School Committee to Hear 'District Report' on Test Scores

The Barrington School Committee's meeting tonight should be pretty special. It usually is.

The meeting starts at 7:30 pm in the School Committee Meeting Room in Town Hall.

Tonight's meeting is "District Report Night." That's the annual look at how Barrington students have fared in the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), the SATs for college admissions, and the Advanced Placement (AP) tests.

Student scores also have been compared in the past couple of years to the top 25 public high schools in Massachusetts.

In short, the District Report is a comprehensive view of achievement test and other scores that wraps all the data into one night for the School Committee. The report usually paints a picture through the test scores of where the Barrington schools stand in comparison to other districts – and that picture is typically very pretty.

The agenda also includes additional information on enrollment projections, which show an 18 percent decline in students over the next 10 years.

Here is the complete agenda:

BARRINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA

Government Center, 283 County Road

April 4, 2013 7:30 p.m.  

A.      PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE (approx. 7:30 – 7:32 p.m.)  

B.     ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNITION (approx. 7:32 – 7:37 p.m.)  

C.     BPS SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING (approx. 7:37 – 7:55 p.m.)  

D.     INFORMATION AND PROPOSALS (approx. 7:55 – 8:25 p.m.)

1.      District Report Night

2.      Enrollment Projections  

E.      GENERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION (approx. 8:25 – 8:35 p.m.)  

F.      OLD BUSINESS (approx. 8:35 – 8:45 p.m.)

Superintendent and Staff

1.      Budget Discussion

School Committee  

G.     NEW BUSINESS (approx. 8:45 – 9:10 p.m.)

Superintendent and Staff

1.      Personnel Retirements/Resignations

HS, English SO,

Kindergarten AO,

Administrative Assistant HM,

Teaching Assistant HS, PE/Health Custodian  

School Committee

1.      Review of New Policy Format

2.      Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Policy Amendment

3.      First Reading of Policies on Latex Gloves, First Aid, and Bloodborne Pathogens

4.      Notice of Drug Law Change  

H.     DECISION ITEMS (approx. 9:10 – 9:12 p.m.)

1.      Consent Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Open Meeting and Executive Sessions of March 14, 2013

Open Meeting and Executive Sessions of March 21, 2013  

I.        DISCUSSION ITEMS (approx. 9:12 – 9:22 p.m.)

1.      Discussion Future Agenda Items

2.      General Discussion to Guide Future Recommendations  

J.       GENERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION (approx. 9:22 – 9:30 p.m.)  

EXECUTIVE SESSION (approx. 9:30 – 10:00 p.m.) Pursuant to R.I. Gen Laws Section 42-46-5(a)(1) for Personnel; Section 42-46-5(a)(2) for Collective Bargaining and Litigation with NEAB, United Steelworkers and BEST; and Section 42-46-5(a)(3) for discussion regarding school buildings security issues.

The next regular meeting of the Barrington School Committee is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Government Center, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806. ​