North Adams Public Schools 37 Main Street, Suite 200 North Adams, Massachusetts. School Committee Meeting 06 October :00 p.m.

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1 North Adams Public Schools 37 Main Street, Suite 200 North Adams, Massachusetts School Committee Meeting 06 October :00 p.m. Office of the Superintendent Welcome to a Regular meeting of the North Adams School Committee. If you have any matter to discuss with the Committee, that is included on the Agenda, you may do so during HEARING OF VISITORS by addressing the chairperson and stating your name and address. CALL TO ORDER A G E N D A HEARING OF VISITORS READING AND APPROVAL OF RECORDS A. Minutes of 01 September Regular Meeting B. Balance Sheet COMMUNICATIONS A. Drury Senior Class Trip, Mary Shea and Anne Andrews B. Drury Band, National Independence Day Parade, Washington, DC REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS A. Personnel B. Grant Awards C. ipad Purchase in Memory of Lynn Whitney Dion Drotter for Brayton Elementary School D. Colegrove Park Elementary School Update UNFINISHED BUSINESS REMARKS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMITTEE 1

2 NEW BUSINESS A. MASC Update EXECUTIVE SESSION A. Collective Bargaining B. Minutes of 01 September 2015 ADJOURNMENT The Committee's policy of nondiscrimination will extend to students, staff, the general public, and individuals with whom it does business; No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of such public school on account of age, race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness. 2

3 North Adams Public Schools 37 Main Street, Suite 200 North Adams, Massachusetts Regular Meeting of the North Adams School Committee 06 October :00 p.m. Office of the Superintendent A C T I O N A G E N D A CALL TO ORDER HEARING OF VISITORS READING AND APPROVAL OF RECORDS A. Minutes of 01 September 2015 Regular Meeting (Enclosure No. 1) B. Balance Sheet (Enclosure No. 2) COMMUNICATIONS A. Senior Class Trip, Mary Shea and Anne Andrews (Enclosure No. 3) Recommended Action: Motion to approve. B. Drury Band, National Indepdence Day Parade, Washington, DC (Enclosure No. 4) Recommended Action: Motion to approve. 3

4 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS A. Personnel Please be advised that: Appointments Kara Delisle has been appointed Part Time Teacher Assistant at Greylock Elementary School, effective 02 Laurie Kuzia has been appointed Custodian at Drury High School, effective 31 August Linda Tatro has been appointed Data Evaluation Specialist for the district, effective 01 Seth Shepard has been appointed Long Term Substitute Special Education Teacher at Sullivan Elementary School, effective 07 Tyler Windover has been appointed Behavioral Interventionist for the District, effective 02 John Moore has been appointed Long Term Substitute Autism Specialist Teacher for Drury High School, effective 01 Heidi Braman has been appointed Teacher Assistant at Greylock Elementary School, effective 02 Michele Casey has been appointed Substitute Kindergarten Teacher at Sullivan Elementary School, effective 01 Meghan Janz has been appointed Coach for Girls JV Soccer at Drury High School, effective 09 Gregory Caproni has been appointed Math Teacher at Drury High School, effective 01 Nathan VanSteemburg has been appointed Teacher Assistant at Sullivan Elementary School, effective 21 Darlene Lapierre has been appointed Custodian at Greylock Elementary School, effective 09 Stephanie Oxton has been appointed Teaching Assistant at Brayton Elementary School, effective 21 Jeanne Feder has been added to the Substitute Teacher Assistant list, effective 18 September

5 Marie Cairns has been added to the Substitute Teacher Assistant list, effective 16 September Robert Hall, Susan Oliveri, Lynn Hayden, Linda Johnson, Lois Hobbie-Welch, Robyn Lawson, Joyce Fruscio and Tracy Piekos have been appointed Academic Leaders for the 21 st Century After School Program at Brayton Elementary School, effective 13 October Jordan Degrenier Rennell, Ashley Riordan and Jenny Moulton have been appointed Enrichment Leaders for the 21 st Century After School Program at Brayton Elementary School, effective 13 October Ella Mae Jake-Blackowl has been appointed Activity Leader and Assistant for the 21 Century After School Program at Brayton Elementary School, effective 13 October Pamela Martischnig, Tina Radlowski, Karen Cooper, Cheryl Witherell, Marcia Farinon, Tammy Dix, Addie Peckham and JoAnn Hathaway have been appointed Assistants for the 21 st Century After School Program at Brayton Elementary School, effective 13 October Carrisa Sacherski has been appointed Teacher Assistant at Brayton Elementary School, effective 15 Jamie Choquette has been appointed Lighting and Sound Designer and Producer for Drury Stage Company, effective 01 Phoebe Pepper has been appointed Art Set Designer for the Drury Stage Company, effective 01 Keith Davis has been appointed Set Construction Designer for the Drury Stage Company, effective 01 Christopher Caproni has been appointed Music Director for the Drury Stage Company, effective 01 Nicole Carter has been appointed the position of Choreographer for the Drury Stage Company, effective 01 Carrie Diehl has been appointed the position of English Language Learner Tutor for Greylock Elementary School, effective 17 Transfers: Marie Kelly-Whitney has been transferred to Greylock Elementary School as Grade 4 Teacher effective 01 September 2015 Resignations: Ellen Cotler has resigned as Special Education Teacher for Sullivan Elementary School, effective 11 5

6 Jenny Moulton has resigned as Teacher Assistant effective 28 August Recommended Action: Motion to file. B. Grant Awards (Enclosure No. 5) To date, $1,879, in FY16 grant awards have been received. Recommended Action: Motion to file. C. ipad Purchase in Memory of Lynn Whitney Dion Drotter for Brayton Elementary School Superintendent Montepare and Principal John Franzoni will inform the Committee of the purchase of fifty ipads by Stephen J. Drotter, in memory of his late wife, Lynn Whitney (Dion) Drotter, a former student of Brayton School who loved to read. Recommended Action: Motion to file. D. Colegrove Park Elementary School Update Chairperson Alcombright and Superintendent Montepare will update the committee on Colegrove Park Elementary School. UNFINISHED BUSINESS REMARKS FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMITEE NEW BUSINESS A. MASC Update (Enclosure No 6.) The Berkshire County Education Task Force, an advisory group of school committee members, school administrators and town administrators representing 90% of school districts county-wide, have developed a "white paper" that serves as the foundation from which work of the group moves forward. The drivers of the work are historical, current and projected trends of declining student enrollments in much of the county and the nearly stagnant levels of local and state financial support that risk the sustainability of a quality education offering to our youth in the our school districts. The white paper outlines the goals, the need to increase awareness and 6

7 engagement of the many groups of stakeholders, and the recommendations of specific actions. The advisory group seeks feedback of their anticipated work, goals and recommendations as outlined within the white paper, and asks for support of the effort. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. Collective Bargaining B. Minutes of 01 September 2015 The Committee will enter into Executive Session to conduct collective bargaining sessions or contract negations with the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (Teacher Assistants) and will reconvene in Open Session. ADJOURNMENT 7