Board of Education Meeting of November 20, 2018 

Agenda
West Hartford Public Schools Board of Education
Regular Meeting
Tuesday
,
November 20
,
2018
,
7
:00 p.m.
Town Hall, 50 South Main Street
Legislative Chamber
-
Room 314
I.
Cal
l to Order
A. Roll Call
B. Pledge
of
Allegiance
C. Revision to Agenda Order
II.
II
I
.
Student
Participatio
n
Public Communications
: Comments on topics of interest
from the p
ublic. Board
members do not respond to comments.
3 minutes
per individual, 21
minutes per subject
matter
.
IV
.
V.
VI.
Election of Officers/Board Organization
Background
: Pu
r
suant to Sec.
10
-
218 of the State Statutes, C
hapter II, Section 4, of the
Town Charter, and Section 8130 of the West Hartford School Code Policy, the Board
of
Education should at this meeting elect a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and two Financial
Examiners. Such persons to hold office for a period of one year. It is recommended that
the election be conducted in accordance with the following procedure:
The
following recomme
ndation is made by the present C
hairperson
:
Recommendation:
THAT Tom Moore
act as temporary Chairperson of this meeting for
the purpose of electing a Chairperson for the Board of Education
1.
Tom Moore,
S
uperintendent,
will serve as tempor
ary Chairperson and will call for
nominations and action for the position of Chairperson.
2.
The newly
-
elected Chairperson will conduct the meeting.
3.
The new
ly
-
elected
Chairperson
will call for nominations and action for the election of
the following offi
cers:
Vice
-
Chairperson, Secretary, and (2) Financial Examiners (one
from each political party)
Unfinished
Business
A.
School Start Times
Recommendation:
THAT the Board of Education
consider
a change to the school
start time. The Board
has agreed to
choos
e between “Option 2” and “Option 4” as
discussed at the October 16, 2018 Board of Education meeting.
New Business
VII.
Staff Communications and Reports
A.
Superintendent’s Report
B. Staff Reports and Board Discussions
VIII
.
R
outine Matters
A
.
Approval of Minutes
1.
Approval of the
Minutes from the Regular Board of Education
Meeting
of
November 7, 2018
Recommendation:
THAT the
Board of Education approve the M
inutes of the
Regular
Board of
Education meeting of
November 7, 2018
IX.
Information and Report
A.
Board Members: Communications and Reports
1.
Reports from Other Boards and Organizations
2.
Other Information and Discussions
B.
Non
-
Staff Communications and Reports
1
.
Reports from St
udent Board Representatives
X
.
Future Business
A.
Announcement of Meeting Dates
1
.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
,
7
:00 p.m
., Town Hall, 50 South Main Street,
Legislative Chamber, room 314
2.
Tuesday, December 18
, 201
8
, 7:00 p.m., Town Hall, 50 South
Main Street,
Legislative Chamber, room 314
B. Request for Future Agenda Items
X
I
.
Comments from Visitors
-
3 minutes per individual, 21
minutes per subject matter
X
II
.
Executive Session
XII
I
.
Adjournment