Haldane Board of Education Breaking News

BREAKING NEWS: Philipstown Councilman-elect and Haldane Board of Education Trustee Dave Merandy announced his resignation at the December 20, 2011 Board workshop meeting. 

Board Meeting Highlights 12/6/11

Highlights from the 12/6/11 Haldane School Board monthly business meeting:

• Correction to the school calendar—change scheduled Superintendent’s Conference Day from May 16 to April 27, 2012 as per SED for state test scoring. Note that this date change affects K–8 students only, and high school will be in session on that date.
• The Board approved an agreement to obtain training to use AIMSweb, a software system which will answer the new requirements for Response to Intervention (RTI) in K–4. This program provides diagnostic assessments, intervention suggestions and progress monitoring.
• Approval of a capital project for BOCES. The cost of the project will be shared by all eighteen BOCES component districts. The cost to the district is $290,367, but if the project comes in under budget, unspent funds will be returned to the district.
• Approval of Special Education District Plan, Fall 2011. The Plan will be posted to the Haldane website and includes language about the new RTI requirements and how Haldane will address these requirements.
• An update of the Fields Study—stakeholders meet this week with Ward Assoc. to discuss recommendations. Additional site visits will take place, and another public presentation will likely occur in January.

Looking ahead:

• The Board will celebrate the Girls Varsity Volleyball Team State Championship at the next Board Workshop on 12/20/11. This workshop will take place in the cafeteria at 7:00 pm. All are invited to attend and share in the celebration.
• Budget Kickoff Meeting: 1/3/12.

Teachers' Contract: Statement by the Board of Education

The linked statement was read by Board President Joe Curto at the 11/15/11 Haldane School Board of Education meeting after the Board voted to adopt the Memorandum of Agreement with the Haldane Faculty Association. Of interest to the community are the highlighted notes about savings to the district which this agreement creates. As an ongoing effort to promote transparency in school district business, this and all contracts over $100,000 can be found on the Haldane School website under District Resources>Contracts.


http://www.haldaneschool.org/www/haldaneschool/site/hosting/Contracts/HFA%20BOE%20Statement%20111511.pdf

Girls' Volleyball and Haldane's State Championship Recognition

The Haldane Board of Education December business meeting will be December 6 at 7:00 pm in the Mabel Merritt Building Fireplace Room. The Board will give special recognition to the Haldane Girls Volleyball team for its State Championship victory. Also of note: updates from the Fields meeting and the Special Education District Plan. See the Haldane school website for the draft agenda, which is usually available the Friday before a scheduled Tuesday meeting.