Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Live reporting - Capital discussion

2. Guests/Presentations

c. Capital
Sally Winslow, Tim Raposa, Joyce Edwards, Beth Fitzmaurice

The capital is from 'free cash' and what is available after the winter snow storms have been covered.
overview of the process, not as formal as the operating budget timeline

first priority is STEM Labs

looking to bring parity to the middle schools
3D printers, robot center
assist with 8th grade transition to the high school

also would help to support the coding initiatives that the State is looking to foster
did pilot at Horace Mann this year to see how well it would go
$100,000 per lab x times schools

Edwards - maynnot have much start up time involved, more in curriculum development, the teachers professional development can be covered with in the existing development budget line

Raposa - we can add some money with the purchase to include some professional development time, either with the rep or as part of the deal

Edwards - other schools will be able to participate with Horace Mann when they get their training this year

2nd and 3rd priority

Chromebooks and carts, middle school level for 8th and for elementary school s district wide
this prepares for PARC testing
Chromebooks are 1:1 at the high school, these would be shared devices and used for only in-school use

O'Malley - I would hate to have the discussion and approval of these to be derailed by the politics of PARC

replace the PA system at JFK

had been transplanted from Oak St (about 2004) had been a replacement of the original JFK system; is not working in all places, is not a safety concern but an inconvenience; can work with the vendor to get the dark spots corrected but should go forward with the upgrade to be more compatible with the other buildings

replace carpeting at Davis Thayer

looking to spruce up the school, modulars coming down this summer
working with Facilities to spruce up the school
no summer programs at the school this summer
will also allow some work to be done during the summer

Trahan - any thought of replacing carpet with other flooring?
Sabolinski - it is softer for the kids to be on

Special Education van request

12 vans - from 2003, a wheel chair van not in good condition
used purely as a spare van but really should be replaced
this would be replaced by a non-wheel chair van, equiped like the most recent two purchases; 




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