CLERK OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WORCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
20 IRVING STREET
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 01609
AGENDA #10
The School Committee will hold a regular meeting: | |
on: | Thursday, April 5, 2018 |
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6:00 p.m. - Executive Session
7:00 p.m. – Regular Session
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in the: | Esther Howland, South Chamber at City Hall |
ORDER OF BUSINESS |
ACTION |
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I. | CALL TO ORDER - REGULAR MEETING | |
INVOCATION - Pastor Robert Jackson First Congregational Church |
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/NATIONAL ANTHEM | ||
II. | ROLL CALL | |
III. | APPROVAL OF RECORDS aor #8-8 - Clerk |
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IV. | MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION - NONE | |
V. | IMMEDIATE ACTION gb #8-76.1 - Administration/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell/Mr. Foley/Miss Biancheria/ To recognize Christine Foley, a teacher at South High Community School and her students who appeared on Fox News to highlight the Andy’s Attic Program. |
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gb #8-100 - Administration (March 16, 2018) To consider input from the School Committee’s student representatives. |
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VI. | REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT ROS #8-5 - Administration |
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VII. | COMMUNICATION AND PETITION - NONE | |
VIII. | REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE -NONE | |
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PERSONNEL The Superintendent has APPOINTED the persons named below to the position of Cafeteria Substitute Helper, permanent/intermittent at a salary of $13.46 per hour, from Civil Service List #318-002, effective as shown: Boutwell, Darlene 03/13/18 The Superintendent has provisionally APPOINTED the persons named below to the position of Junior Custodian, permanent/fulltime at a salary of $15.90 (minimum) to $20.24 (maximum), per hour, effective as shown: Genelli, James 03/12/18 |
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GENERAL BUSINESS |
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gb #8-101 - Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell/Miss McCullough/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Mayor Petty To forward letters of congratulations to:
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gb #8-102 - Mr. Monfredo/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. O’Connell (March 14, 2018) Request that the Administration inform the public and the schools about Worcester: the City that Reads, the 13th Annual Book Drive to support children in pre-k to grade 8. |
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gb #8-103 - Mr. Monfredo/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Mr. O’Connell (March 14, 2018) Request that the Administration work with the City Manager and the secondary schools on a community service program for students to gain in-service hours by assisting senior citizens and/or handicapped adults by removing snow from their walkways, sidewalks and/or cars. |
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gb #8-104 - Administration (March 15, 2018) To consider approval of a prior fiscal year 2016 payment in the amount of $8,212.50 made payable to Educational Inc. for services rendered in FY16. |
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gb #8-105 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo (March 16, 2018) To send a delegation to the three-day statewide Civics Education Institute, to be held from July 24 through July 26 in Marlborough, hosted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in cooperation with the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), the Massachusetts Center for Civics Education, and Generation Citizen, to support the implementation of the revised History and Social Science Curriculum Framework. |
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gb #8-106 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo (March 16, 2018) To request that the administration review the November 2012 Policy Statement of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education “School Day and Structured Student Learning Time Requirements” and that it recommend to the School Committee whether any modifications to the 2017-18 academic calendar are advisable in light of the statement |
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gb #8-107 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo (March 16, 2018) To request that the administration review the January 2018 Policy Statement of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education “Alternative Structured Learning Day Programs” and that it recommend to the School Committee whether any such programs should be implemented in the Worcester Public Schools for 2019-20. |
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gb #8-108 - Mr. Monfredo/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. O’Connell/Mayor Petty Jennyfer Amparo Maighen Laferriere Hannah Bronzo* Catherine McCarthy Jessenia Caballero Rebecca Perno Cassandra Cutler Ciorstaidh Petrella Danielle Desantis* Abigail Reardon Caroline Doherty Rylie Wharton Nercy Figueroa Emily White Destiny Kranwinkle Rumney Villatico |
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gb #8-109 - Miss Biancheria/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell - the application process - the names of the teachers and their school assignments - the core courses taught - the names of the administrators who are teaching the courses and - the budgetary costs and funding sources |
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gb #8-110 - Mr. Monfredo/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. O’Connell |
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gb #8-111 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo |
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gb #8-112 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo |
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gb #8-113 - Mr. O’Connell/Miss Biancheria/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo |
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gb #8-114 - Administration |
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gb #8-115 - Administration |
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gb #8-116 - Administration (March 27, 2018) To accept a donation in the amount of $100 to the Worcester Public Schools from the Fidelity Charitable Gift4Giving Program to be used as needed. |
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gb #8-117 - Mr. Comparetto/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell |
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gb #8-118 - Mr. Comparetto/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell |
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gb #8-119 - Mr. Comparetto/Miss Biancheria/Miss McCullough/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell |
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gb #8-120 - Administration (March 7, 2018) - To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining for Administrative Secretaries, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares. |
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XI. | ADJOURNMENT | |
Helen A. Friel, Ed.D. Clerk of the School Committee |