Present: Feeley, Linden, Douglas, Scofield, Bergen, Schultz, Zub
Absent: none
1. Routine Business
a. Review of Agenda
no adjustments
b. Citizen’s Comments
i. In the spirit of open communication, “the School Committee will hear public comment not related to an agenda item at the beginning of each regular School Committee Meeting. The Committee will listen to, but not respond to any comment made. A Committee member may add an agenda item to a future meeting as a result of a citizen comment” – from Policy BEDH
c. FHS Student Representative Comments
winter sports dominate
Cheerleaders won the Hockomock
Girls hockey tonight, Weds boys hockey and girls basketball
Thursday boys basketball
7 week stretch until April break, English MCAS at the end of March
Freshman banquet next week at FHS
stressing safety precaution being worked, locked down scheduled for next week
d. Superintendent’s Report
1 message
to repeat in light of events at Parkland
The message was posted here earlier
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2018/02/franklin-public-schools-message-in.html
2nd message
anticipated response coming Wednesday re: student lead events forthcoming
aware of March 14 student lead walk out, students have reached out
expressing themselves in appropriate ways
more info coming over the next several days to keep community and parents informed
March 14, 17 minute walk out in honor of the Parkland victims
middle school students have reached out, so not just high school
do want to see the youth engaged
3 message
preview, half day Friday March 2, professional dev half day
ECDC application of assessment, webinars
Davis Thayer/Parmenter with Lesley UNiv
Oak, Keller Kennedy working on life science
Middle schools will focus on keys to literacy
FHS will be working on department based differentiated learning
2. Guests / Presentations
a. FY19 Budget Presentation
document will be posted on Wednesday (hence in FM Thursday)
Superintendent recommendation to continue to be worked with the Budget subcommittee
vision and mission have informed the goals and objectives
overview of budget process to date (add link to what was shared earlier)
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| Goodman and Ahern presenting first view of FY 2019 budget |
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| level service budget summary |
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| critical needs identified |
varied approach across the buildings in regard to providing the guidance and counseling support; looking to do a district wide study to look to augment changes in a more efficient way
proposing to include the DESA piece as a pilot
this page of critical needs is effectively being deferred due to "level service budget" hence phrased as "long term objective"
Key item on staffing to be budget neutral across the district esp. in regards to continued enrollment declines
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| critical needs that may not be addressed due to budget issues |
ECDC proposal could be budget neutral or revenue generating; break even is 9 students
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| other critical needs that could be budget neutral depending upon student participation |
other critical needs would be looking to increase some specific support services
given prior comment on staffing being budget neutral overall
looking to close a budget gap of close to $1M (including revolving fund account offsets)
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| interesting numbers, lots of story there |
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| summary page of budget presentation |
to budget subcommittee to continue to work, bring back to School Committee for March 13 and then again for a budget hearing March 27 in advance of an April vote
We don't have enough to do what we need to do. How do we fund our requirements? Level service doesn't meet the needs.
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| recommended next steps |
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