The Arlington School Committee plans to hold its regular meeting Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the School Committee Room, sixth floor, Arlington High School.

If you can't attend, you can watch it live on your local cable station's education channel (Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 13, Verizon Ch. 24). For reruns, check the schedule at http://acmi.tv/. You can also watch the meeting live on the Web here >>

Agenda*:

7:30 - Student Voices (20 minutes), Ms. Sheffler and students: Nagaokakyo sister city students

7:50 - Public Participation (Per File BEDH, Arlington School Committee Policy Manual) (10 minutes)

* Speakers will be allowed three (3) minutes to present their material.

* Issues requiring extensive discussion may be deferred to a future meeting with a scheduled agenda item.

* All remarks will be addressed through the chairperson of the meeting.

8:00 - Budget Materials to Town Meeting (10 minutes), Dr. Bodie, Dr. Allison-Ampe, Ms. Starks

8:20  - Fee Collection Concerns (20 minutes), Ms. Johnson

8:40 - FY ‘12 Budget discussion (30 minutes), Ms. Starks, Dr. Bodie

* Allocation of $224,000 from finance committee

* Override

-- approval of $600,000 additions to level service budget

-- approval of override question on ballot

9:00  Executive Session (1 hour, 25 minutes)

* To comply with the provisions of any general or special law to protect confidentiality of personnel matter.

* To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation when an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigation position of the committee.

* To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with union and/or nonunion personnel, or to conduct collect bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with union and/or nonunion personnel.

10:25 - Consent Agenda (2 minutes) - All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the committee so request, in which event the item will be considered in its normal sequence.

* Approval of Warrant # 11135 Total Warrant Amount $ 274,627.53  dated April 5, 2011

* Approval of School Committee Minutes March 22, 2011 and Special School Committee meeting March 28, 2011

10:27 - Secretary’s Report (5 minutes), Mr. Pierce

10:32 - Superintendent’s Report (10 minutes), Dr. Bodie

10:42  - Committee & Appointee Reports (10 minutes) tabled from April 12, 2011

10:52 -  Executive Session (8 minutes)

-- To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining or litigation when an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the bargaining or litigation position of the committee.

-- To conduct strategy sessions in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel, or to conduct collect bargaining sessions or contract negotiations with nonunion personnel.

11:00  - Adjournment

* The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair, which may be discussed at the meeting.  Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law. Submitted by: Cindy Starks, Arlington School Committee

** Start times and time amounts (listed in parenthesis) are the estimated amount of time for that particular agenda item. Actual times may be shorter or longer depending on the time needed to fully explore the topic.