MANCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006
A G E N D A
Executive Session - 6:30 p.m. - Legal Issues
7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Center

A. OPENING

1) Call to order
2) Pledge of Allegiance
3) Minutes of December 6, 2005 and December 12, 2005  
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS (any item before the Board)
C. CONSENT CALENDAR
1) Personnel Action
C-1
2) Approval of Board of Education Meeting Date Change
C-2
3) Permission to apply Verplanck School - Chapter and Diversity Grant $700.00
C-3
4) Permission to apply Washington School - Family Learning Curriculum Connections Pilot Project $5,000
C-4
5) Transfer of Funds
C-5
6) Appropriation for ESEA Grant - Public and Nonpublic
C-6
7) Appropriation for Title III - $26,914 C-7
D. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
1) School Closing Notification Update
 
2) Middle School Accelerated Schedule Update
 
3) District Strategic School Profile - Carol Burgess  
E. OLD BUSINESS
1) Diane Kaplan deVries, Ed.D. - Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding
D-1
2) Establishment of Policy Committee - Jen Tait
 
F. NEW BUSINESS
G. COMMUNICATIONS
H. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1) Personnel & Finance Committee
 
2) Community Relations Committee
 
3) Building & Sites Committee
 
I. ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS

Welcome to the Manchester Board of Education Meeting. Observers are always welcome. The following instructions are to assist those who wish to speak during Public Comment session(s):

1) State your name and address for the record. Students state name only.
2) First session: Three-minute time limit for any item that may come before the Board. Listen for bell.
3) Second session: Comments must be limited to items on the Board's agenda for this meeting. The Board Chair has the discretion to limit comment time.
4) Written statements may be submitted for Board members if time runs out for speaker.
5) Immediate replies to questions/concerns should not be expected (Board Chair/Superintendent=s discretion).
6) Inappropriate topics: Confidential information, personnel issues and legal concerns. Please avoid derogatory and profane language. Board of Education Policy #1220.