Minutes November 1, 2016
Nov. 15, 2016
Encl. 3.2
MINUTES
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Horace Greeley High School
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Staff Members Dr. Eric Byrne, Acting Interim Superintendent / Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Mr. John Chow, Assistant Superintendent for Business Dr. Kusum Sinha, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Leadership Development Terry Dell'olio, District Clerk / Executive Assistant to Superintendent |
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President Gardner convened the public meeting at 5:36 p.m. Moved by Victoria Tipp to convene the public board meeting at 5:36 p.m. Seconded by Karen Visser. Motion carried 3-0. Board members, Warren Messner and Jeffrey Mester were not present. Moved by Karen Visser at 5:37 p.m. to enter into Executive Session to discuss the employment history of a particular employee. Seconded by Victoria Tipp. Motion carried 3-0. Board members, Warren Messner and Jeffrey Mester were not present. Moved by Warren Messner to reconvene the public board meeting at 7:44 p.m. Seconded by Karen Visser. Motion carried 5-0. Presentation: Dr. Eric Byrne, as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction introduced Staff Developers, Ellen Meier, Middle School Instructional Technology Coach, and Jessica Marchetti, District-Wide Staff Developer, gave a presentation about Project-Based Learning in Chappaqua. Trish Burton and Kallie Sherwood, 3rd grade teachers from Westorchard, shared the revamped Iditarod project. Jessica Sansevera, Carolyn Elwood, and Amanda McDonough, from Bell Middle School, presented their inter-disciplinary Asteroid project that integrated science, math, technology, and art. Isabel Irizarry, Spanish teacher at Horace Greeley, presented her Destino 2016 (election) project along with two current seniors, Emily Gimpel and Scout Schultz. The final presentation was by Steve Walker, Director of the LIFE School, Justin Olive, science teacher at Bell, and Jenny Gieras, 3rd grade teacher at Roaring Brook. They presented on a cross-grade level collaboration project about community awareness. |
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Information Business Affairs
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Warren Messner that the Board of Education approves the Amendment to the Superintendent's Employment Contract, as presented to the Board at this meeting. A copy the Amendment to the Superintendent's Employment Contract shall be incorporated by reference within the minutes of this meeting, and authorizes the Board President to execute this Agreement, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Karen Visser, seconded by Victoria Tipp that the Board of Education hereby accepts the letter of resignation for the purpose of retirement submitted by Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Marilyn McKay, dated October 31, 2016, to become effective upon the close of business on January 2, 2017. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education hereby appoints Dr. Eric Byrne to serve as Acting Superintendent of Schools, effective November 1, 2016 and until such time as an Interim Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board of Education. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Motion made by Victoria Tipp, seconded by Jeffrey Mester to add the following RFP Advisory Committee Resolution to the Agenda. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Motion made by Warren Messner to amend Item 1.1.5, seconded by Victoria Tipp. Motion carried 5-0.
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Organization |
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Approvals & Ratification
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Moved by Karen Visser, seconded by Jeffrey Mester to approve the minutes from the Regular Meetings of the Board of Education held October 6, 2016, October 18, 2016 and October 25, 2016, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Recommended Action: Personnel
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Victoria Tipp to approve all items in 4.1 Recommended for Action, Personnel, Instructional, including Addendum, in one omnibus motion. Motion carried 5-0.
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser to approve all items in 4.2 Recommended for Action, Personnel, Non-Instructional, in one omnibus motion. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Recommended Action: Other
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Moved by Karen Visser, seconded by Victoria Tipp to approve Items 5.1, CSE Summaries dated November 1, 2016, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education hereby appoints Linda Kallner to New Castle Community Media Center (NCCMC) for a two-year term beginning November 2, 2016 - May 31, 2018. Motion carried 5-0. The Board thanked Ms. Kallner for her willingness and time to serve on this committee. |
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Moved by Victoria Tipp, seconded by Jeffrey Mester that the Board of Education approves Chappaqua School Foundation InstaGrant gift of $2,416.40 for a class set of digital microscopes to be used by both 7th grade teams. Requested by Ms. Jessica Sansevera, Robert E. Bell Middle School. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Jeffrey Mester offered the following resolution, WHEREAS, the District owns the attached list of items which are no longer useful or necessary for school district purposes and of no value to the School District; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby declares such items to be surplus property and of no value to the School District and authorizes the disposal of such equipment in a prudent manner in accordance with law. Karen Visser seconded. The motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education approves Bid #957 - Roofing Maintenance and Service - recommended to Weather Proofing Technologies, Inc. for the 2016-17 school year at a cost of $91,810.00 plus hourly rates, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education approves the Renewal Award Recommendation for the 2016-17 School Year - Original CCSD Bid Award #934 Construction Labor and Materials: General Construction to J. A. C. Building & Development Group, Inc. for various rates, cost of materials, & projects, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Victoria Tipp that the Board of Education approved the amendment to the wording on the previously approved minutes for September 27, 2016, Item 1.1.1, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education approves Item 5.8, as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
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Moved by Karen Visser, seconded by Jeffrey Mester that the Board of Education accepts a monetary gift of $16,000 from the Roaring Brook PTA to be used toward the purchase of equipment and renovation of the Roaring Brook playground. Motion carried 5-0. The Board thanked the Roaring Brook PTA for this generous gift.
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Facilities Committee Board member, Jeffrey Mester, as a member of Facilities Committee, shared there is a Facilities Committee meeting at 5:15 p.m., Monday, November 7 at the Education Center. The main focus of the meeting will be Horace Greeley High School with FNI (Fielding Nair International) and KG&D Architects. Community members are welcome to attend. |
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Policy Committee
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Moved by Victoria Tipp seconded by Alyson Gardner to remove Item 7.1 from the table. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Alyson Gardner to remove Item 7.2 from the table. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Financials
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Jeffrey Mester that the Board of Education approves Item 8.1 and Item 8.2, in one omnibus motion, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Communications Board member, Karen Visser, as a Communications Committee member, suggested that a meeting be scheduled to discuss updates on the website and different surveys to talk about how we assess products that have been rolled out in the District. |
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Notice of Future Meetings
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 |
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Adjournment |
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Being no further business to be acted upon, the meeting was adjourned at 11:07 p.m. with a motion by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Victoria Tipp. Motion carried 5-0. |
Respectfully submitted,
Therese Dell'olio
District Clerk / Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
Alyson Gardner
Board President
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