Board of Education Meeting Minutes Part II

January 2, 2007

Mr. Burnett asked if additional maintenance was required because of the recent renovations. Dr. Corda said that there was an addition of custodial staff at Brien McMahon. This was included in the budget two years ago. There was a brief discussion about the details of this increase in relation to the renovations. Mr. Fuller asked about the impact of security personnel with the renovations. Dr. Corda explained that the installation of the alarms has been part of the renovation costs. The contracts for the security systems are a part of the operating budgets. Mr. Opdahl said that the funding for the cameras were included in the operating budget this year. Dr. Corda said that this was an interim step. A security review of the various buildings is being done by a Norwalk Police Officer with Mr. Gorian to pinpoint the locations where enhanced security may be needed. A brief discussion about the security systems and the contracts then followed.

Ms. Bishop-Pullan asked about the increase in teaching staff. Dr. Corda said that there is concern about Rowayton because the school is almost at 100% capacity right now.

The Bi-Lingual/ESLO program recommendation is for the addition of a 1.5 bilingual/ESL staff member. Dr. Corda then explained the breakout of the position. This is required. There is also a recommendation for a .8 Mano y Mano teacher at West Rocks to teach advanced Spanish.

Dr. Corda then said that this would conclude his budget summary. He then explained that there was a timeframe involved because the Board would need to determine if there were any modifications that the Board wished the Administration to make. The second challenge is that a date needed to be identified before January 15th for a vote on adopting the budget. A discussion about the scheduling of the vote then followed.

The Board then decided to meet on January 9th for budget discussion with the potential of a vote for adoption and the possibly a meeting on the 11th for a formal vote if needed.

A question was asked about when there would be a public comment session on the adoption of the budget. Ms. Bishop-Pullan said that a public comment session could be included in the Special Meeting on the 9th. The meeting will be scheduled at City Hall at 7:45 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

** MR. FULLER MOVED TO ADJOURN. ** MS. RIVAS SECONDED. ** THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon L. Soltes Telesco Secretarial Services

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