11/8/2012 SCHOOL COUNCIL - QUASHNET SCHOOL Minutes

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2012w2013 QUASHNET SCHOOL COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting: Thursday, November 8, 2012-4:15 PM to 4:15 PM Quashnet School Conference Room Present: Patdcia Del oer, Pdncipel; Diana Littleton, Teacher-, Dianne Loaf, Teacher, Jack Phelan, Community-at-large member Absents DanO'Neill, Parent; Kellie Alliegro, Parent; Liz I leira, Parent Our Four l ,or Areas of lii1jjy: I, Adopting educational goals fbr the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards 2. Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school 3. Reviewing the annual school building budget . Formulating a school improvement ent pl n etir Handouts; Agenda ■ SY12-13 Draft School Improvement Plan AGNEA 1. Review/Discuss Draft S1 2-13 School Improvement Plan (SIP) Members present carefully reviewed the Draft SY 2-13 Quashnet SIP. Suggestions made by Council members were discussed and incorporated into the document. Teachers were previously given the opportunity to provide input on the Draft SIP ars well, Our final version will ag in be provided to teachers for their input and will also be shared with Quashnet parents for their input. Our 201 2-2013 Quashnet School Improvement Plan will be presented to the School Com mi ee on December.12, 201 2, . Quashnet School Mission Statement-Review—possible chan (shown on SIP) Members present voted to change the Quashnet School mission statement to. Educating,Supporting,and Celebrating all Students This new mission statement has been Included on our proposed SY12-13 SIP, Feedback from teachers and parents is currently being gathered. 3. FY14 Budget—Update on Process Supe ntendent Bradshaw reports that the Town Manager is providing the schools with a level-service budget—up 1.99% from our FYI 3 budget. uashn is FYI 3 Operating budget-$132,300 u shnet s FY14 Operating budget-4 134,938(Reflects increase of 1.99%) Quashnet School personnel changes for FY14 Budget Four Unit A members are retiring, Needed: Special education teacher position cut from FY13 budget . SY12- 3 Council--Focus Area/Project Members resent decided that our focus project this year would,be to explore bow to improve the condition of the � p1 p p rnajobty of windows in the original section of the Quashnet School. The Quashnet School window replacement project is currently included on the CIP fist. It has been on the list for several gears and, according to DPMI Director Catherine Laurent, remains several years away from getting done. The price quoted by Catherine Laurent for the Quashnet School Window Replacement project is$4,5 million. Wondedng if the window replacement project is tied to an update of the heating/ventilation system at Quashnet) . other Room 132 (our newly established data room) needs attention in tens of air quality. Brad Tapp was asked to check the condition of the room after two staff members had severe ructions (mold)when in this space, He reported back that the room is fine, All staff members reed to be able to work in this space without getting sick. We will explore adding n ozone machine to this room. We will also be asking that all folding classroom walls be removed and replaced with permanently constructed wails–wondering if these folding walls are contributing to poor air quality/mold issues. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 6,2012.