Regular Session - August 22, 2016

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Dates: 
Monday, August 22, 2016 - 1:30pm to Thursday, August 22, 2019 - 1:30pm
BOARD OF EDUCATION
School District of South Orange Maplewood NJ
525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040
REGULAR SESSION AGENDA    
PUBLIC BOARD MEETING
Monday, August 22, 2016

REGULAR MEETING (7:30 PM)

Call to Order – Announcement of Notice
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Board Acknowledgement
Approve Board Minutes: Executive and Public Session Minutes: July 18, 2016; Special Meeting: Minutes: July 23, 2016

SUPERINTENDENT’S MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT ON DISTRICT GOALS (7:35 PM)

PRESIDENT’S UPDATE (7:45 PM)

HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND DELEGATIONS (7:50 PM)

Please note that Public Speaks is not a time for dialogue with the Board of Education – It is an opportunity for you to share a comment with the Board of Education. In addition, by law, administrators and Board of Education members are not permitted to publicly discuss personnel matters, student discipline, or other issues requiring confidentiality.  While we may not respond to comments, all input shared with the Board of Education is taken very seriously, and will inform future deliberations and work by the Board of Education and its committees.

DISCUSSION (8:20 PM)

  • Discussion of Proposed 2016-2017 District Goals
  • Student Representative Report
  • Policy 5756 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students – 2nd reading
  • Policy 5750.1 Student Disabilities Pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973-1st reading
  • Adopt Revised Curriculum
  • Guiding Change Document – SOMSD Redistricting
  • Committee Reports

ACTION (10:20 PM)

3440
Approve: Adoption of 2016-2017 District Goals  
3441
Approve: A) Memorial; B) Retirement; C) Resignations; D) Appointments; E) Rescind Appointment Of Leave Replacement Staff; F) Leave Replacement Appointment; G) Change In Start Date; H) Transfers/Reassignments; I) Leaves Of Absence; J) Stipends; K) Summer School ; L) Staff Funded By Title I; M) Approve Job Description
3442
Approve: A) Approve Substitute Teacher Rates Of Pay For The 2016-2017 School Year; B)  Appointment OF Substitute Teachers For The 2016-2017 School Year; C) Appointment Of Substitute Supervisor/Teacher For The 2016-2017 School Year Paid At A Daily Rate Of $170; D) Appointment Of Home Instructors For The 2016-2017 School Year Paid At The Hourly Rate Of $35.00; E) Appointment Of Out-Of-District Coaches For The 2016-2017 School Year; F) Appointment Of Athletic Event Ticker Sellers, Ticket Takers, Supervisors And Officials For The 2016-2017 School Year; G) Reappointment Of Substitute Teachers For The 2016-2017 School Year Teacher; H) Reappointment Of Substitute Teachers For The 2016-2017 School Year Paid At A Daily Rate Of $100; I) Reappointment Of Substitute Teachers For The 2016-2017 School Year Paid At A Daily Rate Of $160; J) Reappointment Of Substitute Nurses For The 2016-2017 At A Daily Rate Of $160; K) Reappointment Of Substitute Secretary For The 2016-2017 School Year At A Hourly Rate Of $10.00 
3443
Approve: A) 2016-2017 Extended School Year Out of District Placements; B) 2016-2017 School Year Out Of District Placements; C) 2015-2016 School Year Out Of District Placements
3444
Approve: A) Financial Reports; B) Board Of Education’s Monthly Certification; C) Approve Attendance And Work Related Travel Expenses; D) Approve Board Member Attendance And Related Travel Expenses; E) Approve Special Education Related Service Providers For The 2016-2017 School Year; F) Rescind Resolution #3439K And Approve To Absolve The ARC Kohler School From Charging For Reduced And/Or Paid Meals For The 2016-17 School Year; G) Accept State Nonpublic Auxiliary And Handicapped Services (Chapters 192 & 193) Entitlement For 2016-2017; H) Approve Agreement With Essex Regional Educational Services Commission For Technology Services To Nonpublic School Students For 2016-17; I) Accept State Nonpublic Textbook Aid Entitlement For 2016-17; J) Accept State Nonpublic Nursing Aid Entitlement For 2016-17; K) Accept State Nonpublic Technology Aid Entitlement For 2016-17; L) Accept Donation To Parenting Center; M) Accept Federal FY2017 Carl D. Perkins Vocational And Technical Program Entitlement Funds; N) Authorize The Use Of Competitive Contracting To Procure The Services Of Afterschool Program Management Services; O) Approve Residency Investigator Fees For the 2016-17 School Year; P) Renew The Contract For Nonpublic School Transportation For 2016-17 School Year;  Q) Renew The Contract For Nonpublic School Transportation For 2016-17 School Year; R) Approve Organizational Appointments For 2016-2017 School Year; S) Approve Agreement With Frontline Education For The 2016-2017 School Year; T) Reaffirm Contract For The Business Administrator/Board Secretary; U) Absolve St. Joseph’s School For The Blind From Charging For Reduced And/Or Paid Meals For The 2016-17 School Year; V) Approve Tuition For Regular Education Students Attending Essex Regional Educational Services Commission’s Essex Campus Academy For The 2016-17 School Year
3445
Approve: Field Trip Destinations
3446
Approve: A) Revised Science Curriculum 6-8; B) Revised Astronomy Curriculum 9-12; C) Revised Biology 9-12; D) Revised Chemistry Curriculum 9-12; E) Revised Forensic Science 9-12; F) Revised Physics 9-12; G) Revised AP Biology 9-12; H) Revised AP Chemistry 9-12; I) Revised  AP Environmental Science 9-12; J) Revised AP Physics 9-12; K) New AP Computer Science Principles 9-12 (CSP)
3447
Approve: Confidential Settlement Agreement
3448
Approve: Affirmation of HIB
3449
Adopt: Policy 5756 Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students
3450
Approve: Confidential General Release
3451
Approve: Guiding Change Document – SOMSD Redistricting

HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND DELEGATIONS (10:35PM)

NEW BUSINESS (10:50 PM)     

 
The Board of Education will meet in Closed Session on Monday, September 19, 2016 at 6:30 pm in the Superintendent’s Office to discuss personnel and legal issues, negotiations and other matters to be announced at a later date.  Immediately following the Closed Session, the Board of Education will meet in Public Session at 7:30 pm in the District Meeting Room, 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ.  Action will be taken.
The Board of Education will meet in Closed Session on Monday, October 17, 2016 at 6:30 pm in the Superintendent’s Office to discuss personnel and legal issues, negotiations and other matters to be announced at a later date.  Immediately following the Closed Session, the Board of Education will meet in Public Session at 7:30 pm in the District Meeting Room, 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ.  Action will be taken.
The Board of Education will meet in Closed Session on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 6:30 pm in the Superintendent’s Office to discuss personnel and legal issues, negotiations and other matters to be announced at a later date.  Immediately following the Closed Session, the Board of Education will meet in Public Session at 7:30 pm in the District Meeting Room, 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ.  Action will be taken.
The Board of Education will meet in Closed Session on Monday, December 19, 2016 at 6:30 pm in the Superintendent’s Office to discuss personnel and legal issues, negotiations and other matters to be announced at a later date.  Immediately following the Closed Session, the Board of Education will meet in Public Session at 7:30 pm in the District Meeting Room, 525 Academy Street, Maplewood, NJ.  Action will be taken.
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