August 2010 - The Plainview-Old Bethpage School District

Minutes of School Board Meeting – August 9, 2010 -7-Mrs. Rothman spoke of the comparison between the math results to the ELA results.Ms. Gierasch stated we need to take our benchmark and develop curriculum basedmeasures.Mrs. Rothman discussed the pulling out of student for AIS. Do they miss out.Mr. Dempsey discussed services for children.Ms. Gierasch discussed the number of students for whom we will now be providing AISservices. We will need to add a .5 AIS support teacher in the high school in ELA. In themiddle school we will need to add a .5 at Mattlin Middle School and a .5 at POB Middleschool to provide AIS services for ELA.Mrs. Bernstein asked if we are going to explore how we have been delivering theservices to these students. Can we deliver these services outside the school day.Mr. Dempsey stated they cannot be delivered outside the school day.Mrs. Bernstein asked if the 9 th period would be considered part of the school day.Mr. Dempsey believes not.Mrs. Pierno believes that it was unfair to change the bar after the fact. However, raisingthe bar is a good thing. Identifying more kids is a good thing. She expressed her viewsthat we should start more intervention in the earlier grades.Mr. Jonas spoke of an article that was written in the NEW YORK TIMES. The articlesexpress the views that this is an opportunity.Mrs. Pierno stated that this is one test given on one day. It is one snapshot of the kids.Ms. Gierasch stated we have to look at the whole child and look at every individualchild.Mrs. Lieberman expressed her concern about the mastery levels. The elementaryschools are the foundation. There are a lot of programs there. We should find out whatis working. We want our kids to achieve mastery. The high school is the end. We haveto help these high school kids. Administration has to tell the Board what it needs tomake it work.