The collection of live reporting posts from the School Committee meeting of Tuesday, Sep 8th can be found here
Live reporting - Superintendents report
Live reporting - Action Items
Live reporting - Discussion only items
Live reporting - SIP Franklin High
Live reporting - SIP Annie Sullivan
Live reporting - SIP Remington
Live reporting - Presentations (School Improvement...
Live reporting - School Committee 9/8/09
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Did you know?
How do you Remember the Warning Signs of Suicide?
Here’s an Easy-to-Remember Mnemonic:
IS PATH WARM?
Read more about suicide and how to detect early warning signs here:
Here’s an Easy-to-Remember Mnemonic:
IS PATH WARM?
| I | Ideation |
| S | Substance Abuse |
| P | Purposelessness |
| A | Anxiety |
| T | Trapped |
| H | Hopelessness |
| W | Withdrawal |
| A | Anger |
| R | Recklessness |
| M | Mood Changes |
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Franklin Citizens Rail Trail Committee - 9/10/09 - Agenda
Agenda for Sept 10, 2009
I. Call to Order / Introductions of New Attendees
A. Introduction of new attendees
B. Volunteer to write minutes of the meeting
C. Motion to accept meeting minutes of 8/19/09
II. Report from our representative from DCR
A. Gates at Spring St
B. Leveling of the Trail
III. Membership Committee Report (Denison, McKeown, Sawyer)
A. Committee to present work and ask for Committee approval
B. Meeting attendees will be asked to fill out Membership Forms and send in checks to our Treasurer
IV. Report from Finance Committee (Rossetti)
A. Report from Treasurer
VII. Report of Fund Raising Committee (Sawyer)
A. Shall we start planning for road race and other events
B. Do we have the Lions Club for insurance protection?
C. Do we have the Franklin Bolts or other local groups?
VIII. Publicity (Dave Labonte)
A. Distribution of brochure, do we need a second printing
B. Report on Meeting with Franklin PLUC (Svendsen)
C. Comments from new attendees from PLUC
D. Tentative date for next meeting w/PLUC is Sep 30th
E. Date for Rotary Club presentation set for Sep 17th
IX. Unfinished Business
A. Questions from members / attendees
X. New Business
A. Update on End of Summer Cookout
Date set for Sept 19 w/the 20th as the Rain Date
B.
C.
D.
Set Date for Next Meeting and Adjourn
I. Call to Order / Introductions of New Attendees
A. Introduction of new attendees
B. Volunteer to write minutes of the meeting
C. Motion to accept meeting minutes of 8/19/09
II. Report from our representative from DCR
A. Gates at Spring St
B. Leveling of the Trail
III. Membership Committee Report (Denison, McKeown, Sawyer)
A. Committee to present work and ask for Committee approval
B. Meeting attendees will be asked to fill out Membership Forms and send in checks to our Treasurer
IV. Report from Finance Committee (Rossetti)
A. Report from Treasurer
VII. Report of Fund Raising Committee (Sawyer)
A. Shall we start planning for road race and other events
B. Do we have the Lions Club for insurance protection?
C. Do we have the Franklin Bolts or other local groups?
VIII. Publicity (Dave Labonte)
A. Distribution of brochure, do we need a second printing
B. Report on Meeting with Franklin PLUC (Svendsen)
C. Comments from new attendees from PLUC
D. Tentative date for next meeting w/PLUC is Sep 30th
E. Date for Rotary Club presentation set for Sep 17th
IX. Unfinished Business
A. Questions from members / attendees
X. New Business
A. Update on End of Summer Cookout
Date set for Sept 19 w/the 20th as the Rain Date
B.
C.
D.
Set Date for Next Meeting and Adjourn
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Live reporting - Superintendents report
News you can use.
Previously posted to Franklin Matters
School Opening
Some enrollment glitches, over all a quieter start to the school year, the planning this summer paid off.
Enrollment comparison
Concerned about lossing 19-20% of what could have been the incoming freshman class
The class size is currently very reasonable.
Looking for ways to beef up public relations for the high school.
Q - can we break down how the students were lost?
A - Yes, we can do that now that we know.
