POLICY SUB-COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING

Litchfield Board of Education

Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Intermediate School Art Room

Meeting was called to order at 6:04 p.m.

Members Present: G. Carr (Chair), T. Reardon and D. Falcetti.

Also Present: Dr. Vita, G. Zaremski, P. Perusse, J. Katzin, F. Gorman, J. Noone, W. Shuhi, F. Simone, K. Della Volpe, and D. Johnson.

Approval of Minutes of February 28, 2008

MOTION made by T. Reardon and seconded by D. Falcetti: to approve the minutes of February 28, 2008.

MOTION carried. All votes were in the affirmative. There were no abstentions.

Continued Discussion Regarding the “Operations Procedures for Student Activities”

Page 12 - Finances

Section D – language changes
Section G – dollar amounts will be added; first sentence will be redacted; change expended to “resolved”.
Section J – discussed use of money upon an organization disbanding.
Section K – Monies collected other than school day will be deposited on the next school day.

Page 14 – 2C, will be made4 consistent with other sections of the policy.

Page 15, Section B – grammatical changes.

Page 16, Section M – Town’ Board of Finance employs an auditing firm

Page 17, Section C – grammatical change, Nurses’ Office will become “with the school nurse”.

Discuss Current Board Policies, the Process for Developing New Policies and the Revision of Existing Policies

High School graduation requirements – a new paragraph on page 2 was added. A discussion took place regarding independent study; students going out of district; grading of courses and effect on grade point average; importance of independent study programs. Policy will be discussed again at future meeting, prior to board adopting policy revisions.

MOTION made by D. Falcetti and seconded by T. Reardon: to adjourn the meeting at 6:50 p.m.

MOTION carried. All votes were in the affirmative. There were not abstentions.

Respectfully Submitted

Donald R. Falcetti

Recorder