2022-09-15 School Committee Minutes

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another language other than English. RPL will hold anew community member open house and will have interpreters available. Lynn Lyons has been working very closely training staff and will come Monday to work as a team with helping RPS support students with anxiety. Working on program reviews, over the summer did a lot of planning and reviewing, we will be meeting with program staff and will present to the community in October. 3. Dr. Hardy— reported that the first few weeks of school have gone well, we have many initiatives that are rolling out, high quality researched based programs, both to students and teachers. ARC Core adding to grades, 3, 4, 5. Coaches will be available to assist with this program. Launching K, 1, 2, grades illustrative match, we started 3-5 this is a continuation of that program. Teachers received additional training in this program. Common Assessment in the middle school for math and will be sharing the training with other teachers. High School has launched instructional leadership team led my Jessica Callanan, they have started classroom visits and observations to calibrate across the classrooms in RMHS. 4. Ms. Bottan - gave an operational update, the new Food Service Director, Day 8 is today, she has brought incredible impact and positivity to RPS, training the staff on obstacles and new POS program, she has brought fresh watermelon and apples from the local farms to the schools, they are working with Mary Giuliani to work on creating nutritional menus. She's introducing a vegetarian option and smoothies as well. Mike Scouten traffic safety and Ryan Percival working to improve morning drop off safety at RISE, new signage at parking lot, relined the street and parking areas, its an Incredible effort that is appreciated. Mr. Robinson inquired as to why are we using a new POS system, when lunches are free to all students this year. Ms. Bottan explained it's used for 2", 3rtl lunch, and other items. 5. Superintendent - Dr. Milaschewski —weekly check in on the RMHS Track renovation, next Friday will be a home FB game, Cape and Island is at the painting phase at this point, it will be finished Sunday, and anticipating using the field next week, the padding is not ready so we will use the old, and the score board is old, and the lines on the track will be done later this fall. Thanks to Joe Huggins, and Kevin Capuzzi, they did an incredible job working with the vendor and keeping it on budge. We are in a good position regarding teacher positions be filled but we still need paraprofessional, substitutes, and tutors. Parents are willing to step in on a temporary basis. If anyone has any input, please advise. Student school committee rep will be available in 2 weeks. RMHS Homecoming is next week, kick-off party, spirit week, prizes, and football game and then dance on Saturday, 15 seniors planned the events over the summer.