LITCHFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION

Litchfield, Connecticut

REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA

DATE:                        Wednesday   May 21, 2008

TIME:             7:00  p.m.  

PLACE:          Litchfield Intermediate School Art Room

I           Call To Order 

II         Approval of Minutes

a.       Regular Meeting –  April 30, 2008

b.      Special Meeting – May 15, 2008

III        Public Comment and Correspondence

a.       School Building Committee – Gary Waugh

b.      Student Council

c.    STPC/PTO

d.    Other public comment

e.    Correspondence

IV        Administrative Reports

a.   Center School Principal Update                             e.  Director of Curriculum and Instruction

            b.   Intermediate School Principal Update        f.   Business Manager

c.   High School Principal Update                    g.  Facilities Manager Update

d.   Special Services Director Update

V         Superintendent’s Report

            a.    Update on current issues 

VI        Old (Unfinished) Business

a.       Discuss superintendent search process

VII      New Business

a.       Discuss and vote to approve the payment of invoices and adjustments to line item  

expenditures for 2007-08 budget as required.

b.      Discuss and vote to authorize the Superintendent enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Education Connection for the  continued provision of food services to the students in the Litchfield Public Schools for 2008-09 school year.

c.       Discuss and vote to approve and certify that all food items offered for sale to students under the school district’s jurisdiction, and not exempted from the nutrition standards published by the Connecticut State Department of Education on August 1, 2006, will meet said standards for the 2008-2009 school year, and will exclude from certification food items that do not meet the Connecticut Nutrition Standards, provided that such food is sold in connection with an event occurring after the end of the regular school day or on the weekend, such sale is at the location of the event, and such food is not sold from a vending machine or school store.

d.      Discuss and vote to accept the resignation of (LHS special education teacher) Emma Lee Smith effective at the end of the 2007-08 school year.

e.       Discuss and vote to set the tuition rate for non-resident students at $8,500 for grades K-6 and $10,200 for grades 7-12. 

VIII     Committee Reports

a.       Facilities and Technology Committee  (Wayne Shuhi – Chair, John Noone, Elizabeth Fabbri)

b.      Finance Committee  (John Noone- Chair, Frank Simone, Frank Gorman)

c.       Programs and Personnel Committee (Tina Reardon- Chair, Wayne Shuhi, Gayle Carr, Elizabeth Fabbri)

d.      Policy Committee (Gayle Carr- Chair, Tina Reardon, Don Falcetti)

IX        Adjournment

NOTE:  Persons with disabilities who require accommodation to attend and/or participate in this Board of Education meeting should contact the Superintendent’s office (567-7500) or Director of Special Services (567-7505)

May 14, 2008