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IV. ACTION ITEMS, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING . . .A. Ansonia Board of Education meeting minutes dated June 1, 2011 (regular), June 14, 2011 (curriculum),June 21, 2011 (special), August 10, 2011 (policy) and August 10, 2011 (special)MOTION: That the minutes dated June 1, 2011, (regular)be approved as written.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATHXMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 2 XMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentXXXMR. WILLIAM NIMONS 1 XMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEYXTOTAL 5 0 0MOTION: That the minutes dated June 14, 2011,(curriculum) be approved as written.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATHXMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGIXMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentXXXMR. WILLIAM NIMONS 1 XMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEY 2 XTOTAL 5 0 0MOTION: That the minutes dated June 21, 2011,(special) be accepted as presented.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATH 2 XMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 1 XMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentXXXMR. WILLIAM NIMONSXMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEYXTOTAL 3 0 2
MOTION: That the minutes dated August 10, 2011,(policy) be accepted as presented.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATH 2 XMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 1 XMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentMR. WILLIAM NIMONSXMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEYXTOTAL 3 0 2MOTION: That the minutes dated August 10, 2011,(special) be accepted as presented.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATH 1 XMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 2 XMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentXXXMR. WILLIAM NIMONSXMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEYXTOTAL 3 0 2B. Resignation/Stephen Barton/Special Education/Prendergast SchoolMOTION: To accept the letter of resignation fromStephen Barton, a special education teacher atPrendergast School, and send a letter of thanks.MOTION YES NO ABSTAINMR. GEORGE BOATH 1 XMR. ROBERT CARUSOMS. FRANCES DIGIORGI 2 XMR. JOHN LAWLOR, PresidentXXXMR. WILLIAM NIMONSXMR. CARMEN PITNEYXMR. EDWARD SHARKEYXTOTAL 5 0 0V. INFORMATION ITEMSA. Assistant Superintendent’s Report/District Improvement Plan (DIP)ATTACHMENT #1DISCUSSION: Dr. Tony Gasper, Assistant Superintendent, gave a quick summary of the 2011 CMT and CAPT testing.He said he will be giving the Board a more in-depth presentation at next month’s meeting. There are 72 points of informationshowing the Board what progress has been made over a five-year period. The news is overwhelmingly positive with 36 areasshowing improvement and 21 areas remaining steady. Fifteen areas have showed a decline. Dr. Gasper said that grade 6continues to be a strong group of teachers performing strongly as a team for us. Both grades 4 and 5 show steady growth,while grade 3 continues to be a concern. He added that grade 3 is a measurement of not only grade 3 but of PreK-grade 3.We have lost full day kindergarten this year and this will certainly be an obstacle for us to overcome. We will be dedicatingmore attention and resources to the primary grades this year. The CAPT testing in grade 10 is flat or shows a decline. We are
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