10/8/2002 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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i y 1 IASHPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE—REGULAR MEETING—OCTOBER .,2002 PAGE and found this group of young students very enthusiastic and had a desire t tale Mashpee High School a better place. In the 2002-2003 high school budget, a request for a Civil Rights Teary Advisor was made, however, this item was not funded. In his memo, Mr. Brown recommended a stipend of$757 for the Civil Rights Team Advisor be transferred from the 1lashpee High School Instruction Budget. when Mrs. Mills questioned Mr. Tarlow regarding the need to transfer funds to cover the cost of funding this position, Mr. Tarlov responded that those funds would be part of the transfers to be voted upon at the October 23rd finance me ting. 8.9 Senior Culminating Project Proposal — Mr. Brown introduced High School teacher Carol Riley to discuss the Senior Culminating Project Proposal. In preparation of the New England Association ofSchools & Colleges (NEASQvisit in March 2003, it was found that Mashpee High School has no evaluative tool in place to demonstrate whether students have met the academic expectations for learning. NEASC requires a clear method of assessing the success of each student and presently, there is no method at the high school. Therefore, Mr. Brown proposed the creation of a committee to explore the implementation of a Senior Culminating Project to research available project guidelines and develop a curriculum that would best meet the reeds ofMashpee High School. After Mrs. Miley concluded her outline, the Committee endorsed the concept of the Senior Culminating Project Proposal. .1 "Curriculum Development Process" Policy revision—Guidance—As a first read-through, Mrs. St. Cyr addressed the need to incorporate a written guidance curriculum policy. She explained that this curriculum will serve as a guide for the Assistant Principal for Student Services and the guidance counselors at all levels. On the high school level,this curriculum is also part of the NEASC Accreditation process. The Committee will vote on this policy revision at their November regular meeting. VIII. Specifically Assigned/ 9.1 "Curriculum Development ment Process" Polic F evisi n (Social Studles [unfinished Business Motion made by Mr. Caswell, seconded by Mr. Thomas,to approve moving the Social Studies curriculum revision from year one to year two in the revision cycle. VOTE: Unanimous X. New Business There were n "New Business' issues this evening. X1. Committee Reports 11.1 Sub-Committee Reports 11.1.1 Negotiations—Unit A, [knit B, and Unit C negotiations dates to be set.