Thursday, June 3, 2010
Smokeless tobacco presentation
We're getting a presentation on smokeless tobacco from the department of health.
Teacher(s) of the Year
Two semi-finalists and a finalist for Worcester Teacher of the Year
Francis Gribbons at McGrath Elementary
Jeremy Woloski at Burncoat Middle
Michele Emond at Worcester Tech
Francis Gribbons at McGrath Elementary
Jeremy Woloski at Burncoat Middle
Michele Emond at Worcester Tech
Coaches and athletics operating expenses
Budgeted at $445,771
Monfredo is frustrated at not moving toward outside funding for sports
Foley: WEDF looking at that, new direction, more aggressive fundraising entity
O'Brien welcomes that as an idea
Mullaney: WEDF can't do everything, cites mayor as an alumnus of WPS and resource
Foley says it would be well worth it just to see the mayor in uniform again
Boone asks if we're looking at partnerships to reduce our funding or to increase what we do
O'Brien cites sports as a reason people come to school; outside sources would like to add rather than replace
Monfredo says other systems have been able to do this
Novick asks for a breakdown of sports by school (concerned around equity of access)
passes as proposed
Operations (athletics)
O'Connell asks if estimated ticket receipts are reflecting declining interest
(it's estimated to be down by 10%)
Monfredo asks if we can cut the transportation fund
Allen: we added money to cut down students transporting other students
the athletic transportation budget went up as part of our transportation contract (which went down overall)
Mullaney brings up that the Doherty football team gets bused to Foley Stadium
The mayor says that he used to walk
Allen says they can look at how much it costs to bus Doherty football students to Foley
Mullaney says she'll wait to find out how much money we'd save
Passes--for now--as proposed
Monfredo is frustrated at not moving toward outside funding for sports
Foley: WEDF looking at that, new direction, more aggressive fundraising entity
O'Brien welcomes that as an idea
Mullaney: WEDF can't do everything, cites mayor as an alumnus of WPS and resource
Foley says it would be well worth it just to see the mayor in uniform again
Boone asks if we're looking at partnerships to reduce our funding or to increase what we do
O'Brien cites sports as a reason people come to school; outside sources would like to add rather than replace
Monfredo says other systems have been able to do this
Novick asks for a breakdown of sports by school (concerned around equity of access)
passes as proposed
Operations (athletics)
O'Connell asks if estimated ticket receipts are reflecting declining interest
(it's estimated to be down by 10%)
Monfredo asks if we can cut the transportation fund
Allen: we added money to cut down students transporting other students
the athletic transportation budget went up as part of our transportation contract (which went down overall)
Mullaney brings up that the Doherty football team gets bused to Foley Stadium
The mayor says that he used to walk
Allen says they can look at how much it costs to bus Doherty football students to Foley
Mullaney says she'll wait to find out how much money we'd save
Passes--for now--as proposed
Unemployment
Presently it's $275,000 (for FY10)
We've budgeted $735,000 now down to $638,000 due to the restoration of tutors
(The tutors work 20 hours a week, they don't get health insurance, so we don't save money on health insurance when we lay them off. Their unemployment is entirely funded straight from unemployment, with no other savings.)
Boone cautions that restoring tutors does not mean we do not value teachers. Tutor position were about supporting literacy.
We've budgeted $735,000 now down to $638,000 due to the restoration of tutors
(The tutors work 20 hours a week, they don't get health insurance, so we don't save money on health insurance when we lay them off. Their unemployment is entirely funded straight from unemployment, with no other savings.)
Boone cautions that restoring tutors does not mean we do not value teachers. Tutor position were about supporting literacy.
Day-by-day subs
Monfredo: not a frivilous account
Biancheria asks if we've looked into what other districts have done
Luster says we have not looked at it, and they will
Passes as proposed
Biancheria asks if we've looked into what other districts have done
Luster says we have not looked at it, and they will
Passes as proposed
Printing and postage
motion for School Committee to cut down on paper use (more electronic, pickups)
passes as proposed
passes as proposed
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