Central
Administration Building
“Challenging Student Excellence” |
I.
Pledge of
Allegiance
II.
Call To
Order The meeting was called to order at
Roll Call Present: Chairperson
Administration Present: James M. Halley, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools, William J. Daly, Director of Human Resources, Joseph F. Quinn, Jr., Director of Administrative Services and Maureen Buck, Controller
Absent: Daniel J. McGregor, Ph.D., Director of Pupil Personnel Services, Barbara A. Fitzsimmons, Ed.D, Curriculum Director
III. Presentation Data Driven Reform – Presented by Dr. Halley
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Projects:
Build a Data Warehouse (OLAP/ETL)
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Integrate District SIS Data
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RINET Centralize SIS Option
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NEXT STEPS
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Develop Web
Based Resource
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On-going
Integration of Assessment Tools and Results
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Integrate
Financial and
Geographical Information System Data
OLAP Benefits
OLAP improves
access to timely, useful and user friendly student, school and district data
and facilitates:
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Monitoring student performance over time
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Informing
educators
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Building understanding of educational issues
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Sharing success
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Providing multifaceted information about student
performance
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Connecting assessment data with other
programmatic and fiscal data
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Provides resources to allow districts to best
utilize data to improve teaching and learning
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Provides the infrastructure for next steps
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Leverages RI school districts buying power
through an aggregated purchase
Ú Improves grant funding attractiveness as a collaborative project
Integrate
District SIS Data
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Creating a Statewide Student ID
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Defining Standard Data Dictionary Elements and
Cleaning Data
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Implementing a Data Extraction Tool
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Creating Additional Report Templates
Integrate
District SIS Data Benefits
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Support for administrative decision making
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Multi-level profiles
State, district,
school, grade, subject, student
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Support for instructional decision making
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Timely, multifaceted data
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Aggregated, disaggregated
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Standardize data elements collected by districts
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Minimize duplication / manual intervention for state
reporting
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Create unique student identifier
Ú Compliance with NCLB and other Federal/State reporting requirements
Integrate District SIS Data Requirements
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Professional Development
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Data Entry
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Data Analysis
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Technical implementation plan for data
extraction
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Standardize data elements collected by districts
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Create unique student identifier
– “Clean” accurate and consistent data from Districts
Cost analysis is offered in appendix
(a)
IV.
Open Forum
· Pam Weiger was interested in knowing if the concept of Data Driven Reform was developed because of the No Child Left Behind act. Dr. Halley responded positively, and added that there was a need for immediate feedback.
V.
Routine Items
A.
Correspondence and Good News
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· Pat Watkins received invitations to the DARE graduations to be held at Quidnessett and Stony Lane and recommends that School Committee members who are able to, attend this worthwhile venture; also would like to mention the awful tragedy of the child killed in the traffic accident at the West Greenwich High School and please drive carefully over the Holiday Season.
·
Kevin Mulvey had a great luncheon at
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B.
Calendar – Dr. Halley reviewed the calendar for
the next two weeks with the school committee.
CONSENT AGENDA
Approved items on the consent agenda are marked with * on a motion by Pat Watkins and seconded by Lynne Haft (6/0/1).
Approved items that were exempted or amended within the consent agenda are marked with ** as indicated immediately following the item.
Withdrawn
or Tabled Items from the consent agenda are marked with *** as indicated immediately
following the item.
C.
Approval of Minutes of Prior Meetings
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
*** These items had wording that
required revision per Bill Mudge, and will be resubmitted for approval at the
next Business Meeting on
D.
Financial Reports*
E.
Textbook Adoptions - none
F.
Bids and Awards - none
G.
Personnel Items
1.
Appointments,
Non-Certificated Staff:*
a)
Matthew Maynard, Itinerant Weekend Custodian, 20 hours
per week, Step 1 @ $11.31 per hour, effective
b)
Jill Mongeon,
Paraprofessional at Davisville Middle School, 6 hours per day, 5 days a week
for a total of 30 hours per week, Step 1 + a Bachelor’s @ $9.29 per hour,
effective November 19, 2002.
c)
Gloria Greene, Paraprofessional at Stony Lane
Elementary School, 4 hours per day, 5 days a week for a total of 20 hours per
week, Step 1 @ $9.29 per hour, effective December 2, 2002.
d)
Lisa Bennett, Paraprofessional at Stony Lane Elementary
School, 6 hours per day, 5 days a week for a total of 30 hours per week, Step 1
@ $9.29 per hour, effective December 3, 2002.
e)
Barbara Burns, Paraprofessional at Davisville Middle
School, 4 hours per day, 5 days a week for a total of 20 hours per week, Step 1
+ a Bachelor’s @ $9.29 per hour,
effective December 11, 2002.
f)
Lou McCann, Paraprofessional at Wickford Elementary
School, 5 hours per day, 5 days a week for a total of 25 hours per week, Step 7
@ $12.65 per hour, effective January 6, 2003.
g)
Pedro Rivera, Custodian at the North Kingstown High
School & Quidnessett Elementary School, 8 hours per day, 5 days a week for
a total of 40 hours per week, Step 1 @ $11.31 per hour, effective December 16,
2002
2.
