AGENDA

WOONSOCKET SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

7:00 PM – OPEN SESSION

WOONSOCKET MIDDLE SCHOOL

HAMLET BUILDING - 60 FLORENCE DRIVE

WOONSOCKET, RI 02895

The School Committee may vote on all items listed on this agenda.

Call to Order

Moment of Silence

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

GOOD AND WELFARE – Public Comment

Administrator of the Year Award Recipient – Brian Bouley

 Teacher of the Year Award Recipient – Sharon Beausoleil

 Teacher Assistant of the Year Award Recipient – Michelle Mickelson

 Secretary of the Year Award Recipient – Michelle Morin

 Maintenance/Custodian of the Year Award Recipient – Joe Bergeron

RECOGNITIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS – Superintendent Patrick McGee

●Beginning of a new school year

●Tiffany and Company donation

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: August 9, 2017 Closed/Open Minutes; August 23, 2017 Open Minutes

CONSENT AGENDA

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1. Personnel Actions

- Certified Appointments/Non-Certified Appointments

2. Purchases/Transfers

3. Field Trip/Conference Requests

- SkillsUSA Leadership Training/Washington, D.C./WACTC Student/SkillsUSA Funds

- Camp Edwards Training/Cape Cod, MA/WHS AFJROTC/Student-Parent Funded

4. Home Schooling Requests

END OF CONSENT AGENDA

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COMMUNICATIONS

●None.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE REPORTS

●None.

CONFERENCES/DISCUSSIONS

●None.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

1. None.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Discussion/Approval of the 2018 School Committee Meeting Calendar – D. Burke

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

●District Enrollment Numbers

 WACTC Civil Rights Compliance Review

SCHOOL COMMITTEE GOOD AND WELFARE

●None.

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For additional information or to request interpreter services, or other special services for the hearing impaired (ie, readers/captioners, etc), please contact Office of Superintendent three days prior to the meeting at (401) 767-4608; or by the Tuesday prior to the meeting, or call 1-800-745-5555 (TTY), 1-800-745-6575 (Voice). This agenda will be posted 48 hours prior to the meeting. Any changes to this agenda will be posted on the Woonsocket Education Department website at www.woonsocketschools.com, McFee Administration Building, Woonsocket Middle School, WACTC, City Hall, and Harris Library and will be electronically filed with the Secretary of State at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. The Woonsocket Education Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origin, or disability. Posted on September 8, 2017.

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