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Home My Public Portal AboutSelect Board Meeting Packet - 01.25.21 Town of Brewster Select Board 2198 Main St., Brewster, MA 02631 townadmin@brewster-ma.gov (508) 896-3701 MEETING AGENDA Remote Participation Only January 25, 2021 at 5:30 PM This meeting will be conducted by remote participation pursuant to Gov. Baker’s March 2020 orders suspending certain Open Meeting Law provisions and imposing limits on public gatherings. No in-person meeting attendance will be permitted. If the Town is unable to live broadcast this meeting, a record of the proceedings will be provided on the Town website as soon as possible. The meeting may be viewed by: Live broadcast (Brewster Government TV Channel 18), Livestream (livestream.brewster- ma.gov), or Video recording (tv.brewster-ma.gov). Meetings may be joined by: 1. Phone: Call (929) 436-2866 or (301) 715-8592. Webinar ID: 818 7693 0884; Passcode: 823519 To request to speak: Press *9 and wait to be recognized. 2. Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87343166096?pwd=aG5IVS83aDZseW9WdUExQlVvTXFIZz09 Passcode: 382419 To request to speak: Tap Zoom “Raise Hand” button or type “Chat” comment with your name and address, then wait to be recognized. Select Board Mary Chaffee Chair Benjamin deRuyter Vice Chair Cynthia Bingham Clerk David Whitney Edward Chatelain Town Administrator Peter Lombardi Assistant Town Administrators Susan Broderick Donna Kalinick Executive Assistant to the Town Administrator Robin Young 1. Call to Order 2. Declaration of a Quorum 3. Meeting Participation Statement 4. Recording Statement 5. Public Announcements and Comment: Members of the public may address the Select Board on matters not on the meeting’s agenda for a maximum 3-5 minutes at the Chair’s discretion. Under the Open Meeting Law, the Select Board is unable to reply but may add items presented to a future agenda. 6. Update on and Discussion of Nauset Regional High School Project – Representatives from Nauset Regional School Committee, School Building Committee, Nauset School Administration, and Brewster Finance Committee 7. Matters Not Reasonably Anticipated by the Chair 8. Questions from the Media 9. Next Meetings: January 26, February 1, February 2, February 8, and February 10, 2021 10. Adjournment Date Posted: Date Revised: Received by Town Clerk: 01/21/2021 Archived: Friday, January 22, 2021 3:16:43 PM From: Arlynn L Consiglio Se nt: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:01:45 To: Aimee Eckman; Alexander Cestaro; Andrea Shaw Reed; Andy Evans; Arthur Autorino; Benjamin deRuyter; Bob Wallace; Cecil Newcomb; Cynthia Bingham; David Whitney; Eastham FinCom; Elaine Baird; Frank Bridges; Fred Magee; Pete Dahl; Helen Miranda-Wilson; Honey Pivirotto; Ira Wood; Jacqueline Beebe; Jamie Demetri; Janet Reinhart; Jared Collins; Jeff Tash; Jenn Rhodes; John Kelly; Josh Stewart; Judy Schumacher; Justina Carlson; Kathy Granlund; Kevin Galligan; Larissa Haynes; Linda Pellegrino; Lynn Bruneau; Maria Broadbent; Mark Mathison; Mary Chaffee; Mefford Runyon; Michael DeVasto; Ned Chatelain; Peter Lombardi; Robert Tobias; Robin Young; Ryan Curley; Sarah Robin; Stephen Polowczyk Subject: Information from Superintendent Conrad and Nauset Regional School Committee Se nsitivity: Normal Attachments: 2021 School Choice Explanation.pdf; NRHSEnglishChoice.pdf; School Choice Graphs.pdf; Good Afternoon, I n an effort to keep everyone inform ed regarding the Nauset High School Renovation Project, we are going to be sending out information periodically to keep you up to date. We are anticipating putting together a weekly newsletter with updated inform ation. To begin: Please see attached School Choice information. Below please find a link to a recent Superintendent’s Spotlight regarding the Building Project: https://vimeo.com/491331552 I n addition, please visit the High School Building website at : http://nausetbuildingproject.com/ More information will be forthcoming. Have a w onderful weekend! Arlynn L. Consiglio Adm inistrative Assistant to the Superintendent Nauset Public Schools 78 Eldredge Park Way Orleans, MA 02653 (508) 255-8800 ext. 7002 consiglioal@nausetschools.org Follow us on Facebook: Nauset S chools Facebook Page Follow us on T witter: @NPS socialmedia The Nauset Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, limited English proficiency, sexual orientation, disability, homelessness or housing status in its educational programs, activities or employment policies. Please note the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office has determined that most emails to and from municipal offices and officials are public records. For more information please refer to: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm. This transmission contains information which is confidential and/or legally privileged. The information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of action in reliance on the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you. Nauset Believes … Every Child Matters Nauset Public