Increase in FTE, Certificated Staff:*
a)
Jeannine Martins. From .5 FTE to .6 FTE Itinerant
Speech Teacher, Step 5 + a Master’s, pro-rated for 123 days in the 2002/2003
school year with a total annual salary of $17,043.00, effective December 2,
2002.
3.
Request for Unpaid Parental Leave of Absence,
Certificated Staff:*
a)
Bethany LaBelle Pratt,
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, from
4.
Retirement, Non-Certificated Staff:*
a)
Alize Gantz,
Bus Paraprofessional, effective
b)
Adele Edgerton, Paraprofessional at
5.
Request for an Extension for Unpaid Parental Leave of
Absence, Certificated Staff:*
a)
Pamela Dillon, 1.0 FTE Media Specialist at
6.
Request for an Extension for Unpaid Educational Leave
of Absence, Non-Certificated Staff:*
a)
Jane Robbins, Paraprofessional at
7.
Increase in Salary, Non-Unit Personnel:*
a)
Russell Hryzan, Network Specialist, annual salary of
$41,958.00, effective
b)
Ronald Verdi, Senior Technician, annual salary of
$36,826.00, effective
c)
Stephen Antonelli, Senior
Technician, annual salary of $38,667.00, effective
8. Approval of Technology Salary Plan***
*** Tabled by
END OF CONSENT AGENDA
VI.
New Business
A. Open
Meetings Law – Peter Olsen went over the Open Meetings Law with the School
Committee and was available for questions.
B. Elementary PE Curriculum: For Adoption – Approved on a motion by Lynne Haft that was seconded by Pat Watkins with a vote of 6/0/1.
C. High School Pre-Calculus Class: Add
an Additional Teacher – For Vote – Motion for approval was sought by Denise
Coppa with a second by Bill Mudge. The
vote was not in favor. Lynne Haft,
D. School Modernization Advisory
Committee: Authorize Comprehensive Study of
Facilities Upgrade – A motion to seek a competitive bid and the development
of a scope of work was put forth by Pat Watkins and seconded by Lynne
Haft. This motion carried with a vote of
E.
Elementary K-5 Organization Advisory Committee - none
F. Housekeeping
1. Discussion of Televising the School Committee meetings was undertaken, and more information, such as logistics and cost, was determined necessary. To be further discussed at the January Worksession.
2.
Motion Submission Forms and
Comment Submission Forms were presented for use so that the School Committee
members can write their motions and comments for the recording secretary.
G.
Subcommittees
1.
Budget Subcommittee
a.
Bill Mudge
b. Kevin Mulvey
c.
Pat
Watkins
2.
Community Relations Subcommittee
a.
Denise
Coppa
b. Lynne Haft
c.
3.
a.
Bill Mudge
b. Pat Watkins
4.
Negotiation Subcommittee
a.
b. Lynne Haft
c.
5.
Policy Subcommittee
a.
Denise
Coppa
b. Kevin Mulvey
6. School Committee Liaisons
a. Child
Opportunity Zone (COZ) - Pat Watkins
b.
Legislative/State and Federal
Programs (RI Association of School Committees ~ RIASC)
- Kevin Mulvey
c. LINKS ~
Laymen in North Kingstown Schools –
d. NEANK ~ National Education
Association
e. {NKAPP ~
f. {NKESP ~
g. Southern RI Regional
Collaborative (SORICO) – Pat Watkins is chair of holding committee; Lynne Haft
is liaison
h. Special Education Local Advisory
Committee (SELAC) - Bill Mudge
H.
Dissemination
of Information and Requests for Information –
VI. Unfinished Business
A.
2002-03 Budget – None; however Dr. Halley was charged
with completing a budget plan for the 2003-2004 School Year utilizing the final
reports of the Elementary K-5 Organization Advisory Committee, the School
Modernization Advisory Committee, and including seven K-5 elementary schools.
B.
2002-03 School Department Goals and Objectives - none
VII. Reports
A. Cafeteria
Report – none
B.
Policy Subcommittee –
none
C.
RIASC and other Legislative Activity – none
IX.
Comments
X. Motion to Adjourn
A motion to adjourn, to executive session
pursuant to RIGL 42-46-4 and 42-46-5 (1) and (2) for Personnel Issues*
negotiations, and Home Schooling requests, was made by Pat Watkins /Kevin
Mulvey at 11:15 PM, clock counter 3:46:40.
A vote yielded unanimous approval. The school committee will return to
open session following the executive session; however, no business will be
conducted. *At the election of the
employee, the personnel matter may be heard in public.
Respectfully
submitted,
_______________________________________
Konnie
M. Mazur