Superintendent's Report to BOE 8.19.2013
13
Superintendent’s Report August 19, 2013
-
Upload
lynn-mcmullin -
Category
Education
-
view
211 -
download
1
description
Presentation slides which accompanied Superintendent's Report to the Orange Board of Education on August 19, 2013.
Transcript of Superintendent's Report to BOE 8.19.2013
Superintendent’s Report
August 19, 2013
Very successful LEGO League Camp here at MLT in July.
Held three 1-week sessions with 10 or so students in each session.
Kids built and programmed robots to perform various tasks, and even worked on face recognition.
Very successful pre-school and summer school program here at MLT, also. Mr. Jim, one of the traveling teachers from the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, visited with the Preschool Touch Tank.
Timeline Action
March 20th Bond Passed
June 17th Turkey Hill Review w/ CT Inspectors
July 8th Race Brook Review w/ CT Inspectors
Factors:• Projects approved in July… HOWEVER• Roofs are hot tar & hot stone application – difficult odor to endure for kids
and teachers.• Boilers need abatement, which involves sealing the area; no persons under
18 can be on the premises. Thus, abatement needs to take place in the summer
• After contract is awarded, the boilers could take 10 – 12 weeks to come in… if we took the old boilers out in August, would the new ones be in by October?
• Summer Bond projects
New playground edging and bark mulch at Turkey Hill. Manufactured edging is safer and more durable than landscaping timbers.
New white tile entrance at Peck Place; lighter and brighter; new carpet installed in the library, beyond the new ‘classroom’ area.
New drainage site-work at Peck Place was professionally done.
Rebuilt the sumps; installed 6” drainage lines.
New drainage at Peck Place – building to side-yard; from side-yard to parking lot.
ALL SCHOOLS:ID Badge Reader – opens the door for employees with badges; enables us to lock exterior doors at all times.
ALL SCHOOLS:High-quality camera enables office to ask an unknown visitor to hold up ID for the camera – 100% readable!
Professional Development:This group of 13 teachers is preparing to pilot the PowerSchool grade book!
Additionally:
• AA’s and Central Office trained in PowerSchool!
• The Admins spent 5 days on the Teacher Evaluation Plan!
• Admins will spend another day in TalentEd!
• I spent 3 days in Admin evaluation at CAS (CT Assoc. of Schools)!
• Security Monitors training coming up!
• Teachers will spend a full-day with their Principals – reviewing the rubrics for effective teaching.