Could usually count on 9-10 percent each year prior to this.
My note - are they forgetting that there was mass confusion during May, June and into early July about the FY 2010 year? The enrollments would have been taken place during that time.
Moving to executive session
Previously posted to Franklin Matters
School Opening
Some enrollment glitches, over all a quieter start to the school year, the planning this summer paid off.
Enrollment comparison
Concerned about lossing 19-20% of what could have been the incoming freshman class
The class size is currently very reasonable.
Looking for ways to beef up public relations for the high school.
Q - can we break down how the students were lost?
A - Yes, we can do that now that we know.
Could usually count on 9-10 percent each year prior to this.
My note - are they forgetting that there was mass confusion during May, June and into early July about the FY 2010 year? The enrollments would have been taken place during that time.
Moving to executive session
Live reporting - Action Items
4. Action Items
- I recommend adoption of Horace Mann Middle School’s School Improvement Plan motion to approve; passed 7-0
- I recommend adoption of Remington Middle School’s School Improvement Plan motion to approve; passed 7-0
- I recommend adoption of Annie Sullivan Middle School’s School Improvement Plan motion to approve; passed 7-0
- I recommend adoption of Franklin High School’s School Improvement Plan motion to approve; passed 7-0
- I recommend acceptance of a check for $554.22 from the Tri County Partnership as credit for Life Fair for the FHS gift account motion to approve; passed 6-0, 1 abstain (Armenio)
- I recommend acceptance of a check for $100.00 from Kristen Redpath in memory of her late husband, Donald Redpath, for the FHS Science Department. motion to approve; passed 7-0
Live reporting - Discussion only items
3. Discussion Only Items
The report on the listing of projects completed during the summer in all the schools will be added later.
90% of the work done was done at the High School, the remaining items will be done this fall.
Roy - typically at the end of the school day, the technology center is empty. A recent visit revealed 30-40 students working in the new area.
Transportation
The following chart was not part of the School Committee package but was prepared with the FPS data as provided. The data tells a story at a glance on what the pay-to-ride fee increase has done to the numbers of students riding the buses.
No route changes on the transportation side.
While ridership is down, the same number of buses is still be run as last year.
Q - Is there a way we can recover some costs with a half ride program, having parents pay for the ride home.
A - We would have to look at the bus capacity by route. Some buses we have already heard have some extra seats. We would be better able to do the analysis as the situation settle.
Q - Can you clarify the rule on the free ride?
A - There was a school committee policy some years ago that if there was not a safe walkway to school, it used to be a free ride. It is not a state requirement. The State requires free busing for those within 2 miles. The State allows a student to walk a half mile to a bus stop. We try to minimize that.
Comment - caution on some parents who have bought the pay-to-ride to get the afternoon ride home. You may need to implement some re-funds to for those parents if the half ride goes through.
H1N1 - spending much time on this health issue instead of instructional issues. Part of the town-wide planning process. The State may be sponsoring the vaccination clinics. The schools put the information out, people tend to listen rather than if the Police or other Town departments.
The Schools are collecting data weekly on attendance and illness rates.
Dr Timothy Johnson will be doing a town hall style meeting next week on Channel 5 to review the does/don'ts.
Purell can't be stored in the schools due to the alcohol content. They are working to obtain a non-alcohol based with aloe to avoid overwashing and creating additional issues.
Superintendent's goals
Roy - suggestion to bring it up to see how it would be handled this year.
Mullen - to take lead on developing goals for Maureen. Committee members can send their suggestions to her.
- Facilities Update
- Transportation Update
- H1N1 Update
- Superintendent’s Goals
The report on the listing of projects completed during the summer in all the schools will be added later.
90% of the work done was done at the High School, the remaining items will be done this fall.
Roy - typically at the end of the school day, the technology center is empty. A recent visit revealed 30-40 students working in the new area.
Transportation
The following chart was not part of the School Committee package but was prepared with the FPS data as provided. The data tells a story at a glance on what the pay-to-ride fee increase has done to the numbers of students riding the buses.
Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io
No route changes on the transportation side.
