Rye NH School Board Meeting April 13 2016
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0:01 Call to Order
0:02 Approve March minutes, public and non-public.
0:03 School Bd. Training/alignment
0:06 Spending from Trust funds
0:08 Update on RJH principal search 2 Rye 1 New Castle parents
0:11 Curriculum Cabinet update by Asst. Supt. Kelli Killen.
Professional Development(teacher training), watched
Documentary about project based learning.
0:15 member honda questions on curriculum cabinet.
0:16 RES enrollment 281 kids. 27 kindergarten so far for next
Year vs. 50 had enrolled last year?
0:19 kindergarten City.
0:23 Preteachers.
027 Honda questions on K structure.
0:30 Teachers reflecting a lot.
0:32 RJH lots of reflecting. Teacher Sparks involved with
‘Every Student Succeeds’.
0:33 May 5th there is a ‘1950s’ unit in gym room. Soc. Studies chatting.
0:35 Golf and math.
0:36 Bye Bye Birdie – kids are great.
0:40 SB Chair vote to approve periodic spending.
0:41 Superintendent: recommends model 2 of 3 studied options
For middle school structure. Recital of efforts behind this and staff.
0:45 Professional learning piece. Staff must teach social studies (SS).
Choose a SS program by May 18th 2016.
0:50 Talk on how tesing days look.
0:55 member Hillman ‘write a letter to parents’.
1:00 descriptions of the model 2.
1:04 Brandon motions to approve model 2 recommendation.
Project based learning/Enlish remains core.
1:06 in public input, sports scheduling deadlines.
1:07 ex SB Chair Schwartz clarifies all teachers teach some SS.
1:08 Question- is design of everyone teaches some SS driven by
No one fully certified to teach SS?
1:14 Public: ‘school board owns this decision’.
1:15 Wedgewood. Goats, RTI
1:21 Policies Committees
1:27 PTA auctions .. fabuous
1:30 Dad/Daughter/dance
1:31 2008: legend of the storm.Last school day.
1:36 more on policies.
1:38 Brandon motions on rescinding staff responsibilities and duties.
1:46 Field trips policies.
1:47 HIV AIDS Education member Moynahan.
1:54 Committee assignments.
1:59 INTERMISSION
2:00 RJH Principal job description.
2:00 sports Interscholastic or intramural? Get rid of some teams
2:19 question on motivations – dollars or headcount.
2:24 Hillman – kids want meaningful competition.
2:26 Members not hearing each other.
2:27 member Brandon Athletic Dir. Position lacked leadership.
2:29 Many SB members were strong school athletes.
2:40 Agenda planning Site visits for RJH principal finalists.
2:47 Parent buy-in.
2:54 Staff job nominations.
3:07 School bd. Retreat in summer.
3:13 public question 135 kids in track to be RJH when admin. 2020 projection of only 118?
adjourn
