School Committee Agenda #26 – November 16, 2017

ORDER OF BUSINESS

ACTION

Pastor Mark Nilson
Salem Covenant Church

Heather Bachand and Jessica Cohen
South High Community School

Saor #7-25 –  Clerk
(November 7, 2017)

To consider approval of the Minutes of the School Committee Meeting of Thursday, November 2, 2017.

gb #7-357.1  –  Administration/Mr. O’Connell/Miss McCullough/Ms. Colorio/Mr. Foley/Miss Biancheria/Mr. Monfredo/Mayor Petty
(November 6, 2017)

To congratulate UniBank on its recognition as Corporate Friend of the Worcester Public Schools, selected by the Worcester Educational Development Foundation.

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

ROS #7-17  – Administration
(November 8, 2017)

SUPERINTENDENT’S END-OF-CYCLE REPORT BASED ON HER GOALS

The Standing Committee on Finance and Operations met at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 13, 2017 in Room 410 at the Durkin Administration Building.

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The Superintendent has APPROVED the APPOINTMENTS of the persons named below:

Linden, Meredith, Teacher, Elementary, Lincoln Street, BA, Step 4, $54,613*, effective November 3, 2017. Licensed: Elementary 1-6.
Smith, Samantha, Teacher, Special Education, Burncoat Middle School, BA, Step 4, $54,613*, effective November 6, 2017. Waiver: Moderate Disabilities Prek-8.
Van Eck, Carla, Teacher, Kindergarten, Rice Square, MA, Step 2, $54,511*, effective November 7, 2017. Licensed: Early Childhood PreK-2.

The Superintendent has APPROVED the RETIREMENT of the following persons named below:

Rafferty-Morway, Christine, Teacher, Elementary, Woodland, effective November 1, 2017.

The Superintendent has ACCEPTED the RESIGNATIONS of the persons named below:

Salter, Katherine, Teacher, Elementary, Rice Square, effective October 27, 2017.
Quinlan, Emilie Miller, Teacher, English as a Second Language, Clark Street, effective November 2, 2017.

*prorated

gb #6-153.11  – Administration/Miss Biancheria/Ms. Colorio/Mr. O’Connell
(Novermber 3, 2017)

Response of the Administration to the following motions to:

• Request that the Administration investigate options relative to cost effective means of providing appropriate and necessary translation services
• Request that the Administration consider the list issued by trial court in terms of translators that are available for translation services
• Request that the Administration report on the number of the translators in the system
• Request that the Administration provide a list of teams fielded at each of the secondary schools and
• Request that the Administration provide a report on Staff Development in teacher content training.

Annex B (7 pages)

Annex C (2 pages)

Response of the Administration to provide an inventory, by school, for outside playground equipment.

Response of the Administration to the request to investigate options for licensure for educators who arrive in the Worcester area from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Texas, Florida and other hurricane damaged regions.

To consider approval of a grant in the amount of $5,550 from the Engineering is Elementary/District Scholarship Program.

To consider approval of the following donations:

–   $2,100 from WEDF to fund the 4^th grade Leap Program in collaboration with the Worcester Art Museum.

–   $6,000 from Journey Community Church to Belmont Street Community School

–   $3,500 from fundraising efforts for Woodland Academy

–   $1,672.14 to Tatnuck Magnet School from the following individuals:

$ 25.00         Andrew & Kristine Whittemore
$ 50.00         Mark Tozer
$ 20.00         Lynette Rose
$ 40.00         Patricia Provost
$ 60.00         Kathleen Potter
$ 13.00         Irene & Anthony Planchiunas
$ 26.00         Walter & Cheryl Park
$ 5.00           John & Nancy O’Connell
$ 152.00       Athena Notidis-Curtiss
$ 30.00         Kim Munck
$ 13.00         Timothy Mitchell
$ 40.00         Mary Melican
$ 14.00         Susan & Paul Mathieu
$ 10.00         Jonathan Lashua & Amy Humphrey-Lashua
$ 23.00         Kostina & Kristaq Kostani
$ 80.00         Maureen Kennedy
$ 40.00         Kevin & Amy Kennedy
$ 46.00         Juljan Imeraj
$ 40.00         Katie Harrington
$ 50.00         Christopher Guzman & Erin Kiriungi
$ 24.00         Andrea D. Goyette
$ 27.00         Reynaldo & Kandida Garcia
$ 10.00         Ronald & Carol Froment
$ 46.00         Cailin Duram
$ 80.00         Eric & Erin Dobson
$ 50.00         Melissa & Brian Dekker
$ 5.00           Debra & Dung Dang
$ 25.00         Kimberly Dambra
$ 14.00         Lauren Colwell
$ 10.00         Elizabeth & Ross Coghlan
$ 62.00         Nicholas & Kendra Cantrell
$ 127.00       Katherine Campbell
$ 98.00         Deborah & Gregory Campagna
$ 40.00         Cathleen & Frederick Burke
$ 200.00       Megan Bourget
$ 77.14         Bio Enterprises, LLC

To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining for Occupational Therapy Assistants and Physical Therapy Assistants, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining for Instructional Assistants, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining for Cafeteria Workers, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

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.

To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining for Custodians, if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

To discuss strategy with respect to litigation for J. Perez vs Worcester School Committee et al. if an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.

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