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In accordance with the provisions of the Massachusetts General laws, Chapter 30A, Section 20, notice is hereby given for the following meeting of the:
Arlington School Committee School Committee Regular Meeting Thursday, October 8, 2020 6:30 PM
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| | | | | | | | | 6:30 p.m. Open Meeting | | | | | | You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Oct 8, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: School Committee Regular Meeting, Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Register in advance for this webinar:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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| | | | | | | | | 6:30 p.m. Public Comment | | | | | | Members of the public are asked to send written comments to:
kfitzgerald@arlington.k12.ma.us by 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2020. All comments and questions received by the School Committee by the date and time indicated will become part of the packet and public record and will be shared with the full School Committee and administration before the meeting via email. No written comments will be read at the meeting.
For members of the public who wish to address the Committee on the Zoom call, there will be 30 minutes of public comment. Depending on how many people sign up, time allotments may be reduced but will not exceed three minutes each. If the number of people who sign up exceeds what can be reasonably done in 30 minutes, the number of speakers will be capped and will be invited to speak based on the timestamp of their email to Ms. Fitzgerald. If you would like to sign up to speak please email kfitzgerald@arlington.k12.ma.us by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2020.
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| | | | | | | | | 9:05 p.m. Consent Agenda | | | | | | All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the committee so requests, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence: | | | | | | | Vote approval of Warrant: Warrant #21065 , Dated 9/29/2020, Total Amount: $599,641.65
Vote approval of Minutes: None
Vote approval of Job Description: Social and Emotional Learning Coach job description | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9:15 p.m. Subcommittee/Liaison Reports/Announcements | | | | | |
- Budget, Kirsi Allison-Ampe
- Community Relations: Bill Hayner, Chair
- Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Accountability, Len Kardon
- Facilities, Jeff Thielman
- Policy & Procedures, Paul Schlichtman
- Superintendent Search Process, Paul Schlichtman
- Arlington High School Building Committee: Jeff Thielman, (Chair), Kirsi Allison-Ampe
- Liaisons Reports
- Announcements
- Future Agenda Items
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| | | | | | | | | Executive Session | | | | | |
- To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with union and/or nonunion personnel or contract negotiations with union and/or nonunion in which if held in an open meeting, may have a detrimental effect.
- To conduct strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation, in which if held in an open meeting, may have a detrimental effect. Collective bargaining may also be conducted.
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| | | | | | | | | 9:30 p.m. Adjournment | | | | | | The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. | | | | | | Stated times and time amounts, listed in parenthesis, are the estimated amount of time for that particular agenda item. Actual times may be shorter or longer depending on the time needed to fully explore the topic. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Submitted by Jane Morgan, Chair | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Correspondence Received: | | | | | | Warrant 21065 9/29/2020 total amount %599,641.65
Regular School Committee minutes 9/24/2020
Letter from TASA D. Savage
2020-2021 Revision of APS School Calendar
Social and Emotional Learning Coach job description
2020 Diversity Report
2020 Hiring Report updated
Community Relations Community Chat schedule 2020-2021
Guidelines of Virtual SC Community Relations Chats
METCO Program overview 10 8 2020
Staffing Update 10 8 2020
New Revision to 2020-2021 School Calendar 10 8 2020
Email regarding Zoom booming
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| | | | | | | | Massachusetts law requires all open session meetings of public bodies to be accessible to members of the public, including those with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodations in order to participate in the meeting, contact the Administrative Assistant to the Arlington School Committee Karen Fitzgerald at kfitzgerald@arlington.k12.ma.us in advance of the meeting. | | | |
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