Schools 78 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans MA 02653 Phone: 508-255-8800 ● Fax: 508-240-2351 ● http://nausetschools.org Thomas M. Conrad Superintendent of Schools Keith E. Gauley Mary E. Buchanan Assistant Superintendent Director of Student Services Giovanna Venditti Eileen Belastock Director of Finance & Operations Director of Technology Massachusetts Inter-district School Choice Program The Massachusetts School Choice program was established in 1991 (MGL c 76 sect 128). The Nauset Regional School District began participating in the the Choice program in 1997, at which time Nauset had 5.5 FTE students coming in through the Choice program and 13.8 FTE students leaving the District through Choice. School Choice Tuition Revenues (Edited from the DESE Web Site) – 1-15-2021 While the School Choice Statute does not provide explicit guidance as to the allowable uses of choice tuition revenue, the requirement that municipalities place such revenues in a special account for use by the school committee indicated a legislative intent that they be used for the general purposes of the school choice program. School choice tuition is intended to cover any additional out of pocket expenses associated with students who are enrolled under the choice program and to provide a financial incentive to encourage districts to participate in the program. Therefore, allowable expenditures include any expenditure for staff, materials, equipment, or services that directly enhance the quality of a district’s educational program and benefit students who currently attend a district’s schools. Local school committees may not transfer funds for the payment of debt service, even if the debts were incurred by the municipality for a school related capital expenditure, as such expenditures are not within the scope of the school committee’s power or authority. Under the Current Chapter 70 formula, the pupils at a receiving district are credited toward the sending district’s foundation enrollment. However, any low-income increments for those pupils are credited to the receiving districts’ foundation budgets. Why School Choice works for the Nauset Regional Schools Nauset, along with all other Cape high schools, continues to participate in School Choice because of the significant advantages it brings to our member towns and their school-aged children, namely: • Positive income stream • Additional income contributes to a wide variety of courses that deepen and broaden the school curriculum, enriching the educational experience for all students • Increases the diversity of the Nauset student body by bringing in students from more diverse backgrounds and cultures. Nauset Believes … Every Child Matters School Choice provides a very significant revenue stream (1.74 million in FY20) that not only enables Nauset Middle School and Nauset High School to offer an extensive program of studies, but the funds also allow the District to reduce assessments (taxes) to the member towns. How is this possible when the base tuition rate is only $5,000? It has to do with the distribution of the students into our classrooms. To understand how the school choice tuition benefits Nauset financially, even at $5,000 per student, we identified the home towns of each student enrolled and matched that with the courses they are enrolled in. We have attached a summary of this data collected for all of our English classes at the high school as of October 2020. The data show that on average there are 10.3 students per course from one of the four member towns or from Truro or Provincetown and 2.97 students from other towns attending under School Choice. The percentage of school choice students in each course varies from 0% to 47%. The average % of Choice students in all of our English classes in October 2020 was 22%. In most cases, the additional cost to educate a School Choice student is limited to the cost of any consumable supplies. In the example of our English classes, the District is already paying for the salary of the teacher, the heat and electricity costs, and general operating costs of the 10.3 students per class who attend from the member towns. So there is little added expense to add an average of about 3 School Choice students to each English class at Nauset High School. There are of course some situations where we have added a teacher to accommodate the School Choice students and keep class size reasonable for students from our member towns. For the 2020- 2021 school year, we estimate that about 6-7 teachers teaching 4-5 course sections each are needed to accommodate the 198 students who attend Nauset High under School Choice and keep class sizes for all students at a reasonable level. The cost for these teachers is approximately. $644,085 based on 6.5 teachers @$84,750 each (Nauset’s average teacher salary per DESE FY18) plus the cost of fringe benefits (health and life insurance). With expected revenue from School Choice in FY20 to be $1,735,199 & FY21 to be $1,549,403 the School Choice program is clearly financially beneficial