BOE Meets Tuesday
School board agendas were available at the Plainfield Public Library Saturday, but the information was not yet online. The Board of Education business meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cedarbook School, 1049 Central Ave.
Meeting mavens will have to choose between the school board and the City Council Tuesday. The governing body meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave., to set the agenda for its regular meeting, 8 p.m.Thursday in Municipal Court, 325 Watchung Ave.
Several personnel changes are listed in the Board of Education agenda, among them the appointment of Science Supervisor Beth Ebler to serve interim director of Curriculum & Instruction, science teacher Tara Dowdell to serve as interim supervisor of science; Robert Burkhardt to be interim supervisor of Special Programs. In addition, the board will be asked to approve the transfer of Delores BrownJohnson from supervisor of Teacher Induction and mentoring to Supervisor of Staff development. All the changes are for the balance of the 2007-08 school year.
A resolution regarding four part-time security guard positions seems to be an Abbott district housekeeping matter related to state-mandated “position control.” The guards’ pay will come from the budget of the respective schools where they work.
At first glance, this resolution was puzzling and sent me to the state DOE web site for clarification. There I found a truly scary list of acronyms and terms that did not include “position control.” After more cogitation, it dawned on me that they were talking about clarifying who’s on the job roster and how they get paid. Recent agendas have had other items mysterious to the layperson, but the board and administration have quickly answered questions from the public at the meetings. With the ongoing shifts due to restructuring to meet NJQSAC findings, there will undoubtedly be many more such resolutions, but explanations are forthcoming to anyone who asks.
The board will be asked to approve naming the Washington Community School gym for a beloved and exemplary teacher who passed away suddenly in December. The school wishes to “honor and recognize Joann Riley’s irreplaceable passion, dedication, commitment and unflagging school spirit” by naming the gym for her.
The agenda also contains a five-page chart of the board’s responses to QSAC findings on governance, one of the five performance areas studied in early 2007. Once approved Tuesday, the response will be sent to the DOE for review. Plaintalker has a blog post on this topic from the Jan. 15 meeting.
These are just a few of the items on the 40-page agenda. If it is not online Tuesday, it can be picked up at the library.
The board has been busy meeting with superintendent candidates in closed session and appears to be on track with a schedule that calls for a vote next month on a finalist. Click here for a file of Plaintalker posts on the search. The board has a goal of having a permanent superintendent in place by July 1. The search for a permanent high school principal was inconclusive last fall and is scheduled to be re-opened in the spring.
--Bernice Paglia
Meeting mavens will have to choose between the school board and the City Council Tuesday. The governing body meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave., to set the agenda for its regular meeting, 8 p.m.Thursday in Municipal Court, 325 Watchung Ave.
Several personnel changes are listed in the Board of Education agenda, among them the appointment of Science Supervisor Beth Ebler to serve interim director of Curriculum & Instruction, science teacher Tara Dowdell to serve as interim supervisor of science; Robert Burkhardt to be interim supervisor of Special Programs. In addition, the board will be asked to approve the transfer of Delores BrownJohnson from supervisor of Teacher Induction and mentoring to Supervisor of Staff development. All the changes are for the balance of the 2007-08 school year.
A resolution regarding four part-time security guard positions seems to be an Abbott district housekeeping matter related to state-mandated “position control.” The guards’ pay will come from the budget of the respective schools where they work.
At first glance, this resolution was puzzling and sent me to the state DOE web site for clarification. There I found a truly scary list of acronyms and terms that did not include “position control.” After more cogitation, it dawned on me that they were talking about clarifying who’s on the job roster and how they get paid. Recent agendas have had other items mysterious to the layperson, but the board and administration have quickly answered questions from the public at the meetings. With the ongoing shifts due to restructuring to meet NJQSAC findings, there will undoubtedly be many more such resolutions, but explanations are forthcoming to anyone who asks.
The board will be asked to approve naming the Washington Community School gym for a beloved and exemplary teacher who passed away suddenly in December. The school wishes to “honor and recognize Joann Riley’s irreplaceable passion, dedication, commitment and unflagging school spirit” by naming the gym for her.
The agenda also contains a five-page chart of the board’s responses to QSAC findings on governance, one of the five performance areas studied in early 2007. Once approved Tuesday, the response will be sent to the DOE for review. Plaintalker has a blog post on this topic from the Jan. 15 meeting.
These are just a few of the items on the 40-page agenda. If it is not online Tuesday, it can be picked up at the library.
The board has been busy meeting with superintendent candidates in closed session and appears to be on track with a schedule that calls for a vote next month on a finalist. Click here for a file of Plaintalker posts on the search. The board has a goal of having a permanent superintendent in place by July 1. The search for a permanent high school principal was inconclusive last fall and is scheduled to be re-opened in the spring.
--Bernice Paglia
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