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Home My Public Portal AboutNauset Schools -- 2019-01-24 Minutes ML Joint School Committee Meeting Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:J111 Eastham Town Hall F ' ! ` i ;' ° >' ,i`. "k F.' �� t So- { � f��' Present for the Committees : Region : Judy Schumacher Amy Handel, Chris Easley, John O ' Reilly Brewster : David Telman, Jessica Larsen, Kristen Callahan Eastham : Joanne Irish, Moira Noonan-Kerry, Ann Crozier, and Mary Lou Sette Orleans : Gail Briere, Hank Schumacher, Josh Stewart Wellfleet : Betsy Pontius, Jill Putnam, and Martha Gordon Present for the Administration : Thomas Conrad, Keith Gauley Vice Chair, David Telman, called the meeting to order at 7 : 00 p .m . PRIORITY BUSINESS Technology Update Barbara Lavoine, Director of Technology, presented information to the Committee relative to Technology hardware in the District. Her presentation included the Technology Inventory for the District and the Technology Achievements 2014 -2019 . She reviewed the inventory and explained the life expectancy of equipment, how and if it is replaced . She shared many achievements through the years that the District has made in the field of Technology that included implementation strategies, integration and literacy, professional development, and accessibility of technology in our schools . She indicated that they are hoping to have Open Cape in all buildings in the next year or so . She indicated that presently 8 firewalls are being managed in the District. She indicated that they are trying to get the most out of every piece of technology and are very sensitive to budget issues . Her goal is to maintain an appropriate refresh rate . She also indicated that they are trying to get five years out of devices, instead of four years . Every year she meets with the building Principals to look at the budget . She also explained that when equipment becomes obsolete, it is declared surplus by the school committee and she calls a company to take it away . She reviewed some of the applications and costs , noting that most vendors are sensitive to the fact that the school is a non- profit . As far as back up, she indicated that Storage Craft sits on the back of the Network next to the filer server and is uploaded to storage location in the cloud. She indicated that the District will have a wide area network in about a year and a half and that they have been working with Open Cape . Her staff has done a good job putting the pieces together. Commitment to Apple products was explained in that Apple supports more apps . Chrome Books does not support some of the applications . Apple is recognizing its competition and continues to adjust its pricing: The Technology Subcommittee spent a lot of time determining what the best educational device was . They evaluated both Apple and Chrome Book and decided that Apple has more capabilities to be creative . There are limitations on the Chrome Books and the District does so much more than use Google apps . The subcommittee chose Apple because of the life of the battery ( 10 hours in a day) , easy on/off, and robust library of applications available for users . (that does not exist in the Chrome Book) 1Page Joint SC Meeting , January 24 , 2019 Members of the Technology Subcommittee are : Tom Faris , Kathleen Tringale, Lisa Orendella, Dawn Steber, Brianna Mendoza, Chris Ellsasser, Keith Gauley, Patti Gremer and Darlene Noonan, Ms . Lavoine indicated that the subcommittee is in the process of defining and visioning technology for the High School as well as the entire District. She will have further information in March/April . John O ' Reilly, member of the Nauset High Building Committee, indicated that technology is a major piece in their building discussions . School Calendar Keith Gauley reviewed the proposed 2019 -2020 School Calendar with the Committee. A few key points included : Labor Day is September 2nd and contractually teachers start after Labor Day. Students in K- 12 begin on September 5 and Preschool begins on September 9 . There are no changes for this year in holidays . The January professional development day is March 21 . The vacation schedule is identical to the present year. School closes on June 22nd with no snow days being used . The parent//teacher conferences are not listed as questions arose at the NEA Executive Board meeting. Elementary teachers indicated they might want conferences earlier in the semester. The dates will be set as soon as they receive all the survey results . He also indicated that December 23 is a full day because of the 900 hour state requirement noting we are cutting this very close at the elementary schools . EASTHAM — On a motion by Joanne Irish, seconded by Ann Crozier, it was voted 4 yeas to approve the 2019. 2020 school calendar as proposed . WELLFLEET — On a motion by Betsey Pontius, seconded by Martha Gordon, it was voted 3 yeas to approve the 2019-2020 school calendar as proposed . ORLEANS — On a motion by Gail Briere, seconded by Josh Stewart, it was voted 3 yeas to approve the 2019. 2020 school calendar as proposed. BREWSTER- On a motion, by Jessica Larsen, seconded by Kristen Callahan, it was voted 3 yeas to approve the 2019-2020 school calendar as proposed. The Region School Committee did not have a quorum and will vote at their February meeting . School Calendar Subcommittee Presentation — Variations to the School Calendar Keith Gauley, Assistant Superintendent, gave a brief overview of the subcommittee ' s work and indicated the names of the individuals on the subcommittee that included community representatives, school committee members, teachers, parents, students and Administration. (Susan Barker, Keith Gauley, Marcia Galazzi, Hank Schumacher, Lee Miller, Garrison Guzzeau, Amy Farrell, Keith Kenyon, Ben deRuyter, Richard Peterson, Kim Crowell , Kathy Hannon, John O ' Reilly, Judy Lindahl, Bill Crosby, Megan Farrell, Harry Terkanian, and Jennifer Stevens) The charge to the Committee is to address current concerns with the existing school calendar/schedule/learning opportunities using evidence -based research. The key opportunities the subcommittee considered was the school calendar, the school day and new learning opportunities . Week-long learning opportunities during the summer were mentioned as well as snow day 2Page Joint SC Meeting , January 24 , 2019 options and adding 540 minutes to the day. Mr. Gauley indicated that presentations on the school calendar were being held throughout the District for staffs . The School Committee suggested coming back with something beyond the concepts and how these ideas would be put into action. Approval of Minutes On a motion by Jessica Larsen, seconded by John O ' Reilly, it was voted to accept the minutes of December 6, 2018 . ( 1 — Abstention — Kristen Callahan) Adjournment On a motion by Jessica Larsen, seconded by Chris Easley, it was voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8 : 36 p . m. Submitted by Ann M. Tefft Included in the packet : Technology Inventory, Technology Plan and Achievements, Technology Benchmarks, School Calendar Presentation, and minutes . 3Page Joint SC Meeting , January 24 , 2019