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ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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, January 11, 2018 6:30 PM

Arlington High School

School Committee Room

869 Mass Avenue, 6th Floor

Arlington, MA 02476


	6:30 p.m. Call to Order

6:30 p.m. 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 a 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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To discuss security and safety.


	6:50 p.m. Public Participation


	7:00 p.m. Athletic Fee Proposal, M. Dlugolecki

	7:20 p.m. Discuss the Process of Goal 1.1 The vision of students as learners. R. MacNeal

	7:35 p.m. Vision 2020 Education Task Force, S. Lever

	7:50 p.m. School Committee Discussion on Priorities for FY 19 Budget Needs


	8:35 p.m. Motion to approve Proposed FY 19 Town Appropriation
	SC vote to approve the FY 19 Town Appropriation

8:50 p.m. Superintendent's Report

Building Project Updates

Organizational Chart for APS Technology Instruction
School Calendar for 2018-2019 First Reading


	9:10 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:
		Approval of Minutes: School Committee Regular Meeting, December 14, 2017 Approval of Warrant: Warrant # 18130, dated 12/14/2017, Total Amount $637,313.04 Approval of Trip: None


	Policy: None

9:15 p.m. Subcommittee & Liaison Reports & Announcements

· Budget, Kirsi Allison-Ampe (Chair)

· Community Relations, Cindy Starks (Chair)

· District Accountability, Curriculum/Instruction & Assessment, (CIAA) Paul Schlichtman, (Chair)

· Facilities, Jennifer Susse (Chair)

· Policies & Procedures, Len Kardon (Chair)

· School Enrollment Task Force, Bill Hayner, Cindy Starks, Jeff Thielman

· Legal Services Review, Bill Hayner, Len Kardon

· Arlington High School Building Committee Jeff Thielman and Kirsi Allison-Ampe

· Gibbs Committee, Cindy Starks

· Liaisons Reports

· Announcements

· Future Agenda Items

9:35 p.m.Executive Session

Vote to meet in executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A section 21(a), purpose (2), to conduct a strategy session in preparation for negotiations with non personnel (Superintendent of Schools ).

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 a 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.

Motion to meet in executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A section 21(a), purpose (2), to conduct a strategy Session in Preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel, specifically the Superintendent of Schools.

Roll call vote

Len Kardon
Jennifer Susse
Cindy Starks
Paul Schlichtman
Bill Hayner
Kirsi Allison Ampe
Jeff Thielman

The Committee will now meet in executive session pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A section 21(a),purpose (2) to conduct strategy session in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel, specifically, the Superintendent of School. The Committee will/will not be reconvening in open session.


	10.00 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 Jeff Thielman, Chair


	Correspondence Received:
	Warrant 12/14/2017 Draft Minutes 12/14/2017 MLK Invitation The Koutoujian Family Season's Greetings Office of the Attorney General Letter Dec 19, 2017 OML 2017-192 School Calendar for 2018-2019 Draft for First Read Organizational Chart for APS Technology Instruction Vision of Students as learners draft by Rod MacNeal Fee Proposal for APS Athletics Legal Spreadsheet January Library appeal, and MLK notice