to our District. Why are some of the High School classes so small? When you review the data on enrollment in our English classes, you will notice that some classes are very small. The reasons for this vary. In some cases the course is a special education inclusion class where enrollment is purposefully kept small. In some cases, a small group of students needed to take a course but a new section had to be added to accommodate their schedule of other classes. Still other classes are small because a few students needed to take a required class to matriculate into the next grade or in order to accumulate enough credits to graduate. Our goal is to meet the needs of each and every students in the most effective way possible. Why else is School Choice beneficial to Nauset students? Beyond financial benefits, there are at least two other major benefits to the School Choice program in Nauset – the positive impact on the Program of Studies – the courses we can offer - and the addition of students from diverse backgrounds, race and cultures. Again, when we reviewed our core classes in English, we found that very few of the classes would not run even if there were no school choice students enrolled at Nauset High. On the other hand, Nauset students – from member towns and from School Choice – can take a wide variety of courses Nauset Believes … Every Child Matters that we would likely not be able to afford to offer without the additional revenue from School Choice. Some of these courses include: Advanced Placement Art, American Sign Language, Level 4 German, Latin 2, Criminology, Botany, Salt Water Ecosystems, American Pop Culture, and even some sections of Advanced Placement Calculus or AP Statistics to name a few. These courses not only attract students to Nauset from all over Cape Cod, but they provide an unmatched opportunity for member students to challenge themselves and pursue their individual interests and passions. In addition, the School Choice students also expose our member students to more diverse backgrounds, cultures and races. The Outer Cape can be a very isolating place, and some students do not have numerous opportunities to venture off Cape. So the addition of 198 students with different backgrounds and experiences enriches all of our students in a way that may not be possible without participation in School Choice. In Conclusion School Choice makes sense for Nauset financially and educationally. We intend to continue to market our Regional Schools throughout the Cape as an outstanding opportunity for students to attend one of the best high schools in Massachusetts. Nauset Regional High School English Class Snapshot by Town of Residence 1/21/2021 Course Grade Member Town Students School Choice Students Total % Choice ENG 11 - 001 9 10 3 13 23% ENG 11-002 9 12 3 15 20% ENG 12-001 9 8 1 9 11% ENG 12-002 9 11 4 15 27% ENG 12-003 9 12 1 13 8% ENG 12-004 9 9 6 15 40% ENG 12-005 9 16 1 17 6% ENG 12-006 9 17 4 21 19% ENG 12-007 9 17 6 23 26% ENG 12-008 9 5 3 8 38% ENG 12-009 9 7 5 12 42% ENG 12-010 9 14 2 16 13% ENG 12-011 9 12 0 12 0% ENG 13-001 9 4 1 5 20% ENG 13-002 9 4 0 4 0% Total Grade 9 158 40 198 20% ENG 21-001 10 8 5 13 38% ENG 21-002 10 15 6 21 29% ENG 21-003 10 19 2 21 10% ENG 22-001 10 11 3 14 21% ENG 22-002 10 17 3 20 15% ENG 22-003 10 21 2 23 9% ENG 22-004 10 13 4 17 24% ENG 22-005 10 2 1 3 33% ENG 22-006 10 9 1 10 10% ENG 22-007 10 10 0 10 0% ENG 22-008 10 18 3 21 14% Nauset Regional High School English Class Snapshot by Town of Residence 1/21/2021 ENG 22-009 10 13 4 17 24% ENG 23-001 10 7 3 10 30% ENG 23-002 10 8 1 9 11% Total Grade 10 171 38 209 18% ENG 30-001 11 12 2 14 14% ENG 30-002 11 16 6 22 27% ENG 30-003 11 15 6 21 29% ENG 31-001 11 8 7 15 47% ENG 32-001 11 6 3 9 33% ENG 32-002 11 6 2 8 25% ENG 32-003 11 8 3 11 27% ENG 32-004 11 6 2 8 25% ENG 32-005 11 7 5 12 42% ENG 32-006 11 15 2 17 12% ENG 33-001 11 7 1 8 13% SWS10e-2 11 12 0 12 0% SWS10e-1 11 5 4 9 44% SWS11e-1 11 7 3 10 30% SWS11e-2 11 8 3 11 27% Total Grade 11 138 49 187 26% ENG 41-001 12 14 5 19 26% ENG 41-002 12 9 1 10 10% ENG 42-001 12 9 5 14 36% ENG 42-002 12 19 6 25 24% ENG 42-003 12 6 3 9 33% ENG 46-001 12 18 4 22 18% ENG 46-002 12 15 4 19 21% ENG 47-001 12 18 3 21 14% Nauset Regional High School English Class Snapshot by Town of Residence 1/21/2021 ENG 49-001 12 8 6 14 43% ENG 49-002 12 14 0 14 0% ENG 49-003 12 10 4 14 29% ENG 49-004 12 13 3 16 19% ENG 50-001 12 7 3 10 30% ENG 61-001 12 4 1 5 20% ENG 71-001 12 13 4 17 24% SWS40e-1 12 6 2 8 25% SWS40e-2 12 7 1 8 13% SWS41e-2 12 3 0 3 0% SWS41e-1 12 1 2 3 67% Total Grade 12 194 57 251 23% ESL3-001 ungraded 6 1 7 14% ESL3-002 ungraded 4 0 4 0% ESL3-003 ungraded 1 0 1 0% ESL4-5-001 ungraded 4 0 4 0% Total Ungraded (ESL)15 1 16 6% IB - Various Grades 12 24 17 41 41% Nauset Regional High School English Class Snapshot by Town of Residence 1/21/2021 TOTALS Grade 9 158 40 198 20% Grade 10 171 38 209 18% Grade 11 138 49 187 26% Grade 12 194 57 251 23% ESL 16 1 17 6% IB 24 17 41 41% TOTAL 701 202 903 22% Number of Classes 2021 9 15 10 14 11 15 12 19 Various 5 68