Absent: Scofield
1. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments
none
Review of Agenda
minor adjustment on order of presentations
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the January 26, 2016 School Committee Meeting.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 4-0
Payment of Bills Dr. O’Malley
Payroll Mrs. Douglas (not present)
FHS Student Representatives
- Alana
caps and gowns coming soon,
- Julie
new food policy for within the school building
teachers have discretion in their classrooms
new lanyard policy, have on their presence, need not wear them
parents dropping kids off in student parking lot
need to use the loop not the parking lot
Correspondence: Budget to Actual – Miriam Goodman
2. Guests/Presentations
b. Student Services UpdateDeborah Dixon, Director
Sue Borchard and Stephanie Geddis
reviewing the section 504 requirements
379 0r 6.7% percent of the students
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education
Q - on the immunization requirement
roughly 20 students in this category over the last 2 years
not that they don't need it, the records are normally required for admission
we serve them and then follow up on the records
special education is specially designed instruction for the students
requirements
Special ed programs at Jefferson, Keller and Oak St
all schools provide inclusion based class services
review of types of disabilities
autism the #1 category
full inclusion (608), partial inclusion (53) and sub separate (90) are the three types of delivery
some students are serviced outside the district
comments from Tom Hehir, special education educator at Harvard
Special education survey coming in March, targeting families and faculty
Leaping into Kindergarten, Feb 29 (leap day)
Students
Best Buddies at FHS now on Twitter
@bestFHSbuddies https://twitter.com/BestFHSBuddies
getting buddies involved with more than just football
did volleyball, basketball and working on others
Best Buddies Holiday party
pep rally before the Thanksgiving break
Jason, co-president of Best Buddies at FHS
Parents
"when parents are involved, the success is marvelous"
SEPAC Chair - Sara Mulcahey
parents can help each other, recommendations, support
monthly workshops open to the public
http://franklinsepac.org/
The SEPAC group is a 501(c)3 operating separately but collaboratively with the school district
Caryn Budd, Vice Chair SEPAC
mother of Korey, now 16 with a passion for life
Guild School, Waltham
O'Malley - thanks, very proud of the students
Jewell - comments to reinforce the parents getting involved with their children's development, it is so critical to the overall success
Bilello - use of more technology to help with some of the disabilities, need more professional development to support the teachers servicing the students
Bergen - is it tracked to see how many students with services eventually don't need the services?
- it is tracked but we haven't got the numbers handy
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