February 4, 2013 - Knowlton Township Elementary School

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73 • Update on curriculum – see handout NWR Cluster Report prepared by Kevin Morley. • Safer Schools Meeting – The first meeting regarding “Safer Schools” Initiative was help on January 16, 2013 with representatives from both Warren County Law Enforcement Agencies and Warren County school districts. The representative for the North Warren Cluster was Dr. Brian Fogelson. The follow up meeting will be held February 14, 2013 and I will be attending. • School Calendar – Our school calendar has been adjusted to reflect where we are as of today – 2-4-13. These calendars will be distributed to staff tomorrow for planning purposes. We have tentatively scheduled graduation for June 19th. The last day of school is tentatively scheduled for June 20th. Vice Principal’s Report – Mrs. Gesumaria reported the following: • We have scheduled the Spring Book Fair for the week of March 4th with two browsing days and two buying days for the students. The Family Event will be held on Wednesday the 6th from 3:30-6:30 in the Library. We will be participating in the All for Books campaign where donations that are made go to purchase books for our classrooms. • Congratulations to Emily Young who won our school spelling bee and is now advancing to the written round on February 21st at Northampton County Community College's Lipkin Theatre. Honorable mention goes to Melanie Cooke who is our alternate. • The School Climate Team met for the first time this year to discuss the incidents of HIB that have been reported so far this year as well as ways in which we can promote a positive school climate and culture to prevent further HIB incidents from happening. • The HIB parent information pamphlet went home to families with their youngest child’s report card. The school website has the current referral and investigation forms, as well as general information for the state regarding the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights. • The Kindergarten students have begun their service project, which will continue through Friday. They are collecting pennies for the Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue. • On Thursday the 21st at 6:30pm the staff of North Warren Regional will host a parent night for all sixth grade families. • Jump Rope for Heart has been organized by Debbie Lennox and will be held on February 12th. • Our 4th & 5th graders are participating in the American Legion Coloring Contest sponsored by Post 418 with the opportunity to advance to the county and then state finals. Board Secretary Report – To keep the Members up to date on the food service program, Ms. McBride provided the lunch count summary including data through January 2013. This indicates paid sales per day have not shown an increase in sales. Overall sales are still down compared to 11-12. She also commented the salad bar has been removed as a daily option for teachers.
Committee Reports 74 Policy & Personnel Committee Minutes January 14, 2013 Present: Dawn Sullivan (C), Tammy Smith Bus Policy- The bus policy recently approved at the December meeting will have to be revised with a new policy number. Dawn will ask Melody to assign the policy a new number and it will be reviewed at the next Board meeting. Attendance Policy - The committee will be reviewing the Attendance Policy and work with the Instructional Committee to make updates for the 2013-2014 school year. Melody will collect tardy and absenteeism stats for our review at the next meeting. The committee will also review Attendance Policy’s from other schools as a reference. Old Business - None New Business - Budget for Teacher Evaluations. Dawn will talk to Melody about this prior to the next meeting. Facilities Committee Meeting January 14, 2013 Mr. Dolinsky provided a verbal update on the Facilities Committee meeting. Phil Cacossa from DRG attended the meeting to provide input on a potential library/computer lab reconfiguration. The committee reviewed the server room configuration with equipment being housed in the computer lab and custodian room. Mr. Moore discussed adding an improvement plan to the wiring and equipment as part of the library re-configuration. The committee discussed this project potentially being a 2014-15 project plan, while they agreed the HVAC upgrades for the classroom was a higher priority. Phil Cacossa will be providing the specs for the HVAC project this spring for the bid. The committee also discussed the energy audit. Technology Committee Meeting Mr. Moore provided an update on the recent technology committee activities, including the tech survey, measuring Classlink usage, and PARCC requiring more technology power. He said the committee also discussed reviewing technology donations prior to the request going to the Board for approval to determine if donation fits within our technology plans. He also said the 3 year Technology Plan is currently being developed. Instructional Committee Mrs. Summers noted the committee will be distributing more parent education information, such as handouts on HIB, PARCC, and Common Core materials. PTO Report Mrs. Ferguson reported on upcomingPTO events, including the Walk-a-Thon, Valentine’s Smencil Orders, NW Scholarship for Seniors, and a possible Knowlton Clothing Fundraiser.
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