The meeting is taking a break and will resume with the discussion only items.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Live reporting - Capital budget Q&A
Q - What is the status of wireless?
A - JFK won out because it is small and easy to do. It also goes along with the teacher laptop request. Some of the others are much harder to accomplish.
Sabolinski - We won't to monitor the teachers use of the smart board. We have training planned and will be monitoring their use not just as projectors but with the clickers interactive with the instructional material.
Q - How has the downward pressure on technology prices affected us?
A - In the net books, in particular and competition is benefiting us quite well. I wish I had more money because I get get a lot for it right now.
Sabolinski - Tim negotiates a great deal usually getting training incorporated within the purchases as needed.
A - JFK won out because it is small and easy to do. It also goes along with the teacher laptop request. Some of the others are much harder to accomplish.
Sabolinski - We won't to monitor the teachers use of the smart board. We have training planned and will be monitoring their use not just as projectors but with the clickers interactive with the instructional material.
Q - How has the downward pressure on technology prices affected us?
A - In the net books, in particular and competition is benefiting us quite well. I wish I had more money because I get get a lot for it right now.
Sabolinski - Tim negotiates a great deal usually getting training incorporated within the purchases as needed.
Live reporting - Technology budget proposal
Maureen Sabolinski, Tim Raposa
Special Education Vans
Replace van 1 and 2 at a cost of $26,902 each for a total of $53,804.
Facilities
- Keller/Sullivan security system
- JFK replace outer doors
- Paving Parmenter
- Carpet Replacement/Parmenter & JFK
Facilities total - $400,000
Technology Capital Request FY 2010
| School | Product | Qty | Estimate | Extended |
| JFK | Teacher Laptops | 27 | $1,000 | $27,000 |
| JFK | Wireless Access | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Elementary | Smartboards - Grade Level | 24 | $4,000 | $96,000 |
| All locations | AV over fiber solution | 1 | $67,000 | $67,000 |
| ------------------ | ||||
| $200,000 | ||||
JFK Teacher Laptops - Low-cost teacher laptops to take advantage of the newly installed wireless. Depending on price we may be able to extend this offer to other schools.
JFK Wireless access – Complete, secure wireless access throughout the school.
Elementary Smartboards – Interactive whiteboard technology for a grade level in each elementary school. Grade TBD.
Elementary Smartboards – Interactive whiteboard technology for a grade level in each elementary school. Grade TBD.
AV over Fiber – Digital audio/visual system that will allow the distribution of content to designated schools over the proposed town/school fiber network. This will replace the current aging/failing video distribution systems at these schools. This is a foundation step that provides capability. Additional display devices (televisions, projectors, smartboards) will need to be purchased at some locations in the future to take advantage of the functionality this system offers.
This is the request that will be the School Department's as part of the Town capital budgeting process. The likelihood to actually get some capital is slim.
Live reporting - MCAS Q&A
Q - How has the budget cuts affected our results?
A - Loosing the curriculum team hurts. We could react quickly to the test results. We don't have the people to do that now. We can respond as timely to these results now. It is falling upon the administration and the principals to do this amongst their other duties. We can work on special projects but it is the only way to get at this.
Sabolinski - We are seeing our most vulnerable learners across the K12 grades in the subgroups suffer via the results.We lost our data analyst in this cycle. It forces the principals and teachers to look at the data directly.
Kingsland-Smith - Neither the State nor the Federal level are slowing down the AYP goals. We are being pulled in multiple directions.
Q - what is the process for a school that doesn't make the grade?
A - It is a rule of thumb that it takes two years to get into a problem and then at least two years to get out of it. It can be anomaly for one year due to special circumstances.If you are in Year 1 of improvement, the State expects that the district will be doing what it can to make progress. If you are in Year Two and not making sufficient improvement, the State can come in and direct some specific programs for improvement.
Cafasso - I would like to see a priority to address the ELA in the next budget process.
Q - How long do you have to comply with a change in curriculum?
A - The testing cycle is in progress when they make a release so it would usually be looked for in the next cycle. Franklin is fortunate to have stayed ahead of the curve because we have had a standing curriculum team. That team is no longer here. It really about professional development and professional learning communities for the teachers.
