Board Meeting Summary Things you want to know…. Presentations: ● The three board candidates each gave a brief presentation on their backgrounds and why they are running. ● Superintendent Mansfield gave a presentation on the progress of his goals this year. His slide presentation can be viewed under the Superintendent link from the main menu. Superintendent Reports: ● CALENDAR UPDATES: ● May 22, 2015 – No School for Students . ▪ District will be closed. ● Swimming ● There appears to be student interest to warrant consideration. ● Girls would swim at Chautauqua Lake ● Boys would swim at Panama ● Board is looking to offer for 201516 with PARENT TRANSPORTATION. Decision to be made at June meeting. ● NYS School Report Card ● Now available at http://data.nysed.gov/ ● Building Condition Survey ● Request For Proposal (RFP) sent to three firms. CPL and Sandberg Kessler replied. CPL low quote and services will be completed by the November 15, 2015 deadline. High School Principal Report: ● Testing went very smoothly. Students took them seriously and the principals did their best to relieve students stress and provide fun activities around the testing. Science tests will be administered in June. ● Teachers will soon receive staff development training in the creation of questions for formative and summative assessments of student progress versus standards. ● We will be analyzing our math data to fill in the gaps and continue to vertically align our curriculum. ● The most important thing we must remember is to stay student focused. st rd ● CONGRATULATIONS to Voices who took 1 place and Band who took 3 at the music competition at Darien Lake. ● The end of the year field trips we have planned all have a strong academic focus. Elementary Principal Report: ● Testing the Math exam was considered a fair assessment of student progress versus the standards. ● ELA scores should be good but we still have gaps. Analysis of our assessment data will aid in addressing these gaps. ● Elementary has a number of field trips planned for the end of the year. All include an academic focus. New Business: ● Board approved the excusal of 68 grade students, who are not taking assessments, from attending school from June 16 through June 25, 2015. ● Board appointed RA Mercer for auditing services through June 2020. ● Board approved budget transfers for legal fees and long term substitute appointments. ● Board accepted the resignation of Jennifer Reid, monitor, effective April 24, 2015. ● Board Appointed ● Michelle Godfrey as longterm substitute for the 20152016 school year to fill the vacancy caused by the child rearing leave of Jasmine Cusimano, Occupational Therapist. ● Extracurricular: ▪ Elementary Play Director Kasey Way ▪ Elementary Play Assistant Bob Terryberry ● Instructional Substitutes: ● Ehrich Zollinger – Physical Education ● Michelle Godfrey – Occupational Therapist ● NonInstructional Substitutes: ▪ Candace Stawitsky –Teacher Aide, Monitor, Library, Clerical ● Athletics: ▪ Randolph Trim – Volunteer JV Baseball