School Committee Agenda #10 – April 5, 2018

ORDER OF BUSINESS

ACTION

aor #8-8 – Clerk
(March 19, 2018)

To consider approval of the Minutes of the School Committee Meeting of Thursday, March 15, 2018.

gb #8-76.1  –   Administration/Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell/Mr. Foley/Miss Biancheria/Miss McCullough/Mayor Petty
(February 17, 2018)

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.

To consider input from the School Committee’s student representatives.

ROS #8-5  – Administration
(March 7, 2018)

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

8-21

8-22

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
Rodriguez, Shayla                      03/12/18
Ruttencutter, Paul                      03/12/18

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
Sacco, Domenic                            03/12/18

gb #8-101  – Mr. Monfredo/Mr. O’Connell/Miss McCullough/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Comparetto/Mayor Petty
(March 14, 2018)

To forward letters of congratulations to:

•  Doherty Memorial High School’s students and their teacher Dan Sullivan for an outstanding performance of “Guys and Dolls.” (Mr. Monfredo)
• Representatives of Music Worcester, Mechanics Hall and the Boston Brass, for making possible the Boston Brass Residency, the Boston   Brass concert with the South High Community School Band, its Concert for Kids, its Brown Bag concert, and also its coaching and mentoringsessions  for the students of the Worcester Public Schools.  (Mr. O’Connell)
• Bryce Maloney, Anthony Matimu, Glory Tran and Drusilla Wilson, eighth grade students at Sullivan Middle School, on their selection to participate in Project 351, a “statewide youth-led service initiative and nonprofit organization that develops a new generation of community-first service  leaders through a yearlong engagement of eighth grade Ambassadors from every city and town in Massachusetts.” (Mr. O’Connell)
• Burncoat Middle Vex Robotics Team which competed and won the Southern New England Middle School Championship. (Miss McCullough)
• Ricardo Torres, a teacher at Worcester Technical High School, for being selected by the Massachusetts Vocational Association for the Quarter Century Club award. (Mr. Monfredo)

Request that the Administration inform the public and the schools about Worcester: the City that Reads, the 13^th Annual Book Drive to support children in pre-k to grade 8.

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.

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.

Annex A (1 page)

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.

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

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.

To acknowledge by name, the Burncoat Dance team which won their 5^th MSSAA State Title in Hip Hop for the 4^th time in a row.

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
*denotes captains

Request that the Administration provide a report on the cohort, conducted by the Worcester Public Schools, to include:-  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

Request that the Administration provide a report to include suggestions for parents to engage students in math related activities during the summer break.

To request a report from the Administration as to any additional funding which will be available to the Worcester Public Schools under the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,” including, but not limited to, Title I, Title IV, the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, Special Education grants, the Child Care Development Block Grant, Head Start, and Preschool Development grants, and as to plans to allocate such funds.

To submit an application for a grant from the Education Innovation and Research Program (“EIR”), established under the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,” for innovative practices at the school district level, ideally with an emphasis on STEM initiatives.

To submit an application for any appropriate funding opportunities that materialize under the new STOP School Violence Act, enacted under the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018,” which will be available for violence prevention, anonymous reporting systems, and such upgrades as “metal detectors, locks, lighting and other deterrent measures.”

To consider approval of the following amendment to gb #8-79 in the minutes of March 1, 2018 as follows:

-To postpone and reschedule the summer camp at South High Community School, due to construction activities.

To consider approval of South High Community School’s updated Mission and Focus Statement.

Annex A (1 page)

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.

Helen A. Friel, Ed.D.
Clerk of the School Committee