MANCHESTER BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005

A G E N D A
7:30 p.m.
Lincoln Center

A. OPENING
1) Call to order
2) Pledge of Allegiance
3) Minutes of October 20, 2005
B. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT - Part I
1) Bowers and Martin Elementary School Fund-Raising Project - Principals Mary Lou Ruggiero and Donna Fitzgerald
C. PUBLIC COMMENTS (any item before the Board)
D. PTA COUNCIL REPORT
E. HEAD START/EARLY LEARNING CENTER UPDATES - Jerry Reisman
F. CONSENT CALENDAR
1) Personnel Action
F - 1
2) Budget Transfer - Interfund Transfer for Channel 16
F - 2
3) Budget Transfer Among Categories
F - 3
4) Permission to Apply for Education Special Projects - $3,000
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Grant - MHS, funded through The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
F - 4
G. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT - Part II
1) Manchester High School Update Issues - Don Sierakowski
2) Bus Concerns Update - Pat Brooks
3) Verplanck and Waddell Kindergarten Presentations - Principals Mary Luce and Roland Axelson
4) Strategic Plan Update - Goal IV and V - Develop Student Attitude, Ownership, and Character/Prepare Children For School - Carol Burgess and Jerry Reisman G - 4
5) Transition Plan Presentation - Carol Burgess G - 5
6) Class Sizes at Illing Middle School and Bennet Middle School - Joan Libby
H. OLD BUSINESS
1) Swing Space Update (Acceleration of Bennet Project) Middle Schools - Keith Epstein
I. COMMITTEE REPORTS
1) Community Relations Committee
2) Curriculum & Instruction Committee
3) Personnel & Finance Committee
J. PUBLIC COMMENTS (items discussed at this meeting)

K. 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.