Live reporting - Presentations: NASA

2. Guests/Presentations

a. NASA Project – Horace Mann Middle School

• Anne Bergen, Principal

Ms. Foreman, James Schliefke

• Rachita Chaudhury
• Cody Williamson
• Lauren Kane
• Cole Comfort
• Elise Rivera
• Joe Chernak

Looking at heat transfer and astronomy
comparison of conditions between moon and earth
create a product to withstand the stresses of the moon
NASA specialist provided assistance


Note: No pictures were taken of the students to respect the privacy concerns that were not clear at the time of the presentation.

Live reporting - School Committee - 2/24/09

Attending: Armenio, Cafasso, Kelly, Mullen, Roy, Rohrbach, Trahan


1. Routine Business

• Citizen’s Comments - none
  
• Review of Agenda - add FY 10 budget discussion update
  
• Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the February 10, 2009 School Committee Meeting. Motion to approve - 7-0
  
• Payment of Bills - Mr. Kelly
• Payroll - Ms. Armenio
• FHS Student Representatives

• Correspondence:

"state would save about $2.5 million a year"

"Am I disappointed they're dropping the U.S. history MCAS? Not at all," said Dennis Wilkinson, test coordinator at Franklin High School. "We test the heck out of (students) in English language arts, math and biology."

He said he understood why the state would consider dropping the test, given the cost and the financial situation the state finds itself in.

Read the full article on the proposal to slide back the addition of history to the MCAS test suite in the Milford Daily News here

The Green Reel: "Renewal"

The Green Reel: a series of films for sustainable living will be shown on Sunday evenings this winter.

What: "Renewal"

When: 7:00 PM on March 1, 2009

Where: Agudas Achim, 901 North Main St, Attleboro or directions here

Free and open to the public.
For more info: 508-695-2389

read more about the file "Renewal" here

Sponsors:

Agudas Achim
Crystal Spring Center
Simply Keep It Local
Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary
Citizens for a Sustainable Local Economy
Murray Unitarian Universalist Church
Green Committee of First Universalist Society of Franklin
New Dawn Earth Center
Oake Knoll Ayrshires
Franklin Area Climate Team
White Barn Farm
St Mark's Episcopal Church-Foxboro

School Committee - Agenda - 2/24/09

1. Routine Business

• Citizen’s Comments
• Review of Agenda
• Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the February 10, 2009 School Committee Meeting.
• Payment of Bills - Mr. Kelly
• Payroll - Ms. Armenio
• FHS Student Representatives
• Correspondence:

2. Guests/Presentations

a. NASA Project – Horace Mann Middle School

• Anne Bergen, Principal
• Rachita Chaudhury
• Cody Williamson
• Lauren Kane
• Cole Comfort
• Elise Rivera
• Joe Chernak

b. Assistant Superintendent Candidate – Sally Winslow


3. Discussion Only Items

• Budget to Actual
• Second Reading – Sub Committee Minutes Policy & Exhibit BEDGG/BEDGG-E

4. Action Items

1. I recommend budget transfers as detailed.
2. I recommend acceptance of the anonymous donation of $10,000 for the Ruth Reitzas Scholarship Fund at the FHS.
3. I recommend the acceptance of a check for $5,000 from the Oak Street PCC for the following field trips: K: Davis Farmland; Gr 2: Stony Brook; and Gr. 4: Fine Arts.
4. I recommend adoption of Sub Committee Minutes Policy & Exhibit BEDGG/BEDGG-E.
5. I recommend action be taken regarding the make-up day for the HM/Oak/ECDC Complex.
6. I recommend approval of the Horace Mann MS Trip to Trinity Repertory Theatre in Providence, RI to see the play “A Raisin in the Sun”.
7. I recommend acceptance of a check for $1,000 from the Singleton Family Foundation for Special Education programs/equipment at FHS.
8. I recommend approval of the recurring Washington, D.C. field trip for Remington Middle School students in April, 2009.

5. Information Matters

• Superintendent’s Report
• School Committee Sub-Committee Reports
• School Committee Liaison Reports

6. New Business

• To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.

7. Adjourn

"It's just a silly, silly thing"

FRANKLIN —

Faced with the options of making students go to school and teachers work on either a Saturday, Good Friday, or another day in late June to make up a missed school day, the School Committee is still mulling its options.

The committee has been trying to find a viable way, but each option presents some problem.

The state education commissioner denied Superintendent Wayne Ogden's waiver request for the day of school that students at the Oak Street School complex missed when a pipe burst the Tuesday after Labor Day and shut down Horace Mann Middle School, Oak Street Elementary School, and Early Childhood Development Center (a preschool).

School Committee member Ed Cafasso has suggested the district take its chances and keep its existing school calendar instead of adding another day or half day.

"Unless I hear something that changes my mind, I am going to oppose school on Good Friday or creating an extra school day in June," Cafasso said.

"The circumstances justify a waiver, especially since Franklin students already exceed the minimum hours for instruction. Disrupting families and creating new costs for taxpayers just so we can check off a bureaucratic box doesn't seem fair to me," Cafasso said.

Read the full article about the make up day for the Oak St/Horace Mann school complex in the Milford Daily News here

Copyright explained

Wes Fryer does a good SlideShare presentation synchronizing the slideshow with audio to explain copyright. It is almost an hour but you should give yourself credit for watching it, well worth it.

Copyright for Educators

View more presentations from wfryer. (tags: librarian library)

Enjoy!