The School Board meets tomorrow, Monday March 24. Agendas for meeting are published on-line, usually the previous Friday, which means you really have to pay attention to know what’s going on. We might encourage the Board to post agendas sooner than the last minute required by state law.
Go to ProvidenceSchools.org, select “office…school board…dates and agendas” and click on the “eletronic school board”, which will pull up a calendar. Or, just go to http://www.providenceschools.org/pesb/ and find the calendar on the right hand side.
I’ve pasted in the agenda below the “continue reading” line.
The items that seem most immediately interesting are the Superintendent’s report, which includes an analysis of NECAP scores and an “adequate yearly progress update, the school calendar for next year, and a third-quarter report on corrective action for schools in trouble.
If you go to the website, you’ll find clickable links for the above items and more. I will add that I think the School Board has done a great job in the last year of modernizing its website and making information more accessible.
DATE: 3/24/2008 TIME: 6:30 PM CODE: Business 7
LOCATION: School Board Room
Convene Meeting
1. Call to Order at 5:30 PM Info
Executive Session
2. Executive Session per RIGL 42-46-5 (a)(1)Personnel; (a)(2) Collective Baragining; (a)(9) Grievances Action
Re-Convene Meeting
3. Re-Convene Meeting at 6:30 PM Pledge of Allegiance Info
4. Overview of Meeting Info
5. Superintendent’s Opening Comments Info
Approve Agenda
6. Approve School Board Agenda Action
Report Executive Session Vote
Public Comment
7. Public Comment Info
Policy & Planning
8. Third Quarter Report on District Corrective Action Plan Action
9. 2008-2009 Local Budget Info
Consent Agenda
10. CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL Action
11. School Board Minutes Info
12. Home School Candidates Info
13. Personnel Actions Info
Report on Personnel
14. Assistant Principal-E Cubed Academy Winkfield, Regina Action
Report on Contracts
15. Follett Textbook Inventory Management System Info
16. Rhode Island College Info
17. Brown University Info
18. East Bay Educational Collaborative Info
19. Evaluation of the Literacy Initiative Info
20. Upward Bound Contract Info
21. Volunteers in Providence Schools (VIPS) contract Info
22. Annual Parent Engagement Evaluation Info
23. CONTRACT APPROVALS Action
Action Items
24. The 180 day school calendar for the 2008-2009 academic year. Action
25. The 230 day school calendar for the 2008-2009 academic year. Action
Superintendents Report
26. Council of Great City Schools (CGCS) Legislative Update Info
27. CGCS Analysis of PPSD NECAP Performance Info
28. Adequate Yearly Progress Update Info
Governance
29. Reform Governance in Action (RGA) Info
Future Meetings
30. Future School Board Meetings http://www.providenceschools.org/pesb Info
School Board Comments
31. School Board Comments Info
Adjourn
32. Adjourn Meeting Info
Retirements & Resignations
33. Retirements/Resignations
