MEETING
WEST WARWICK SCHOOL COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
John F. Deering Middle School
Webster Knight Drive
Executive Session: 5:30 P.M
Open Session: 6:30 P.M.
There will be a meeting of the West Warwick School Committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008.
1. Open Session - 5:30 P.M.
2. Roll Call
3. Motion to go into Executive Session according to RI General Laws 42-46-4 and 42-46-5,
Subsection (a), Paragraphs 1, 2, and 8
4. Executive Session:
a) Overview--Collaborative
b) Personnel
c) Litigation
d) Contracts
5. Open Session - 6:30 P.M.
6. Roll Call
7. Reading of Mission Statement
8. Motion to Close Executive Session Minutes
9. Student Recognition
10. Student Representative
11. Audience of Citizens
12. Chairman's Report
13. Superintendent's Report
14. Consent Agenda
a) Approval: Open Session Minutes: March 11, 2008
b) Approval: Executive Session Minutes: March 11, 2008
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15. Update: Budget - 2007-2008 School Year
16. Update: Data-Driven Decisions
17. Approval: Bid Award: Gym and Stage Floor Sanding and Refinishing at John F. Horgan Elementary
School
18. Approval: Bid Award: Asbestos Removal-Stair Treads at John F. Horgan Elementary School
19. Approval: Out-of-State Field Trip Request: West Warwick High School Oceanology & Biology
Classes to Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Connecticut, April 28, 2008
20. Approval: Out-of-State Field Trip Request: West Warwick High School Physics and Calculus Classes
to Six Flags, Agawam, Massachusetts, May 27, 2008
21. Approval: Out-of-State Field Trip Request: West Warwick High School Academy of Finance and
Business Information Processing Classes to Behind the Scenes, Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts,
April 29, 2008
22. Approval: Out-of-State Field Trip Request: West Warwick High School Students to Block Island
Poetry Project, Block Island, Rhode Island, April 17-20, 2008
23. Approval: Out-of-Country Field Trip Request: West Warwick High School Italian Classes to Rome,
Florence, and Venice, Italy, April 9 - 17, 2009
24. Approval: Request to Job Share: Physical Education/Health/APE Teacher - John F. Horgan
Elementary School
25. Approval: Medical Leave of Absence for the Remainder of the 2007-2008 School Year: Supervisory
Lunch Aide - Wakefield Hills Elementary School
26. Acceptance of Resignation: Assistant Special Education Director
27. Acceptance of Resignation for Retirement Purposes: Social Studies Teacher - West Warwick High
School
28. Acceptance of Resignation for Retirement Purposes: Special Education Teacher - West Warwick High
School
29. Acceptance of Resignation: .6 Registered Nurse - West Warwick Public Schools
30. Acceptance of Resignation: Assistant Girls' Outdoor Track Coach - West Warwick High School
31. Approval: Contract: Network Administrator - West Warwick Public Schools
32. Approval: Contract: Attendance Officer - West Warwick Public Schools
c) Approval: Special Meeting Open Session Minutes: April 1, 2008
d) Approval: Payment of Bills: $244,281.84
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33. Consent to Superintendent's Appointments:
a) S.M.I.L.E. Leader - West Warwick High School
b) Substitute S.M.I.L.E. Leader - West Warwick High School
c) National Junior Honor Society Advisor - John F. Deering Middle School
d) Two (2) CPR/AED Trainers
e) Assistant Girls' Outdoor Track Coach - West Warwick High School
34. Audience of Citizens
35. School Committee Discussion for the Good and Welfare of the School System
36. Adjournment
The School Committee may recess to Executive Session from time to time pursuant to 42-46-4 of the RI
General Laws for discussion of matters permitted under 42-46-5(1) of the R.I. General Laws.
Daniel T. Burns, Jr., Chairperson
Agenda Posted: April 2, 2008
