NEW BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS 455 COUNTY STREET NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 02740 REGULAR MEETING OF THE NEW BEDFORD SCHOOL COMMITTEE NORMANDIN MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETORIUM 81 Felton Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS 3. PUBLIC COMMENT 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 10, 2010 Public Hearing on the FY 2011 Budget May 10, 2010 Regular Meeting Minutes June 14, 2010 Regular Meeting Minutes 5. REPORTS A. Financial Statement from the Office of Finance & Operations. B. Schedule of Bills from the Office of Finance and Operations. C. Personnel Report D. Superintendent s Report E. Sub-Committee Report July 12, 2010 Finance Sub-Committee F. School Committee Report(s)
G. Student Representative Report 6. OLD BUSINESS A. Continued discussion on the proposed FY 2011 School Department Budget. 7. NEW BUSINESS 1) Request by School Committee member Jill Ussach to reconsider the vote to establish the position of Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Diversity and to re-classify the position as a director. 2) Request by School Committee member Jill Ussach to cut several athletic coach positions. 3) Request by School Committee member Dr. Lawrence Finnerty to utilize grant funding for direct services, in place of conferences, whenever possible. A. Request approval to declare, in accordance with School Department Policy DN-R, a recommended list of surplus property located at Lincoln School. Recommend approval. B. Request authorization to accept the following donations: 1) Marcia Faucher/Principal/Pacheco School $616 from Lifetouch National School Studios. 2) Heather Larkin/Asst. Supt. Student Services To accept various monetary donations from families and staff to cover all costs for field trips for the Carney Academy Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Extended School Year Program. 3) Deborah Cimo/Principal/Kempton School - $57.29 from Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Bucks; $319.67 from Lifetouch National School Studios. C. Request approval of the following field/building usage: 1) Michael Arguin/General Manager/Whaling City Clippers to use the Football stadium at the Paul Walsh Athletic Field for five home games (to be determined) with a waiver of half the rental fee. 2) Denis Lawrence, Jr./N.B. City Council President, on behalf of the SouthCoast Children s Theatre, to use the auditorium at Keith Middle School on Sunday, January 9, 2011 from 12:00 to 6:00 P.M. for auditions and May 8 14, 2011 for the production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, with a waiver of the rental fee. 2
8. EXECUTIVE SESSION Non Union Personnel Negotiations Collective Bargaining 9. ADJOURN NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2010 KEITH MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ROOM 7:00 P.M. 3
PERSONNEL REPORT A: APPOINTMENTS ADMINISTRATORS Name Position School Andrew Kulak Headmaster New Bedford High Sunita Mehrotra Director of SEI and World Languages PRAB UNIT B Timothy Rumberger Assistant Principal Lincoln Laurie Motta PI Cafeteria Helper PRAB ATHLETICS Jessica Gaffney Assistant Coach for Winter Track New Bedford High John Giasson Assistant Coach for Winter Track New Bedford High Isaiah Houtman Head Coach for Winter Track New Bedford High Brandon Silva Assistant Coach for Wrestling New Bedford High B: RETIREMENTS UNIT A Name Date Position School Bridget Cafferty 10-01-2010 Math Coach DeValles Nancy C. Johnston 06-28-2010 Art New Bedford High Kathleen Macedo 05-12-2009 Family & Consumer Science New Bedford High Elizabeth J. Magiera 03-17-2010 School Nurse Roosevelt Middle Lorraine Correia 07-08-2010 Clerk/Typist PRAB Patricia Silva-Bettencourt 07-10-2010 Custodian, 1 st shift, floater PRAB PARAPROFESSIONAL Mary Konstantakos 06-24-2010 Lunch Aide Phillips Avenue Debra Santos 06-24-2010 SPED Classroom Keith Middle C: TRANSFERS UNIT A SCHOOL ADJUSTMENT COUNSELORS FROM JUNE POSTING Name To Iris Acevedo Rafaela DeFigueiredo Trine Erichsen-Vinagre Deborah Morrison Robert Mota Cheri Nault Congdon, Gomes Brooks, Rodman Taylor, Floater Swift, Pacheco Ashley, Floater Hannigan, Lincoln 4
UNIT A SPEECH & LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS FROM JUNE POSTING Joanne Boucher Victoria Kelleher Lilliam Lagasse Maureen Reynolds Catherine Roussos Roosevelt, Hayden McFadden Hathaway, Carney Normandin, Roosevelt Keith, Whaling City, Trinity Day Academy Lincoln Name From To Mark Adesso Normandin Custodian 2 nd shift Lincoln Custodian 2 nd shift Robert Andrade Hathaway Custodian 1 st shift James Carvalho New Bedford High Custodian 2 nd shift Lincoln Custodian 2 nd shift Roy Conchinha Brooks Custodian 1 st shift Whaling City Custodian 1 st shift James Duggan Carney Custodian 1 st shift Steven Lunny Keith Temporary Custodian 1 st shift Lincoln Provisional Custodian 2 nd shift Jeffrey Mercure New Bedford High Temporary Plant Engineer Lincoln Provisional Plant Engineer Michael Moreau Hathaway Senior Custodian Catherine Sergi Parker Clerk/Typist Human Resources Clerk/Typist Damaris Suarez Carney Academy Clerk/Typist Human Resources Clerk/Typist D: SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Matthew Crowley Meagan DeAndrade Peter Lawrence Wilson Pilarte Tamelyn Smith E: TERMINATIONS UNIT A NON-RENEWAL / TERMINATIONS for the 2010-11 SY Name Position School Robert Amble English Roosevelt Middle GinaMaria Boutier Biology New Bedford High Andrew Cunha Chemistry New Bedford High Daniela Fidalgo Math Roosevelt Middle John Gallagher Math Title I Normandin Middle Jeffrey Giammalvo Health Normandin Middle C. Marc Hayes Math Normandin Middle Terrance Holliman English Whaling City Jessica Larocque Grade Five Hannigan Paul Mickiewicz Science Keith Middle Desiree Pinto Music Keith Middle Francis St. Vincent Math - Title I Keith Middle Melissa Santos English New Bedford High Jaime Singhal English Roosevelt Middle Dylan Swift Math New Bedford High NON-UNION Darren McPherson Culinary Assistant PRAB Lower Deck 5