Minutes December 5, 2016
Minutes
CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Monday, December 5, 2016
Horace Greeley High School
(click here for a printable copy of the official signed minutes)
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Board of Education |
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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 the Superintendent |
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President Gardner convened the public meeting at 5:36 p.m. Moved by Victoria Tipp to convene the public meeting at 5:36 p.m. Seconded by Karen Visser. Motion carried 5-0. Moved by Karen Visser to enter into Executive Session to discuss the employment history of a particular employee and seek legal advice. Seconded by Victoria Tipp. Motion carried 5-0. President Gardner called the public hearing to order at 7:12 p.m. Moved by Jeffrey Mester to convene the public hearing on Proposed Adoption of Revisions to the District-wide Safety Plan. Seconded by Warren Messner. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. John Chow, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Mr. Joe Gramando, Director of Facilities as Chief Safety Officers for the Chappaqua Central School District, reviewed revisions made to the District-wide Safety Plan. Board member, Jeffrey Mester, volunteered to be a member of the District-Wide Safety Team. Moved by Warren Messner to adjourn the public hearing at 7:25 p.m. Seconded by Karen Visser. Motion carried 5-0. President Gardner reconvened the public meeting at 7:37 p.m. Moved by Jeffrey Mester to reconvene the public meeting at 7:37 p.m. Seconded by Karen Visser. Motion carried 5-0. Presentation: Middle School Math & Technology Dr. Eric Byrne, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction introduced Josh Block, Director of Mathematics, Martin Fitzgerald, Principal, Robert E. Bell Middle School, Andrew Corsilia, Principal, Seven Bridges Middle School, Theresa Civitano and Megan Barnes, Teachers, Robert E. Bell Middle School. They reviewed the Five Core Beliefs for High Quality Mathematics Instruction, which are Equity, Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. Dr. Eric Byrne went on to introduce Darleen Nicolosi, Director of Technology, Carolyn Elwood, Middle School Art Teacher, and Chris Stasi, Middle School Technology Teacher, who discussed Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. They discussed vision, connecting technology to classroom practice, real world and authentic learning, and future learning. Recess was called at 10:13 p.m. Return from recess at 10:23 p.m. |
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Information Business Affairs
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Organization |
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Approvals & Ratification
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Moved by Victoria Tipp, seconded by Karen Visser to approve Items 3.1, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Recommended Action: Personnel
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ADDENDUM
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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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Recommended Action: Other
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Moved by Karen Visser, seconded by Warren Messner that the Board of Education hereby approves CSE Summaries reported to the Board on December 5, 2016. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education hereby approves Chappaqua School Foundation InstaGrant gift for Hispanic Heritage Book Clubs at Robert E. Bell Middle School. The grant will fund $2,500 in books to be used to conduct book clubs to help Spanish language students learn about Hispanic culture. Requested by Amy Durante and Caitlyn Murphy, 5th grade teachers, Robert E. Bell Middle School. Motion carried 5-0. The Board of Education thanked the Chappaqua School Foundation for their continued support to the District. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Victoria Tipp that the Board of Education hereby approves the proposed changes to the District-wide Safety Plan for the 2016-17 school year, the Board of Education hereby adopts the District-wide Safety Plan, as amended. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Alyson Gardner that the Board of Education hereby amends the RFP Advisory Committee Resolution, which was approved at the November 15, 2016 Board of Education meeting, as presented. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Warren Messner, seconded by Karen Visser that the Board of Education hereby authorizes its President to sign an Employment Agreement with Interim Superintendent of Schools Daniel McCann, dated December 5, 2016 as presented to the Board at this meeting. A copy of said agreement shall be incorporated by reference into the minutes of this meeting. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Facilities Committee Board member, Jeffrey Mester, as a Facilities Committee member shared there is a Facilities Committee meeting, Thursday, December 8, 5:15 p.m. at the Education Center. Mr. Mester gave an update to the timeline as reported by our engineers, Woodard & Curran, regarding the turf field installation. The District expects final DEP approval by mid-December and will be issuing bid documents mid-January with a four (4) week bid period, including onsite pre-bid meetings. The District expects to open the bids mid-February with a construction start, depending upon the weather, by mid/late March. The goal is to end construction mid-August, which would be in time for pre-season fall sports. (Click here to view the full discussion of item 6, and move your cursor to 2h:38m:42s) |
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Policy Committee
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Moved by Victoria Tipp to allow the Board President to send out a holiday greeting on behalf of the Board of Education to the community. Seconded by Victoria Tipp. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Jeffrey Mester, seconded by Victoria Tipp to remove Item 7.1 from the table. Motion carried 5-0. |
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Moved by Victoria Tipp, seconded by Alyson Gardner to approve Policy 3012, Conflicts of Interest, as amended. Motion carried 5-0. (Click here to view the full discussion of item 7.1, and move your cursor to 2h:41m:14s) |
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Financials |
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Communications Board member, Karen Visser, as a member of the Communications Committee, commented that the committee is in the process of scheduling a meeting. |
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Notice of Future Meetings
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 |
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Adjournment |
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Being no further business to be acted upon, the meeting was adjourned at 10:37 p.m. with a motion by Warren Messner, seconded by Jeffrey Mester. Motion carried 5-0. |
Respectfully submitted,
Therese Dell'olio
District Clerk / Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
Alyson Gardner
Board President
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