BOARD CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

MINUTES

Monday, March 31, 2003

 

Members of the Board Curriculum Committee met on Monday, March 31, 2003, at 7:50 p.m. in Superintendent's Conference Room A of the Education Center. Present were Curriculum Committee Members, William Nelson and Monty Perfetti, and Board Members, Loretta Leeson, Craig Haytmanek, Charlene Koch, Margaret Williams, Rosario Amato, Julie Venanzi and Joe Craig. Also in attendance were Superintendent Joseph A. Lewis and Assistant Superintendent Michele Kostem.

 

Open Forum

 

Loretta Leeson asked for a discussion on student technology objectives by grade level. Dr. Lewis said he will speak with Scott Garrigan about a future presentation.

 

Charlene Koch mentioned that she would like to see the District start to develop ideas for cutting down on the use of textbooks.

 

Elementary Report Card Update

 

Michele Mullen presented to the Committee copies of the grades 1-5 report cards. She told those present that the process has gone very well. Nine schools are currently using the electronic process. The remaining seven schools will train in August, and be ready to utilize the new report card system in September. Feedback from teachers, parents and students has been very positive. The Report Card Committee will continue to meet to review recommended changes.

 

Dr. Lewis said that the goal is to make the reporting process easier for teachers. Mrs. Mullen added that the new system cuts back on the processing time tremendously.

 

In response to a question from Rosario Amato, Mrs. Mullen said that the secondary schools are very interested in using the electronic reporting process. As soon as there is full implementation in the elementary schools, the secondary schools will be addressed.

 

The next step after that would be to provide a unified student profile that would be available to parents. This would allow parents to follow student progress throughout the entire school year. Mr. Craig expressed concern regarding this aspect, and asked for further discussion on this issue at a later date.

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.

 

Minutes prepared by _________________________________

                                    Lynda Ruth, Confidential Secretary