MANCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
Monday, August 23, 2004

A G E N D A

Executive Session - Pending Litigation & Personnel Matters - 6:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Center
A. OPENING
1) Call to order
2) Pledge of Allegiance
3) Minutes of July 7th & July 29th 2004
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS (any item before the Board)
C. CONSENT CALENDAR
1) Personnel Action C - 1
2) Extended Field Trip Request - Bennet Middle School Washington D.C. - May 4 - 6, 2005 C - 2
3) Increase in Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $80,000 for a total of $320,000-Summer School Account, funded by Tuition Payments C - 3
4) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $68,890 IDEA 619 Grant for Special Education Students, funded by the State Department of Education C - 4
5) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $18,125 Student Engineers Interdistrict Cooperative Grant, funded by the State Department of Education C - 5
6) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $100,000 Early Reading Success Grant, funded by the CT. State Department of Education C - 6
7) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $147,943 Head Start Expansion Grant, funded by the CT. State Department of Education C - 7
8) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $94,216 Head Start Expansion Grant, funded by the CT. State Department of Education C - 8
9) Appropriation - Education Special Projects - $62,611 Head Start USDA Grant, funded by USDA C - 9
10) Permission to Apply for Education Special Projects - $37,720 Head Start Positive Youth Development Grant, funded by the Federal Head Start Bureau C - 10
11) Permission to Apply for Education Special Projects - $1,417,142 Entitlements I, II A, II D, III, IV, and V under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), funded by the U.S. Department of Education C - 11
12) Lease Purchase Agreement - $16,000 per year for a total of $47,238 Truck Lease for the Maintenance Department C - 12
13) Approval of Nurses' Contract - July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007 C - 13
D. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

1) Strategic Plan Update

 D - 1
2) Update on Bennet's Barnard Roof
E. OLD BUSINESS

1) Items for Referendum - Bennet Middle School

F. NEW BUSINESS
1) Preschool Resolution F - 1

G. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1) Curriculum & Instruction Committee
H. COMMUNICATIONS
I. PUBLIC COMMENTS (items discussed at this meeting)

J. 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.