The School Committee is scheduled to meet in regular session on Tuesday, May 10, 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 >> The agenda*:

7:30 - Student Voices - Ottoson World of Difference (20 minutes)

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 - Friends of Robbins Farm (5 minutes): update and information on the long slide

8:05 - Superintendent’s Report (10 minutes), Dr. Bodie

8:15 - Approval of Listing of Holiday Observances for School Calendar 2011- 2012 (15 minutes)

8:30 - Article 44 of the Town Meeting Discussion [merge town/school human-resource offices] (25 minutes)

8:55 - FY ‘11 Budget update (10 minutes), Ms. Johnson

9:05 - FY ‘12 Budget discussion (10 minutes), Dr. Bodie, Ms. Johnson

9:15 - Policies & Procedures update and discussions (20 minutes), Mr. Pierce

DBJ
IHB (second reading)

9:35 - Open Enrollment (10 minutes), Ms. Raemer

9:45 - Thompson Update (15 minutes), Dr. Bodie, Mr. Thielman

10:00 - Special Education Department Changes (15 minutes), Dr. Bodie

10:15 - Consent Agenda (5 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 # 11147 Total Warrant Amount $ 444,726.31  dated April 26, 2011

*Approval of School Committee Organization Meeting Minutes April 12, 2011 and School Committee Regular Meeting April 12, 2011

*Approval of Arlington High School Madrigal Singers, Honors Orchestra Trip to Budapest, Milan and Lugano, Switzerland, February School vacation 2012

10:20 - Secretary’s Report (5 minutes), Mr. Pierce

10:25 - Committee & Appointee Reports (20 minutes) tabled from April 12 & 26, 2011

10:50 -  Executive Session (10 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. Exiting only for the purpose of adjournment

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.