A - Loosing the curriculum team hurts. We could react quickly to the test results. We don't have the people to do that now. We can respond as timely to these results now. It is falling upon the administration and the principals to do this amongst their other duties. We can work on special projects but it is the only way to get at this.
Sabolinski - We are seeing our most vulnerable learners across the K12 grades in the subgroups suffer via the results.We lost our data analyst in this cycle. It forces the principals and teachers to look at the data directly.
Kingsland-Smith - Neither the State nor the Federal level are slowing down the AYP goals. We are being pulled in multiple directions.
Q - what is the process for a school that doesn't make the grade?
A - It is a rule of thumb that it takes two years to get into a problem and then at least two years to get out of it. It can be anomaly for one year due to special circumstances.If you are in Year 1 of improvement, the State expects that the district will be doing what it can to make progress. If you are in Year Two and not making sufficient improvement, the State can come in and direct some specific programs for improvement.
Cafasso - I would like to see a priority to address the ELA in the next budget process.
Q - How long do you have to comply with a change in curriculum?
A - The testing cycle is in progress when they make a release so it would usually be looked for in the next cycle. Franklin is fortunate to have stayed ahead of the curve because we have had a standing curriculum team. That team is no longer here. It really about professional development and professional learning communities for the teachers.
Live reporting - MCAS Report 2009
b. MCAS Presentation – Michele Kingsland-Smith; Beth Fitzmaurice
The full district report is shown here:
The presentation will be updated later.
113 Franklin senior class students are Adams Scholarship winners.
State identified 13 schools with high growth and high performance. JF Kennedy School was one of the 13 schools.
Average Yearly Progress (AYP) the district has met the AYP standard in combined scores for all students. The district did not make AYP for ELA and Math subgroups in all cases for the various grade levels.
SPED subgroup doesn't meet AYP. Being looked at for special attention.
The Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is coming in to visit this week for a Coordinated Program Review
K-12 Response to Intervention (RtI)
District Data Team
Middle school Math Initiative
Middle school CET support
K-12 Literacy initiative
The full district report is shown here:
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The presentation will be updated later.
113 Franklin senior class students are Adams Scholarship winners.
State identified 13 schools with high growth and high performance. JF Kennedy School was one of the 13 schools.
Average Yearly Progress (AYP) the district has met the AYP standard in combined scores for all students. The district did not make AYP for ELA and Math subgroups in all cases for the various grade levels.
SPED subgroup doesn't meet AYP. Being looked at for special attention.
Individual student performance
Audit Curriculum alignment and instructional practices
The Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is coming in to visit this week for a Coordinated Program Review
K-12 Response to Intervention (RtI)
District Data Team
Middle school Math Initiative
Middle school CET support
K-12 Literacy initiative
Live reporting - MASS Awards
3. Guests/Presentations
a. MASS Academic Excellence Awards
Left to right: Principal Peter Light, Kimberly Takahata, Christopher Anderson, School Committee Chair Jeff Roy and School Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski
a. MASS Academic Excellence Awards
1. Kimberly Takahata
2. Christopher Anderson
Left to right: Principal Peter Light, Kimberly Takahata, Christopher Anderson, School Committee Chair Jeff Roy and School Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski
Live reporting - School Committee
Attending: Douglas, Cafasso, Rohrbach, Mullen, Roy, Trahan, Glynn
Call to order Mr. Roy
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence
2. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments - none
Review of Agenda - no modifications
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the October 27, 2009 and November 4, 2009 School Committee Meetings. motion to approve each separately - Oct 27, passed 7-0; Nov 4 passed 6-0, 1 abstain (Cafasso)
Payment of Bills - Mr. Glynn motion to approve, passed 7-0
Payroll - Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
Correspondence: 1. Budget to Actual
Call to order Mr. Roy
Pledge of Allegiance
Moment of Silence
2. Routine Business
Citizen’s Comments - none
Review of Agenda - no modifications
Minutes: I recommend approval of the minutes from the October 27, 2009 and November 4, 2009 School Committee Meetings. motion to approve each separately - Oct 27, passed 7-0; Nov 4 passed 6-0, 1 abstain (Cafasso)
Payment of Bills - Mr. Glynn motion to approve, passed 7-0
Payroll - Mrs. Douglas
FHS Student Representatives
Correspondence: 1. Budget to Actual
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