Information for Meeting of Petersham School Committee
Thursday November 12, 2015 6:00 PM EST

Meeting Notice

Board/Committee Name:  Petersham School Committee
Day/Date:  Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Time of Meeting:  6:00PM 
Location:  Library

       	      Agenda

Call to Order
Public Comment
Glimpse Into the Classroom (ELA)
November Items
		a.	Budget Timeline
		b. 	Annual Review of Safety Policies
		c.	October 1 Enrollment Report
		d. 	Presentation of Curriculum & Instructional Priorities
		e. 	Assessment Plan and Student Achievement Data 
		f. 	Reporting of Student Progress
		g. 	School Committee Schedule for Next Calendar Year
		h. 	Reorganization of School Committee
		
Matters for Action/Vote
		a.  	Budgetary Transfer Policy (1st vote)
		b. 	Physical Restraint of Students Policy (1st vote)
		c.         Substitute Compensation and Duties (1st vote)
		d.  	MASC Policy Development Proposal (vote)
		e. 	Memorandum of Agreement on  Educator Evaluation for 2015-2016 (vote)
		f.	Standards based report cards (vote)
		g. 	New member for the LRPC (vote)

Sub Committee/Liaison Updates
Report of the Long Range Planning Sub-Committee
Report of the Mahar Representative
Report of the CAPS Collaborative Representative
Report of the Petersham Teachers’ Union

Superintendent’s Report (budget, enrollment, personnel, legislation, other)
Minutes presented for approval: September 3, 2015
Executive Session pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(3), to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with Teachers.
Adjourn

The agenda reflects topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed.

Public Comment Protocols

The School Committee welcomes public comment on items that are within the scope of the School Committee’s responsibilities.  The Public Comment agenda item is reserved for this purpose.  Members of the public wishing to address the Committee should be aware of the following guidelines:

The Chair will recognize those wishing to speak and give them the floor.  Only persons recognized by the Chair may speak.  For purposes of the minutes, speakers should identify themselves at the beginning of their remarks.
The purpose of Public Comment is to receive input from the community, not to engage in prolonged conversation with the Committee. The Chair will ensure that any comment or question that requires a response from the committee or the School Department will be addressed in a timely manner.
All comments should be addressed through the Chair, not any individual committee member or to others in attendance.
Speakers are expected to respect confidentiality.  This includes the confidentiality of the speaker’s own child/ren as well as that of school staff and personnel.