Worcester School Committee: committee reports and new principals

Sorry, chairing for the beginning of the meeting; I'll catch up with public testimony later...now on standing committee reports...posting as we go
Accountability and Student Achievement: which you've seen as I was there...
Taking a break to introduce the new (and moved) principals:

• Joanna Cackett to Grafton Street
• Deb Catamero to Burncoat Prep
• Paula Gibb-Serverin to McGrath
• Kendall Grigg to Goddard
• Ricci Hall to Claremont Academy
• Charles Healey to Rice Square
• Patricia Jordan to Jacob Hiatt
• Daniel St. Louis to University Park Campus

TLLS: reporting back on gaming, anti-bullying...
We've also got a report back on the use of sports to fulfill the gym requirement (not a lot of students taking us up on it, actually, except at North in the fall)
(there's also a bunch of clean-up items being filed)
Claremont Academy now has a full-time librarian; this was a NEASC concern in that building

G&EI: social media policy is on here for approval (sorry, I can't find it online...it wasn't a backup for the agenda of either this meeting or the subcommittee)
filing federal legislation item
missing trees and shrubs at Durkin (concern from the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association)
Novick: concerns with social media policy: basically this is a new area of interaction between students and faculty/administration
What about subscriptions? what about groups on Facebook? What about students following to teachers on Twitter or vice versa?
motion to send it back to subcommittee to consult with teachers and students
Monfredo: no problem taking it back to subcommittee
Colorio: very intrusive, how much does this go over the line?
Luster: held to same standards when acting in professional capacity
O'Connell: clear statement by the school district on the behavior expected by the school employees
wishes approval
Foley: "basic policy...state standards that are there
Colorio: "that we are now asking our teachers that they are now working 24/7...when they're home...going far beyond the means"
Boone: "is a realistic statement that teachers do end their workday when the times that they leave the school site...involve contact with students...adopted a policy of students"...sorry, missed this...basically that students can be held responsible for actions in the community
passes 5-2
TLSS (yes, again; they've met twice since we last met): anti-bullying policy, special education review (some question here regarding costs for the next budget), summer programs: what is their impact on testing, and can we join forces with other providers of summer programs, and crew (the answer came back that crew costs are minimal and optional)