5/17/2006 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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L k MASHPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE—FINANCE MEETING—MAY 175 2006 PAGE i Motion made by Mr. Thomas, seconded by Mrs. Mills, to approve budget transfer$6 -0 -06 in the amount of$5,470.85 VOTE: Unanimous 3.3 Status of GrantsRevolving,Accounts and munch Program—Mr. Noche reported that the following grants are either federal or state grants and expire on ,dune 30, 2006: Indian Education, Community Partnership, Kindergarten Enhance/Full Day, and Safe Environments. Revolving accounts aro "in good shape." Food Service reflected a profit of$11,193.63 in April and a current revolving account balance of$177,023.57. 3.4 FY07 budget — Mr. Roche said Town Meeting voters approved the FY07 budget of$18,685,037 with additional Chapter 70 funds arriving. IV. Other 4.1 NE SDEC Service for FY0 —Mrs. Bradshaw discussed not joining NESDEC for the FY0 7 school year totaling$1,680.00. .2 Connect--E — Mrs. Bradshaw explained this automated, cost-effective message service that sends voice and e-mail messages to all Mashpee families. Features include student attendance, targeted messages to groups, sends time- sensitive messages from any phone, messages are delivered its household's native language, schedule messages to be sent at any time. She said cost would be $3.60 per student or approximately $7,300.00 per year. Mr. Thomas said he is very familiar with this service and thought a less expensive service could be discussed. He volunteered to be involved with other solutions during discussions. Selectman Don Myers suggested Sean Moroney contact David Ielvecchio at Town Hall to discuss. .3 1 20 — Mr. Brown explained this situation where a grandparent is requesting to enroll his grandson from Germany in Mashpee High School. However, in order for the grandson to enroll he must obtain a student visa. The United States government will only issue a student visa to ars individual who i attending a school that has been "approved" by the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration, Services. An "approved" school is one that has received permission from USCIS to enroll foreign students. Currently, Mashpee High School is not approved for this status. Application must be made for 120 status which includes a petition filing fee $230.00 and a $350.00 on-site visit. The individual who is requesting this process will be paying for the application fees. Before approving this request,the School Committee is requiring documentation that the grandfather becoming the legal guardian of his grandson while in Mashpee. Mr. Brown will contact the grandfather. Mrs. Grady welcomed newly-elected member Bill McNamara to the School Committee. Pursuant to the May ata regular meeting where Mr. Thomas expressed concerns regarding this concept, he discussed a meeting held this week with a representative from Bus Radio, representatives from Cozy Transportation, and Mr. Roche regarding the installation of radios in busses. After this meeting, Mr. Thomas said he felt comfortable with the proposal and supported it 100%. However,he asked the school attorney review the verbiage.