While ridership is down, the same number of buses is still be run as last year.
Q - Is there a way we can recover some costs with a half ride program, having parents pay for the ride home.
A - We would have to look at the bus capacity by route. Some buses we have already heard have some extra seats. We would be better able to do the analysis as the situation settle.
Q - Can you clarify the rule on the free ride?
A - There was a school committee policy some years ago that if there was not a safe walkway to school, it used to be a free ride. It is not a state requirement. The State requires free busing for those within 2 miles. The State allows a student to walk a half mile to a bus stop. We try to minimize that.
Comment - caution on some parents who have bought the pay-to-ride to get the afternoon ride home. You may need to implement some re-funds to for those parents if the half ride goes through.
H1N1 - spending much time on this health issue instead of instructional issues. Part of the town-wide planning process. The State may be sponsoring the vaccination clinics. The schools put the information out, people tend to listen rather than if the Police or other Town departments.
The Schools are collecting data weekly on attendance and illness rates.
Dr Timothy Johnson will be doing a town hall style meeting next week on Channel 5 to review the does/don'ts.
Purell can't be stored in the schools due to the alcohol content. They are working to obtain a non-alcohol based with aloe to avoid overwashing and creating additional issues.
Superintendent's goals
Roy - suggestion to bring it up to see how it would be handled this year.
Mullen - to take lead on developing goals for Maureen. Committee members can send their suggestions to her.
Live reporting - SIP Franklin High
2. Guests/Presentations
a. School Improvement Plans
Increase summer reading
Increase graduation percent for lower socio-economic students
Continuation of increasing Advanced placement participation
open response questions within Math is a problem area and a team is being formed to look at more closely
Safety - run the lock down drill this year and develop an updated evacuation plan. In particular, the attendance procedures work but they are too slow.
EdLine is live now, students and parents will be receiving access codes in the next week or so. Access to grading will be deployed later to avoid potential misinterpretation of the results they would see.
They are looking to expand the concept of summer reading, expand to provide more choices, need to analyze what the level of participation was this year and then look to increase the offerings.
Looking at how to challenge the students in English with more AP or honors classes. Using the College Board predictive results to see what the students are that are not yet in the AP classes.
Goal for complete wifi access, it is complete (with a couple of classroom exceptions). It is a free public wifi but students using to access via a secure channel to their folders. Printing is not yet available this way but they are working on this. Trying to go paperless as much as possible. 200 laptops are in, 50-60 are being used daily. Some are going out overnight. Minor issues with some but tech support is handling those.
Own online course management system is now functioning, it was used for summer school. About 40-50% fof the faculty are using it (either in an experimental stage or deployed).
55 teachers have courses built into Moodle today, per Sabolinski
Sabolinski, thanks to the collaboration and coordination amongst the middle and high school.
a. School Improvement Plans
- Franklin High School – Peter Light
Increase summer reading
Increase graduation percent for lower socio-economic students
Continuation of increasing Advanced placement participation
open response questions within Math is a problem area and a team is being formed to look at more closely
Safety - run the lock down drill this year and develop an updated evacuation plan. In particular, the attendance procedures work but they are too slow.
EdLine is live now, students and parents will be receiving access codes in the next week or so. Access to grading will be deployed later to avoid potential misinterpretation of the results they would see.
They are looking to expand the concept of summer reading, expand to provide more choices, need to analyze what the level of participation was this year and then look to increase the offerings.
Looking at how to challenge the students in English with more AP or honors classes. Using the College Board predictive results to see what the students are that are not yet in the AP classes.
Goal for complete wifi access, it is complete (with a couple of classroom exceptions). It is a free public wifi but students using to access via a secure channel to their folders. Printing is not yet available this way but they are working on this. Trying to go paperless as much as possible. 200 laptops are in, 50-60 are being used daily. Some are going out overnight. Minor issues with some but tech support is handling those.
Own online course management system is now functioning, it was used for summer school. About 40-50% fof the faculty are using it (either in an experimental stage or deployed).
55 teachers have courses built into Moodle today, per Sabolinski
Sabolinski, thanks to the collaboration and coordination amongst the middle and high school.
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