Special Meeting Minutes
A
Special Meeting of the Board of Education of the Scotia-Glenville Central
School District was held in the Cafeteria of the Middle School in said district
on November 28, 2005.
President of the Board of
Education Margaret Smith called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Present: Ahnert, Bradley, Carbone, Carpenter, Crisafulli, Smith, Superintendent Swartz, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Kavanaugh and Business Administrator Nolie.
Absent: Conlon (arrived at 6:50 p.m.)
ROLL CALL
AYES: 6
NOES: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The Board of Education
adjourned to Executive Session at 6:30 p.m. and returned to Open Session at
7:02 p.m. District Clerk DeLong
was present during the Open Session.
Hearing/Privilege of
the Floor
Linda Plemenik, 223 Waters Rd., thanked the Board for
creating the Task Force for Academic Enrichment and asked the Board to consider
continuing the Young Scholar program into the sixth grade next year.
Mrs. Keller explained the
circumstances which led up to the current discussion on Tartan Time. She explained to the Board the process
that the Middle School used to develop the current proposal for changing Tartan
Time. Michael Saccocio, Student
Council President, Brenda Coelho, Special Education Teacher, Karen Darrow,
Teaching Assistant, and Bobbie Hlat, parent, each gave a report to the Board on
the different aspects of the process.
Mrs. Keller reported that after reviewing many different options, the
proposal that all groups have agreed on includes the following points:
The
Board asked several questions of Mrs. Keller and discussed this issue. They thanked her and all the people
involved in the process for all their hard work and stated that this seemed to
be a good compromise for everyone involved.
John Yagielski, Chairman of
the Academic Enrichment Task Force, reported to the Board the progress to date
of this committee. He explained
the different sub-committees and their purpose as well as their progress. Several members of this Task Force were
in attendance and were asked to introduce themselves. The Board requested that they be provided with specific
details on their findings before the final report is given in January. They thanked the Task Force for all
their hard work and dedication.
(This report is contained as Appendix A to these minutes).
Tony Albanese, Director of
Pupil Personnel Services and Ken Handin, Chairman of the Committee on Special
Education gave the Annual Report on Special Education to the Board. They explained the CSE process in
detail and provided the Board with a data summary for the Special Education
department. Mr. Albanese explained
that one change the Board can expect to see in the future is the new
regulations where reading based difficulties will not be considered as a
Special Education issue.
He reported that prevention is extremely important and there is a need
for both Special Education and General Education to work closely together. The Board asked a number of questions
and thanked Mr. Albanese and Mr. Handin for their report. (This report is contained as Appendix B
to these minutes).
The Board discussed the
issue of forming an Audit Committee to comply with the State ComptrollerÕs
Ò5-Point PlanÓ. This committee needs to be in place by
January 1, 2006. The Board
discussed the
different options available
in forming this committee and was in agreement that they would like to
establish a
sub-committee of three members of the Board to form their Audit Committee.
a.
Staffing
1) Approve the part-time appointment of Susan Rowe as
School Monitor (Glendaal Elementary School), effective
November 29, 2005 through June 30, 2006, with 2005-2006 salary to be at the rate
of $8.00/hour (1.66 hours/day). This appointment is conditioned on the school
districtÕs receipt of clearance for the employee from the State Education
Department following a criminal history records check in accordance with the
provision of Education Law ¤3035.
2) Approve the following additional substitute for
the 2005-2006 school year. This appointment is conditioned on the school
districtÕs receipt of clearance for the employee from the State Education
Department following a criminal history records check in accordance with the
provision of Education Law ¤3035.
Substitute
Cleaner
Christopher Neary
3) Approve the
revised Teaching Assistant Salary Lists for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years. (This list is contained as Appendix C to these minutes).
b. Placement of Students with
Disabilities
Approve the Placement of Students with Disabilities
as recommended by the Committee on Special Education at their meetings on
11/10, 11/14, 11/17, and 11/21 and the Committee on Preschool Education at
their meeting on 11/18/05.
ROLL
CALL
AYES: 7
NOES: 0
MOTION
CARRIED
President Smith noted receipt of the following
warrant and the September 2005 Extraclassroom
Activity
Accounts:
c. Warrants: #15 $929,038.81
(This warrant is
contained as Appendix D to these minutes).
d.
Extraclassroom
Activity Accounts: September 2005
(These accounts are contained as
Appendix E to these minutes).
OTHER
BUSINESS
none
MOVED by Carbone that the Board of Education adjourn
to Executive Session in order to discuss matters relating to personnel.
ROLL
CALL
AYES: 7
NOES: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The Board of Education adjourned to Executive Session
at 9:00 p.m. and returned to Open Session at 9:42 p.m.
MOVED by Carbone that the meeting be adjourned.
ROLL
CALL
AYES: 7
NOES: 0
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting adjourned at 9:42 p.m.
____________________________
Bobbie
DeLong, District Clerk