Att. a
Memorandum
| 1. | Executive Session - We will have an executive session at 6:30 to discuss tenure and a district property matter. | |
| 2. | Recognition Presentations – The Board will be recognizing the conscientious efforts of our “car-thief nabbing” maintenance staff members. | |
| 3. | School Report Card – The NYS School Report Card Presentation will provide the details of the state of the academic progress at Wayne. Mr. Spring will facilitate the presentation. You were sent an overview of the presentation and the entire report in last week’s board letter. If you have any questions that were are not included in the presentation, please let me know and we will address them. | |
| 4. | Performance Contract – I would like to have a discussion on the energy saving windmill and co-generation options that were presented to us at the March 24 board meeting. Please let me know what questions you have and if you would like any additional information. I would like to be prepared to move forward with a decision on whether or not to do a study at this meeting. | |
| 5. | Budget Adoption - The final draft of the 2004-05 budget is presented for adoption. This is what will be presented to the community for their approval. If you have any last comments or concerns, please let me know. Our administration has worked hard to put together a budget that we all can live with. I appreciate all their efforts. The tax rate increase will be 3.9%. This is the smallest increase we have seen since Mr. Atseff and I have been here. Note also we are adding a number of programs. | |
| 6. | Action Items – I recommend approval of all action items as submitted. | |
| 7. | Policy – John Triou will be letting the Board know about the policies which have received their annual review by the committee. | |
| 1. | MS Car Incident: Earlier this week, our maintenance staff caught the middle school car thieves as they were scouting for another vehicle to steal. It turns out that they were 14-15 year old kids from Rochester. They were driving a car that had been stolen earlier in Irondequoit. After a foot chase, gator chase, and car/truck pursuit, they were apprehended. Ted Hargarther and Bob Miller were first to come upon the vehicle when it hit a car in the parking lot. The walkie-talkie radios proved to be a very valuable resource. Bob Taylor, Rick Bulman and JR Sharkey heard the radio calls and came to assist in the pursuit and capture. Police and our SRO, Kim Smith, also aided in the pursuit. | |
| 2. | Sex Offender: The enclosed letter informing residents of a level 3 offender living within the district boundaries went out on Monday. We received a few calls/visits from concerned parents, several calls & comments thanking us and a visit from an irate woman. All in all a very small response. I will play the part of the optimist and assume it means that parents appreciated the information and heightened awareness. | |
| 3. | HS Student Injury - The student with the screwdriver accident is doing fine. He received a few stitches and is healing up very well. There is no indication of nerve or skeletal damage to the hand. | |
| 4. | Property Line Status – The attached memo outlines a recent matter regarding reassigning district property lines to Webster. We will discuss this in executive session. | |
| 5. | HS Masterminds Team – The Wayne High School Masterminds Team has won the Rochester District “League 5” Title. They will advance to “sectionals” in late April. At sectionals, the top 2 teams from each of the 10 districts compete. The winners advance to the Regional Championship. Attached is an article from the March 31 D&C on the recent meet. We wish them continued success as they advance through the competitionl. I would like to invite them to a board meeting to recognize their accomplishments. | |
| 6. | NYSCOSS Conferences - On Wednesday I attended a NYSCOSS conference on the CFE decision. You may recall that the courts have determined the current methodology of funding schools is not legal. The governor formed a commission to study and make recommendations for fixing the problem. That committee, sometimes called the Zarb commission issued its report on Monday and was reviewed at this conference. I have listed the highlights of their recommendations below. There will now be a lengthy political process to see which proposals become reality. I do believe there will be more flexibility in how state aid can be spent. I also believe this decision will drive money to NYC and the big five. We will probably see little aid growth over the next 3 years and must plan accordingly. | |
| _Provide an additional $2.5 billion to $5.6 billion in state, federal and local funding for public schools, depending on various models developed for the commission by Standard & Poor's. | ||
| _Maintain state aid for all districts at a minimum of current levels, preventing the enriching of poor districts at the expense of better-funded ones. | ||
| _Create a new Office of Educational Accountability to make sure that all schools have plans for meeting educational goals and are meeting them. | ||
| _Give failing schools three years to improve or be closed. In schools that make insufficient improvement, have an interim administrator from the Office of Educational Accountability take control and make changes. | ||
| _Follow New York City's model and give mayors in the state's next-largest big cities direct control over public schools. | ||
| 7. | Legislative Breakfast - Joyce, Jackie and John will be attending with Larry and myself. We will meet at the DO parking lot between 7:15-7:30 to car pool. | |
| 8. | BOCES Annual Meeting – Anyone planning on attending the BOCES annual meeting on April 5 in Williamson should let me know. We will RSVP. They generally have a tour and refreshments put on by the vocational ed students. | |
| 9. | Three Boards Meeting – Our board meeting calendar shows the next meeting as the Three Boards Meeting, hosted by Walworth. I have placed a call to Frank Guelli to discuss the scheduling of this meeting. The Walworth Town Board meets on Thursday evenings, so you might want to pencil in April 22 as a tentative date. I will let you know what they decide in next Friday’s letter. | |
| 10. | Events - | |
| 11. | Attachments - | |
| a. | Land Issue Memo | |
| b. | Harbec Letter | |
| c. | Sex Offender Letter | |
| d. | BOCES Board Nominations | |
| e. | Masterminds D&C Article | |
Att. a
Memorandum
Re:
Land issue
Attached is a letter from Eftihia Bourtis representing Gary Preston. Part of Mr. Preston’s property lies within the Wayne School District while part lies within the Webster School District. Two years ago when Mr. Preston wrote us, we declined to change his property status. It is not uncommon to own property in two school districts. On the advice of our attorney Mr. Vanderbyle, we did not wish to give up the property. We spoke with Mr. Vanderbyle again after receiving this letter. His advice, and I concur, is to retain the property on our tax roles where it legally belongs.
If we did made a change, we would need permission of both Boards of Education and the State Education Department. The work in doing this is not insurmountable, but I do not believe we want to begin this process unless we are willing to do it for any other property that may be between two districts. Please let me know if you feel differently than how you decided two years ago.
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